Richmond Hill United Methodist Church Richmond Hill, Georgia

THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP, JUNE 7, 2015

2ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

HOLY COMMUNION

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE

8:50AM

HOLY COMMUNION

TRADITIONAL SERVICE

9:00A M & 11:00AM

Dr. Glenn Martin

SERMON:

“Why We Never Give Up”

SCRIPTURE:

“2 Corinthians 4:13 - 5:1” UPCOMING EVENTS

June 7th Summer Sunday School Begins Promotion Sunday for Children Capital Campaign Committee Meeting June 8th - June 13th Youth Snowbird Trip June 9th Building Committee Meeting Family Promise of Bryan Co. Meeting United Methodist Men Meeting June 10th Library Summer Reading Program: GSU Wildlife Center Middle School, High School, & College Small Groups

CONTACT US

Church Phone (912) 756-2190

Fax (912) 756-4610

Email contact@rhumc.com

Web Page rhumc.com

June 3, 2015 Volume 3, Issue #22

What is Annual Conference?

Each year—traditionally in June for the South Georgia

Conference—all clergy members and an equal number of

lay members selected from the local churches attend

their conference’s Annual Conference session and meet

together to worship, fellowship, and conduct the business

of the conference, which may last 3-5 days. During these

sessions, members of the conference hear reports of past and ongoing work; adopt

future goals, programs and budgets; ordain clergy members as deacons and elders;

and elect delegates to Jurisdictional and General Conferences (every 4 years). The

bishop presides over these meetings.

United Methodists from across South Georgia will converge in Tifton June 3 through

June 6 for the 2015 Annual Conference Session. Glenn Martin & John Finn are the

clergy & laity representatives from RHUMC.

With a theme of “We’re Better Together” from Matthew 18:20 which says, “For

where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them,” this year’s Annual

Conference session will focus on the timeless value of fellowship.

The main business item will be electing delegates to the 2016 General and

Jurisdictional Conferences. Handheld electronic voting devices will be used to aid in

the elections process.

As in years past, the highlight of the Annual Conference session will be the coming

together of churches, clergy, and laity from across the South Georgia Conference.

Large and small, rural and urban, all will come together to celebrate what God is

doing in South Georgia and their oneness in Christ.

PRAYER CONCERNS

Members & Active Visitors: Tim Robinett, David Green, Elizabeth Rahn, Juanita Phillips, Carol Carter, Diane

Harrison, & Julie Chapman.

Family & Friends: Jean McCall, Aidan Louw, Winfred Tuten, Dee Dee Daniel, Warren Anderson, Daniel Bray,

Mike Carroll & Family, Iris Booth, Sid Taylor, JoAnn Martin, Emil Liloia, Rev. Carlton Cooper, Nash Butler,

Betty Stevens, Karen Reynolds, Betty Hansel, Carol Davis, Dean Davis, Gary Shealy, Pat Taylor, Stephanie

Gerrald, & Donna J.

At County Health and Rehab: Audrey Murphy, Inez Henderson, & Julia Wilson

Deployed Members, Family & Friends: Andrew Beal, Chris Braund & all our service men & women and their

families.

To add someone to our prayer list, if you have information on a shut-in or a deployed member, please call Jill at the church office at 756-2190.

Altar Flowers in honor of

Mrs. Julia Wilson’s 100th

Birthday

June 9, 1915

From The Saints Sunday School Class

United Methodist Men June Meeting

June 9, 2015, 7:00pm in the Gill Our topic this month is the

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary given by Cathy Sakas, a professional interpretive

naturalist. She wrote and co-produced two Emmy winning nature series for GPTV. Please bring vegetables, side dishes,

and desserts. With our membership’s recent approval to proceed with

a new building campaign, we are entering an exciting time in the life of RHUMC. Even at this early stage, we are starting to see financial contributions being made in support of this new campaign. As such, we want to make sure we properly record any donations you make in accordance with your intent. Particularly, we don’t want to record donations intended for our new building campaign as funds designated for the repair and maintenance of our existing facilities. Similarly, we don’t want to use funds intended for the upkeep of our existing buildings to go toward our new building project. Therefore, when making a contribution toward our new building fund, please write in the memo line of your check a description such as “New Building Fund”, “Building Expansion Fund” or “2015 Capital Building Fund”. For contributions toward our existing facility upkeep, a description such as “Existing Building Repairs and Maintenance” or “Existing Building Maintenance and Improvements” on your check will help us record your donation properly. It is very important that your designated gifts are used in the manner in which you intended them to be used, and we pledge to do our best to achieve this. Thank you for your help by clearly denoting your intent on your check. And most importantly of all, thank you for your continued support of our church. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Cindy Hardy in our office or me at (912)220-1869.

