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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

ACOLOYTES
9:30 a.m. Pierce Mustaki, Ivey Mustaki

40 DAYS OF TRANSFORMATION
GET YOUR BOOKS NOW
We are forming small groups for the church-wide event, 40 Days of Transformation. This is a 40-day study focusing on “Treasures of the Transformed Life: Satisfying Your Soul’s Thirst for More.” If you are not in a group and/or would like to lead a group, please contact Stan Purvis at 770.740.9559 or jpurvis818@aol.com. Books and workbooks are available in the church office and in the cloister on Sunday mornings ($15).

The Cookbook, Birmingham's Best is here!! They will be available for purchase before and after Sunday services in the cloister. The cost is $15 each or 2 / $25. If you have questions, please call or email Stephanie Owens, randsowens@comcast.net, 770 442 9671.

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 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. Membership Sundays are scheduled on the fourth Sunday of each month for those who wish to join in a group setting. The next date is November 23.

YOUTH MINISTRY AND FELLOWSHIP
NORMAL SUNDAY FORMAT

‘TWEEN 6TH GRADE CLASS
9:30 AND 11:00 A.M.
August - December 2008
At front house on church property. Look for sign.

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

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

WINTER RETREATS
Stay tuned for registration for the upcoming Middle School retreat in January (MLK weekend) and the High School retreat in February (President’s Day weekend)!

WORD WEDNESDAY
These sessions meet weekly during the school year. Students discuss topics related to their everyday lives in small group environments. New students are welcomed at any time.
Middle School: 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.
Home of Mitch and Laura Bluhm
425 Gunston Hall Drive (770.569.8607)
High School: 7:45 - 9:00 p.m.
Home of Vicky and Jack Wyche
225 Buckland Run (770.569.5488)

UMYF (UNITED METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP) TODAY
This group meets two Sundays each month from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. All youth are invited to bring friends for a unique message, fun, games, and snack supper. Students should bring $5 for supper.

Check out the YOUTH WEB SITE:
www.birminghamumc.org/youth
All registrations, calendar dates, and other important information about events are posted on our site. Youth and parents - check here for information on anything!
Mark Jones, Director of Youth Ministries
birminghamyouth@gmail.com
678.942.1614

KIDS . . . DON’T MISS THIS!
Worship Kids
Christmas Musical
“ANGEL ALERT”
Rehearsals
Sundays
4:30 to 5:00 p.m.

A LIVE NATIVITY
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE!
Participate in the Advent season in a new and meaningful way. Help us create a live nativity scene for the Milton/Alpharetta community on December 14. Will you help with the stable, the costumes, provide animals or be a participant? Sign up on the clipboard in the Narthex
today or see Nancy Spence.

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

WOMEN’S MINISTRY
REGISTER TODAY !
WOMEN’S WINTER RENEWAL RETREAT
FEBRUARY 6-8, 2009
Mark your calendars for this retreat at Amicalola Falls State Park Lodge in Dawsonville, Georgia. Our speaker will be Dianne Parker. Share in this time of wonderful fellowship, music, and prayer. Get more information at www.birminghamumc.org or contact Kathy Christman @ busymx3@aol.com (678.366.1130) or Cathy White at cathywhite@earthlink.net (770.345.4494). Register online. Pay via PayPal (charge card, too) or place check with “Women’s
Winter Retreat” in the memo section in Sunday offering plate or drop by office. Pay in installments if desired. Consider asking for this as a Christmas gift from your family. You do not want to miss this event!
A deposit of $75 is requested by today.

BUMC WOMEN’S CIRCLE
This group will serve in the community, share and learn together through speakers and books, and enjoy each other as Sisters in Christ! The Circle meets the second Tuesday of each month (September – April) from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Childcare is available at BUMC. For more information please contact Stephanie Owens at 770.442.9671.
Nov. 11: Meet at Fostercares in Roswell at 10:00 a.m.
Dec. 9: Christmas Luncheon and ornament exchange

The BUMC Women’s Circle is pleased to announce the upcoming arrival of “Birmingham’s Best,” a collection of favorite recipes. They will be for sale at the Church and before and after services in early November.

ATTENTION WOMEN!
We offer the 10-week Beth Moore study “Believing God” on Saturday mornings (started October 4) from 9:00 to about 10:30 a.m. also in the choir room. This study is led by Kathy Armour. Contact her at 770.887.9904 or Kathysouth21@bellsouth.net.

MEN’S MINISTRY
Remember to regularly check the Men’s Ministry web page at www.birminghamumc.org for breakfasts, bible studies, and other exciting events in the coming months. Mark you calendar for the next Men’s Study Breakfast on November 10 at 7:00 a.m.

MISSION CORNER
~DRAKE HOUSE NEEDS
The Drake House in Roswell, offering emergency housing for women and children in North Fulton, is in real need of food items with the great increase in families applying for services. Please leave your contributions in the box outside the church office door. The pantry wish list includes cereal, pancake mix, breakfast bars, canned goods (pasta, vegetables, fruits), rice, jelly, coffee, cookies/crackers, boxed dinners, sugar, and syrup, and 100% juice and juice boxes. Paper towels, Kleenex, dish detergent, and powdered dishwasher detergent are also needed. Thank you for your help.

