THE VILLAGE METHODIST A WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF AUBURN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Volume 31 April 13, 2017 Number 14 P.O. Box 3135

Auburn, AL 36831-3135

Office: (334) 826-8800

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In Worship This Sunday

College Ministry

Dr. Cory Smith and Rev. Charles Cummings

He Is Risen Indeed! John 20:1-18

8:00 Traditional Message - Dr. Cory Smith

Music by: Brass Ensemble, Timpani & Sandra Watwood, organ, Bell Ensemble w/ Brass & Organ,

Festival Choir

9:30 Chapel Message - Rev. Charles Cummings

Music by: Brass Ensemble and Sandra Watwood,

Organ, Festival Choir

9:30 Celebration Message - Dr. Cory Smith

11:00 Traditional Message - Dr. Cory Smith

Music by: Brass Ensemble, Timpani & Sandra

Watwood, organ, Bell Ensemble w/ Brass & Organ,

Festival Choir

11:00 Resonate Message - Rev. Charles Cummings

11:00 Korean Worship Service

8:00 - 8:30 Allen McCord

8:30 - 9:00 Deborah McCord

Prayer Vigil for April 16, 2017

As part of our special emphasis on prayer, AUMC has established a

continuous prayer vigil each Sunday morning from 8:00am until

9:00 - 9:30 Karen Wolfe

10:30 - 11:00 Shannon Brandt

Prayer Pager Ministry

To make a prayer chain request during the daytime, please call Michelle

Morrison at the church office at 334-826-8800 ext. 222. At night, please

call either Bo Cavin 334-821-7714 or Deborah McCord 334-703-3646.

Prayer Chain Numbers

Our Prayer Pager Ministry is excited to share a new option that allows you to

send a prayer message (just like a text message) to our recipients with a cell

pager (see * recipients below). The site for this new service is

(www.prayerphone.net). You will have the option to type in your prayer

message or select a verse from the verses listed. You must use our 334 area

code for the message to be sent. As the Spirit of God prompts you, first PRAY for these individuals, and then

CALL their prayer pager number (or go to www.prayerphone.net) and follow

the prompts. The prayer pager information can also be found on the AUMC

website at www.aumc.net. Thank you for faithfully supporting all of our pager recipients.

Prayer Pager Recipients (*cell pager) Pager #’s

Kate Seawell (mother of Joel Seawell) (334) 742-5224

*Wesley-Kate Crocker (granddaughter of Bari Hodges) (334) 742-5221

*Michelle Granberry (334) 742-5210

*Allen McCord (334) 742-5240

*Sam McCord (334) 742-5225

Tom White (334) 742-5214

*Ms. Emma Lou Duffel (334) 742-5208

*Robert & Debra Foster (334) 742-5235

*Billy & Lisa Kitchens (334) 742-5236

Betty Broach (334) 742-5211

Mildred Garner (334) 742-5248

Cascade Prayer Pager (Now reaches all participants) (334) 742-5202

New Update: The cascade # serves all pagers, hand held and cell pagers.

New Members

2017 Holy Week Schedule

April 13 Maundy Thursday

5:30pm | Chapel

A service of worship and remembrance with Holy

Communion

April 14 Good Friday

7:00pm | Sanctuary

A Tenebrae ‘darkness’ service of narration and

music

April 16

Pancake Breakfast 7:00-9:30am in Fellowship Hall

Regular Sunday Worship Schedule

Services of joy and celebration of the resurrection

Brass Ensemble at Traditional Services

Bells and “Hallelujah Chorus” at

8:00 and 11:00 Sanctuary

Butterflies released at the cross for preschool age

children (9:30/11:00 during Wonder of Worship)

A nursery for young children will be provided

during all services

Latin America: People and Faith, UMW Mission Study

April 22, 2017—Fellowship Hall

8:30-9:00am Registration

9:00am-1:00pm, program presented by Susan Hunt,

Deaconess, is the director of Mission and Advocacy in

The Alabama-West Florida Conference UMC.

