Circles is a relationship-based program designed to break genera-tional poverty. It matches low-income people with two middle-income partners

(Allies) who help broaden their social network, giv-ing access to people and resources they might never have. A Circles Volunteer Orientation is scheduled for Thu., June 27 from 7-8:15pm at St. Luke Lu-theran (4205 Washtenaw Ave.). There you will learn about local poverty, meet Allies and participants to hear how they’ve been impacted personally, and find out how you can best use your time and talents in the Circles program. Rsvp to Suzanne (734-340-9042/suzanne@friendsindeedmi.org.)

Please join the Immigration Hospitality Team (IHT) and work with us on sanctuary efforts in our community! On Sun., June 30 you are invited to a community event, “Forum on Supporting Asylum-Seekers” from 2-5pm at Church of the Good Shepherd, United Church of Christ (2145 Independence Blvd.) A panel from Wayne State’s Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic will lead this event. Contact info@icpj.org for more informa-tion. Please plan to join us for our next meeting on Mon., Aug. 26 from 6:30-7:30pm at Green Wood – we’ll discuss sanctuary updates and upcoming training and education events.

The Youth Scrip table during the Summer will have a modified schedule: We will have scrip for sale during Lemonade on the Lawn June

23, July 28, and Aug. 11. Fundraising for Youth Mission trips continues throughout summer – You can purchase scrip online and reload cards at www.shopwithscrip.com. As you make your summer plans, don’t forget scrip can be used for gas, car rental, hotels, AirBNB, American and Delta airlines, Carnival and Royal Caribbean Cruises, and Disney vacations. Support Youth Missions while having a relaxing and fun Summer! With questions contact Barbara Hoffman (barbarakhoffman@hotmail.com).

Summer Building Hours — Our buildings will be closed and locked at 4:30pm M-F through the

summer months. If your evening meeting is already scheduled, a staff member has been identified to give your group secure access.

June is the last month in our fiscal year. As of the end of May, the total of contributions we have received is $57,000 less than what we had antici-pated for this fiscal year. If you have some catching up to do on your pledges and giving, now is a good time to do that to help us end the year in the black. An online option for giving is available through the website.

Summer Rachel Held Evans Book Study —Will you miss the voice of Ra-chel Held Evans? Join us for a summer book study of her last book, Inspired. With honest questions and expert schol-arship, Evans wrestles with our favorite Bible stories, explores their contexts, and then connects these ancient stories to our present-day ones with-out checking her intellect--or her imagination--at the door. Meets Monday evenings June 24-July 29 at Green Wood; 6pm bring a sack dinner and eat in community; 6:30-7:30pm discussion led by Amy Kennedy and Debbie Houghton. (Let us know if you need childcare in order to participate!)

We are working on updating our annual phone directory! Please contact us if you DO NOT wish to include your email address and/or cell phone in the new directory — and please double-check to make sure your contact information is listed properly. We have partnered with Guide Book Publishing to provide this directory annually. This directory comes to your home free of charge.

The display cases downtown showcase the photographic artwork of Evans Koukios and daugh-ter Maria Koukios.

Our Life in the Church Downtown & Green Wood for the week beginning Sunday, June 23, 2019

Bulletin announcements are due by noon on Wednesdays. Send via email to adele@fumc-a2.org or call the church office, 662-4536.

As you plan your summer, don’t forget your pledge to the church.

Extend hospitality beyond worship by inviting a friend or neighbor to an up-coming church event. Extend hospitality after worship by inviting someone to join you at something. Buy them a cup of coffee at Con-nections. Invite them to today’s Adult Faith Forma-tion gathering. Have them join you for lunch at a local restaurant. Anything!

Summer worship help! We’re looking for people to assist the pastors in worship this summer when one pastor is away. Would you be willing to lead the call to worship? Do the Time with Children? Write and give a prayer? Contact Nancy for dates and in-formation! (nancy@fumc-a2.org).

