McMannen United Methodist

Church 4102 Neal Road

Durham NC 27705 919-383-1263 www.mcmannenumc.org

SUNDAY MORNINGS:

Worship Services

8:45 am

(in the Neal Chapel)

11:00 am

(in the Sanctuary)

Sunday School

10:00 am

Elementary, Youth,

and multiple classes for Adults

________________________________

Staff

Ed Priestaf

pastorEd@mcmannenumc.org

(cell)919-274-8061

Calvin Dickenson

Director of Youth & Young Adult

Outreach & Ministry

calvind@mcmannenumc.org

(cell)919-641-1481

Anggie Thompson

Office Administrator anggiet@mcmannenumc.org

Jackie Bolen

Director of Children’s Outreach

and Ministries

jackieb@mcmannenumc.org

John Benton

Director of Music Ministries

johnb@mcmannenumc.org

(Cell) 919-397-2243

Floalice Reaves

Organist

The Proclamation

24, 2015

Sunday, September 27

Sunday School

Outreach/Missions Committee

10:00 am

4:30 pm

FH

MONDAY, September 28

Newsletter Deadline

PrimeTimers Exercise

Corridor District Pastor’s Meeting

Boy Scouts

Durham Sail & Power Squadron

Young Adult Study

10:30 am

2:30-4:00 pm

6:30 pm—8:00 pm

6:45 pm

7:00 pm

FH

FH

SH

FH

YC

TUESDAY, September 29

Bible Study 10:00 am FH

WEDNESDAY, September 30

Staff Meeting

PrimeTimers Exercise

Choir Practice

10:00 am

10:30 am

7:00 pm

PS

FH

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THURSDAY, October 1

Bible Study @ Croasdaile 2:00 pm Croasdaile

FRIDAY, October 2

Fall Festival set up

SATURDAY, October 3

Fall Festival 9:00 am—7:00 pm

SUNDAY, October 4

World Communion Sunday

Sunday School

District Youth Rally

10:00 am

1:30-6:30 pm

Chestnut Ridge

FH-Fellowship Hall • YC-Youth Center • SH-Scout Hut •

E(Room #)Education Bldg • CR-Choir Room

Sanc• Sanctuary• Nar-Narthex

Friends of McMannen

Following our historical giving patterns, our Sunday offerings slowed over the summer months. As a result, we

now need your help to eliminate the current deficit in the operating account as we prepare for the exciting

programming in the fall and winter.

*If you have been a regular giver, we thank you. Can you find some excess in your budget above your normal

giving to share for God’s work?

*If you have not yet begun your journey of faithful financial stewardship, we invite you to begin and extend

your reach through partnership with other givers.

*If you have been away, we say “welcome back.” And we look forward to your continued support.

All of you are appreciated for the many gifts you offer to McMannen and to the Glory of God.

Young Adults are welcome and encouraged to join

our study on

“Christmas is Not Your Birthday”

Monday Nights

7:00 pm in the Youth Center

Please continue to collect the labels so this year’s

preschoolers are able to take advantage of the great

educational opportunities offered by this program.

Project AGAPE provides religious humanitarian assistance to Armenia fol-lowing a devastating earthquake, border war with Azerbaijan, and the effects of the failed Soviet economic and political system after Armenia gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. More recently refugees form the Syrian civil war have flooded into Armenia, stressing already limited so-

cial services. Project AGAPE is the only NGO working in the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh re-gion. The AGAPE Christmas boxes YOU fill are going to these children. As in past years, we request you follow the Agape Christmas Box Packing List 2015. You do not need to include every item on the list and are free to add other age-appropriate items. You are also asked to include a $5 (check or cash) to help cover the cost of shipping. Personal notes of greeting and pictures of you family or church group also are welcome. (See the instruction sheet for more details.) IMPORTANT UPDATE: Candy & gum are no longer allowed in Agape Boxes. Please do NOT include any food items, as these must be removed before shipping!

Shoeboxes are available in the church office! Return to church office by Wednesday, September 30!

McMannen United

Methodist

Church

4102 Neal Road

Durham, NC 919-383-1263

Saturday, October 3

9 am-7 pm

Silent Auction — 9 am - 2 pm Music performances throughout the day

Baked Goods * Peanuts

Kids activities and games

Lunch & Supper:11 am - 7 pm

Eat In or Take Out

Adult — $ 9.00

Under 10 — Free Meals include Brunswick stew & BBQ, chicken &

dumplings, fresh cole slaw and hush puppies (all made on-site), homemade desserts,

and tea or coffee.

