SUNDAY SCHOOL:
Our children's Sunday School department has teachers that are warm and loving and a curriculum that is based on the "lectionary" (the scriptures used in Sunday worship will also be used in that day's Sunday School classes). The Seasons of the Spirit curriculum provides resources for "worship, Christian education, and ministries of serving. These resources nurture faith through liturgy, ritual, imagination, and encourage Christian growth through worshipping, learning, and serving together. By equipping and enabling leaders, Seasons of the Spirit strives to empower children, youth, and adults to articulate 'the hope that is in them.'"
CHILDREN's SCHEDULE:
Sunday @ 9:40am - Sunday School
Sunday Mornings - Children's Church during the 10:50am Worship Service
Wednesday @ 5:45pm - Wednesday Dinner
Wednesday @ 6:15pm - Children's Activities
(Children's Choir: 4 Years-Old to 5th Grade)
Release FormOur United Methodist Women’s unit is over 100 years old. Individual interests vary as much as our ages. Our main focus is on missions and service to women and children around the world. A Unit Meeting for all members and guests is held regularly. Small study groups/circles also meet each month. Join us to share ideas, grow spiritually, mature in your faith, and strengthen your commitment to God and to all God’s children.
MEN'S PRAYER BREAKFAST
Each Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock, our men's group meets in the Fellowship Hall for breakfast, fellowship, and prayer.
MULLINS MID-WEEK
On Wednesdays, plan to join us for a delicious dinner at 5:45, and stay for prayer and an after-dinner presentation. There are activities for children and youth as well.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
Sunday School classes meet at 9:40 on Sunday mornings. We currently have four ongoing adult classes:
The Young Adult Class is our most recently formed Sunday School class (February 2011) and meets in the Parlor in the "Fisher Wing" (white building where the choir practices). We offer coffee, refreshments, fellowship, and study--not necessarily in that order. This group is developing fellowship and mission activities.
The Crossroads Class meets in Room 212 and focuses on encouraging personal growth. This class emphasizes fuller understanding of Christian discipleship and maturity. Literature on contemporary studies deals with issues facing us today.
The Lamplighter/Friendship Class meets in the Gym Building and uses the
The New Directions Class meets in Room 117. This is a self-taught group and uses biblically-based studies of current interest. They have a strong focus on outreach and missions, adding dimension to their growth as committed Christians.
BIBLE STUDIES, BOOK STUDIES, AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION GROUPS
Various Bible studies and spiritual formation groups are started from time to time and for varying lengths of time. There was recently a group meeting during the Sunday School hour to study Marcus Borg's book Reading the Bible Again for the First Time.

About Us
Our United Methodist Women’s unit is over 100 years old. Individual interests vary as much as our ages. Our main focus is on missions and service to women and children around the world. A Unit Meeting for all members and guests is held regularly. Small study groups/circles also meet each month. Join us to share ideas, grow spiritually, mature in your faith, and strengthen your commitment to God and to all God’s children.General Membership Meetings
In the Chapel
10:30 a.m., business meeting followed by guest speaker
Tuesdays of Months – January, March, May, September, November
Lunch follows meeting in Fellowship Hall
Circle Meetings
In Parlor of Fisher Wing
10:30 a.m.
Tuesdays of Months – January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November, December
Leader presents a program on Spiritual Growth
Light refreshments served
Bridge Group
Tuesdays of Months – January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November, December
10:00 a.m.
Lamplighter Room in Gym
Mullins UMW Annual Craft Fair & Bake Sale – 2nd Saturday in November
Members represent Mullins UMW at the following outreach mission meetings:
- Church Women United
- United Methodist Neighborhood Center
- MIFA
- Wesley Senior Ministries
UMW News
Mullins Anual Craft Fair and Bake Sale is right around the corner, November 12, 2011. Start thinking about what you will bake to bring to our extremely popular (and famous!) bake sale. Sign-up sheets to help with the craft fair will be out soon as well--keep your eyes peeled!Bryan Dunn - bryan@mullinsumc.org
Mullins Community Wind Ensemble:
The Wind Ensemble at Mullins UMC is now the Mullins Community Wind Ensemble! We invite anyone that plays a wind instrument to join us! We are also taking instrument donations. We currently have a cornet, a trombone, and an alto sax in our collection of loaner instruments, but we are always looking for more since some people don't own their own horns, but might still like to participate.
HAND BELL CHOIR:
The Mullins Hand Bell Choir (MHBC) is now practicing on Tuesday nights at 6:01 PM in the back of the Sanctuary. All are invited. Whether you have lots of experience or none at all and just want to play music, please come and join us. Age doesn't matter. Our current ringers are from ages 7 - 50+!
CHANCEL CHOIR:
The Mullins Chancel Choir (MCC) will begin preparing for Easter this week! We will be singing selections from "The Messiah" this year, including the "Hallelujah Chorus".
WEEKLY SCHEDULE:
Tuesday @ 6:01 pm - Hand Bell Choir Rehearsal in the Sanctuary
Wednesday @ 7:17 pm - Chancel Choir Rehearsal in the Choir Room
Thursday @ 6:14 pm - Mullins Community Wind Ensemble Rehearsal in the Choir Room
THIS WEEK: January 23 - 29, 2012
This week the choir will be singing from "Worship & Song" # 3003 "How Great is our God".
ANNUAL EVENTS:
- Easter Music and Worship
- Christmas Music
- Choir Festival
Read to Feed:
What do our kids and youth have in common with their counterparts around the world? To grow into healthy adults, they need clean water, adequate nutrition, and proper education. How can they help others obtain their basic needs in places like Honduras, Darfur, or Mongolia? Through Read-to-Feed, a summer reading program of Heifer International, a worldwide organization that works with communities like ours to eliminate hunger in the global community.
