Mark your calendars for these great events coming up.
Our Service this Sunday: Aug. 9 11:00 am
Our Service for this Sunday will be led by Pastor Bill with Mason as liturgist. The sermon title is “To Be an Aaron and a Hur”. We invite everyone to come worship on Sunday at 11:00 am.
Men’s Club: Aug. 9 8:30 pm
The Men’s Club breakfast will be Sunday, Aug. 9 at 8:30 am in the Fellowship Hall. Edward, Matt, Mike and John look forward to sharing fellowship and good food!
Sunday School: 10:00 am
There will not be Sunday School for the Youth, Young Adult, or UMYF.
There will be Sunday School for the Fellowship Classes.
Back-to-School project – United Women in Faith: Now - Aug. 15
Summer is underway, and time to start thinking about how we can help teachers and schools for back-to-school supplies in August! This year we will be reaching out to teachers in the church, and local schools to find out what supplies they are requesting for the next school year. As we know, there are a lot of families and teachers that will be struggling to provide the materials needed and we want to help everyone in any way we can to have the best school year possible. For that, we need your help in sending donations by check, cash or QR code – please mark them as School Supplies and we would like to have them by August 15th to have the supplies to the teachers and school when school starts. Please let Marcia or Jen know if you have any questions.
Brunswick Stew Chicken Cooking: Aug. 9 – Oct. 21
The Brunswick Stew will be Nov. 7 and one of our early steps is to start cooking the 110 chickens that go into the stew. The chickens will be in the Fellowship Hall freezer Saturday afternoon, Aug. 8. Signup sheets will be at church to make sure we have commitments to get them cooked or you can let Kay know via text or email . Each line on the signup sheet is for 4 chickens, with a few lines at the end for 2 chickens. Containers for the broth should be there in the kitchen if needed. If you have not done this before, there will be copies of the instructions on the freezer.
Cooks are also needed for the beef but I will address that in a later email after we get started on the chickens.
Yoga: Aug. 10, 7:00 pm
We will be continuing with the Yoga session, The Presence of the Lord, on Monday, August 10 from 7 – 8 pm in the Fellowship Hall. All are welcome regardless of yoga experience or fitness level, modifications offered. This session is slow-flow yoga.
Bible Study: Aug. 1110:00 am
Everyone is invited to the Bible Study meeting on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am in the Fellowship Hall. The Bible Study group is now studying the 1 and 2 Timothy.
Choir Practice: Aug. 12 7:30 pm
Come have a joyful noise evening and join the choir for practice on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm. All are invited.
Wellness Committee: Aug. 16
The Wellness Committee will have their next quarterly meeting on Sunday 8/16 at 10am in the upstairs first classroom.
UWiF Dinner Meeting: Aug. 20
The United Methodist Women in Faith will meet for dinner on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 6:00 pm at S & T’s. All women in the church are invited. Jenn and Marcia are looking forward to sharing fellowship and good food with you.
Progressive Dinner: Aug. 22 (RSVP by Aug. 16)
The annual progressive dinner is approaching quickly. Please join us for an evening of good food, fellowship, and fun. We’ll begin at 5:00pm at Gail Sloan’s home where we’ll be served a first course. Could it be salads, could it be appetizers? You’ll have to join us to find out. Next we’ll move on to Megan Alvord and Mitch Houk’s home for the main course. Well finished up the evening at Bud and Kathy Hansen’s for dessert.
To help our hosts plan, please RSVP no later than Sunday August 16. You may sign up on the list at church or text or mail Robin.
Blessing of the Backpacks: Aug. 23 during service
All students are invited to bring their backpacks to worship with them on Sunday, Aug. 23. During children’s time that morning we will say a special blessing over all of the backpacks and our students and teachers as they prepare for the start of another school year.
Back to School Splash Bash and Volunteers Needed: Aug. 23 12:30 – 4:00 pm
Our annual Back to School Splash Bash is just a couple of weeks away on Sunday, Aug. 23 from 12:30 to 4! Help us celebrate the start of another school year. We will have water slides, games, sno cones and pizza. There is no cost to attend and everyone is invited to come.
This event draws several families from the community and we need volunteers to help make sure everyone who comes feels welcome. Among the volunteer roles are set up, helping with registration, overseeing a simple craft, make sno cones and serving pizza. We also need people to donate juice boxes, water bottles and to let us borrow their cornhole boards or other lawn games. See all of the volunteer opportunities here, and pray for how you might be able to contribute to making this event a success.
Michelle, our Youth Director, will be holding two "listening sessions" with parents during the month of August. One will be on Thursday, Aug. 27 and the other on Monday, Aug. 31. Both will begin at 6:30 and should last about an hour, using the HomeBuilders class upstairs. This is your opportunity to share what you think is working, what could be improved and where you (and your children) would like to see the program go into the future.
