UMM - FUMC Cary

09/05/2018

Amanda Lamb, author, WRAL reporter and mother of two will be the speaker at the September 8, UMM Breakfast. Amanda will be sharing her insight on balancing career, while being a great mother, wife and daughter. Everyone is invited to come enjoy her entertaining and inspiring presentation. Register by calling the church office at 467-1861 or visit www.firstcary.com,
click on Registration, then look under General Events.

04/10/2015

02/16/2015

Tim Moore, had a great presentation The Saturdays. Whether you are a "Mature", a "Boomer", a "Gen Xer" or a "Millennial" we hope that you were entertained and enlightened. If you would like more information about the Tim's presentation, reply to this email or contact Tim at [email protected] Attached below is an article from Tim about generational differences that you may find interesting.

If you would like more information or are interested in getting involved with the United Methodist Men at FUMC, contact:

Greg Belles [email protected]
Tom Hayes [email protected]
Alan Shephard [email protected]
David Crittenden [email protected]

Or you can visit our webpage at http://firstcary.com/connect/adults/umm/

02/15/2015

September: Take Us Green:
Maybe you've heard that we have a committee at our church nicknamed TUG. Do you wonder what it means? It's a acronym for "Take Us Green". Our Trustees formed this committee because they recognized that we were not being good stewards of God's earth. We weren't recycling and we were being wasteful. We, as a church, were not doing what many of us do at home to be "green".
At our September meeting, Barbara Settle, the TUG Chair, will describe our efforts to solve this problem. We have added recycling bins for cans and bottles. We have bins for waste paper. We are turning off lights and we had an energy audit. Working with the community garden, we are doing more composting. Join us for details and you might learn techniques that you can use at home.

02/15/2015

Our October speaker will be Russ Throckmorton. His web site describes him as "Son to a King, husband and father to 3 sons, Local Leader for Athletes In Action at Shaw University & NC State - trying to make the King famous."

Athletes in Action is an organization that was founded in 1966 by Dave Hannah. It is an offshoot of Cru Ministries (formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ) whose purpose is to “[Use] sports as a platform to help people answer questions of faith and to point them to Jesus.” Athletes in Action has grown from its humble beginnings in tandem with its mother ministry, Cru. It now has
evolved to have three main components; international, collegiate, and professional. It is present in over 90 countries, 150 university campuses, has a direct influence on eleven NFL teams, and has a strong presence in the WNBA and the national and international soccer world.

02/15/2015

UMM hUMor

- A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible, Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the chapter.

Little Rick was excited about the task, but he just couldn't member the Psalm

After much practice, he could barely get past the first line. On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite the Psalm in front of the congregation, Rick was very nervous.

When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, "the Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know."

- A preacher said to a precocious six-year-old boy, "So your mother says your prayers for you each night? That's very commendable. What does she say?" The little boy replied, "Thank God he's in bed!"

- Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his grandmother's house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away.

"Johnny! Please wait until we say our prayer," said his mother. "I don't need to," the boy replied. "Of course, you do" his mother insisted. "We always say a prayer before eating at our house."

"That's at our house," Johnny explained. "But this is Grandma's house and she's a good cook!"

02/15/2015

Do you know why, when the star appeared in the east, the magi went west? Who were the magi? Was Jesus really born in December?

Join us for our Christmas program as Dr. Henry Everitt returns to present his multimedia program "Star of Bethlehem". Henry applies his scientific method to the Biblical story to explain the events of the Nativity and to separate fact from fiction. This has been one of our most popular programs; you won't want to miss it.

02/15/2015

In November we will have our annual salute to veterans at our breakfast meeting. We will honor our members who are veterans as we highlight each of our armed services branches.

Our speaker will be Command Sergeant Major Morris Worley. He received his training at Fort Knox, then was assigned to duty in Germany He left the army and attended Bellarmine College, then rejoined the army and was assigned to Korea.

During this assignment he volunteered to clear a safe lane through an active mine field. In May of 1966 he was assigned to Vietnam where he received the Distinguished Service Cross. He retired from the army in 1977 after twenty-one years of service to his country and now resides in Chapel Hill.

02/15/2015

UMM hUMor
I have been many places, but I've never been in Kahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Kahoots with someone.

I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my children, friends, family, and work.

I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.

I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.

Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.

One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenaline flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get.

I may have been in Continent, but I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing. They tell me it is very wet and damp there.

02/15/2015

We received a report from Kellan Duffy, Otis Hardy, and Becky Viersen about an important new mission they have launched. They have opened a store in Southeast Raleigh called Bridge the Gap which offers good new and used clothing, toys, and household goods for people who live in an area where such items are not
readily available, especially at a reasonable price.

They have been fortunate to find a storefront to house the operation and several of our members have helped renovate the space with carpentry, paint, and some manual labor.

How can you help? Contact Kellan, Otis, or Becky in the Fellowship
Hall after the Sunday morning Celebration Service. They'll be glad to give you more information.

02/15/2015

Do You Speak Millennialese? Whether you’re a member of
the greatest generation, a baby boomer, a genXer, a millennial
or whatever generation, the ability to understand and
effectively communicate with people of all generations is
important and challenging. That’s true for individuals, families,
churches, businesses and almost any organization.
February’s UMM Breakfast will feature FUMC’s own Tim Moore, an expert on generational
insights, who will inform and entertain us with the latest knowledge on this fascinating subject.
Whether you text, Tweet or just talk on your phone, you’ll be amazed, enlightened and
well fed.

02/15/2015

Following an awesome sermon series, posting some pictures of FUMC men in action