Brunswick Stew — $7.50/Qt.

BBQ — $18/Qt. (2 lbs) Pre-order stew by the quart (up to 50) by calling the

church office (383-1263) or online at mcmannenumc.org under Online Giving by October 1.

Pick up at the Scout Hut after 2 p.m. on October 3

Tea needed for

Fall Festival

Questions:

See Bev Tiller

919-383-6918

SHHHH, Silent Auction!

Items for the Silent Auction

can be placed in the Office.

Items are needed the week

prior to October 3. Please mark your items with a

starting price and indicate if it must be a firm price,

not to be reduced.

The Silent Auction will run from 9 am to 2 pm

on October 3.

Bake Sale items needed. Please

bring baked goods wrapped &

labeled to the area

outside of the choir

room on Friday

evening, October

2 at 7:00 pm or

early Saturday morning.

The items will be priced &

displayed. Please, no items that

require refrigeration and no

mixes. Bought pie crusts are

fine.

Sandra Tilley 383-2694. Calling all Pastry Chefs……. homemade

desserts are needed for Fall Festival.

Please bring them Friday, Oct 2 or early

morning Saturday, Oct. 3. Helpers are

needed to cut and plate the desserts also.

Marie Baker 919-309-2755

COOKERS ARE NEEDED

FOR POTATOES FOR THE

FALL FESTIVAL STEW

5 & 10 lb. bags of potatoes will be available

for cooking Sunday before Fall Festival in the

fellowship hall. They are due back @ the

scout hut by Saturday AM (or possibly Friday

night if the refrigerator truck is available). It’s

easy to do. Just cook in the skin. Let cool

enough to handle. Skin will almost slide off.

Mash until smooth with no lumps while still

warm. I place mine in plastic ziplock bags &

mash out remaining lumps. Then I don’t have

to retrieve my container after Fall Festival.

MANY COOKERS are needed. Please volun-

teer by calling 919-740-2646 and leaving

your name, phone number and pounds of

potatoes you can cook OR EMAIL the same

information at

judy@hutchinsdesignbuild.com .

The McMannen UMC Preschool

is back! Many of you have asked

what you can do to help us out.

These are a few items that would be greatly appreciated in our supply closet should

you happen to have them or wish to donate them to the ministry. Supplies do not

need to be new. Gently used things work just as well. This is not a complete list.

If there are items you have and think the preschool may be able to use, please ask!

Basically anything and everything is welcome. We can find a creative way to use it

all!

Clean baby food jars

Stickers

Baby wipes

Tissues (Kleenex)

Dry erase markers

RIT dye (any color)

Paper towels

Parchment paper

(for baking)

Scrapbooking or card making

materials

Rice, dried beans or dry pasta

Extracts of any flavor

Cookie cutters

Sprinkles

Vinegar

Baking soda

Silk flowers

Hand sanitizer

Dress up clothes

Glitter glue

Plastic tweezers

Gallon size Ziploc bags

Empty-washed out frosting

containers

Cream of tartar

Houseplants

Salt

Flour

Clip boards

D urham Urban Ministries Food

Pantry items for the month are

soups, peanut butter & jelly. Please bring items for

the pantry and place them in one of the baskets in

the Narthex (lobby) or outside the Church Office.

R E M I N D E R D eadlines

for The Proclamation

are noon Tuesdays. Newsletter

deadline is the last Monday of

the month. Deadlines for the

Sunday bulletins are 10:00 am

Wednesdays.

WITNESSES IN SERVICE THIS WEEK

♦Liturgist: Cathy Carlson

♦Organist: Floalice Reaves

♦Nursery: Cindy Keene & Lisa

Pagett

♦Offering Stewards: Pam Blalock & Diane

Owens

♦Pianist (8:45 only) Peter Klem

♦Preacher: Calvin Dickenson

♦Trustee: Bonnie Eudy

♦Back-up Trustee: Tom Bordeaux

4102 Neal Road

Durham, NC 27705-2320

Phone: 919-383-1263

Fax: 919-383-0546

E-mail: info@mcmannenumc.org

M C M A N N E N U N I T E D

M E T H O D I S T C H U R C H

Pastor Ed

Office Hours 10:00 am—1:00 Pm

Monday

(919) 274-8061

We’re on the web!

www.McMannenUMC.org

Like us on Facebook!

Bible Study Thursdays at 2:00 pm

in Croasdaile

Village

All are welcome!

Lead by Pastor Ed

Call Anggie in the church office for the address

Tuesdays at 10 am

in the Fellowship Hall