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Christ Methodist Church of AuburnLiving the Resurrected Life Offered by Jesus In John 11:24-27, we encounter a profound exchange between Jesus and Martha that unveils the heart of our faith: Jesus as the resurrection and the life. When Martha expresses her belief that her brother Lazarus will rise again "in the resurrection on the last day," Jesus responds with a powerful declaration: "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die." With these words, Jesus transforms our understanding of resurrection—not as a distant event but as a present reality. To live the resurrected life means to live in the hope and power of Christ’s victory over death now. It is not simply waiting for the afterlife but embracing the fullness of life Jesus offers here and now. This resurrected life is marked by freedom from the fear of death, an abundant joy rooted in eternal hope, and the deep assurance that no hardship, no loss, and no sorrow can separate us from the love of Christ. For us, the church, living the resurrected life means being a community that reflects this hope to the world. Our worship, service, and relationships should be marked by the vibrant truth that Jesus has overcome death. As we gather together, we encourage one another in this hope, standing as witnesses to the life Christ offers. In our everyday lives, living the resurrected life means making choices that reflect the priorities of the kingdom of God. It means forgiveness instead of bitterness, generosity instead of greed, compassion instead of indifference. We live with the assurance that we are part of God's unfolding redemptive story, called to bring resurrection life to those around us. As a church, this calls us to be a beacon of hope to our community, showing that because Jesus lives, we too live, with the courage to serve, grow, and share the good news with those around us. Just as Martha believed in Jesus’ words, we are invited to live boldly in the assurance that nothing, not even death, can separate us from the life Christ gives. Let us live the resurrected life by celebrating every moment as an opportunity for God’s renewing work in us and through us. In Christ, Pastor Tony |
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Worship Service, Sunday, October 13 @ LSAWe look forward to joyfully worshiping with you at another inspiring worship service this Sunday at Lee-Scott Academy! *Inspiring message by Dr. Tony McCullough, "I Am the Resurrection and the Life," based on John 11:24-27 *Christ Methodist Chorale will sing a gorgeous arrangement entitled "Psalm 23" penned by Heather Sorenson. *Offering meditation - pianist, Leann White, will share a beautiful organ/piano duet with Gary Klarenbeek based on the beloved Praise Chorus, "Seek Ye First" which is masterfully interwoven with the beloved "Canon in D" by Pachelbel. We look forward to a marvelous service of celebration together! Please invite your friends to come and be a part of our Spirit-filled and Spirit-led worship services. Come and be blessed! 9:30 Worship and 10:45 Sunday School for all ages! |
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Youth Scavenger Hunt - Sunday, October 13th @ 5pmAll youth (6th-12th grades) are invited to grab your cameras and join us for a photo scavenger hunt on Sunday @ 5pm. There will be a devotional and then we will head out with clues in hand to capture photos. Students are encouraged to bring money to go to dinner following the hunt. If you are coming, bring a friend! |
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Operation Christmas ChildWe have an amazing team of leaders who will be guiding us over the next few weeks in gathering all of the school supplies, personal items, toys, and games that we will use to fill the Shoebox Gifts. Our goal this year is to fill 500 boxes! Let's do it together! We need your help! If you would like to sponsor a box or several boxes for Operation Christmas Child, each shoebox gift will be designated for a boy or a girl from 5-9 years old and will cost approximately $35. This will include all of the items placed in the boxes as well as the shipping cost of $10 per box. To donate to OCC, please click the link below. You may also write a check to Christ Methodist Church of Auburn and write OCC in the FOR line. You may mail the check to CMCA, P. O. Box 2491, Auburn, AL 36831, or place it in the offering plate on Sundays. If you and your family would like to do the shopping for and packing of your own shoebox, we will be happy to provide a packing list of do's and don'ts as well as a shoebox and label. Please contact Liz Kenemer at info@christmethodistauburn.com for more information. These shoeboxes will need to be turned in by October 27. We'll be having a CHURCH-WIDE packing party event on Sunday, November 10, immediately after our worship service in the cafetorium at Lee-Scott. We will not have Sunday School on 11/10. Instead, we invite every class and ALL CMCA attendees and members - from the youngest to the oldest - to plan to come help us pack 500 shoeboxes starting at 10:45 a.m. On Saturday, November 9, we will need "All Hands on Deck!" to help set up the boxes and all the items to put in the boxes. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Cafetorium at Lee-Scott for this Pre-Packing Party set-up. Please let us know if you can be there for the morning to assist. Please be listening for further announcements and instructions concerning Operation Christmas Child 2024. If you have questions, please call or email the church office and let’s do God’s work! (email: info@christmethodistauburn.com or phone: 334-209-0074) |
