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December 8, 2015 Volume 47; No. 23 `
T H E C H I M E S Pastor: Rev. Tim Atkins
First United Methodist Church
420 East Main Street
Union City, TN 38261
(731) 885-3573 (Hot line 885-1609)
Web site: www.fumcuc.org
Return Service Requested
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. Postage Paid
Union City, TN 38261
PERMIT #9
CHURCH WIDE NEWS NOTES
Wednesday Night Together (WNT) Menus Dec. 9th Baked Ham, Scallop Potatoes, Roasted Vegetables, Mac &
Cheese, Fruit Salad, Rolls
December 16th, 23rd, 30th, and January 6th—NO WNT
Jan. 13th Chicken Strips, Baked Potato, Baked Beans, Salad Bar, Mac &
Cheese, Rolls
Coffee Time Everyone is invited to a time of fellowship and coffee in the Education
Building (first floor hallway) following both the 8:45 and 10:50
Morning Worship Services.
Helping Hand Ministry Baskets in the Mission Niche in the Sanctuary Building and a bin in
the Fellowship Hall for your donations. Items Especially Needed:
Tea, Coffee, Juices, Drinks, Corn Bread Mix, Biscuit Mixes, Sugar 1
lb. boxes preferred, powdered milk, Cereal, Macaroni and Cheese,
Peanut Butter, Jelly, Canned Meat Products
Lifeline Bloodmobile Schedule Monday, Dec. 23rd, 12:00-7:00 P.M. @ Health Quest—Free T-shirt
Please tell the technician that you are giving blood for the credit of
Union City First United Methodist Church. Save time, register on-line
before your next blood donation, visit lifelinebloodserv.org Remember to
bring Photo ID. PLEASE GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE!
Sunday Morning 10:50 Worship Live Radio Broadcast In Union City/Obion County Area—WENK AM 1240
In Paris/Kentucky Lake Area—AM 710 or FM 101.7
And on the World-Wide Web WENK.com
Men’s Breakfast All men of the church are invited to the Fellowship Hall at 9:15 A.M.
Sunday, Jan. 3rd, for breakfast sponsored by the Character Builders SS
Class.
Sing-A-Long Schedule Tuesday, Jan. 5th, 10:15 A.M. - Golden Living Center
Tuesday, Jan. 12th, 10:15 A.M. - Union City Manor
Tuesday, Jan. 12th, 11:00 A.M. - The Etheridge House
Prayer Concerns
Ada Reed Rogers Edie Tanner Pat Cherry
Diane Stephens Myrtle Harton Anna Ruth Dietzel
Ruby McLeary Jimmie Pearigen Lynda Butler
Dorothy Counce Jerry Miller
Emily Elliston Sandra Harris Paula Breeden
Bart White Charlene Fowler Fred Wilkinson
Hunter Corley Jason Revell Betty Robinson
George Easley John Easley Portis Tanner
Bill Petty
Ray Phillips
Jerry McLeary (Ruby McLeary’s son)
Hailey Jackson (Pamela Whitlow, FF Employee’s daughter)
Walter “Dub” Little (Janice Diane Stephens’ Uncle)
Deborah Jolley Johnson (Velma Jolley’s daughter)
Phyliss Douglas (Tim Partin’s mother)
Freemon Harris (Dana Coffey’s father)
Thel Taylor (Judy Taylor’s husband)
Joyce Thompson (Amy Stone’s grandmother)
Otella Huckaby (Sue Archer’s mother)
Fitz Daniels (Bro. Doy and Nanci Daniels’ grandson)
Nanci Daniels
Wiley Winter (Rita Winter’s son)
Corey Wiist (William P. Thompson’s grandson)
Hunter Winstead (Pat/Ray Capps grandson)
Will Terry (4 yr. old grandson of District UMW President Angie Terry
Sherry Wheelis Bentley Betts
Cameron Thompson Jim Kizer
Susan Parr Rob McKnight
John Barnett Betty Wiggins
Paula Hutchens Mary Ann Scribner
Barbara Eller
Maj. Bart Doyle—Florida
COL Chris Bargery and Family - San Antonio, Texas
SPC Preston Aldridge - Colorado
All Military Personnel and Their Families
Dec. 13, 20, 27, 2015 January 4, 2016
December Greeters—Scott &
Heather Critchlow, Beverly Hunt,
Katherine Wright
January Greeters—Pat Capps,
Martha Carole Nichols, Will & Kim
Wade
Acolytes—8:45 A.M. Service 12-13
Rebecca Jones; 12-20 Jack Harris;
12-27 Rebecca Jones; 1-4 Jack
Harris; 10:50 A. M. Service 12-13
