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The Newsletter of Temple Terrace United Methodist Church |
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Sunday, September 5
• 9:30 a.m. Contemporary
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Preparations are underway to get our standing reservations on file for your convenience. Mark a connection card or sign up via our Web site at this link http://www.ttumc.net/dinner. Please remember that if you will not be having dinner a particular week, then you are expected to cancel the reservation by noon on Mondays.
Cost: Hot dog meal is $3. Regular dinnner is $5.
If the church office is not alerted that you will not be attending a dinner with a reservation, then there is an expectation that you will still pay for it. Thank you in advance for your support in partnering with the office to be good stewards in this regard. Volunteers needed for service Your assistance is needed in this ministry. Call Bobbie Pomeroy at 813-985-1543 if you would like to serve in the kitchen or clean up after the meal. Steadfast 190 live in concert at TTUMCGet your tickets soon! Pass It On Music and Temple Terrace United Methodist Church present Steadfast 190 in concert Sept. 18, at TTUMC. Come for dinner and the concert for $25, or for the concert only, $10. Dinner begins at 6 p.m., and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. By tickets in the Fellowship Hall between services, or call 813-293-2980 or visit www.steadfast190.com/ttumcTickets.html. You may also purchase tickets by the administration office on weekdays.   Get involved at TTUMC
Members are encouraged to pick up a Ministry Description booklet at the Connection Center to view the volunteer ministry opportunities. Please complete a volunteer interest form so the church can get you connected to a ministry of interest. The form should be turned in at the Connection Center on Sundays or at the church office during normal working hours. We look forward to serving with you. Calling all donors! Bloodmobile to roll into TTUMC for blood drive Sept. 12th
A Florida Blood Services bloodmobile will be at Temple Terrace United Methodist Church on Sept. 12 to collect blood donations. Blood saves lives, and every drop counts! If you are able, please sign up in the coming weeks to donate. How to schedule your appointment To schedule yourself to donate blood, see Tom Garrett at the Connection Booth on Sundays OR you may schedule your appointment online at www.fbsdonor.org/index.cfm?group=op&hlc=02318. Good Time seniors starts soonGood Time Seniors will resume meeting this month after a summer break. Our first meeting will be on Saturday, Sept. 18 so that we can enjoy our annual bell concert that will be presented by The Sounds of Joy. Food will be prepared by Al Latina and Beverly Pilsbury. Be sure to make your reservations by Monday, Sept. 13. As always, the cost of lunch is $6, which you must pay if you make a reservation. If you have not been contacted by one of our callers by noon on the 13th, then call Jessie Strain, 631-0261 or Sue Scott, 977-6943, to make a reservation. Please join us for good food, fellowship and entertainment as we resume our monthly meetings. Stephen Ministry update
As part of an awareness building effort, our fifth Sunday was allocated to uplifting our church’s Stephen Ministry. As such, our Stephen Ministry team participated in both services, shared a pictorial presentation of the 2010 Stephen Ministry journey at TTUMC, as well as held an information awareness opportunity in our Fellowship Hall.
Mike Cummings and Margie Fox starred in a TTUMC original drama last Sunday that depicted how struggles can arise in a marriage. It was written by Joe Henderson, whom we are so grateful for his great work and his ability to coach our team into good actors. Much love to you from the Stephen Ministry team, Joe!
Pictured below are Margie and Mike in the narthex after their performance. 
In the Fellowship Hall, Stephen Leaders and Stephen Ministers shared handouts and answered questions about the ministry.
Stephen Ministry is grounded in Jesus’ command to love one another. Through one-to-one caring relationships, those who are hurting receive the love and care they need to support them during a life challenge. Is life more than you can handle alone right now? Are you adjusting to a new job, a change in marital status, a serious illness, the death of a loved one, or a recent move? Would you like to have someone in your life who really cares?
Everyone goes through difficult times. Having someone to care, to listen, to share God’s love with you can help you get through the confusion, stress or loneliness you may be experiencing. Let a Stephen Minister reach out to you. Please contact our church office at 988-4141.
    Children’s ministry
Free Family Fun Night, Sept. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Kids were given FREE FAMILY MOVIE TICKETS on Sunday and Wednesday for their family and another one to invite a friend. Our preschool families were also invited this week, too. We will watch the Disney/Pixar film "A Bug's Life" and get to take home a bug bag full of creepy, crawly, cool things. There is no admission cost for this event, and we will have free popcorn and lemonade. We will have a concession stand with a $2 Kids Pak that will include a hot dog, chips, drink and a treat. Families will also be able to purchase nachos, hot dogs, sodas, candy, water bottles, etc., from our concession stand for a small donation. All proceeds from this night will go to help the children that we support through our United Methodist - Nothing but Nets ministry. Go to www.imaginenomalaria.org for more information.
