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Tuscumbia, Alabama 35674

Phone 256-383-2853

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www.tuscumbiaumc.org

Tuscumbia Tidings

The Newsletter of the First United Methodist Church of Tuscumbia, Alabama August 2016

Sunday

8:30 am AWAKEN Contemporary Worship in the Family Life Center

9:45 am Sunday School

10:50 am Traditional Worship in the sanctuary

12:00 pm Shepherds Table in the Family Life Center

6:00 pm Evening Worship in the sanctuary

Wednesday

10:00 am Adult Bible Study in the chapel

5:45 Wednesday Meals *beginning Aug. 10

6:30 pm Bible Study for all ages

August Sermon Series

August 7th

“New Beginnings Are Possible”

Genesis 12:1-8; John 3:1-8

August 14th

“New Beginnings Lead to

New Life”

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

August 21st

“New Beginnings - No Matter

Who You Used to Be!”

1 Timothy 1:12-17

August 28th

“Even Dry Bones Can Have a

New Beginning”

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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SERMON RECORDINGS

Did you know that there are

audio recordings of our

sermons available on the

church website?

www.tuscumbiaumc.org

104 East 3rd Street ~ Tuscumbia, Alabama ~ 35674 www.tuscumbiaumc.org

10:00 am 6:30pm

New Adult Study

“Getting to Know Your Bible”

Dr. Rudy Guess

Rev. Dr. Rudy Guess Senior Pastor rguess@tuscumbiaumc.org 205-612-2031

Rev. Chad Kennington Associate and Youth Pastor bro.chad@tuscumbiaumc.org

Beth Wilcoxson Director of Children beth@tuscumbiaumc.org

Brooke Pate Director of Music brookepate@tuscumbiaumc.org

Kevin Cook Praise Team Ministry

Rachelle Gunn Church Secretary office@tuscumbiaumc.org

Cynthia Goodsell Financial Secretary csgoodsell@tuscumbiaumc.org

Jan Caudill Day School Director dayschool@tuscumbiaumc.org

AUGUST RECONNECTING REVIVAL IS HERE!!! SUNDAY EVENINGS at 6:00 PM

As school students and teachers reconnect with each other as they go back to school, we are

looking forward to a month of reconnecting as the Body of Christ as we come back to Christ and

His Church.

Morning Services in August

Rudy will be preaching a series entitled “New Beginnings Are Possible” This will be a good time

to invite persons who you know could use a new beginning in their relationship with Christ and

His Church.

Evening Services in August - 6:00 pm - Fellowship to Follow

August 7 The Rev. Alan Beasley Pie Night

August 14 The Rev. Mark Parris Cakes & Trifles Night

August 21 The Rev. John Tanner &

The Rev. Tom Tanner Cobblers & Ice Cream Night

August 28 The Rev. Al Geise Cookies & Brownies Night

Each of these preachers answered God’s call while members here at

Tuscumbia First. We look forward to having them back home.

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INVITATIONAL EVANGELISM

Are you using your F.R.A.N. Invitational Evangelism sheet to pray for and prepare to invite

someone to our August Reconnecting Revival ? This is a good way to consider Friends,

Relatives, Associations, and Neighbors you might invite. If you do not have one these sheets,

they are available in the welcome areas. Also available are some door hangers that can

be used in offering invitations.

Saturday, August 20th

Tuscumbia First UMC

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

This will be a great opportunity to take a fresh look at how we can become more effective in growing

disciples. We need a team of at least 3-5 to participate. Contact Bro Rudy if you are interested.

We will also need people to help with hospitality that day. If you would be willing to do this,

please contact Bro Rudy as well.

Four Life-Changing Sessions:

Session 1: Developing a Discipleship Pipeline

Session 2: Radical Accountability: The Path to Faithful Discipleship

Session 3: Radical Jesus: Radical Change

Session 4: The Nuts-n-Bolts of a Radical Disciple Making Church

Council On Ministries

Meeting

Aug 15th @ 6:30 pm

Wednesday Night Meals & Studies

Beginning Aug 10th

Our Wednesday night meals begin again Aug 10th.

