NEWSLETTER
Tuckston Staff
Sheila Bookout Senior Pastor
Parsonage Phone - 706-549-7072
email - sheila126@bellsouth.net
Wiley Carney Assistant Pastor
Home Phone -706-742-8989
email - wiley240@bellsouth.net
Stephen Sauls Minister to Youth
Office Phone - 706-353-1311
email - stephen@tuckston.org
Michele May Children’s Pastor
Home Phone - 706-613-2050
email - michele45@bellsouth.net
Herb Owen Pastor Emeritus
Kathy Tasker Administrative Assistant
Teresa Ebel Part-Time Secretary
Phil Lomax Bookkeeper
Todd Ferguson Music Director
Anthony McPhail Worship Leader
Nancy Robertson Organist
Marie Evans Nursery Director
Home Phone - 706-549-0937
email - fmevan@aol.com
Connie Bowen Director, Tuckston Learning Cntr
email - cebowen2001@yahoo.com
Norm Fuller Building Manager
Home Phone - 706-549-3573
Cell Phone - 706-338-3614
email - normfuller@charter.net
Web Site: www.tuckston.org
Tuckston - 706-353-1311; FAX - 706-353-9022
email - Tuckston@bellsouth.net
Tuckston Learning Center - 706-548-8400
www.tuckstonlearningcenter.com
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BULLETIN
Pentecost Sunday
May 11, 2008
GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE
PRELUDE “Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove”
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP (11:00) Youth Ensemble
“Lord, I Lift Your Name on High”
*HYMN NO. 327 “Crown Him”
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Elizabeth Marie Xiao Lumpkin
ACTS OF PRAYER
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer no. 895
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Offertory “Spirit of God”
*Doxology No. 95 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS
Children K-2nd grade are invited to Rainbow Kids (Children’s Church) following the Children’s Moments. They meet in room 103 in the Family Life Center (gym).
ANTHEM (11:00) “I Wanna Be Ready”
SERMON Carolyn Morris
*HYMN NO. 420 “Breathe On Me”
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL RESPONSE (11:00) “Alleluia”
*POSTLUDE “Sarabande”
*stand as you are able
If you desire to profess your faith in Jesus Christ, receive the Sacrament of Baptism or if you are a Christian and wish to make this community of believers your home, I invite you to join the pastors at the altar rail during the singing of the last verse of the closing hymn. “…and the heavens opened up with the rejoicing of the angels.”
Available from the Ushers
Hearing Assistance Devices
Large Print & Braille Hymnals
Dr. Sheila Bookout, Senior Pastor
Rev. Wiley Carney, Assistant Pastor
Rev. Michele May, Children’s Pastor
Rev. Herb Owen, Pastor Emeritus
Stephen Sauls, Youth Pastor
Todd Ferguson, Choir Director
Nancy Robertson, Organist
Sunday, May 11, 2008
The Flowers are placed on the chancel today in honor Tanner Bowman’s 13th birthday.
Our Christian Love and Sympathy surrounds JoAnn Pace on the death of her father, Kenneth McCarty.
Wesley Woods Mother’s Day Offering – Will you consider being the human hands of the Good Shepherd on behalf of elderly adults by giving to the 2008 Wesley Woods Mother’s Day Offering? Please see today’s Wesley Woods bulletin insert for more information on how you can help.
Please Remember that Marie Evans will be visiting all Sunday school classes to collect money for vacation bible school. Please turn all VBS monies in to her.
Adventure Bound 101 invites all college/career young adults to our small group/class that meets on Sunday mornings at 11:00 in the Fellowship Hall. We are pleased to have Rob and Walker McNiff as our new leaders and Phyllis Carney will continue to host our social functions. We want to invite all graduating high school seniors to join us as we kick off our spring/summer activities. All students attending school away or locally are welcome to join the fun as we start our newest adventures.
Annual Conference Volunteers - Volunteers are needed to assist with registration of the clergy who will be attending Annual Conference which will be held at the Classic Center. Early registration will be on Monday, June 16 from 5:00 - 7:30 pm, and registration begins at 8:00 on Tuesday, June 17. A few individuals will be needed Wednesday through Friday also. Please contact Kathy Whitaker at 706-354-8800 or at kathywhitaker.rn@gmail.com.
Do you have musical talents that you would like to share with Tuckston? Come join our Meditative Music rotation. We play on Sunday's from 10:45-11:00. We try to have at least 5 musicians, so that each of us will play every 5 weeks or so. If you have an obligation on your assigned Sunday, you can call another musician on the Meditative Music list to switch places for that time. Email Maryann Steele at albertakeet@yahoo.com to be placed on the rotation. Thank you for your interest in this part of the Tuckston's music program!
Tuckston License Plates - The church office has a limited quantity for sale at $5.00 each on a first come, first serve basis.
The Brazil Team has a very handsome computer desk for sale. The desk is a solid oak large roll top. It was donated to help raise funds for the mission trip this June. It can be seen for a short period of time in the Family Life Center. For more details call David or Hilda at 706-548-5633 or email pop.fletcher@charter.net.
