General Announcements

ALTAR FLOWERS
The flowers on the altar are given by Kirk and Jenifer Saunders for their children, Annice, Kase, Cara, and Kaylen, and in honor of Kaylen’s 10th birthday today.

ACOLYTES
9:30 a.m. Caroline Crain, Steven Crain, John Crain
11:00 a.m. Caroline Wolfe, Colyer Wolfe

INTERSECTION AHEAD WEEKEND (MAY 2-4)
Please help us make this special weekend even more successful and enjoyable by bringing that necessary item - food. On Friday and Saturday nights we will have covered dish meals. Meat will be provided but we need the participants to contribute the “sides.” Check the following list to see what you can bring one night - or even better - both nights, based on letter of your last name:
A-G Vegetable
H-R Salad
S-Z Dessert
If anyone would like to bring a meat dish it would be welcomed also. Thank you for your generosity and help for this incredible weekend experience.

Youth Intersection Ahead Weekend
You don’t want to miss it! While adults experience a life-changing weekend here at BUMC, so will our youth. Join in the special activities that have been planned for Friday night through Sunday afternoon that will transform lives. A Friday night cookout will kick off the weekend and there will be a time of worship and listening to amazing life stories from Georgia teens. The Saturday morning coffee will be a great time of fellowship and sharing of faith. Sunday morning youth services at 9:30 and 11:00 will be the ultimate sharing experience. All events are in the Youth Chapel. Finally, we would love to see your whole family back at the church on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. for a combined time of sharing stories of heartaches and struggles as well as joys and victories. Please save the dates - May 2-4!

FELLOWSHIP DINNERS
Please mark your calendars for our inaugural family night dinner on Wednesday, April 23, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. For our first dinner in the spring series of four, we will be enjoying barbeque, potato salad, slaw, and baked beans catered by Slopes Restaurant of Roswell. The cost is $7 for adults, $5 for children, with a maximum of $25 per family. Please register on our website or call the church office at 678.942.1600 by noon tomorrow. You may pay at the door. We look forward to a mid-week evening of fellowship!

YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL
NORMAL SUNDAY FORMAT

INFUSION
MIDDLE SCHOOL WORSHIP
9:30 AND 11:00 A.M.
Meets in Youth Room

THE VAULT
HIGH SCHOOL WORSHIP
11:00 A.M.
Meets in High School Chapel

WORD WEDNESDAY
Students discuss relevant topics related to their everyday lives in small group environments at the church or in church member homes. New students are welcomed anytime. Word Wednesday meets weekly during the school year.

Middle School: 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Home of Scott and Laura Mall
1965 Drummond Pond Rd. (770.569.1666
Thanks to everyone who participated in this school year’s Middle School Word Wednesday. The last session was recently held. The sessions for the upcoming academic year will begin in August.

High School: 7:30-8:45 p.m.
Home of Vicky and Jack Wyche
225 Buckland Run (770.569.5488)

BIGSTUF BEACH TRIP!
Middle and High School students
Panama City Beach, Florida, June 1-5
Cost: $399, which covers all travel expenses, food (except fast food there/back), lodging, and supplies. Non-refundable deposit of $200 due by April 15, final $199 due by May 15. Please call or email Mark Jones, Youth Director, for more information.

CAROLINA CROSS CONNECTION
High School Mission Trip, North Carolina
June 14-21
SOLD OUT. Waiting list only.

Cost: $450, which covers all meals (except fast food there/back), travel expenses (including hotel stay for night 1), tools/supplies for home repair, and lodging. Non-refundable deposit of $225 due by April 15; final $225 due by May 15. Please call or email Mark Jones, Youth Director, for more information.

UMYF (ALL YOUTH WELCOME)
Mark your calendar with the following UMYF dates (5:00 p.m.):
TODAY and May 4 (final UMYF on church land).
Bring $5 for a snack supper.
Hosts for the suppers are needed. If you would like to help, please sign the sign-up form in the Youth Room, email, or call Mark Jones at 678.942.1614.

