Experience Worship Every Sunday!
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
~Dave, Cathy, and Nick Semeria in honor of Christina’s 12th birthday on July 28 and Jessie Leonard’s birthday on July 17.
~Wendy Grant in honor of Lily’s birthday and Jack and Anne Crew’s anniversary.

ACOLYTES
11:00 a.m. Bridget Grant, Lily Grant

WELCOME CHILDREN AND YOUTH
This summer we especially welcome our children and youth to the Sanctuary worship services. Adults, please help make the services a special experience. A smile, a high five, or other friendly gesture will let them know they are welcome.
Parents, some suggestions for you are:
• Make a restroom stop before coming into the service.
• Sit where the children can see.
• Quietly explain what is happening. Point out the acolytes, musicians, minister, altar table, etc.
• Suggest that the children look for someone who looks sad or lonely and say a prayer for that person. Draw a picture for that person to give to them after the service.
• Help children realize that we sing, we pray, we listen, and we give during worship.

Nursery
care for children in Pre-K and younger will be available throughout the summer. Our regular Sunday School classes will resume on August 10.

NAME TAGS - IMPORTANT!
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 at the information table in the narthex. Your name tag will be placed on the information table for you to pick up. Orders generally take two weeks. There are a number of name tags that have not been collected.

RESTART - AUGUST 10
Mark your calendars for the start of the new school year at BUMC when our Sunday School classes for children and youth resume. Join us for the biggest field day ever! Wear outdoor clothes.

3 yr. olds through 5th grade
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
6th through 12th grades
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

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

MURPHY-HARPST LUAU
Rising ninth graders through graduating seniors are invited to attend a luau at Murphy-Harpst Children’s Center in Cedartown, Georgia, on Thursday, July 31. The group will leave the BUMC parking lot at 9:30 a.m. and return at 4:00 p.m.

CONFIRMATION T-SHIRTS
The new corrected t-shirts are now available. The cost is $6.

THANKS TO THE SEVENTEEN ADULTS AND YOUTH WHO HELPED WITH
CHILDREN’S NURSERY LAST SUNDAY.

SUNDAY SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS
EXPERIENCE THE JOY!
Join the children’s Sunday school teaching team for fall and experience the joy and satisfaction of sharing God’s love with BUMC’s youngest family members. Lesson plans and training are provided. You will enjoy the fellowship of other dedicated teachers as well as getting to know many of the parents of the children. Contact Nancy Spence at nancy.spence@birminghamumc.org or 678.942.1613 as soon as possible to learn more about this opportunity.

REGISTER TODAY FOR AUGUST 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

DAVE RAMSEY FPU PREVIEW
What could the PEOPLE OF GOD do for the KINGDOM OF GOD if they were DEBT FREE? Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University is a life-changing program that teaches you how to make the right decisions with your money. Through this 13-week curriculum, you'll be empowered with the practical skills and confidence needed to achieve your financial goals and experience true financial peace! On average, families reduce their debt by $5,300 and save $2,700 in just 91 days. Make plans to join an FPU study, coming to BUMC this fall! The cost is $93.00 per household, payable in cash or a check made out to BUMC with Dave Ramsey FPU noted on the memo line.
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BETH MOORE BIBLE STUDIES
Beth Moore Bible Studies are offered this August. Morning and evening sessions will be formed as needed. Watch for more information in the Bulletin or contact Sherry Schoendorf at sherryschoendorf@comcast.net; Cathy Shea
at shea101897@comcast.net; or Mary Kay Bechtel at cbech123@comcast.net.

ALPHA IS COMING!
Do you have questions about God? about faith? Do you wonder if Jesus is really relevant to your life? Join us for Alpha beginning August 17 . . . a 10-week journey through the basics of the Christian faith. More information is
available online at www.alphana.org or call Kelli or Paul Eldridge at 678.393.0200.

OPEN DOORS, OPEN HEARTS
These sessions have been discontinued temporarily and will resume in August.

ATLANTA CHRISTIAN YOUTH THEATER
NEW LOCATION - BUMC!
CYT Fall Classes begin August 17. Registration available soon at www.cytatlanta.com.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL ON STAGE
CYT Atlanta proudly announces its fall show, Disney’s High School Musical On Stage! Get ready for “the start of something new!” Prepare yourself for the chance to see your favorite movie brought to life. This show is everything you love about the movie with added fun. www.cytatlanta.com.

CALLING ALL YOUTH & ADULTS…
Disciple Bible Study is gearing up for the fall and we would like YOU to be a part of it!