In years past, our children have used their spare time and your spare change to change the world. Through our summer reading program, the children and youth of Mullins have raised enough money to buy a heifer cow for some family in another part of the world. This is truly an empowering gift for the recipient, who can use milk from the heifer to feed their own children. They can sell the extra milk to buy uniforms, school books, and tuition for their children. Through the most unique part of the program, the recipient "passes on the gift" to someone else in their village when the pregnant cow has a calf. Thus, our gifts have a way to keep on giving, in villages all over the world. Click here for a Sponsorship Form.
This summer, we have some AWESOME new books for the summer reading program. Here are just a few:
Adventures and mysteries for children and young adults:
The Baker Street Irregulars: Traditional Sherlock Holmes fare, told from the point of view of the street urchins who occasionally assisted Holmes in crime solving. (Ages: 9-12)
Enola Holmes (the smarter younger sister of Sherlock Holmes) solves mysteries that defy even her brother. This 14-year-old sleuth leaves behind her family's country estate for London. There she lives a life of freedom and adventure known to only a few daring females during the Victorian era. A truly masterful series, full of emotional growth, accurate historic details of Victorian London, and insight into the early beginnings of the women's rights and other social democratic movements. (Scholastic says these books are for ages 9-12; I think they would make for great mother-daughter reading).
Death Cloud: This book launches a new series about a teenage Sherlock. I found it more appealing than other young Sherlock Holmes series because his Sherlock is not the usual "cookie cutter" Holmes, but a kid who has personal feelings and faces real teenage issues, including the stirrings of first love. This first mystery introduces a truly twisted and evil character who conspires to kill innocent British armed forces by . . . wait, I can't give it away! I suspect that the series will get better with each new book. (I think that teen readers will relate well to this Sherlock.)
Theodore Boone is back with a new mystery. John Grisham's second book in the Kid Lawyer series is The Abduction. In it, Theodore has to use all his mental skills and Internet savvy to find his friend April, who may or may not have been abducted. This book brings up a lot of important social and family issues.
Code Talker: This historic novel tells a story that deserves to be heard. During World War II, the U.S. intelligence community called on Native Americans to help save the lives of U.S. troops. This novel tells how they did it.
Kit Kitteridge mysteries: Good, well illustrated mysteries in the tradition of Nancy Drew.
Adult Mysteries:
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series: we have the debut novel, plus Tears of the Giraffe, Mortality for Beautiful Girls, The Full Cupboard of Life (books on CD), and Blue Shoes and Happiness.
Cadfael: We have the entire medieval murder mystery series.
On DVD:
Nancy Drew, the movie
Roman Mysteries series I and II for teens and young adults.
Chronicles of Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 (These DVDs are in the adult section; I found them frightening and very dark.)
How to Check Out Books:
Adults.
1- We are utilizing a self-checkout system for adults.
2- You can access the main library location anytime the church office is open. Just ask the church secretary for a key.
3- Peruse the library on your own and select the books you want to read.
4- E-mail Margaret.carbaugh@att.net to let me know what books or other resources you have taken from the library or other location.
5- Please return within a month so that others may enjoy. Email and let me know when you return them.
Children and Youth.
1- Books will be displayed in the narthex.
2- Margaret Carbaugh will take children's Sunday school class to the library throughout the summer so that they can choose books.
3- Margaret Carbaugh will also check out each book and record this on a form, so she can track books checked out.
4- Return books within a month so that you can continue to have library privileges.
You can find previous Book Reviews here:
Looking for the King, an Inkling's Novel
Reconnecting the dots for a new picture of Harry Potter
MULLINS SPORT REGISTRATION FORM:
Download the PDF file, print on the form, and return to Mullins CLICK HERE FOR THE SPORT REGISTRATION FORM
CLICK HERE FOR THE RELEASE FORM to be completed on behalf of Sports Participants under the age of 18.
PROGRAMS OFFERED:
- Youth & Adult Basketball (seasonal)
- Youth & Adult Volleyball (seasonal)
- Children's Soccer (seasonal) -- Click here for the 2011 Schedule
- Adult Softball (seasonal)
- Youth & Adult Flag Football (seasonal)
- Yoga Classes (see below)
We play our teams in East Shelby Church Recreation Association (ESCRA)
YOGA CLASSES:
Yoga classes are offered on Tuesdays at 7:00pm and Saturdays at 11:00am in Mullins' Fellowship Hall (park in the "Circle Drive" on Mendenhall Road, and once inside the door, proceed downstairs using the stairwell to your right). Bring your own mat! This class will teach students how to stretch and relax. Yoga can help increase strength, balance and flexibility while relieving tension in your body and mind. The first Yoga class is FREE. After the first class the cost is $8.00 each. The certified instructor is Paula Hatmaker.
Kimberly Alston - Ihavejoy43@gmail.com
WELCOME TO PARENTS' DAY OUT:
Welcome to the Parent Day Out program of Mullins United Methodist Church! Our single goal is to provide loving care for your child in a warm and safe Christian environment, allowing you free time without having to worry about the safety of your child.
We employ a structured learning program, including an early music education program and enrichment classes.
Our program is not limited to just children of our congregation, or children belonging to our denomination. We welcome children of all races and religions with open arms.
If you would like to find out more about our program, or would like to schedule a tour of our facility, please call the PDO office at (901) 681-9217.
For more information on our policies and procedures - CLICK HERE
Forms:
Concord Academy is a non-profit 501(C)3 organization. The school admits students of any race, color, or national and ethnic origin, and does not discriminate in regard to any of the rights, privileges, programs and activities made available to students at the school.
For more information about Concord Academy, please contact them at (901) 682-3115.
