Fall Small Group Sign-Ups Going On Now

Looking for opportunities to develop deep-rooted relationship with God and each other?

Small Groups are for you!

Groups will begin the week of September 9th and last 5 weeks. Groups will not meet during Fall Break on the week of September 30th.

Please contact Marcie Garringer at the Church Office if you have any questions.

New Tuesday Bible Study

A new Bible Study will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 4th-Tuesday, Dec. 4th and will meet from 10am-Noon in the Church Library.

This study will cover Max Lucado’s Unshakable Hope and will be led by

Lillian Wysong.

Study Guides are $8.00 each. 

Call Lillian at the Church Office by August 21st to sign up for the class and leave a message for ordering the book.

Church-wide Date Night Saturday, August 25th

All couples are invited to the Fellowship Hall at 5:00pm for a short devotion on marriage, followed by your own personal date night.

Childcare will be provided for those who need it at 5pm in the children’s area. Supper and entertainment will be provided for your kids.

No set fee is required, but all donations will go to pay for the food and entertainment provided. Any extra will go into the youth fund to support their program.

Please plan to pick-up your kids by 9pm in the gym.

Sojourners Cruise

Everyone who is signed up for the Sojourners Cruise needs to bring another $150.00 per person by September 10th.

Registration Open For 2018 Men’s Retreat October 5-7 in Toccoa, GA.

The cost is $134 before September 3rd and $159 after September 3rd.

This year’s theme is BOLD. 

How do we, as men of God, pray, lead, and serve BOLDLY?

Deadline to sign up is September 12th.

Come for a great time of worship, fellowship and fun!

Registration cards are around the church or in the office.

Contact Beau Swafford or Mike Everett if you have any questions.

Hartwell First United Methodist Men’s Pig-Que Fundraiser

We will have BBQ plates with pulled pork, baked beans, cole slaw, and dessert for $10 per plate

and Cooked Whole Boston Butts for $25 each.

Tickets are available from any UMM member or the church office.

Funds will go towards supporting mission projects.

All Parents Of College Students Or Recent High School Grads

Please send the mailing address of any college students or recent High School grads that are going to tech schools and staying at home.

This is so prayer cards can be sent to encourage these new students in the next step of their life and for other groups to “keep in touch”.

Please email the students name and mailing addresses to dellskelton1@yahoo.com or write the information on a card and place it in the offering plate.

New Pictorial Directory

Volunteers are needed to work the tables during the photography sessions. Please see the sign-up sheet on the sign-up table (clipboard). You will only need to meet and greet and make sure that they check their information.

We are creating a new directory to help put names with faces, connect with each other and reach out to new families.

All members and regular are encouraged to participate in the pictorial directory.

Photos will be taken September 4th-8th and September 10th & 11th

(Saturday, Sept. 8th is full).

Sign-ups for appointments will close on Sunday, Sept. 2nd and are in the Gathering Area outside the Fellowship Hall.

Each family photographed will receive a free directory & 8×10 portrait.

Other portraits may be purchased at your appointment time. They will be back in time for Christmas.

Please make sure that we have your correct address.

If you have dropped your land line and use a cell phone, please be sure we have the number correct.

If you have grown children, no longer living at home, please be sure we have their correct address and correct names if they have married.

Join us this Sunday, August 19th at 12:00pm 

in the Fellowship Hall for a Church-Wide Cookout!

To welcome all our members back from the summer season, we will have

Hamburgers, Hotdogs, and Drinks!

Please feel free to bring a side dish and/or dessert to go with the provided food if you are able.

As we get back into our fall schedule, let’s take the time to share in a great meal and lots of fellowship.

We hope to see you there!

Church-Wide Date Night

On Saturday, August 25th at 5:00pm in the Fellowship Hall, 

a short devotion will be given on marriage followed by a personal date night for all couples who wish to attend.

Childcare will be provided to anyone who needs it by our youth ministry at

5pm in the Children’s Area. Food and entertainment will be provided for them!

No Fee is required. However, donations will go towards paying for the food and entertainment provided with any excess of funds going towards the youth ministry.

Please plan to pick-up children by 9pm in the gym.

New Tuesday Bible Study

Join Lillian Wysong as she leads a Bible Study on Max Lucado’s Unshakable Hope.

This study begins on Tuesday, September 4th – Tuesday, December 4th and will meet from 10am-Noon in the Church Library.