Finn Frankum & Ben Wade; 12-20
Reagan & Garrett Everage; 12-27
Jace Rogers & Tucker Davis; 1-4
Ada Reed Rogers & Kate Schlager
Nursery Volunteers—8:45 Service,
12-13, 12-20 , 12-27, 1-4 Theresa
Corley; 9:45 & 10:50 Service 12-
13 Katie Creswell; 12-20 Anna
Oliver; 12-27 9:45 Claire Tanner;
10:50 Service Taylor Heathcock;
Jr. High SS Safe Sanctuary—12-13
Jarrett Heathcock; 12-20 Molly
Matheny; 12-27 Robyn Rogers; 1-4
Kristi Townes
December Van Driver—Bob or Jim
Hunt
January Van Driver—Larry Buckles
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ATTENDANCE REPORT for Weeks of
November 29 & December 6, 2015 Sunday School 11/29 121 12/6 153
8:45 Service 11/29 29 12/6 37
10:50 Service 11/29 253 12/6 231
Lection Reading - December 13, 2015
Isaiah 12:2-6 Zephaniah 3:14-20
Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:7-18
Lection Reading - December 20, 2015
Micah 5:2-5a Luke 1:47-55
Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45
Lection Reading - December 27, 2015
Psalm 148 I Samuel 2:18-20, 26
Colossians 3:12-17 Luke 2:41-52
Lection Reading - January 3, 2016
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Isaiah 60:1-6
Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12
8:45 and 10:50 Morning Worship Services
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Sunday, January 3, 2016
“Every Member in Ministry”
WEDNESDAY NIGHT TOGETHER December 9th at 6:00 P.M.
Please join us for the Presentation of
“Sing a Song of Christmas” By our Youth.
Our Sanctuary Choir will also perform. Our traditional Christmas meal will begin
at 5:15 P.M.
FUMC Youth Fellowship
Sunday Morning 10:50 Worship Live Broadcast
In Union City/Obion County Area WENK AM 1240
In Paris/Kentucky Lake Area AM 710 or FM 101.7
And on the World-Wide Web WENK.com
First Lessons for Kids Preschool through fifth grade
Sessions begin at 9:45am on Sunday
WNT Dinner at 5:15pm
Classes at 6:00pm
Last WNT is December 9
WNT will resume January 13
If you drop your children off on Wednesday Nights for our
activities, you will need to come in the foyer to the Fellowship
Hall to sign them in and out and leave a number where we can
reach you.
Sunday School 9:45 upstairs in
Education Building Senior High Class for
9th -12th grades Junior High Class for
6th -8th grades
Sunday Night Fellowship 5:00pm
WNT December 9 at 6:00
“Sing a Song of Christmas” FUMC Choir will perform
RRM Toy Store Saturday, December 5
Departing church at 8:00
Youth Christmas Party Wednesday, December 16 5:30 in Conference Room
The Christmas Tour with Acton Bowen,
More Than This, and Rush of Fools
Union City Civic Auditorium Friday, December 18 Doors open at 6:30 Show starts at 7:00
Merry Christmas!!
Card of Thanks
Church Family,
Thank you for the prayers, cards, and visits! I
appreciate having the love and support of such a
great group of people.
With love,
Kayla Bryant
Memorials, honorariums, and cards of thanks will be printed
only once a month in The Chimes. These items will be
included in this special insert sent along with the activity
and birthday calendars mailed in the 4th week of each
month.—Printed this Chimes—last newsletter of 2015.
No Memorials were received for this printing.
HELPING HAND MINISTRY
Helping Hands Ministry provides Christmas food boxes for
the needy of Obion County. If you are able to purchase an
extra turkey or ham to be included in these boxes, please do
so and drop them off at their building located at
430 North Miles Avenue. Thank You!!!
Save the Date: December 9: Last WNT for the year. Christmas Dinner
and “Sing a Song of Christmas” play by youth.
December 16: Shut-in baskets assembled and delivered,
1:00 P.M. Fellowship Hall
December 20: Christmas Pot Luck, 12:00 P.M.