Meal is served from 5:45 to 6:15

At 6:30 there are studies designed to give growth

opportunities to children, youth and adults.

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5:45 pm Fellowship Meal Fellowship Hall

6:30 pm Adult Bible Study “Getting to Know Your Bible” - Dr. Rudy Guess

Children’s Ministries The Ark Ministry - 3rd Floor

Youth Ministries Wednesday Night Youth Worship - Youth Building

Nursery is available for all services and church programming

Notes Of

Thanks...

Dear Church Family,

Thank you so much for

your calls, visits, and

especially your prayers

during the loss of my

mother, Peggy

Weatherby. We are

truly blessed to be a

part of this church

family.

Jenny Mitchell & family

Dear Tuscumbia First,

Thank you so much for

being the hearts, mind,

and body of Christ to

us during Jim’s long

illness. Your prayers

and acts of kindness

have carried us. There is

no way we can tell you

how much we

appreciate you. You

have literally been our

extended family and

Christ in action. Again,

thank you.

Jim & Pat Maddox

Honorarium and Memorial Gifts

From The Pastor... Children’s Dept News

The ARK

Children Ministries

Sunday 8:30, 10:50 Children’s Church

9:45am- Sunday School

Wednesday 6:30 pm

Fun, Faith & Fellowship

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Cross Training

Student Ministries

Sunday

9:45am- Sunday School

6:00– Reconnect Revival

Wednesday

6:30pm– Youth

Wednesday Worship

Thursday 7:00- College/Career

Thursday Worship

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UMW Circle Groups August 9th

Hope Circle

10:00 am (parlor)

Faith Circle

3:00pm (Women of Faith class)

Hostess: Peggy Lockett

Mary Martha Circle

7:00 pm (parlor)

Hostess: TBA

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Fellowship Breakfast

Sunday August 7th

7:30 am

Guest speaker: John Sasser

Our appreciation to the following who have given honorarium gifts:

Jimmy Maddox by: Peggy Green Glenn & Sandra Bugg by: a friend

Lynda Bottcher by: a friend Natalie Sandlin by: a friend

Shirley Malone by: a friend Joan Parris by: Jonell Simms

Jeanie McNees by: Jonell Simms Ethel Gary SS Class by: Jonell Simms

Alton & Jimmie Parris by: Brandon & Anne Sparkman

Jerry & Janet Wilbanks by: Iris & Neva Leigh

Our appreciation to the following who have given memorial gifts:

Ruby Paden by: M/M Billy Elmore Travis Gray by: M/M Bill Shoemaker

Eddie Jones by: M/M Tom McCormack Wynoa Bickley by: a friend

Jeffrey Lovet by: a friend Lona Hightower by: a friend

Ray Spain by: M/M Tom McCormack & M/M Jimmy Spain

Phyllis Bacon Rice by: M/M Gil Cleveland

Tommie Burgett by: Rev Claud Baltimore; M/M Walker Kirkland; M/M Jerry

Wilbanks; M/M Jimmy Lockett; M/M Frankie Tubbs; M/M Glenn Bugg; Judy

McKelvey; M/M Dalton Wright; M/M Pat Waldrep; Larry Meadows; Peggy Green;

M/M Tom McCormack; a friend (4); M/M Gene Cleveland; M/M Bill Shoemaker; M/M

Jimmy Spain; Juanita Bolton; Jean Tanner; M/M Joe Sandlin; U Need Us SS Class;

M/M Richard Coates; Iris & Neva Leigh; M/M Keith Coates; M/M David Burcham

Teresa Stell by: a friend; Iris & Neva Leigh; M/M Ronald Crow; M/M Jimmy Lockett

Peggy Weatherby by: M/M Keith Coates; M/M Jerry Wilbanks; M/M Bill Shoemaker;

M/M David Burcham; a friend; M/M Jimmy Lockett

Dr. Robert Norwood by: M/M Jimmy Lockett; M/M Jerry Wilbanks

YOUR INVITATION COULD CHANGE A LIFE

During the Shepherd’s Table service on July 24th I asked, “What first brought you to this worship service?” One man named a person who told him about the service. Then one who has been worshipping since the beginning pointed to Kenneth Barnes saying he invited her. Some others nodded in agreement with her statement. It turned out that everyone there said they were invited. Invitations make a difference. Study after study has shown that the majority of first time worship guests come by invitation, which means if we are not inviting, new persons are seldom in worship and the church is not likely to be growing.