Study guides are $8.00 each. Please call Lillian at the Church Office and leave a message to sign-up for the class and ordering the book by August 21st.

UMW 2018 Christmas Shoe Box Mission Through N. GA Conference

Donations are still needed to buy a few needed items for the shoe boxes and to pay for shipping and handling.

To help us, you may write a check for any amount or sponsor a box for $25.

Please write “Christmas boxes” in the For line of your check and turn in by

Sunday, August 19th.

Registrations is open for the 2018 Men’s Retreat October 5-7 in Toccoa

The theme for this year’s men’s retreat is BOLD.

How do we, as men of God, live a life of Boldness in a way that brings glory to God and shares the Good News Gospel of the Bible?

Cost is $134 before September 3rd and $159 after September 3rd.

Deadline for sign up is September 12th.

Contact Beau Swafford or Mike Everett with any questions.

Join us for a great time of worship, fellowship and fun!

Sojourners Cruise Payments

Everyone who is signed up for the Sojourners Cruise needs to bring in another

$150 per person by September 10th.

Parents of Students Returning/Heading Off To School

Please send the mailing address of any college students or recent High School grads

regardless of weather they stay at home or not.

This is important for the church family to keep in touch with them through Prayer Cards and other forms of encouragement.

Please send the student(s) name and mailing address(es) to dellskelton1@yahoo.com
or write the information on a card and place it in the offering plate.

New Pictorial Directory September 4th-8th

A lot of new families have joined the church in the past few years.

To help the church family members to know each other better, we are creating a new Pictorial Directory.

To succeed, this directory needs all members and regular attendees to participate by signing up for an appointment time in the Gathering Area outside the Fellowship Hall.

Please sign up by Sunday, September 2nd. 

All families who participate will get a free 8×10 photo and pictorial directory.

Other portraits may be purchased at the time of your session and will be back in time for Christmas.

Please be sure if we have your correct address and phone number.

If your kids have moved away from home, please be sure we have their correct names if they are married and their current addresses.

Safety Committee In Need Of Additional Volunteers

All church members are asked to prayerfully consider joining the safety committee as we need to double our volunteers so that each team will serve only 6-7 times a year.

Applications are available in the overflow, the table across from the kitchen and the church office.

Safety is everyone’s business.

UMM Breakfast

The United Methodist Men will start back with their monthly Breakfast meetings this

August 12th at 7:30am in the Fellowship Hall.

UMW Executive Board

The United Methodist Women Executive Board will meet on

Monday, August 13th at 5:15pm in the Gym.

Hart County Food Pantry

If you forgot your food for the Hart County Food Pantry,

please bring it next Sunday

Church-Wide Cookout

Join us as we welcome back our members and regular attendees as the school year starts back on Sunday, Aug. 19th at 12pm in the Fellowship Hall.

We will have Hamburgers, Hotdogs, and Drinks (all provided by the Church)

Please feel free to bring a dish and/or dessert if you are able.

Fall Small Group Sign-Ups Coming Soon

There are many opportunities to develop deep rooted relationships with God and each other and Small Groups are a good way to develop those relationships!

Sign-ups will begin on August 12th. Watch your bulletins and mailings for more information on available groups.

Pre School 2018-19 School Year

HFUMC Pre School will start on Monday, August 6th for the 3 and 4 year olds

while the 2 year olds will start on Tuesday, August 7th.

Please keep the teachers and students in your prayers as we prepare to have an exciting school year!

There are many ways to support the Pre School including prayers and financial support.

You can give to the Cheryl Haler Memorial Fund to help scholarship those who cannot afford this experience.

Please make your check to the church and designate it for the Cheryl Haler Memorial Fund in the “For” part of your check.

You can also choose to sponsor a child each month for $150.00.

We are asking for donations in the purchase of new playground equipment for the children.

Although we can get a grant for this equipment, we will need more than what we can get in the grant.

You can make a check to the church (designate the “for” section for the Playground) or you may place spare change in any jars placed around the church.

Thank you for your continued support of this ministry. We are looking forward to a great school year!

Community Project

We are still collecting

24 pack Crayola Crayons (Please only purchase 24 pack Crayola’s)

and Glue Sticks

Please continue to bring them to the special box in the Overflow and outside the Fellowship Hall or to the Church Office.

The Safety Committee

In order for our volunteers in each team to serve only 6-7 times a year,

we need double our volunteers.