Come learn about Latin America as you enjoy UMW

fellowship and faith. Bring a sack lunch. Drinks and dessert

will be provided.

United Methodist Women Mission

AUMC

Local Mission Work Day on 4/22. Text Noah if you want to help out:

(256) 509-9253

Senior Worship Night and End-of-the-Year Celebration Dinner

Thursday, April 27, in the Fellowship Hall at 7:00pm

Regular Events

Worship Night - Thursdays @ 7:00pm in the Chapel

Sunday School @ 9:45am in The College Room

Freshmen Connect - Sundays @ 7:00pm in The College Room

College Prayer - Wednesdays @ 7:15am in The College Room

Group Lunch - Wednesdays @ 11:00am at the Foy Food Court

Follow us on social media! Twitter: @AUMCCollege - FB: “AUMC

College Ministry” - Instagram: @aumc_college.

For more information about the AUMC College Ministry contact Nick

Melton at nickm@aumc.net.

Easter Sunday

All are invited to attend the Christ Is

Alive Community Sunrise Service. It will be Easter

Sunday, April 16, 6:00am, at the Garden Hills

Cemetery on Frederick Rd., Opelika, AL. Message

by Dr. George Mathison.

Christ Is Alive Community Sunrise Service

Ben and Lauren Beck

joined the church on

April 9. They transfer

their membership from

FUMC, Stuttgart, AR.

Ben and Lauren are

pictured with their

children: Nash (2), Sipsey

(9), and Wheeler (5). We

warmly welcome you to

our church family here at

AUMC.

AUMC exists to OFFER Christ, NURTURE one another, and SERVE all.

Serving in Worship this Week

Jubilee Ministry (Age 60 Plus or Younger Retirees)

Acolytes: 8:00 - Elizabeth Thurow, Hunter Thurow; 9:30 Chapel - Cole Peterson,

Sarah Kate Sanderson; 11:00 Sanctuary - Nate Rich, Ally Rich Scripture Readers: 8:00 - Bo Cavin; 9:30 Chapel - Rodney Robinson;

11:00 Sanctuary - Tom Lucius Ushers: 8:00 - Denny Marple, Susan Nunnelly, Jim Carroll, Jack Burkhalter

9:30 Chapel - Ted Wilson, Brad Wilson; 9:30 Celebration - Trey Johnston,

Michael Tullier, Phil Lindsey, John Whittenburg; 11:00 Sanctuary - Lewis Cannon,

Ray Harrelson, Chris Beck, Riley Brice, Tom Harper, Tom Meagher, Brad Nolen,

Dick Phelan, Tom Vaughan Assimilation Team: 8:00 - Bo Cavin; 9:30 Celebration - Jessica & Andrew

Taylor; 11:00 Sanctuary - Linda Gillespie; Resonate - Sue Ann Fox

Record of Faithfulness

Weekly Worship Attendance 1,710

Sunday School Attendance 783

Operating Budget $ 3,973,676.00

Received 4/9/17 $ 59,955.54

Total Rec’d to date for 2017 $ 1,039,121.89

Prayerful Concerns Youth Ministry Children’s Ministry

Lunches of Love end of school groceries

Women’s Retreat

“Reconnect: To God and to One another”

John 15: 4-5 - April 28-29, 2017 - Creekside Lodge, Lake Martin

Retreat speaker, Rev. Meghan Kelley is the associate pastor of First UMC,

Ozark, AL.

This overnight retreat begins with Friday supper and ends at 3:00pm on

Saturday. Come enjoy this opportunity for spiritual renewal and fellowship

with other women in our church. For information and online registration: www.aumc.net

Contact Lauren Palmer for more information: palmer.laurenp@gmail.com

Missions

If You Are 60 Plus Or Luckily Retired, You Are Invited Fellowship Brunch

Come bring a friend and join us for brunch at Chappy’s Deli for a

time of fellowship and conversation!

The fellowship meets every third Wednesday at 11:00am.

The next brunch is Wednesday, April 19. AARP Safe Driving Course coming in May.