Fifth Sunday Food Drive for CORA: Aug. 30
We have another 5th Sunday this month for CORA food collection. For our past couple 5th Sundays this year, we collected 242 pounds of food! Every item we give helps a family in our community obtain nutritious balanced food. CORA's most needed items are oatmeal packets, granola/cereal bars, freeze-dried fruit crisps, coffee/tea, and fresh apples. CORA bins will be placed in the Fellowship Building and Sanctuary entrance.
The United Methodist Alignment Committee of Brown’s Chapel will hold its third quarter meeting on Tuesday, September 8th at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. All are welcome to attend.
Road Cleanup: Sept 12
Our next road cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12 at 8:00 am. Many hands will help to make light work. We will meet at the shed.
Eat the Rainbow and Vaccine Clinic: Sept 27
We are tentatively scheduling the vaccine clinic and Eat the Rainbow for 9/27. More information will be coming once the date is confirmed.
Administrative Council: Sept. 27 3:00 pm
Fairway District Charge Conference Host: Oct. 25 2:00 pm
Brown’s Chapel has been asked to be a host for the Charge Conference this year. The Charge Conference will begin with a time of worship and then transition into the Charge Conference business.
Brunswick Stew and Chicken Sale: Nov. 7 Save the Date!
At the Administrative Council meeting held last Sunday it was agreed that we will continued with the Brunswick Stew and Chicken supper on Saturday, Nov. 7 with the same amount of stew and chickens. Chicken cooking info is above and further details will be sent in the emails.
UWiF Serves Silk Hope Ruritan: Nov. 9
Pilgrimage: Nov. 13-15
Event Center the weekend of Nov. 13-15. The theme this year is Serve Joyfully. This event is open to youth in 6th grade through 12th grade. Please let Michelle Rash know if your youth is interested in going. The church will cover the cost for all youth who attend.
Weekly Video Series from Our Youth Director:
Michelle is excited to continue with the weekly video series and monthly conversation cards designed to help parents feel more confident having simple, meaningful faith conversations with their children. These resources will offer practical ideas and questions families can use in the car, around the dinner table, at bedtime, or whenever a natural opportunity arises.
Check out today’s video about Noah’s Ark. We hope these resources encourage your family, and we invite you to share them with another parent or caregiver who may find them helpful.
Prayer Pals Reminder
With school starting in August, now is a good time for Prayer Pal Adults to send cards to their Prayer Pals to let them know you are praying for them as they may anxiously await the start of a new school year.
Join the Girl Scouts
Girl Scout Troops 1201 + 1306 are welcoming new Girl Scouts who are in K - 4th grades. We meet on Wednesdays from 6-7pm at Mt. Pleasant UMC on Manns Chapel Road. Our first meeting will be Wednesday August 26th. If you're interested in joining, visit our website or reach out to Amber Yoder - ambera.yoder@gmail.com
Care for Kids is expanding their mission of assisting homeless and home insecure children in Chatham County and takes over when other assistance has been exhausted or works in conjunction with other nonprofits in our area. Continuing funds will be needed to maintain the support being sought after by an increasing number of children in the county. Please consider making a one time or regular donations to Care for Kids. Checks can be made to Brown’s Chapel UMC, with Care for Kids in the memo line.
Anyone interested in a week-end of construction, service and fellowship with a missions team from church? We’re talking to Carolina Cross Connection about having another missions trip to Blowing Rock – very similar to what we did last year when we had 12 people go and completed 2 ramps for people in need. We hope to stay and have meals at the Blowing Rock Conference Center. Please let Marcia know if you’re interested. There will also be a signup sheet at church.
Help Still Needed:
· UMYF age Teacher Needed: A Sunday School teacher is needed for the UMYF class in September when they should restart meeting after the summer break. Sherri has helped with Sunday School for many years and would like to step down and attend class and we are thankful for her dedication. Our Youth Director, Michelle, will just be starting on her role here and would like the chance to listen, learn and observe for a month or two. While I am finding out the contact, please let me know if you are interested and I will route you to the correct person.
· Flower Signup: A signup sheet is in the vestibule for people to sign up to provide flowers for the Sunday service.
Jamie’s Vision Cookbooks (from Sherri)
Need an idea for a present? A cookbook from Jamie’s vision would make a great gift and are still available. Cookbooks are for sale for $20. Contact Sherri.
Jamie’s Vision Raffle for Children in Need
Tickets are going fast! We only had 500, for a chance for $5000. The money goes to children in need here in Chatham county. Let me know if you want any, please contact Sherri Stubbs
· Pastor Bill and family as he helps his parents thru their health transitions.
· River Barber who is now at a specialty hospital in Cincinnati with Stacie. There he is being seen by multiple specialists with more intensive tests next week to help identify plans for moving forward for his pulmonary, vision and hearing challenges.
· The Sheppard family, friends of Denise Lloyd, following loss of lives and injuries during domestic shooting in Caswell County.
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