Bob May, Finance Chair

Richmond Hill Public Library’s 2015 Summer Library Program

Performances Richmond Hill United Methodist Church

2:00pm - The Gill Fellowship Hall

June 3rd: Dr. Arvin Scott -“Drumming for Success”

June 10th: GSU Center for Wildlife Education - “Wildlife program featuring reptiles & raptors”

June 17th: Dr. Keith Karnok - “Magic & Ventriloquism”

July 8th: Arthur Atsma - “Magic”

July 15th: Lynnae Weller of Savannah Balloons - “One Wish, Two Wish, Red Wish,

Blue Wish”

July 22nd: Chad Crews - “Super Reading Extravaganza Magic Show”

Attention VBS Church Family Snack Donations Needed!

Please know that we have quite a few donation slips still left at the church. We had hoped to have our supplies in by June 5th, but will still have these last few items remaining to be picked up on Sunday, June 7th. Please consider taking one home then or anytime this week from the church office. If you have picked up some already, we are grateful for your donations. Please bring them by the church office at your earliest convenience. Thank you!

Save the Date! VBS Volunteer Orientation

Base Camp Training

June 21, 5:30 –6:30PM, Sanctuary Childcare available for children under 3. Children 3

and over are welcome to attend with their parents.

Adult Mission Team Special Offering

June 7th

Our church is supporting an Adult Mission Team on a trip this summer to Tapachula, Mexico, through Mission on the Move. We will be providing relief for the staff that work year round in an orphanage there. There are children of all ages in the orphanage, whose parents are in prison. Mission on the Move provides a safe and loving environment for them to live while their parents are incarcerated. Our team will spend 7 days taking care of the children and doing some repairs and painting the orphanage. Your donations will help to cover paint supplies for repair work, new shoes for the children, and money for the house moms to enjoy some time off. Please consider donating to this team to help them make a difference to these children. We will be taking up this special offering on June 7th during all 3 services. However, if you are unavailable then, the church office can take your donations anytime prior.

Please keep the following team members in prayer as they prepare: Julie, Chap, Blaine, and Braden Chapman Bob and Fran Thomas Janine Blakeborough

Thank you so much for your support!

VBS June 22-26, 9-12:30pm We have 300 signed up!

Registration is now closed.

New Study

On Sunday, June 7th, the FUSE Sunday school class will begin a new study on John Ortberg’s book, “All the Places to Go...How Will I know?” You are welcome to join us during the Sunday school hour, 10:00am, in the Guest Room.

"Very rarely in the Bible does God command someone to “stay.” He opens a door, and then he invites us to walk through it—into the unknown. Open doors are the great adventure of life. How we choose to respond will ultimately determine the lives we will lead and the people we will become. So go ahead—walk through that door. You just might do something that lasts for eternity."

Decorating Props Needed for VBS

Our decorating theme this year is Mount Everest, so we are creating lots of snow, ice, and rocks, with plenty of mountainous backgrounds. Base camp features prominently in our skits and theme, so we are looking for lots of camping/hiking/rock-climbing types of props. If you have items that we can borrow, we are specifically looking for: hiking boots, Backpacks, camp stoves, wooden crates, appropriate heavy-duty outerwear such as parkas, goggles, ski bibs, ski hats/masks, & gloves. We only need a limited amount of these prop items, so please contact Jeanne (music@rhumc.com OR 478-320-4639) before bringing any items to the church. Please let us know what we may borrow ASAP, in order that we can plan appropriately. Thank you!

New Sunday School Video Series Transformations has been learning about Soul Shifts, a study about how God transforms a life into a deeper walk with God, and with all ladies, you can imagine the discussions! J The last Soul Shift was Seen to the Unseen. Can we see the “heaven here on earth”? How do we interact with the unseen that helps us grow spiritually? How do we train our eyes and spirits to actually see the unseen, so that we stay right-minded? Such good questions to consider! It is not too late to join us, so please come! You don’t have to “catch up”; each session is complete in itself and is a challenge to have a more meaningful life and deeper relationship with our Lord.