A six hour class sponsored by the AARP to hone your driving skills,

and possibly lower your insurance rates, will be offered here at the

church in May. To sign up or for more information please call

Winsley or Cheri at 826-8800. Let’s Get Active

Feeling stuck but know that you should be up and moving? Why

don’t you give Let’s Give Active a chance and experience great

fellowship. This is a wonderful, sweet and encouraging group who

will help and encourage you to keep your body active and healthy.

This low-impact exercise group meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays

at 8:30am in the Annex/Round Room. Let’s get out and get moving! Yoga for Wimps

Always wondered what yoga is all about? Come and take advantage

of a free and stress free way to experience yoga for the first time.

The class meets on Wednesdays at 8:30am in the Annex/Round

Room and is open to beginners and experienced Yoga enthusiasts. Newcomers and Visitors Are Always Welcome! For more information

contact Winsley Bates at the Jubilee Ministry Office (826-8800,

Ext. 281).

A-Team Workday – April 26

Retired? Have a flexible schedule? Enjoy

serving in the community?

One Wednesday a month home repair

workday

Join us for the next one by contacting

Paul Schrantz schrape@auburn.edu

URGENT! 3 More people needed to make the Costa Rica Trip.

June 4-11, 2017

Contact Alicia Smith southernhomeplanning@gmail.com 334-546-7233

Learn & Serve June 25-30

Ministry camp of SIFAT that

provides an opportunity for

7th-12th graders to gain a holistic

view of the developing world.

A simulated rural Global Village

and Urban Slum are used as

teaching tools to let people

experience the lives of our

brothers and sisters living in the

Majority World.

Contact Caroline Garner carolineg@aumc.net 404-839-1818.

Upcoming Youth Events for 2017

Sr. High Leadership Conference, May 5-6. Applications are available in the

Youth Office.

Senior Recognition Sunday, May 21. Register online at www.aumc.net.

M25 Atlanta Youth Mission Trip, June 11-16. Applications are available in

the Youth Office.

Sweat Week, July 16-21. Registration opened Sunday, April 2. Sweat Week

is open to students who are presently in grades 6th-11th. For questions or to

register, contact Jill.

Morning Studies

Tuesdays, 7:00am in the Youth Center, Sr. High, 10th-12th grades.

Thursdays, 7:00am in the Youth Center, Jr. High, 7th-9th grades. Parents

drop off your child and we will drive them to their school.

D-Group Mission Days

This spring we are having D-Group Mission Days every Saturday through

April 29. Mission Days are for D-Groups to serve in our community.

If your D-Group would like to sign-up for a Mission Day go to

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f49a5af23abfc1-dgroup.

For Youth Activities, follow our social media and online calendar.

Go to www.aumc.net/youth.

Like our Facebook page: Auburn UMC Youth Ministry.

Follow us on Instagram @AuburnUMCYouth.

AUMC Youth Office, Marc Baugh, Sarah Buck, or Jill Perry,

334-826-8800, ext. 223 or jillp@aumc.net.

as of April 10, 2017

In EAMC: Jean Chapman

Recently released from the hospital: Troy Dobbins

In Atlanta: Ben Bedsole In Charleston: Sam Graham AUMC Family Concerns: Chris Adams; Josh Adams; Talmadge and

Mary Balch; Gordon Barksdale; Anita Beatty; Ron Bodeen; Ben

Bowden; Charlotte Brennan; Betty Broach; Teresa Burns; Jim Chaki;

Jean Chapman; Sylba Cleveland; Paul and Dixie Conner; Earl

Crutchfield; Bill Curtis; James DeWitt; Jackie Diener; Mike DiOrio;

Marjorie Draper; Emma Lou Duffel; John Dunkelberger; Ollie Edwards;

Lynn Franklin; Wendy Franklin; Pat Gibson; John Gittings; Diane

Gjerstad; Michelle Granberry; Casey Hamilton; Wayne Houston; Agnes

Jones; Mary Ellen Klinner; Emily Lacy; Kathryn Lucius; Pam LaMar;