HIGH SCHOOL MISSION TRIP
Hinton Rural Life Center, N. Carolina, June 22 - 27
Cost: $450 which covers meals (except fast food there/back), travel expenses, tools/supplies for home repair, and lodging. HRLC is a mission project that serves the local Appalachian community near Hayesville, NC. Our other annual mission trip, CCC, actually spawned out of some of the mission format of Hinton. Non-refundable deposit of $225 due April 15; final $225 due May 15. For more information, please call
or email Mark Jones, Youth Director.

THANKS TO THE 29 ADULTS WHO HELPED WITH CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL.

NURSERY
Pager #14 is missing from the nursery. If you find it, please return it to the nursery area. Thank you.

COMING TO BUMC THIS SUMMER!
Visit the BUMC website for more details.

Vacation Bible School – Beach Party
“Surfing Through the Scriptures”
REGISTER NOW!
June 23 – 27; Closing Celebration on June 29
Children 4 yrs. old by 9/1/08 through current 5th
graders To volunteer, contact Carolyn Kester at cgkteacher@hotmail.com

CYT Camps (Christian Youth Theater)
June 2 – 6 Ages 10 – 14 West Side Story Highlights
July 14 – 18 Ages 6 – 11 Annie
July 21 – 25 Ages 6 – 11 Peter Pan

2008 Day Camp – It’s All Good!
June 9 – 13; 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Current 1st – 5th graders
Co-sponsored by Camp Glisson and BUMC
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Chinese Culture Camp
June 16-20

REGISTER TODAY FOR APRIL PLAYTIME!
Who? Children 6 mos. - 4 years
When? Tuesday and Thursday
Time? 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost? $18/day payable a month in advance
Contact: nancy.spence@birminghamumc.org
678.942.1613

LADIES CIRCLE COOKBOOK
LAST CALL FOR RECIPES - TODAY
Please email your recipes to Stephanie Owens at randsowens@comcast.net or type or write neatly on 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper and drop at the church office.

OPEN DOORS, OPEN HEARTS
Take it to the Limit - A six-part message series for those whose schedules are too full and whose checking accounts are too empty! Our culture encourages us to live as if we have no limits. So we fill up our schedules and empty our bank accounts. Life on the edge means life with no margin. Life without margin is a recipe for personal disaster. Together, we will explore God's answer to our self-destructive propensity to live as if we have no limits. This series is at 9:45 on Sunday mornings. For questions, contact Jenifer Saunders at jandksaunders@comcast.net or 770.475.1622.

BUMC MISSION CORNER
Upcoming Mission Opportunities -
Murphy-Harpst Workday 04/26/08: We are now working with Murphy-Harpst to create a garden for the children. We will take a team to the worksite at 8:00 on Saturday morning. The garden will provide produce for the children to sell to raise money. This is a great opportunity for families of BUMC to do something together and teach young children and teens about serving. Please reply to Tal Cox or Chris Holcombe if you would like to help.
SERV Mexico 07/25/08 - 08/02/08: This is a BUMC sponsored mission trip to Mexico to build bunk beds for an orphanage and teach Vacation Bible School at night. The cost of the trip will be around $600 (depending on transportation).
If you are interested in these missions, or if you have any local ministries you would like BUMC to support, please feel free to contact Tal Cox at 770.310.6345 or Chris Holcombe at 404.276.0399.

MURPHY HARPST – SPECIAL GUEST
We are pleased to welcome Wanda Reid to our services today. She is the Director of Community Relations at Murphy-Harpst.
DAVE RAMSEY FPU PREVIEW
Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University is coming to BUMC this fall. But there's no need to ait. Take control of your financial future tday! Read Dave Ramsey's "Total Money Makeover" or check out Dave's website, www.daveramsey.com.
▪ Getting out of debt will not happen overnight; it takes time. Here are the Baby Steps that will get you started: (1) $1000 emergency fund; (2) Pay off all non-mortgage debt with debt snowball; (3) 3 to 6 months expenses in savings; (4) 15% of income invested for retirement; (5) college funding; (6) pay off home early; (7) build wealth and give! Giving is an important part of FPU. According to Dave, "The idea of holding money with an open hand might seem to violate common sense. We feel that if we don’t hold on tightly to our money and our relationships, they will slip away. I’m not saying literally hold your money with an open hand – it represents our attitude toward money. When you give, you open yourself up. You allow the dollars to leave and the freedom to enter.”
▪ Giving works because it is in your personal blueprint to be a giver, and you unleash good things in your life that you will never see until you learn the art of unselfish giving. Giving lifts us out of ourselves; we take our eyes off our rights, our problems, and our stuff. The new view gives us renewed vision and hope. Giving is powerful."