Please prayerfully consider joining our team so we can provide a safe place to worship.

Safety is everyone’s business!

College Students are heading back to school

Please send the mailing address of any college students or

recent High School grads that are going to tech schools and staying at home

Please write their names and mailing addresses on a card

and place it in the offering plate so that prayer cards and other groups can keep in touch as they progress in their next step of life.

New Pictorial Directory September 4th-8th

A lot of new families have joined since our last pictorial directory in our 3 services.

To help everyone in the church get acquainted with each other, we will make a new pictorial directory.

All members and regular attendees are encouraged to participate as this will only work if everyone gets involved.

Sign-ups for your appointment time have begun this August 5th and will continue to Sunday, September 2nd. in the Gathering Area outside the Fellowship Hall.

Each family photographed will receive a free directory and 8×10 portrait.

Additional portraits may be purchased at the time of your session and will be back in time for the Holidays.

Please be sure that we have your correct address and phone number.

If you have any grown children no longer living at home, please be sure we have their correct address and correct names if they have married.

New Tuesday Bible Study

A new Bible Study will begin on

Tuesday, Sept. 4th – Tuesday, Dec. 4th at 10am-Noon at the Church Library.

Study guides are available for $8.00 each.

Please contact the Church Library by August 21st to sign up for the class and leave a message for ordering the book.

Wednesday Night Suppers

We will start back on August 15th with WNS!

We will have Taco Salad/Taco Bar with 
Assembly of Christmas Shoe Boxes for UMW!

Church-wide Date Night Saturday, August 25th

There will be a short devotion on marriage followed by

your own personal date night at 5pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Childcare will be provided by our youth ministry at 5pm with supper and entertainment provided for them!

No fee is required but all donations will pay for the food and entertainment provided. Any extra will go into the youth fund to support their program.

Please plan to pick-up children by 9pm in the gym

UMW 2018 Christmas Shoe Box Mission with UMW

The United Methodist Women are assembling 75 boxes for this important mission again this year. They need your help.

Thank you for all your contributions of items requested for the boxes.

We still need donations to buy a few more items that were not listed before and to pay for postage and handling fees.

Boxes can be sponsored for $25.00 or any donation you would like to give.

Make your check to HFUMC and put “Christmas boxes” in the For line.

The deadline for all monetary donations is Sunday, August 19th.

Join Us For A Church-Wide Cookout

Sunday, August 19th at 12:00 pm

in the Fellowship Hall

Hamburgers, Hotdogs, and Drinks will be Provided!

Please feel free to bring a side dish and/or dessert.

Join us for food and fellowship as we get back into our fall schedule.

UMM’s Breakfeast

All men are welcome to join us for our monthly breakfast meeting

this Sunday, August 12th at 7:30am in the Fellowship Hall

Attention All Couples!

Want to have your own personal date night?

We will have this and a short devotional on marriage on

August 25th at 5:00pm in the Fellowship Hall

Childcare will be provided by our youth ministry at 5pm in the children’s area.

No fee is required! However, any donations received will go towards paying for the food and entertainment provided.

Any donations left over after this will go to support the youth ministry!

New Tuesday Bible Study

A bible study will start on Tuesday, Sept. 4th – Tuesday, Dec. 4th from 10am-12noon

in the Church Library

Bible Study will be on Max Lucado’s Unshakable Hope

Study Guides are $8.00 each and can be ordered by

contacting Lillian at the Church Office and leaving a message for ordering the book.

Please place orders by August 21st.

Fall Small Group Sign-Ups Coming Soon

Sign-ups for small groups will begin on August 12th.

Watch your bulletins and mailings for more information on opportunities

to develop deep-rooted relationships with God and each other.

Attention All Men!

Mark your calendars for October 5-7, 2018 to attend our Annual Men’s Retreat!

The retreat will be held in Taccoa, GA and will be based on being BOLD!

How do we pray, lead, and serve Boldly as men of God?

Stay tuned for more info!

New Pictorial Directory September 4th-8th

Our church has had a lot of new families join the church in all three services!

To help the church and its members get better acquainted with each other,

we will be making a new Pictorial Directory

All members and regular attendees are invited to participate!

Please be sure we have your current address!

If you have dropped your landline and use a cell phone instead,

please be sure we have the current number.

Please let us know if you have any grown children who no longer live at home.