I mentioned last month Herb Miller’s research on the importance of invitations. He identified the lack of invitations as one of the reasons mainline protestant churches have ceased to grow. In his research he found that persons in one mainline church averaged inviting someone to worship once every 28 years. When is the last time you invited someone? Something deeper than simply a visit to a worship service is at stake. It is a matter of caring for the soul of a person. Someone cared for your soul. If you are a Christ Follower, it is because someone, and for most of us more than one person, cared for your soul. They cared enough to offer an invitation, see that we were in church (for most of us our parents did this), taught Sunday School or were children or youth servants.

When I think of caring for someone’s soul, I remember the story told by former United States Senator Jonathan Dolliver. Senator Dolliver gave a dinner party for a some political dignitaries. There were senators, congressmen, judges, cabinet members and some foreign diplomats present. Also present was Senator Dolliver’s father, a retired United Methodist preacher. After the dinner, the senator noticed his father was engaged in a conversation with one of the foreign diplomats. As the Senator approached the two men, he heard his father say, “My brother, how is it with your soul?” Senator Dolliver did not think that was the time or place for such a question, so he edged his way between the men, breaking up their con-versation. It was only a few months later that the Rev. Dolliver died. At his funeral there were many large, beautiful flower arrangements. One arrangement, however, surpassed them all. They were from the for-eign diplomat with whom Brother Dolliver was talking the night of the dinner. The card said, “To the man who cared for my soul.” Will anybody be in heaven because you cared for their soul? It could start with a simple invitation.

See you Sunday in worship, as we worship the Lord of the Harvest, who asks us to join in His harvest. -

Rudy

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PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE UNA WESLEY FOUNDATION

JOE WHEELER STATE PARK GOLF COURSE ROGERSVILLE, AL

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

REGISTRATION 7:30 AM SHOTGUN START 8:30 AM

Registration forms are available outside the church office

Stroke Survivors & Caregivers

Support Group Northwest Reading Aides (NARA) Building

501 North Seminary Street, Florence

For more information please contact

Lisa Brewer or Jim Green - 256-766-5709 litnara@aol.com

Also Andy & Paula Hailey who participate in the group

Aug 7th

8:30 & 10:50

During both worship services the following rising

3rd graders will be presented Bibles:

Kristen Cook Gabriel Awwad Price Thornton Reace Pate Emma Orman Grace Hellums Isabella Gautney

We hope to see each of them in the services that day.

Wednesday August 10th 6:30 - Upstairs

We will have games and prizes Let’s get this year off to a great start by coming together

for some FUN!

2 Teaching Positions Still Available

This only requires prayer, minimal

prep time and 45 minutes on Sunday morning. It is so much

fun bonding and forming

relationships with these kids. Please prayerfully consider the

possibility that YOU could be the one to fill this void.

Northwest District of the

North Alabama Conference

Sunday August 7th

During Sunday School Hour

Upcoming 7th graders will join the Youth Ministry

Upcoming college students will join the College/Career

Youth & College/Career

Wednesday Aug 10th

6:00 Cook–Out at the youth building

Come have a great time of Food, Fun, & Fellowship

Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday’s

12:00 Noon

If you have any information or event that you would like included in the newsletter, please call or

email the church office with all the details BEFORE the 20th of the month.

Rachelle Gunn 256-383-2853 or office@tuscumbiaumc.org

Attention Youth

We will be participating in the ReConnect Revival

Services on Sunday Evenings. This is going to be a great

series of services for everyone

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In September we will begin our Break Away Groups