Our Life in the Church

Summer Brown Bag Study: The parables of Jesus are well known, beloved, and used to teach us all, from toddler to grandparent. Join us in July as we read the parables in a 5-week Brown Bag study. We will use both Amy-Jill Levine’s book, Short Stories By Jesus, and J. Ellsworth Kalas’s book, Parables from the Back Side to ask questions about these old stories. Meet us in the Chapel on Tuesdays July 2—July 30, at noon.

Lots of information comes from the church electronically, including weekly “Thursday Thoughts” emails. Sign up for different email lists at http://www.fumc-a2.org/getnews.

NEW DATE ADDED! Next Habitat build dates are

June 29, July 12, + Aug. 3!

Our 2019 Good News Habitat house project is moving along! To sign up to work on one of our remaining workdays see Mark Wickham this Sunday morning at Lemonade on the Lawn, or reach him at mwickham0411@gmail.com | 810-599-6164.

Taking photos at FUMC

We are excited to see so many people taking photographs of congregational events that capture the beauty of our community. A quick reminder that photographs of children/youth under the age of 18 cannot be taken without parental permission. Photos of children/youth also cannot be posted on social media without parental permission. Thanks for making this a safe and welcoming place for all ages.

FUMC Income Progress Toward Our Goal Total giving for the month is $115K which is $21.6K above what we expected to receive.

Our year-to-date giving deficit is down to ($41K) which is the lowest it has been since February.

Youth Ministries Serving grades 7 to 12 and their families

Youth Mission Teams are at Zeba

and North Dakota!

Please keep in prayer the 72 youth and counselors who are

serving on two different mission trips this week!

“In service, the experience of awe can and does happen just as powerfully. It just happens in the midst of the messiness of the

world instead of away from the world. In service learning, the Spirit works through people whose lives are so different from

mine (but not really), and a local community that has been willing to create space for the Spirit to work among and through them.

The work matters too, but not as much as this Spirit space.”

—Paul Hill, Executive Director of Vibrant Faith Ministries; President of Lutheran Outdoor Ministries

Missions Blog

Keep up with our adventures by following the FUMC Missions Blog! (Go to the church website, search for “blog” and click on the green button!)

Melanie Snook Director of Youth Ministry melanie@fumc-a2.org

Wendy Everett Assoc. Director of Youth Ministry wendy@fumc-a2.org

$20.23 for 2023 During the summer months we are holding a $20.23 campaign! We are asking 100 people to give $20.23 in honor of the incoming class of 2023. We would love for you to be one of those 100! Our staff and board of directors are commit-ted to giving, and we hope you’ll join us. Each year our funding continues to shift, and we rely more on individual givers. $2,023 would help us provide a warm welcome to our incoming

students and help support our ministry.

You may make your donation through our website https://www.umichwesley.org/support, through PayPal (https://tinyurl.com/wesleypaypal), or by writing a check

to “The Wesley Foundation.”

Rev. Tim Kobler, Chaplain timkobler@umichwesley.org

www.umichwesley.org 734-668-6881

“Students at Wesley Foundation” or “Wesley at Michigan Alumni & Friends”

WESLEY FOUNDATION CAMPUS MINISTRY

Children’s Ministries Serving children birth through grade 6 and their families

9:20am: Pre-worship Drop off available for infants & toddlers ................... Nursery

9:35am: Time with Children (in the worship service) ......................................... Sanctuary

9:40am: Younger Children All children kindergarten and younger (and first time visitors) must be accompanied to their classroom and signed in by a parent/guardian.

Infants-Younger 3s ................................................... Nursery Older 3s-Younger Kindergarden ............................... A room

9:40am: Older Ks—6th grade Summer service projects focused on Kindness to Others ........................................ Social Hall

10:30am: Dismissal Second graders and younger need to be picked up by a parent/guardian from the rooms listed above.