Barbara Marsee; Richard Marsee; Donny Marshall; Allen McCord; Sam

McCord; Patrick Morrow; Mo Moseley; Ann Neighbors; John Neubauer;

Grace Prince; Jack Smith; Ellsworth Steele; Glenn Thompson; Mark

Waldrip; Nell Wetzel; Jim Whatley; Tom White; Betty Wittel; Alexis

Yount. Extended Concerns: Kon Adams; Justin and Brittany Alexander’s

daughter (Jordan Claire); Liz Baker’s brother (Coven Shivers); Steven and

Janita Ball’s infant son (Gabe); Brooke Ballard’s mother (Debbie Askew);

Pamela Boyd’s sister-in-law (Betsy Copeland); Pat Brackin’s brother (Gus

Lane); Joe Carlton’s father (Howard Carlton); Carolyn Carr’s nephew

(Jason Carr); Chester and Edna Carroll’s daughter (Meg Rheubottom);

Eloise Carter’s daughter-in-law (Tamara); Sonny Carter; Douglas

Chamblee; Sherry Clark; Jennifer Clegg’s mother (Joanna Jones); Jennifer

Cleiland’s father (Clem Matlock); Bobbie Clevenger’s brother (Homer

Dillard); Kathryn Cooper’s aunt (Gayle Barton); Katie Corbitt’s father (Bill

Hughes); Thomas Corbitt’s grandfather (Roy Corbitt); Susan Corley; Tricia

Crowley; Bill Curtis’ brother (Ken Curtis); John and Sue Ann Fox’s

daughter (Kristin Vardaman); Emily Gentry’s grandmother (Cathline Hill);

Jack and Jon Gipson’s daughter (Terry Lund); John Goodin’s sister (Mary

Campbell); Sally Granberry’s sister (Barbara Glen) and brother (Ed

Carson); Pam Haney’s father (Rick Wilt); Julie Hare’s mother (Vicky

Robertson); Barbara Harper; Jennifer Heath’s mother-in-law (Betty Heath);

Carol Ann Holmes; Wayne Houston’s brother (Jerry Houston); Lucile

Hoyt’s nephew (Kirk Stephens); Jerry Hughes’ father (Billy Hughes); Traye

Hulsey’s father (Donald Hulsey); Mitch and Anne Ingram; Beth Kellum;

John Klinner’s mother (Cordelia Klinner); Dianne Kroncke’s sister (Sandra

King); Abby Langham’s mother (Carole Tull); Beth Lawrence’s father (Bill

Atkins); Jeff Lawson; Tom Lenyo; Julia MacDonald; Sally McDonald’s

mother (Sara Kinney); Nancy McGinnis; John Meredith’s father (Benjamin

Meredith); Sheila and Larry Miller’s daughter (Lisa Miller); William Mixon’s

brother-in-law (Brian Aaron); Jason Mohrman’s mother (Wendy Mohrman);

Grace Morris’ father (William Byrd); Michelle Morrison’s nephew (Tony

Gratys); Laurie Newton’s father (Gene Faison); Julia Norton’s nephew (Will

Payne); Gretchen Oliver’s parents; Glenda Parrish’s brother (Glenn Stacey);

Paige Pearson’s grandmother (Margaret Stone); Jill Perry’s mother (Barbara

Faherty); Dennis and Jean Ellis Pinkard’s granddaughter (Peyton Drake);

Allyson Ponder; Sue and Tom Rankin’s daughter-in-law (Nancy Rankin); Ed

Reaves’ parents (Richard and Arlene William); Jessie Rhodes’ daughter

(Leslie Donovon); Denise Robinson; Eric Sanderson’s uncle (Vic Sanderson);

