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

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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.