Adult volunteers needed for Children's Choir and Worship Arts Teams on Wednesday Nights
We are excited to launch a kids worship arts program on Wednesday nights. Beginning Sept. 5, we will be forming a children's drama and music team and would love to have some help with this ministry. The time commitment is just 1.5 - 2 hours per week. Can you play the piano? Do you love to teach dance? Maybe you're a great photographer or love teaching others how to paint. You might simply just love to teach children what it means to use the talents He gave each of us. If so, then we need you. We will also be learning and rehearsing for a special Christmas musical and will need a few adult actors and backstage helpers. Please e-mail Missy at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or fill out a Connection Card in the pew and mark it "WOW kids ministry."
Time to update our records in Promiseland and looking for a Volunteer to help with this process
Beginning in September, we will ask each child's parent/guardian to update their Promiseland information card. On the card, we will have child and family specific information, along with an activity and media release. A card will be filled out for each child and kept on file in the children's ministry office in case of emergency. From time to time, we will have off-site activities or even special events that may require an additional permission slip, and it may or may not need to be notarized. We are using this time at the beginning of the school year to keep our records current and to maintain the safest of environments for your family. We would love at the end of this month for a volunteer to take copies of these forms and create a Children's Ministry Department spreadsheet. We would also like to create Class Rosters for Sunday and Wednesday programs. If you have a gift of administration and would like to serve our Children's Ministry in this role, please contact Missy Watson for more information.
United Methodist Women at TTUMC
What do we do? United Methodist Women members throughout the world are involved in everything from their local food pantry, to seeking just policies from state and local governments, to mobilizing millions of dollars every year to support programs that help women, children and youth around the world. Their prayers for the work of mission, guided by the Prayer Calendar and their own studies, are critically important to this work. United Methodist Women members learn about this work in local units, districts and conferences, as well as at the Schools of Christian Mission, Spiritual Growth Retreats and other gatherings. Temple Terrace United Methodist Women invite you to their next general meeting on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. The theme is “A Day of Prayer and Self-Denial.” Please contact Elsie Olsen,972-2844 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or Lois Ball, 988-0642 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), for details or to answer questions. United Methodist Men updateCalling All Men With our cummer break winding down, guys be sure to mark your calendar for our next UMM meeting. We will be meeting on Monday, Sept. 13, at 6p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. As we kick off our fall activities, we hope to see not only our regular members, but also some of you men who haven’t attended. We hope you will consider joining us. See you there. Church son featured in The Tampa TribuneDiscipleship Director Michele Stocker's son, Tanner, was recently featured in The Tampa Tribune with Tampa Bay Buccaneers' safety Sabby Piscitelli. Click here to read it on TBO.com. What is the Walk to Emmaus?It is a spiritual-renewal program intended to strengthen the local church through the development of Christian disciples and leaders. It is an opportunity to meet Jesus in a new way as God's grace and love is revealed to you through other believers. Have you ever wanted to go? Do you feel God calling you to go? Men's walk is Sept. 30 - Oct. 3. Women's walk is Oct. 7 - 10 Sunday, Sept. 12, will be "Emmaus Sunday" at TTUMC. We will be speaking at both services and will have a table set up in Coffee Connection after both services with people who have been on the walk available to answer any questions. There are, however, only a limited number of spaces for the Walk, so we need to register quickly. If you have questions or have an interest in going, then please pray about it and then indicate your interest on a connection card in back of the pews or speak with Marge Ellison or Don Haas. Thank you from the Salingers
Greetings in the name of Jesus,
On Aug. 19, 2010, I met with the SC District Committee of Ordained Ministry (SCDCOM) who voted to Certify I as Candidate for Ordained Ministry.
My family and I want to take this time to thank this church family for your undergirding, love and support you have extended to us – THANK YOU! Please know that you have played a tremendous part in this glorious journey and I say this from the depths of my heart I could not have ‘kept up’ without you and the Pastor’s love and support.
In preparation for the interview to SCDOM I had to submit a written response to several statements in The Book of Discipline including my thoughts on the role of the Church and my support system – you were the star! It was with great honor and pride I wrote the following excerpt from my very long response. I hope you will get a sense of my gratitude and thanks to you all. God sent me and my family to you and I thank Him. We love you and you can’t do anything about it!
For His Service,
Peter, Debbie, Elissa, Vanessa and Felicia Salinger
The Role of the Church
…God calls us to be ministers but it is the church who ordains us. As such, my call is not only between God and myself but it also involves the church and; my call was indeed confirmed by the church. God prompted His people to see my gifts and graces and they have individually and as a group affirmed my call. I have received encouragement from the members of the small group I facilitated, the participants in the bible study classes I teach, encounters with God during one-on-one ministering/counseling and leadership roles within the church(es). If I had any doubt about my call, on May 16, 2010 at our church Charge Conference, held for the purpose of voting for my continuance for candidacy, I had the honor to witness the testimonies of God’s gift and graces the church has experienced through me. It brought a new level of joy into my heart and much glory to God. Ministers work with the “body of Christ” on earth, and the fact that the church confirmed my candidacy adds more clarity of Gods divine call to Ordained Ministry.