WINTER COAT AND CLOTHING DRIVE
The BUMC Missions Committee is sponsoring a coat and winter clothing drive to benefit North Fulton Community Charities and MUST Ministries Cherokee. Please consider donating items you no longer need to help others in our community. Clothing for children and adults of all ages and sizes are needed. Collection bins will be available at the church through November 2. Clothing should be clean and in good condition. Winter clothing only please. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Mueller at 770.815.4980.

MUST CHEROKEE’S
THANKSGIVING NEEDS
MUST Cherokee is collecting food items for the over 600 families they expect to serve for Thanksgiving this year. Food items needed include cans of corn, green beans, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes; boxes of mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, cornbread mix, and stuffing; jars of gravy or packages of gravy mix; pies and turkeys. Non-perishable items can be dropped off at BUMC before November 14 or at MUST Cherokee from November 10 through 14 between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. MUST volunteers will assemble the baskets November 17 through the 21 and distributing them November 24 through 26. Due to limited freezer storage, frozen turkeys and pies can only be accepted at MUST on November 24, 25 and 26 from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. In lieu of these items, grocery gift cards are gladly accepted. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Mueller at 770.815.4980 or MUST Cherokee’s Holiday Coordinator, Pam Whiting, at 770.479.5397 ext. 3107 or mcherokee@mustministries.org.

OTHER LOCAL MINISTRIES
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 NEWS
WHAT IS YOUR STORY?
Watch the Bulletin for a flyer describing how you can have your testimony or inspirational story of hope, faith, and love in print. For information contact Carole Johnson at 770.752.8534 or ammcj@bellsouth.net

DIVORCE/GRIEF COUNSELING
Wellspring Counseling Center at Birmingham UMC is now offering counseling groups: GriefShare, GriefCare for Kids, DivorceCare, DivorceCare for Kids, and DivorceCare for Teens on Thursday evenings in the Education Building. Please contact Derek Struchtemeyer at struchtemeyerd@bellsouth.net or 770.883.0247 to register or for more information.

OPEN DOORS, OPEN HEARTS
Starting today, this group will meet on Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. in Room E220 in the Fellowship Hall.

DAVE RAMSEY'S
FPU COURSE IN JANUARY
By popular demand, a new Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University course will begin on January 5 and continue every Monday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. through March 30 in the Fellowship Hall. This life-changing program teaches you how to make the right decisions with your money. You'll be empowered with the practical skills and confidence needed to achieve your financial goals. If there are ten paid reservations by October 31, the course materials will cost $90 per
household; otherwise the cost will be $100. The course is payable in cash or check made payable to BUMC with Dave Ramsey FPU noted on the memo line. Your payment serves as your registration. For more information, contact Lynne Smith at 404.277.0351.

Sympathy
To the Close family in the death of Steve Close on October 26.

Flowers
The altar arrangements are designed by Flowers From Us.

Bulletin
Submissions to the Sunday Bulletin are due by Wednesday prior by 5:00 p.m. All entries are subject to staff approval and available space. Please submit entries to
elwynne.rotaru@birminghamumc.org.

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 Family of Steve Close; Charles Crawford; Rita Gray; Tom Rybolt; Roy Norman, Bruce Quatrale and family; Eric and Gwen Leichty; Heather; Deborah Lindsey; Kathleen; Elease Franchini’s father; Spence family; Hunter Mize (13), Leslie Wagner’s cousin; Bill Dallas; Karine Maier and children; Emeline and Chloe; Margie Scheidt; Betty Blackstock; Ramsey Smith and his parents, Mary Ann and Wade Smith; Dick and Vicki Flint; Nelle Burdett, Corliss Hicks’ mother; Diana Woodson, Trudie Robinson’s mother; Katherine, Beth Vassallo’s mother; Nancy Spence; J. B. Crew (Jack Crew’s father); family of Kaleb Payne; Willie James Jackson; Brenda Trooper; Mrs. Billie Roland Long-Term Requests Mr. and Mrs. George McDowell; Haley Hunter and family; Brian Ernst; Susan Johnson; Mike and Kathy Colombo; Patricia Hubbard; Janis Strickler (Denise Baird’s mother); Karen Ross; Patsy Snyder; Sharon Danville; Scott Anderson; Fletcher Cole; George Fuller; Ed Hetherington; Irma Stepian; Sid Anderson; Robert B. Sumner; Kenneth Cassada; Karen Ross; Doug Tye; Makenna Culpepper; Benjamin Stear; Gary Keehn (Deb Stratton’s father); John Barton; Lisa Russo; Glen Carroll; Andrew Barnette serving in Iraq; Pat Cole in Iraq; Capt. Jonathan Judy serving in Afghanistan. Praise and Affirmation Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 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.