Jackie Schwadron; Joel Seawell’s mother (Kate Seawell); Wayne and Gayla

Sellers’ granddaughter (Sellers Philpott); Greg Shaw’s cousins (Robin

Roemon and Joe Thrasher); Sam Shaw’s mother (June Slimp) and cousin

(Debra Crain); Bill Smith; Reginald Strickland; Kim Talmage’s brother (John

Van Deusen); Fred Thomas; Glen Vollenweider’s father (Howard

Vollenweider); Gale Walker’s brother (Terrell Lucas); Amy Wiley’s father

(Danny King); Ed Williams’ mother (Perry Williams); Mike Williams; Sara

Williams; Sharon Williams’ brother (Mark Tidmore); Connie Davis Young;

Sheila Young’s brother (Mike Thrower); Alison Zunklei. Sympathy to: Marsha Jones and family in the death of her aunt Sue Miller;

Dot Mitcham and family in the death of her brother Don Lee

Bill Niven and family in the death of his wife Jo Ann Niven

Wanda Richards and family in the death of her mother Wilner Richards Congratulations to: Jennifer and Jay Robertson on the birth of their

daughter Ansley Grace; proud grandparents are Michael and Carolyn

Campbell

Christopher and Allie Selman on the birth of their son Foster Fuller Selman;

proud grandparents are Joe and Lee Beckwith

We are collecting jelly in plastic jars, packages of cookies and

crackers for the May 17 end of school year Lunches of Love for

Loachapoka after school program.

Bring items to the reception office plastic bin. One of our D groups

packed Snack bags for Good Friday weekend for Loachapoka.

Thank you to everyone who assist with this ministry to feed our

children. If you would like to help pack the grocery bags on

May 17, let Sally Granberry know. For more information contact Sally Granberry sallyg@aumc.net.

Church Library Please check to see if you have church library books or DVDs checked

out. If so, please return them and then check out some of our new books

and DVDs for your Spring reading/viewing. A Lineage of Grace, Rivers, F 813.54 Ri

The Anatomy of Peace Berrett-Koehler Pub. 303.69

What Every 21st Century Parent Needs to Know Debra

Haffner 649.1 Ha

Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining and Bad

Attitudes Scott Turansky & Joanne Miller 649.1 Tu

233 Days Walter Albritton 155 Al

Dvd Because of Winn Dixie F527

Believe in Me F615

Singles Ministry April 23 Auburn University Baseball Game, 1:00pm

April 27–30 Spring Retreat—Pine Mountain, GA

June 11–17 Panama Mission Trip

Sunday Morning Study—AUMC Room B234—9:30am For more information about these events, contact the AUMC

Singles’ office, 334-826-8800 or johnf@aumc.net

Butterfly Release on Easter Sunday

Preschool children will enjoy our annual butterfly release during Wonder of

Worship.

WOW will release butterflies on the playground next to the Chapel.

Parent’s Night Out (sponsored by the College Ministry)

DATE: Friday, April 21, 6:00-9:00pm

AGES: Infants – 12-year-olds

COST: $30 per child or $25 per child if multiple children in the family.

CHECK IN: AUMC Mathison Lobby

Sign up online at www.aumc.net. Please contact Caroline at

cjh0036@auburn.edu or Nick at nickm@aumc.net if you have any questions!

252 Xtreme and Rooted will not meet this Sunday. Confirmation Information

The dinner and confirmation service will be held on April 18, 6:00pm.

You can register for dinner online, www.aumc.net. Look on the “Upcoming

Events” page under Children’s Ministry tab. Design a Robot Contest

We need lots of awesome decorations for VBS. Help us by designing a robot!

The robot can be any size…but the bigger the better. AUMC is a very big

church! Robots can be made out of any materials. (We’re thinking cardboard

boxes). Robots must be on display in Hamill Court on Sunday morning,

April 30. We will be voting on them throughout the morning. Prizes will be

awarded to the top 3 winners. VBS: Maker Fun Factory, June 5-9

We are so excited about our VBS this year. We are working hard behind the

scenes to make this the best VBS ever! If you would like to volunteer to help,

please click on the link to tell us how you would like to serve.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084aa9ac2faaf94-aumc Summer Ministries

Check out our website for more details, www.aumc.net