CONNECTIONS CLASS
This class is for all members of BUMC who have missed taking the class and for those preparing to join. Discover opportunities of involvement and service during this 4-session class. The final class in this series is today at 11:00 a.m. in Room E221 in the Education Building. Meet committee leaders, staff, and lay leaders. The class will be led by Byron Foster and Stan Purvis.

55 & OVER DINNER HONORING JOHN AND JUDY WOLFE
Join us on Thursday, April 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall for fellowship and a delicious meal of grilled chicken by Stan Purvis. Sign up after church in the cloister. If you wish to help, please call Marcia Rousselle at 770.772.7342.

MEMBERSHIP
If you would like to become a member of BUMC, please fill out a membership form at our website, pick up one in the office, or call Mary Mueller at 770.754.5075.

CHATS ROOM!
There is a room designated for informal fellowship, a place to get questions answered, connect over coffee, and sign up for small groups from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. each Sunday. (between services). Church leaders will be there.
Where? Left side of Narthex
Why? To meet and greet you and chat!
Who? For everyone!
Connecting Here At The Sanctuary (CHATS)

Baptism
We rejoice in the holy sacrament of baptism today with

Timothy and Christi Barchie in the baptism of their children, James Benjamin Barchie and Kathryn Grace Barchie and

Shellie and Craig Hollingsworth in the baptism of Craig Hollingsworth and children,
Brooks Dowling Hollingsworth and Price Clifton Hollingsworth.

Sympathy
To the family of Dan and Nancy Pollnow in the death of Nancy’s brother, Franklin Bowling, who died on April 9 in Cumming, Georgia, and Dan’s brother-in-law, Jack Hinz, who died on April 12 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

To the family of Nancy and Michael Capenegro in the loss of Nancy’s grandmother, Jerry Hites, on April 13.

Flowers
The arrangements on the altar are designed by Flowers From Us.

PRAYER LIST— Prayer requests will stay on the prayer list for two weeks. If you wish for something to stay on the list longer, you will need to notify Judie Purvis at Jpurvis818@aol.com

You can now communicate your Prayer Requests Online. Remember in Prayer Bruce Smitherman; Andrew Phillips; Gabby; Kayla Smith; Britany Winston and her mother; Jared and Caleb Burrage; Shawn Robbins and his family; Julian Hazlewood; Becky Flaherty’s grandmother; Wanda Griff; Stephanie Doster; Nancy and Dan Pollnow; Nancy and Michael Capenegro; Randy and Laura Haley; Jana White (Doug White’s sister-in-law); Baby Jackson Cole Adair and his parents, Jessica and Justin Adair; Cheryl Franz and family; Jacob Long-Term Requests: Carol Stuen; Donna Shaffer; Karen Ross; Wanda Grigg; Cheryl and Blaine Franz and sons, Logan (13) and Levi (11); Tom Donovan; Lt. Col. Robert A. Baird; Cpt. Jonathan Judy serving in Afghanistan; Lisa Irish and family; Robert B. Sumner; Jim and Jo Chavis; Amy Osborn, Emory Colin Hughes; Courtney Doyle and family; Scott, Kelly, Neill, and Masey Christian; Rick, Deirdre, Patrick, and Zach Baker; Linda Sloan; family of Matthew Cady; Joyce; Scott Anderson; Kimberly and Joe Bakos; Jason Purvis; Bradley Riethmaier; Deane Stewart; Beth O’Linn; Karsen Zapata; Phyllis Naas. Praise & Affirmation Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. Isaiah 26:3 PRAYER LIST - Prayer requests will stay on the prayer list for two weeks. If you wish for something to stay on the list longer, you will need to notify Judie Purvis at Jpurvis818@aol.com or via the online form.