Fellowship Hall - First Initial of your last name:
A-M Salads or Vegetables; N-Z Desserts
December 24: Christmas Eve Service 6:00 P.M.
January 13: WNT will start back, doors will open at
5:00 P.M.
Due to the Privacy Act, we are
not allowed to check the
hospital census to see who is
hospitalized. We ask that if you
know of friends or family
members who are sick, injured,
or having a medical procedure
and/or surgery, please call the
church office or Tim’s cell
phone with this information.
Don’t worry if we already
know—multiple calls will be
much better than our not
visiting someone who is ill at
home, in the hospital, or in a
care facility. We cannot visit if
we are unaware of the situation.
THANK YOU!!!!!
Tim Hawkins: Comedian
Come and get your laugh on!!!!!
Tim will be preforming at the Carson Center in
Paducah on Friday, February 12 at 7:30pm.
I would love to take a bus load for a Valentine out-
ing. If I have a group of 20 or more tickets are
$21.00. We could do supper in Paducah some-
where before the show. If you are interested let me
know by January 15, 2016.
Laughter is the best medicine!
Our First United Methodist Cookbook
is on sale.
They make great Christmas gifts, wedding gifts, and
new home gifts.
The price is $20.00 and proceeds go to
the Mission fund.
We also have tumblers and coffee mugs, with First
United Methodist, for sale. They are $8:00 apiece and
make great Christmas gifts.
Contact the church office and items will also be
available for purchase after Morning Worship
Services in the Mission Niche.
Union City High School and Obion County Central High School
Back Pack Food Program The Obion County and Union City School systems are teaming up to fight hunger in our community
and WE NEED YOUR HELP! Every weekend children go to bed hungry—right here in our
neighborhoods. But you can help put a stop to that by supporting our local schools’ Back Pack
Program. This program provides food for students each weekend during the school year. Every
student enrolled in the program will receive a bag on Friday filled with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and
snacks to feed them over the weekend. The program lasts throughout the school year and is
administered with parents’ permission and kept confidential for the families. Monetary donations are
needed as well as purchase of suggested items (see below) to be dropped off in the boxes in the
Mission Niche. A list of needed items is also posted in the Niche.
Boxes of Pop Tarts Boxes of individual Cereal Cereal Bars
Pudding Cups Boxes of 100 Calorie Snacks Fruit Snacks
Juice Boxes Packages of Animal Crackers Boxes of Dried Fruits
Bottled Water Bottled Gatorades Individual Chips
Yoo-Hoo Chicken, Tuna, and Ham Kits Chef Boyardee (sm. cans)
In the microwavable cups: Mac-n-Cheese, Rice a Roni, Mashed Potatoes
Hormel Meals in microwavable trays Gallon Zip Lock Bags
Small cans of Vienna Sausage, Pork n Beans, Beanie Weanies
Orange Juice in sm. bottles or pouches Anything that is healthy, easy to open and fix
Please make your check payable to: The Backpack Program and mail to Backpack
Program, c/o Chastity Homra, 1700 N. Fifth St., Union City, TN 38261
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!
There will be a special offering taken at the Christmas Eve Service this year.
The offering will go to support the “Back-Pack” program that is run by the
two school systems in our county.
This is a wonderful way to give an important gift at Christmas. The “Back-
Pack” program provides food to needy students and their families.
Please give generously to this special offering.
Grace and Peace,
Tim
Shut-In Baskets Shut –In baskets will be put together
this year on Dec. 16th at 1:00 P.M.
Fellowship Hall
Join Us for Christmas Eve
Service December 24 at 6:00PM
Communion by intinction
LET THERE BE CHRISTMAS In one great crescendo of purpose, the season of Christmas sweeps us into its arms with an unfettered flourish of festivity. The glare of this explosion of activity often overshadows the fragile light that is the spiritual center of this sacred time. Simply, and with unexpected gentleness, Bethlehem’s star flickers to life like an candle in the winter wind just when the night is longest. It kindles in the open heart a deep hope that warms and illuminates. It is by this dancing light of promise we discover the miracle of the season. By this candle of faith, we see the Child of God, wrapped in the simple, the Creator embraced and held by His own creation. The Sanctuary Choir invites you to come and discover the true meaning of the birth of Jesus as they present “Let There Be Christmas” by Joseph M. Martin. The Cantata will be presented Sunday, December 20th, at the 10:50 Morning Worship Service.