If so, please be sure that we have their correct address

and correct names if they are married.

Each family photographed will get a free directory and 8×10 portrait.

Other portraits may be purchased at the time of your session and

they will be ready in time for Christmas.

The Hart County Clothes Food Pantry

Please bring the following items to the basket at the back of the Sanctuary;

in the box near the door of the gathering area;

or bring by the Church Office by Sunday, August 5th:

• canned meats
• mac and cheese
• canned fruit
• peanut butter
• pinto beans
• mixed vegetables
• soup
• beef stew
• canned vegetables
• mixed beans
• powdered milk
• cereals

Thanks again for your support!!

Community Project Items Needed

We are still collecting 24-count boxes of Crayola Crayons

and Glue Sticks for a Community Project later this year.

Please purchase them now while they are still on sale.

Please continue to bring them to the special box in the Overflow and

outside the Fellowship Hall or to the office.

Promise686

Promise686 is looking for volunteers to help with support, networking,

and many other ways of helping.

They will be holding an information session and lunch for anyone who would like to learn more about this incredible opportunity to help foster kids in need on

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Franklin County

For more information and to sign-up for lunch, please e-mail: ginamoon@dhs.ga.gov.

United Methodist Women 2018 Christmas Shoe Box Mission

The UMW still need the following items for their 75 shoe boxes for this important mission.

You may also make a check to HFUMC for $25.00 and put “Christmas boxes” in the For line if you would like to sponsor a box.

Please bring all items and donations by Sunday, August 5th

• small match box cars
• 58-sm hand-held pencil sharpeners
• 40-sm small dolls (6 inches or smaller)
• 20-sm balls (baseball, tennis ball size)
• Small hand held mirrors (4 inches long or less)
• Sm pads (must be 5×7 or smaller)
• colored pencils (8-10pk size)
• 180-pencils

The Playground Fund

We need donations to help purchase new playground equipment for the children.

We need your financial support in this new project as it will take more than we can get in grants for this project.

You may make a check to the church and put “Playground” in the For line or you may place spare change in the jars placed around the Church.

Red Cross Blood Drive

The Red Cross will hold a blood drive in the FH from 2pm-7pm on Tuesday, July 24th

Contact Morene Sokol at the Church Office to make an appointment

United Young Adults

United Young Adults will meet this Thursday, July 19th at 6pm at Beau and Brit’s home (Please consult your weekly bulletin for meeting location information).

New Pictorial Directory September 4th-8th

With our growing church family, we need to update our directory to include all new members!

We will have a photographer taking new photos of all members who wish to participate in the updated pictorial directory.

We will have sign-ups for appointment times from Sunday, August 5th through Sunday, September 2nd in the Gathering Area outside the Fellowship Hall.

Each family photographed will receive a free directory and 8×10 portrait.

Other portraits may be purchased at the time of your session and they will be developed in time for Christmas.

Crayons and Glue Sticks Drive

As part of several missions we are participating in, we will be collecting

24 pack of Crayola Crayons (Please purchase Crayola brand crayons only!)

and

Glue Sticks

July is a good month to purchase them as they are on sale now.

Special boxes are located in the Overflow and outside the Fellowship Hall for donations!

Please bring all donations in by next Sunday, July 22nd!

UMW 2018 Christmas Shoe Box Mission

UMW will be putting together 75 boxes for the Christmas Shoe Box Mission through the North Georgia Conference

The following items are needed for the shoe boxes:

• small match box cars
• 75-sm hand-held pencil sharpeners
• 40-sm small dolls (6 inches or smaller as they need to fit in the shoe box)
• small hand held mirrors (4 in long or less)
• 300-pencils
• colored pencils (8-10pk size)
• 40-sm balls (baseball, tennis ball size)
• Sm pads (must be 5×7 or smaller)

To sponsor a box ($25), make your check to HFUMC and put “Christmas boxes” in the For line.

The deadline for all items and donations is Sunday, August 5th.

Sojourners 5-day, 4-night Cruise January 27th-31st, 2019

There are only 6 cabins available for the cruise!

The total cost of the trip is $519.00 per person.

A $150.00 deposit is due by Monday, September 10th.

To get more info or to sign-up, please contact Beau Swafford at the Church Office ASAP

HFUMC Pre School Open House

Open House for the Pre School will be held for parents and students on

Wednesday, August 1st at 6pm.

Pre School will start on Monday, August 6th.