The Hill Topper — USPS 021-862, PERIODICALS — Published weekly (excluding weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas) by the Richmond Hill United Methodist Church, 9050 Ford Avenue (PO Box 1480), Richmond Hill, GA 31324. Periodical privileges authorized at Richmond Hill, Georgia, periodical postage paid at Richmond Hill, Georgia. POSTMASTER: Address service requested. Send address changes to PO Box 1480, Richmond Hill, GA 31324 June 3, 2015 Volume 3, Issue #22

Pastor on call - Dr. Glenn Martin 312-6341

Richmond Hill United Methodist Church

PO Box 1480 (9050 Ford Ave)

Richmond Hill, GA 31324

This Week at RHUMC Sunday, June 7, 2015

8:50am — Contemporary Worship Service, Gill

9:00am — Early Worship Service, Sanctuary

10:00am — Sunday School, Sunday School Rooms

10:30am — Joy Ride Transportation Pick-Up, Magnolia Manor

11:00am — Worship Service, Sanctuary

5:30pm — Sunday Night Youth, Curry, Gill, & Chapel

6:30pm — Capital Campaign Committee Meeting, Conference Room

Monday, June 8, 2015

Youth Snowbird Trip

6:00am — Youth Morning Basketball, First Baptist Church Gym

9:00am — VBS Decoration Workday, Curry & Preschool Area

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Youth Snowbird Trip

6:00pm — Building Committee Meeting, Parlor

7:00pm — Family Promise of Bryan Co. Meeting, Curry

7:00pm — United Methodist Men Meeting, Gill

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Youth Snowbird Trip

7:15am — Men’s Breakfast, Sunshine Breakfast Café

1:15pm — Middle School Small Group, Youth Room

2:00pm — Summer Reading Series: GSU Wildlife Center, Gill

5:00pm — High School Small Group, Youth Room

6:15pm — College Small Group, Youth Room

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Youth Snowbird Trip

6:00am — Youth Morning Basketball, First Baptist Church Gym

9:00am — Soup Kitchen, Gill & Kitchen

7:00pm — Cross Fire Worship Band Practice, Gill

Friday, June 12, 2015

Youth Snowbird Trip

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Youth Snowbird Trip

Our Helpers for Sunday,

June 7, 2015

9:00am………......Erica Amason, Riann Willis

& Jessica Glover

11:00am…....Julie Seckinger, Beth Williams

& Carrie Bennett

Attendance and Stewardship for

May 31, 2015

Youth………………………………………………………..…...………………..63

Children’s Church…………………………………………..…………....….46

Sunday School………………………………………………..…...….........142

Contemporary Worship………………………….....………....…...……35

9:00am Worship……………………........…………...……....................181

11:00am Worship……………………………………….…………......….181

Sunday Worship Total…………………….…….………....397

Weekly Budget Needs………………..………………….$17,104.00

Received 5/31/2015

Weekly Budget Receipts……………………..............…...$15,570.58

Designated ………………………………………...…………........$3,157.02

Your Church Staff Dr. Glenn Martin ……………………...………………….. Senior Pastor

Janine Blakeborough …………………………... Children’s Director

Jack Caldwell ………………………...…………….……....Youth Director

Tom Seaman……………...…..Contemporary Ministries Director

Gina Stephenson ………………………………..Day School Director

Jeanne Wallace …………………...…………………..…..Music Director

Holland Morgan …………………….……….…………….….......Organist

Karin Campbell ………………...…………....... Nursery Coordinator

Cyndy Tabakian ……………...….............................. Church Hostess

Cindy Hardy…………………...………………………….….… Bookkeeper

Jill Niswonger ...…………..………………………………….…….Secretary

Peggy Witherow ……...…………………. Administrative Assistant

Rusty Reynolds ………………………...………………...……...Custodian

If you are interested in receiving The Hill Topper (our church

newsletter) by email, please contact Jill in the church office at

912 756-2190. Thank You!

9:00am………….…Boyd Walden & Ed Johnson

11:00am ………....………John & Julie Seckinger

9:00am……………………………………………....TBA

11:00am……………………………………..……...TBA

If you are interested in joining our church family, please

contact Glenn Martin at 912-312-6341.