THE HERALD

September 11, 2019 Volume 51, Number 36

MISSIONMISSIONMISSIONMISSION

To Make Disciples of

Jesus Christ

VISIONVISIONVISIONVISION

We are seeking to reach

beyond ourselves by

Inviting others to a Life

in Jesus,

Growing as Disciples, and

Caring for People.

MINISTRY TEAM

Every Member

Minister

Dr. Steven A. Screws

Pastor

Dr. Les Hutson

Music

Dr. Amy Holder

Children

Dr. Hardin Coleman

Youth

Jane Doss

Pianist

Dr. Les Hutson

Interim Organist

Hunter Holderfield

Praise & Worship Leader

Andrew Skelton

Church Administrator

Amy Holder

Nursery

Yvonne Marchik

Children’s Place Director

Joy Overby

Church Secretary

September 11, 2019

Today is an absolutely beau#ful day as we pause to remember and give

reverence on September 11. We should never forget those who gave their lives

when terrorist invaded our country and brought evil and chaos. Our God and

country are greater than Satan’s evil.

Thanks be to God for His protec#ve hand and for the many first

responders—police officers, fire fighters, medical professionals, hospitals, clergy,

chaplains, nurses, doctors and many more who put themselves in harm’s way to

make the world save for us every day. We can never say thank you enough.

CALENDAR

September 12 Celebrate Recovery

September 13 Friday Night Football and Fi4h Quarter

September 14 United Methodist Women Study

September 15 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Worship

Please join us for a great day of worship!

JOURNEY 456

Next weekend is our exci#ng 456 retreat!

A GREAT DAY OF WORSHIP

Please remember September 29—the Bishop and District Superintendent,

Special Music, and Sunday Dinner served by the United Methodist Men! Please

be invi#ng guests for a great day of worship!

Yours in Christ,

Steve

THOSE

SERVING Financial

September

8:45: Jim Butler/Emily Bradford

11:00: Jack Livingston/

John Paul Campbell

Altar Guild

September

Ann Smith

Susan Waldrop

Children’s Church

September 15

Asia PoEs/ Jamie Hardman

September 22

Emily Bradford/Suzanne Chapman

Acolytes & Crucifer

September 15

Alex Holder

Maggie Armstrong

Audrey Hardman

September 22

Ray Walden

Gabby Walden

Chandler Hurt

Snack Supper

September 15

Suzanne Chapman

Sound System/Audio Visual

Byron Burton

Von & Michael Marchik

Leisha Holland

1st Kids JOURNEY 456

The count down is on to this exci#ng event!! Get your

registra#on forms in and invite all your friends!!!!

September 20-21 5pm-5pm

The cost is FREE! All 4th-6th graders are invited to aEend!

SNACKS!!!

We need water bo�les and individually wrapped snacks

for our Journey 456 event. If you could help us out drop

them by the office. Thanks!!

Worship Attendance Week ended

September 8, 2019 564

Save the date: Thursday October 24th UMW Fall Fes>val.

Vendor spots are available and items are needed for silent auc>on.

Good for Building UP

We all need encouragement. Some days are just darker than the skies would

imply and despair can become a constant companion. Peoples outsides don’t always

display the conflict or disconnect lurking below the surface. We may never know just

how much an encouraging word, a genuine smile, a shared scripture, or a moment of

prayer might accomplish in someone’s day and heart. It only costs us a speck of #me to

speak strength into a brother or sister’s life. Ephesians 4:29 says “Let no corrup�ng talk

come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion,

that it may give grace to those who hear.”

We all need encouragement but probably none more o4en and desperately

than our children and youth. Young folks are just finding their way, examining their

faith, and baEling self doubt with every awkward encounter or worldly comparison. We

can all be a part of their construc#on crew to build up strong believers and reveal the

untruths of those who would tear down these wonderful temples God has created. I

can’t wait for our Journey 456 event and the opportunity to deliver the absolute

certainty to these young hearts that they are enough, they have what it takes, and pour

in the encouragement to be the wonderful crea#on God is sharing with the world.