Pump It Up Family Fun Night: We still have a few openings for our end of school party at Pump It Up on Wed. May 14 from 5:45-7:45. The cost is $5 per child and is due at the time of registration. We will meet at Pump It Up. Parents must complete a waiver for their child, and participants must wear socks. We will have pizza and drinks after we play. Please contact Michele at michele45@bellsouth.net or 706-353-1311 to register.
VBS will be Sunday, June 8th through Friday, June 13th - We are now doing registration for VBS 2008. Please ask you parents to fill out a registration card at the VBS table located in the Narthex. If you would like to donate or loan any of the following items please contact Scarlet Buckley at 706-248-3288. Supplies needed are: plastic table cloths (round and square, blue, green, pink, orange, yellow), brightly colored beach towels, boogie boards, beach umbrellas, beach chairs, life preservers, fishing nets, crab baskets, beach balls, bathtub boats and fish, coolers, life jackets and a boat ( inflatable boat or raft). Please contact Shea Ray at 706-743-7062 with the following items: toilet paper tubes, baby food jars, plastic hangers, plastic frosting containers and coffee scoops.
A special thanks to Anna Crook, Maria Bowman, and Kim Fuller for leading our Children’s Choir in the musical presentation of Fish Tales. The children did an awesome job. Thanks to Jody Daniels for running the sound, to Joel and Melissa Schofield and Stacy Wurst for creating the scenery, and to all parents for pitching in and helping make this program possible.
A special thanks to Mary Rodgers for coordinating, to all those who volunteered in our Wednesday Starz of Faith Ministry, and to Randy Wood for leading our Club 56 group on Wednesdays this past school year.
Volunteers Are Needed to help with Tuckston’s newsletter for two hours on two Tuesday mornings a month. If you would like to help, please call the Church office at 706-353-1311.
Sunday Morning Coffee Fellowship needs additional help. Please call Michael Williams at 706-743-8473 for more information.
2008 River of Life June 25th-29th - River of Life is a fun and fulfilling work-project ministry to the economically poor and elderly families in the Athens area. Several teams of youth and adults from different churches participate. Each day the work teams will go out to minister by painting, yard clean-up, building wheelchair ramps, porches, etc. No special construction skills are required. Tuckston will be assembling a team to participate in this event. Please contact Steve Cooper 706-255-5518 steve@steve-cooper.com to sign up.
Fellowship Supper Reservations
**Please make reservations no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday**
Wednesday, May 14, 5:30 p.m.
Adults (13 & Over) - $5.00 Children (12 & Under) - $2.50 Smiley - $2.00
Family (1 or 2 adults with children living in the same household) - $20.00 maximum
Would you like a standing reservation? _____ yes ______ no
Name _________________________________________________________________________
_____ # Adult meals _____ # Children’s meals _____# Smiley meals
Menu: Salad, Rolls, Dessert.
Smiley:
Today: Happy Mother’s Day!
8:20 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
5:00 p.m. Children’s Choir
Mon.: 9:00 a.m. Aerobics
4:30 p.m. Sanctuary Prayer & Worship
6:30 p.m. Stephens Ministry
6:30 p.m. Youth Council
Tues.: 9:00 a.m. Aerobics
4:30 p.m. Sanctuary Prayer & Worship
6:00 p.m. Intercessory Prayer
6:30 p.m. Reunion Group
7:05 p.m. Intentional Men
Wed.: 10:00 a.m. Senior Citizens
1:00 p.m. Bridge
4:30 p.m. Sanctuary Prayer & Worship
5:30 p.m. Youth Choir
5:45 p.m. Pump It Up
6:15 p.m. Handbell Practice
7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir
Thur.: 7:00 a.m. Prayer Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Senior Aerobics
10:00 a.m. Women to the World
4:30 p.m. Sanctuary Prayer & Worship
6:00 p.m. TLC Graduation
7:30 p.m. Worship Band
Sat.: 10:00 a.m. New Member Brunch
Sun. May 18:
7:15 a.m. UMM
8:20 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship Service
12:15 p.m. VBS Director Mtg
5:30 p.m. The Harbor
7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting
CHRISTIAN SERVICE– May 18 - Nursery: (9:15 Infants) Martina Harrison; (9:15 Wobblers) Rhoda Matthews; (9:15 2 Year Olds) Manita Dean; (10:45 Infants) Hilda Fletcher; (10:45 Wobblers) Clara Lee/Linda Amdur; (10:45, 2-Year Olds) Hank Longmire; (10:45 3-Year Olds) Shelby Smith; (10:45 4 & 5 Year Olds) Robert Burgdoff. Acolytes: (8:20) Eric and Adam; (11:00) Jackson Davis and Rob Thompson. Greeters: 9:15 and 10:45 – Colleen Scott’s Team. Med. Music: Doris Aldrich.
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