Contact us at children@fumc-a2.org

Looking Ahead (see more detail in weekly email) Summer small group reunions with ice cream and

games on the lawn ................ July 14 + Aug. 18 (10:30-11:15a)

Prayer Requests

The FUMC Prayer Chain is here for all, members, friends, and visitors. If you have a prayer concern, you may email your request, write the request and place it in the Prayer Request Box in the narthex, submit your request via the church website, or contact one of the pastors directly. To submit your request via email, contact Olivia Fanning at olfanning@icloud.com.

Drop-in Weekly Gatherings The groups below welcome visitors at any time.

Join one or more groups to enjoy fellowship while seeking to know God, love others, and serve the world.

For more information on a group listed, contact the church office or consult the website.

TUESDAYS: Brown Bag Bible Study (12:00pm Chapel) A one-hour midday drop-in study. Not meeting again until July 2 when we will study The Parables. Bring your lunch and join us!

TUESDAYS: Paint Studio (3:30pm Asbury) A group of watercolor artists meets weekly to work on personal and group projects. People working in water-based media are welcome!

WEDNESDAYS: Alcoholics Anonymous for Women (4:30-5:30pm Green Wood)

FRIDAYS: Alcoholics Anonymous (9:30-10:30am Social Hall)

FRIDAYS: Debtors Anonymous (11:30am-12:30pm Chapel)

FRIDAYS: L.O.V.E. Thy Neighbor Bag Lunch preparation (6:30-7:30pm Kitchen) Prepare bag lunches for distribution to our community homeless.

SATURDAYS: Men Of Faith (8:00am Asbury) Gathering of men interested in exploring faith expression.

SATURDAYS: Alcoholics Anonymous (10:00-11:00am Social Hall)

SUNDAY, JUNE 23

MONDAY, JUNE 24 “Inspired” Summer Book Study (6:00p) Green Wood Strategic Planning Group #1 (Resources) (6:30p) Asbury

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Committee on Lay Leadership (7:00p) Chapel

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26

Stonewall Uprising: Potluck supper & documentary (6:30p) Wesley Lounge

Leadership Council (7:00p) Chapel

THURSDAY, JUNE 27

FRIDAY, JUNE 28

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Habitat Build Day #2 (8:30a) 2716 Woodruff La., Ypsilanti Jr. High Youth Mission Arrives (~3:30p) Green Wood Sr. High Youth Mission Arrives (~7:00p) Green Wood

SUNDAY, JUNE 30

MONDAY, JULY 1

TUESDAY, JULY 2

Brown Bag study of the Parables begins (12:00p) Chapel

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

Staff Parish Relations (7:00p) Green Wood

THURSDAY, JULY 4 Holiday — Buildings and offices are closed

Notable meetings on our calendar

Meetings unique to the days ahead are listed below. Scan qr code at right for our full calendar.

UNITED METHODIST WOMEN

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July 12 - Habitat Work Day July 14 - Kid Small Groups Reunion Ice Cream on the Lawn July 18-21 - Ann Arbor Art Fairs July 28 - Youth Mission reports in worship Scrip available at Lemonade on the Lawn Aug. 3 - Habitat Work Day Aug. 11 - Scrip available at Lemonade on the Lawn Aug. 16-18 - FlyGirlz trip to Gaylord Aug. 18 - Kid Small Groups Reunion Ice Cream on the Lawn Sep. 2 - Labor Day holiday: buildings/offices closed Sep. 6 - GW Coffee House: The Rough & Tumble Sep. 8 - Fall Festival on the Lawn Sep. 13 - GW Coffee House: Tracy Grammer Sep. 15 - Still Beloved Worship at 6:30pm downtown

Do you want to make a differ-ence in the lives of those reeling from recent natural disasters? Donations to UMCOR are used to respond to emergencies both domestically and abroad. Write a check to “FUMC”, put UMCOR in the memo, and put it in the collection plate. Give generously: 100% of your donation goes directly to assistance.