The Youth took a moment Sunday night to share encouragement with a very

special recent Graduate. Most of you know that Chris>an Hutson is currently in Basic

Training with the US Air Force in Texas. He needs encouragement. He needs

support. He needs home. He will be geKng lots of love in leEers from the Youth - join

us in sending some encouragement to:

AB Hutson Chris>an M

324 TRS/FLT 725 Dorm B1

1320 Truemper St. Unit 362913

Lackland AFB, TX 78236

(No Food or Packages Please)

1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up,

just as you are doing.”

Blessings , Hardin

YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Friday, Sept 13th - Mul#-church 5th Quarter at Collins Auditorium

Sept 20-21st JOURNEY 456 (Need all Youth Helpers!)

Pictured above: UMW provided

breakfast for Swim and Volleyball

teams last Friday, September 6.

Educated, A Memoir by

Tara Westover is the

October Book for Book

Group! We Meet First

Monday of the month at

6:30 p.m. at church! Join

us! When We Believed in

Mermaids by Barbara

O’Neal is our book for

November.

Friendship Circle will meet Monday night, September 16, at 6:30p.m. in the

Fellowship Hall.

You are all invited to an Open House at LIFE Resource Services of

Jackson County on Sunday, September 15, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

SOUTHERN ESTATES

Jo Smith

Charlene Larson

Dean Woodall

Juanita Lee

Joyce Kennamer

HIGHLANDS

Bryan Woodall

Fran Steelman

Francis Chapman

CLOVERDALE

Fannie Pearl Eidson

ROSEWOOD

Hazel Butler

MARYVILLE, TN

Dorothy Hopps

HOME

Elisabeth Collins

Faye Berry

BeEy Burton

BeEye McGahey

Edith Hambrick

Revia Melton

PRAYER LIST Our Church Family

Barbara Akin

Molly Bailey

Bailey Family

Ben Beasley

Dru BeaKe

Hoppy Bishop

BeEy Burton

Amy Cameron

Frances Chapman

Johnnie Coleman

Brandy Crosslin

Bill Green

Edith Hambrick

Amy Holder

David Hopps

ScoE Huffstetler

Harold Jensen

Jim Johns

Bill Layton

Stephanie Massey

Dana Raispis

Marilyn Reed

Barbara Rogers

Jon Rogers

Kay Rogers

Rick Sanders

Mike Shanks

JoAnn Sims

Jo Smith

Fran Steelman

Thomas Stewart

Chris#ne Sumner

Courtney Thomas

Dean Tucker

Irene Turner

Mahala Valencia

Virginia Wallingsford

Keith Webb

LyneEe Webb

Cody Weimer

Bob Word

Our Church Friends

Joe Abercrombie

Karen Adams

Shelia ArE

Ken Bonner

Mary E. Brown

Kip Cameron

Becky Joyner Carr

JC Collins

Patricia Combs

Maria Cooper

Judy Durham

Ann DuEon

Heather Foote

Carolyn Frakes

Megan Freeman

John Frey

Jody Gamble

John Gentle

Amber Gilbert

Rita Williams Glasz

Brooke Gogan

Waylon Gorham

Joey Grahm

Cooper Haislip

Dee Harrington

Gladys Helms

Teri Hess

Dorothy Holcomb

RJ Holcomb

Randall Holder

Wendy Hubbert

Aiden Hughes

Deborah Hutchins

Addison James

And the James

Family

Bill Johnson

Elaine Johnson

Lois Johnson

Bill Karrh

Ina King

George Lee

Abby Lusk

Patricia Chandler Lusk

Maria Mae

Kindal Mason

Karen McLeod

Emily McNew

Reuben Miller

Charles Murphy

Myers Family

Pat Nolan

Howard and Shirley

Palmes

Jeremiah and Amy

McCamy

PaEerson

Chris#ne Perkins

Lee Piskorz

Jena PiE

Feri Raiis

Steve Richards

Doris Rousseau

Bonnie Rowe

Susan Ruprecht

Tracy Scoggins

Zeb Scheurman

Travis Shelton

Brenda Talley

Denise Weeks Thomas

Our Troops

Tony Welks

Michele Cleveland

Wells

Dennis Williamson

Ashley Wilson

Heather Basile Winfrey

A Mercy Minute,

Addic#on begins as an

inten#onal des#na#on out of God’s

Will. Eventually, it becomes a fast

moving train speeding away from