…The church, the other constant and ever-present part of my life, has always been a place of love for me; the place where I witness God’s grace working in and among His people. I have seen Love in the church, met Truth in the church, established Friends in the church, felt Safety in the church and much more. A year ago the Spirit led me to Temple Terrace UMC after being at St. James UMC for eight years. This was one of the hardest moves I had to make because of the love and support that the St. James “family” had showered on me and my family. God told me my work for Him was done there and it was time to move to another ‘family’. The love, embrace and undergirding my family and I received from Temple Terrace UMC from the first day is within our hearts. Pastor Moore has addressed the church explaining the blessedness the church will be experiencing as they undergird, support and love one (a family) being called to Ordained Ministry. This support, coupled with receipts of cards, notes and constant prayers, has touched our hearts the most, confirming that we have yet again expanded our support system and have gained another family.
I ended the response with these words, and I now promise them to you:
…As Thomas Oden so eloquently wrote, “The Christian life is a daily dying to sin and living to righteousness that constitutes the life of repentance and faith, continually reaffirmed and renewed”[1], I do vow to live such a Christian life through God’s grace, the undergirding support of my beloved family and the church.
“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.” (Phil 1:23)
Snapshot of upcoming events
Prayer ministry
The next prayer gathering will be held Sept. 4 at 9 a.m. in the room 33.
Need prayer? Click here to submit an online-prayer request. Additionally, prayer requests can be submitted on the yellow Prayer Cards located in the pews and also in the Lobby (narthex) by the Prayer Box. All prayer requests are forwarded to the Prayer Ministry for prayer.
Joys and Concerns. Please pray for: all U.S. troops, the leadership and youth of our church, Lois Ball and family; Gene Bode; children and youth ministries; Discipleship team as they prepare the fall schedule; Fran Heller; Kevin Card; Pepper Carter; Denise Chambers; Martha Clark and family; Frankie Crumpton; Violet Diemer; John Eaton; Jewel Fulghum; Janet Green and family; Ann Harvey; Jo Ivey; Pastor Jerry and family; Debbie Jordan and family; Pedrito Lanclos; John May's family; Diane McAuley; Nellie McClain; Lois McClain; Cordelia McIlwain; Betty Meiner; Pastor St. Clair and Yvette Moore; Betty Mueller; Leroy Norton; Elsie Olsen; Sharon Parsons; Jamie Pistole; Betty Powell and family; Trevor, TJ, Tristan and Jayla Roberts; Irma Rubin; Debbie Salinger and family; Dan Saunders Jr.; Susan Schubert and family; Mark Schultz; Colleen Simpson; Lucille Stewart; Terry Van Ham; Jeff Wagner; Mary Wilson; Shannon Woodard and the family of Wilma Ziss.
Lost and foundThere are several items in our lost and found, including jewelry, clothing and a multitude of eyeglasses and shades. If any of these belong to you, then you may stop by the office between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. any day from Monday to Thursday. Any item not claimed by the end of the week will be donated to Metropolitan Ministries. AttendanceThe attendance for Aug. 29 was 310. We are a SHARE host siteThe next opportunity to sign up is Sept. 11, Noon-1:00pm, Rm. 32. The next pick-up is Sept. 25 at 8:30-9:30am in the Fellowship Hall.
SHARE sells first class food once a month here at TTUMC. No food is donated. No food is government surplus. Whatever you order comes from the same place that grocery stores purchase food.
Check the narthex bulletin board for the current foods and prices, or our website at www.shareflorida.org.
The SHARE sign up and pick up dates are in the Tidings each week.
You can pick up a SHARE newspaper at the connection center
For more information: Marje Nesman, 813-988-4068, Kenny Gesell, 813-899-0877, or www.shareflorida.org.
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September birthday celebrations
Note: We’ve received many appreciative calls about the receipt of birthday cards by our members. If you are a member and your birthday has been omitted, then please alert us so your birthday (and other) information is current in our database. Feel free to use the Connection Cards to provide your updates. Thanks for your patience as we work to update our membership information. TTUMC standard meetings
Note: Leads, please ensure your standard meeting dates/times are shared with the office to avoid scheduling conflicts. Adult Sunday school classesSunday morning adult classes meet in our Adult Discipleship Building No. 300. If you are interested in attending any of these classes, then please go directly to the designated classroom.
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