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)

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Here at Facedown Student Ministries, we're not into religion; we're into relationships. We don't care what church or denomination you are from. We are glad you are here and want to know Jesus in a more exciting and real way. Then Joshua fell FACEDOWN to the ground in reverence, and asked him, "What message does the Lord have for His servant?" Joshua 5:14 The Student Ministry is made up of Junior high (6th - 8th grade) Senior high (9th - 12th grade) Student Ministry Vision Statement We envision students seeing Christ as the answer, getting an opportunity to know Him better, and impacting those around them with His love bringing them to Christ OUTREACH EVENTS An opportunity to let Christ work in their lives without being pressured. A chance for a believer to share their faith in a non threatening way. February 5 - Super Bowl Party February 10 - Star Wars February 12 - Sweetheart Banquet  February 17 - Lock In February 19 - Game Night March 2 - WinterJam at FedEx Forum March 16 - Game Night April 14 - Photo Scavenger Hunt April 15-27 - Flamingo Flock Fundraiser  April 27 - Game Night May 19 - Summer Kickoff May 25 - Game Night June 3-8 - Big Stuf Panama City June 22 - Game Night July 1 - Outreach Event July 27 - Game Night August 5 - Back to School Kickoff August 24 - Game Night September 15 - Game Night Outreach Event October 13 - Corn Maze October 26 - Game Night October 28 - Bake Sale Fundraiser  November 16 - Outreach Event November 18 - Thanksgiving Youth Potluck Dinner November 30 - Game Night December 14 - Game Night December 16 - Christmas Party December 31 - New Year's Eve Youth Retreat Programs and Times Sunday School - (9:50 am) Sunday Night Youth -  (4:00 - 6:00 pm) Wednesday Night Youth -  (6:15 - 7:30 pm) Parent's Facedown Student Ministries wants to partner with you as you raise your child biblically. We understand that you and your kids have more choices than ever before concerning what goes on your calendar and what doesn’t. Current research tells us that the parent remains the most influential person in a student’s spiritual lifeWe are committed to keeping lines of communication open between families and the church. Ephesians 6:4 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.   Deuteronomy 4:6-9 6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” 7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him? 8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today? 9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do  not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.  Judges 2:10 10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel. Proverbs 22:6 6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.  Mullins United Methodist Church pledges to encourage and support parents in their role as primary spiritual developers. We promise to help our church be a place that is family friendly and allows the family to come first. My office door is always open for you to come in. You can always call me on my cell phone or here at the church. We have a weekly update that goes to the parent's by email.  If interested please send email information to Chris at mullinsym@yahoo.com  Mission Program We believe in the idea of doing mission here at Facedown Student Ministries.  We provide opportunities once a month for students to be able to take part in this. January 29 - Mission Opportunity February 5 - Souper Bowl of Caring March 25 - Mission Opportunity April 29 - Missions at Mullins May 27 - Mission Opportunity June 11-14 - Mission Opportunity July 12-15 - Monroe Harding Mission Trip August 25 - Mission Opportunity September 29 - Box City October 21 - Mission Opportunity November 4 - Operation Christmas Child Mission November 18 - Thanksgiving Mission December 16 - Christmas Mission Weekly Newsletter Monthly Newsletter Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook Contact Chris at anytime through email at mullinsym@yahoo.com

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

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.

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 Adult Bible Studies curriculum, with each lesson introduced by a devotional from a class member. A variety of teachers, each with his or her own unique style, provides added interest to this class, as members grown in the Spirit and reach beyond themselves in commitment to the church and its ministries, helping and nurturing others.

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 – 2^nd 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!

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES:

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

DIRECTOR OF YOUTH & RECREATION MINISTRIES:

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.

DIRECTOR OF PARENTS' DAY OUT:

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:

Parents Day Out Enrollment

Mullins United Methodist Church provides the campus for Concord Academy, which offers a private school atmosphere tailored to the special needs of its students, grades 6–12, who have learning disabilities.

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.