home; it is impossible to jump off

and every stop seems scarier than

staying aboard. All run-away trains

eventually crash...the survivors

celebrate recovery and begin the

long journey back home. This week

at Mercy Place, Brandy McTarsney

will share her personal journey back

to her Lord and Savior a4er

venturing far from home. A

triumphant return is “by the blood of

the lamb and by the word of their

tes�mony”! (Rev. 12:11)

Blessings, Hardin

All of our members who are homebound, at assisted living facili>es, and nursing homes.

UMW Mission Recogni>on

Each year the UMW unit at

our church recognizes

individuals who have provided

#me or resources to missions in

our community. Over 150

individuals have received this

award in our church.

Nomina#ons are being accepted

during the month of September.

Nomina#on forms

are available in the

church office or

from Ruth

McCauley.

We con#nue

to collect

crayons for

Children’s

Hospital. The

collec#on tub

is in the

stairwell near

the

office.

UMW presented a check to Collins Band Director Alison

Hailey from Fern Hodges Fund to purchase or repair

instruments for children who want to par#cipate in

band but lack the funds to purchase an instrument.

Hailey indicated Instruments & monetary dona#ons are

always

appreciated.

THE HERALD First United Methodist Church

1105 South Broad Street

ScoEsboro, Alabama 35768

Phone: 256-574-2545

Fax: 256-259-5715

www.fumcscoEsboro.org

E-MAIL: church@fumcscoEsboro.org

ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

THE HERALD, published weekly,

except two weeks vaca#on and

Christmas week, by the First United

Methodist Church, 1105 South Broad

Street, ScoEsboro, Alabama 35768.

Periodical postage i s paid at

ScoEsboro, Alabama 35768.

USPS 554-720.

Sunday, September 15 8:45a.m. Contemporary Worship 9:45a.m. Sunday School 10:00a.m. Sunday School at Fellowship 11:00a.m. Traditional Worship 2:00p.m. Scouts at Fellowship 2:30p.m. Trustees 4:00p.m. Youth Choir 4:45p.m. Youth Bell Choir 5:00p.m. Read THE BOOK Bible Study 5:30p.m. Lambs/1st Kids/Youth Monday, September 16 6:00p.m. MVP at Fellowship 6:30p.m. Friendship Circle Tuesday, September 17 5:30p.m. Finance 6:00p.m. MVP at Fellowship 6:00p.m. Praise Band Practice 7:00p.m. Mercy Place Band Practice Wednesday, September 18

6:30a.m. Men’s Bible Study 4:30p.m. Youth Choir 5:15p.m. Bell Quartet 5:30p.m. Youth 6:00p.m. Chancel Choir 6:00p.m. ‘Voices of the Heart’ Book Study Thursday, September 19 9:00a.m. Joyful Sounds Choir 9:30a.m. Ladies Prayer Group 10:00a.m. Ladies Bible Study 5:30p.m. Celebrate Recovery Meal 6:15p.m. Mercy Place Service 7:00p.m. Community Band 7:15p.m. CR Small groups Friday, September 20 5:00p.m. Journey 456 Overnight Event Saturday, September 21 2:00p.m. Private Bridal Shower at Fellowship 5:00p.m. Journey 456 Ends

CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR POSITION We are now taking applications for anyone interested in the Church Administrator position. Anyone interested, please forward a resume to the Church Secretary (joy@fumcscottsboro.org or church@fumcscottsboro.org, or fax to 256-259-5715).

The Staff Parrish Committee will review all applications.

Mountain Valley Players will be having auditions for staged readings of new plays by local authors on September 14th at 12:00p.m. at Fellowship. No memorization involved, and the rehearsal process will be light. Everyone Welcome!

Mums will be delivered on Saturday, September 14th.

They can be picked up from 10:30 a.m. un#l 3:00 p.m. at FUMC Parking Lot.