“If you make my word your home, you will indeed be my disciples.” John 8:31 (NJB)

This fall, BUMC will be offering several Disciple Bible Study Classes. Disciple Bible Study is a covenant-based 34-week study that meets for 2.5 hours each week. Each session involves daily Scripture reading, a group video component, and group discussions. Classes are held either at the church or in member’s homes. This is a wonderful opportunity to be a part of an excellent Bible study, get involved in a small group, and to get to know others in the church.

Two classes are forming:
Disciple I - Tuesday Mornings: 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Rev. Julie Boone Childcare available)
Disciple II - Monday Evenings: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Facilitators Dr. Boyd Whaley and Elizabeth
Anderson

Come . . . be and a part of this life-transforming ministry. Cost $40 per person.
For questions or registration, please contact: Rev. Julie Boone at 678.942.1604 or email julie.boone@birminghamumc.org.

BUMC MISSION CORNER

MEXICO TRIP (JULY 26 - AUGUST 2)
OUR APPRECIATION
Thank you to Jo Chavis and Bonnie Jackson for making the twenty-seven banners for the children at the Douglas House in Sabinas Hildalgo, Mexico. Each banner has the child’s name and “He Knows My Name” in Spanish. The banner will hang over the child’s bed as a reminder of God’s love.

Thanks to the special members of our church, all twenty-seven children at the Douglas House will have a new pair of shoes to begin the school year. Uniforms are required for school and those without are not allowed to attend. Receiving new shoes is a very big thing. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

MURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN’S CENTER
Please join us Thursday, July 31, for a luau at Murphy Harpst. We will leave the BUMC parking lot at 9:30 a.m. and will return around 4:00 p.m. Bring either a liter soft drink (caffeine free) or a bag of chips or cookies. Since our theme is a luau, feel free to be creative! We especially invite our youth (rising ninth through graduating seniors). We will need to give the Murphy-Harpst staff a head count, so R.S.V.P. to Carole Johnson at 770.752.8534.

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.

WOMEN’S RENEWAL RETREAT
SAVE THE DATES: FEBRUARY 6-8, 2009
AMICALOLA FALLS
Ladies, you do not want to miss this exciting annual getaway!

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

SCOTTSDALE FARMS SPECIAL MEMORIAL GARDEN OFFER
If you purchase a plant at Scottsdale Farms for our Memorial Garden and turn in the receipt to the Church office, the amount will be credited to your giving record, and they will make a donation to the Church in the same amount! They have a list of the plants designated in the landscape design. The plants you purchase will remain at Scottsdale Farms until planting is scheduled. BUMC greatly appreciates the generosity of Scottsdale Farms.

VOLUNTEER RECEPTIONIST HELP
If you would like to volunteer to help in the office a few hours each week answering the phone and doing some clerical tasks, please call the office at 678.942.1600.

HOW DO I JOIN BUMC?
Complete and submit a membership form available on the BUMC web site or contact the church office for a hard copy. All new members must be baptized prior to joining the church. If you have not been baptized, please contact the church office to schedule a baptism. You may be baptized on the day you join. Contact Mary Mueller at 770.815.4980 to schedule the date and time you wish to join. New members may join any Sunday, at either service. A Membership Sunday is scheduled each month for new members who wish to join in a group setting.

CONNECTIONS CLASS
This class is specifically geared towards newcomers and new members. It is a series of three one-hour classes held in the Education Building during the 11:00 a.m. Sunday service. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet the staff and learn about the ministries of BUMC and about getting connected. Classes will resume in September. The dates and times will be announced in the Bulletin.

Sympathy
To Susan and Mike Beasley on the death of Thomas Beasley, Mike’s father.

Inform BUMC
Please advise us of any changes in your home address, telephone number, or email address by contacting the office at 678.942.1600.

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 Glen Carroll (Sonya Lewis’ brother); Gary Keehn (Deb Stratton’s father); Elise Smith (13); John Barton; Kathy Brock; John Harben and family; Wally Roderick and family and his grandson, Kevin (18 months); Susan Hogg, Teri Baldwin’s sister; Charlotte Segovia, Dana Duncan’s sister; Bill Lipley; Brack Greer; Doug Sharratt’s family and friends dealing with his passing; Isabella Grace (9 weeks) and her family; Lynn Castleberry Long-Term Requests: Glen Carroll; John Barton; ulian Hazlewood; Stan Vitikas; Ian, Rylan, Joe, and Cathy Shea; Cindy and Adam Hayes dealing with the death of their son, Justin Hayes; Don Woolford; Flora Eberhard; Edward Taffee; 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; 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; Capt. Jonathan Judy serving in Afghanistan; Lisa Irish and family; Robert B. Sumner; Jim and Jo Chavis; Amy Osborn, Emory Colin Hughes; 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 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. John 14:27 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.