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Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. • 11:00 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • 11:00 a.m. (All Ages)

General Announcements

ALTAR FLOWERS
The flowers on the altar today are given by:
~Larry and Laura Spurlin Clynch in honor of her mother, Louise Spurlin
~Sloan Greer in celebration of the birthdays of Michael, Cole, and Jason Greer and in loving memory of Joseph West Greer

The rose on the altar is in honor of Isabella Grace Bryan, granddaughter of Andi and Deane Stewart.

ACOLYTES
9:30 a.m. Jenna Brown, Lauren Brown, Tristan Brown
11:00 a.m. Kaylen Saunders, Cara Saunders

MEMORIAL GARDEN
Be sure to check out the updated presentation on the BUMC web site about the plans for the Sanctuary Memorial Garden. Point your browser to www.birminghamumc.org, then click on the “Memorial Garden at BUMC” link on the home page.

TEA FOR JUDY WOLFE
Ladies, please join us for a tea honoring Judy Wolfe on Sunday, May 18, at 3:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. There is no charge for this event. A love offering will be taken to defray costs. Reply to Barbara Kester at bjikester@hotmail.com. Or 678.493.7360.

DISCIPLE TRAINING
If you are interested in Disciple Training, there are two options for one-day seminars at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church:
June 26: Disciple I: Christian Believer
June 27: Beyond Disciple I: Jesus in the Gospels.
If you would like to register for one of these seminars, please contact Elwynne Rotaru at 678.942.1601. For more information about the training, visit www.Disciple.Cokesbury.com or call 1.800.251.8591.

INTERSECTION WEEKEND THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
There were so many of you who helped make the Intersection Weekend possible:
Deb Stratton, Josh and Kelly Masters, Jeff Johnson, Dave Filipowicz, the Youth Team, Teresa Baldwin, Kim Bunker, Jenifer Saunders, Kathy Burns, Linda Heinz, Cheryl Simmons, Megan and Dick Saunders, Darlene Rybolt, May Kay Bechtel, Kathy Ray, Kathy Christman, Mary Mueller, Judie and Stan Purvis, Charlotte Lamm, Ivey Hewitt, Dawn Lockwood, Louise Brown, Cathy Semeria, Elizabeth Anderson, Angela Young, Anne Atkins, Sandy Tothill, Jonathan Wolfe, Nancy Spence, Mark Jones, Elwynne Rotaru, and George Reyes. Thanks also to all the wonderful guests who came and to Marilyn and Bill Goff who facilitated the weekend.
A HUGE thank you to all the adults that helped us put together a wonderful Intersection weekend for our youth:
Bob and Mary Ann Morris, Cindy Raimondi, Janie Barnabei, Cathy Semeria, Laura Bluhm, Jeff and Lee Beals, John Bates, Cindy and Wayne Mincey, Chris and Stacy Holcombe, Cary Beck, Anne Crew, Susan Campbell and Kathy Christman were especially helpful in making the weekend special with their time and food donations. The food donations allowed us to invite all of the youth to eat and attend the weekend's events for free. We love you all and thank you dearly.
Josh and Kelly Masters
Mark and Christy Jones

NAME TAGS
Please wear your name tag every Sunday. This will be especially helpful to our new Pastors. You can order a name tag by using the envelopes in the Narthex.

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.

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.

PARENTS OF SENIORS
Please call, fax, or email the church with the name of your graduating senior so that they will be included in a list for the Bulletin. Phone: 678.924.1600; Fax: 678.942.1616; Email: bumc@earthlinnk.net.

THANKS TO THE 38 ADULTS AND YOUTH WHO HELPED WITH CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL.

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.

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.

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.

PARENTS OF SENIORS
Please call, fax, or email the church with the name of your graduating senior so that they will be included in a list for the Bulletin. Phone: 678.924.1600; Fax: 678.942.1616; Email: bumc@earthlinnk.net.

THANKS TO THE 38 ADULTS AND YOUTH WHO HELPED WITH CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL.

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

VOLUNTEER HELP
Volunteers are needed to pick up pastries and bread donated by the Birmingham Road Publix and deliver them to the North Fulton Community Charities Food Pantry located in Roswell. If you can help one or two Fridays a month, please contact Mary Mueller at 770.815.4980.

REGISTER TODAY FOR MAY 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

MEN’S MINISTRY
All are invited to the next session of “Jesus’ Use of Power and Leadership” led by Dr. Boyd Whaley on Monday, May 12. Join us for a healthy breakfast from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Call Jeff Johnson if you have questions at 404.312.9984.

BUMC SINGLES LUNCH
Please join us after the 11:00 a.m. service on May 18. We will meet in the cloister and go to I Love New York Pizza next to Publix.

BUMC MISSION CORNER
UPCOMING MISSION OPPORTUNITIES:
▪ Drake House Workday on 05/17/08: The Drake House offers emergency housing for women and children in Roswell, Georgia. We will take a team down to Roswell to help paint the interior of the main house (most likely trim work). This is a great organization that needs our help. Women and children comprise forty-three percent of Atlanta’s homeless. We will meet at the church at 8:00 a.m. and will return around 3:00 p.m. Plan on bringing a few paint brushes and a snack lunch (or money to eat out). This event is open to all, including children and youth. For more information visit their web site at http://www.thedrakehouse.org.
▪ 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.

DAVE RAMSEY FPU PREVIEW
Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University is coming to BUMC this fall. But there's no need to wait. 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."

NEW CONNECTIONS CLASS
This class is for all members of BUMC who have missed taking the class and for those preparing to join. Discover opportunities for involvement and service during this 4-session class that will be held at 11:00 a.m. on May 18, May 25, June 1, and June 8. Byron Foster and Stan Purvis will lead the class in Room E221 in the Education Building.

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)

CYT PRESENTS “OLIVER”
Christian Youth Theater will present “Oliver,” one of musical theater’s most popular shows about Oliver Twist. Support your local youth theater - and some cast members from BUMC - while enjoying a truly entertaining family experience. Order your tickets now before they sell out by visiting www.cytatlanta.com. Matinee and evening performances run May 2 through 17 at Johns Creek Baptist Church, 7500 McGinnis Ferry Road, Alpharetta. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for guests under 18. Group rate is $9.

Sympathy to
Jim and Catherine Jones and family in the death of Catherine’s father, Paul Garvis

Congratulations to
Andi and Deane Stewart, the proud grandparents of Isabella Grace Bryan, born on May 7, 2008.

Baptism
We rejoice today in the holy sacrament of baptism with Shannon and Ashley Smith
in the baptism of their children, Addison Riley Smith and Caroline Lily Smith

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 Jim and Catherine Jones and family; Betty Lynch; Pedro Paulette; Andrew Barnette; Doris and Sam Ramsey; Joe and Cathy Shea and family; Mark and Christy Jones; Nancy Spence; Natalia; Marc King; Jack J. Shuping; Travis and Beth Blocker; Pat Cole; Steve Corrigal; Eileen McGuire; Maurizio Gianturco; Walter Schlatmann; Todd Eaton (Jack and Maye Eaton’s son); Larry Mincey; Mike Greer; Brian Balmes; B. Travis Johnson; Gina; 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. Long-Term Requests: Andrew Barnette serving in Iraq; Deanna, Connor, Logan and Sydnie; Haley Hunter, her family, Eddie and Tammy (parents) and Hannah and Ewing (siblings): Pat Cole in Iraq; Clayton Spruell (Jim Spruell’s father); 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;  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.