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Alabama Emerald Coast Conference Hurricane Relief ResponseThis letter is from Ron Toole, the AECC coordinator for Disaster Response. It outines the many ways we as individuals, as a church, and as a conference can help those affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. If you have any questions, please call our church office or contact David Smalley at davids15@mac.com. Greystone is one of the 12 collection sites for our conference! You may bring items from the list below during our regular office hours. From Ron: "I want to thank each and every Church in the Alabama Emerald Coast Conference of the Global Methodist Church, because you do so much in a time of need. This act of kindness shows God’s love when you help the survivors in a Disaster event. Again, thank you! The Alabama Emerald Coast Conference is currently helping our neighboring conferences (South Georgia and Florida Conferences) to the East and South of us. If you are interested in collecting food, water, and other needed supplies, please have your church start collecting. Please note: Only collect the items currently needed on the list below that are needed, because we want to make sure these survivors get what is needed at this time and not waste truck space on items that they currently have more than enough of. There are currently now 12 collection points in our conference for this distribution in Alabama and Florida churches. Food items needed: Cases of bottled water (please no individual bottles) and all kinds of canned meats: tuna, chicken, ham, corn beef, turkey, beef, meatballs, Spam, things like Vienna sausage. Other food items needed include some type of small kids meals that are not cold or frozen. Pop tarts, granola bars, cans of fruit cocktail are also needed. You can also donate peanut butter and jelly, sports drinks, shelf-stable milk (like powdered milk), dry cereal, and many other things like that. All sizes of baby diapers, baby wipes , dog & Cat Food, and Paper Products are needed, as well as tarps (size 20’ x 25’ ) Volunteers needed:
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CMCA Fall Festival and Trunk-or-TreatCMCA will host our first Fall Festival including Trunk or Treat for children in elementary school and younger on Sunday, October 27th, 3-4:30PM, at Greystone. Everyone is invited to participate by decorating their vehicle, wearing a costume and handing out candy in the Greystone parking lot. We are looking for volunteers to share their vehicles and imaginations, using the themes of Jesus’ love and Bible stories or beautiful fall scenery and God’s gift of the harvest. Don’t worry—Pinterest has plenty of ideas to get us started! Oriental Trading has kits for Trunk or Treat and other fall and Christian-themed decor at reasonable prices. We will also need game leaders and other helpers prior to and on the day of the event. If you are interested in helping with or donating toward this festive fall celebration, please contact Michelle Reed at michelle.w.reed@gmail.com or 334-740-3531 (text or call). |
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CMCA MissionsCMCA is participating in a Coat Drive in conjunction with the United Way. The date for the Coat Drive is October 1-18. We will be collecting gently used or new coats of any weight for any size or gender. You may also donate sweatershirts/hoodies, vests or top sweaters. These coats will be distributed to deserving families and individuals in Lee County on November 6 and 7 at the Opelika Public Library. Anyone who is interested in helping with this Coat Drive by collecting, sorting, organizing, or distributing, or if you have any questions, please contact Martha Dumas at marthadumas@yahoo.com. Greystone will be a dropoff collection location during our regular business hours of 9:00-4:00 Monday-Thursday and 9:00-Noon on Friday during the dates of October 1-18. You may also bring your items to Lee-Scott on the two Sundays of October 6 and 13 where there will be collection boxes in the front and back lobbies. |
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Advent DevotionalIt's that time of year again! We are compiling devotionals written by you and composing our very own Christ Methodist Church Advent Devotional for all of us to use as our daily devotions during the Advent Season. If you would like to author a devotional this Advent season, please contact the church office at info@christmethodistauburn.com and let us know. We will send you a Scripture reference to use to get started and all of the instructions and dates for writing and submitting your devotional. This is a meaningful and wonderful way to contribute to our church and be an integral part of the rich tradition of Advent in our Christian calendar. We encourage everyone to consider sharing your faith in this way to bring extra cheer and joy to our Advent Season. We are on a pretty tight schedule, so the deadline for submitting devotions is November 1. So please respond soon! |
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Fall Adult Ministry OfferingsLadies' Bible Studies - "Armor of God" by Priscilla Shirer For the fall, there are 3 options for class days and times: Sundays @ 4:30 p.m.; Tuesdays @ 9:30 a.m.; Wednesdays @ 6:30 p.m. All classes will be held at Greystone. It is not too late to come and join us! Please sign up for one of these class days and times at info@christmethodistauburn.com Please purchase your books in time for your first class at the following links: The Armor of God - Bible Study Book with Video Access | Lifeway Widow's Care Ministry If you are interested in being a part of this group please follow the link. Widow's Care Ministry | Ministries | Christ Methodist Church of Auburn (christmethodistauburn.org) Men's Ministry Men's Bible Study - A men's Bible study will meet each Thursday at 6:45 a.m., led by Tony McCullough at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce (714 E. Glenn). This study will continue to meet each Thursday at the same time and place. All men of CMCA are invited to attend! |
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Music MinistryMusic Celebration Sunday on October 20th
Mark your calendars to attend this inspiring worship service on October 20th. This will be a very special service featuring the Christ Methodist Chorale and full orchestra as they present an inspiring collection entitled "Hymns Triumphant." What a grand assortment of hymns! There are hymns of praise, hymns of quiet devotion, hymns of personal experience of God's goodness, hymns of the cathedral, and hymns of the country. The congregation will join in singing many of them. From the stirring orchestral introduction, the singing begins with a joyful invitation to "Come, Christians, Join to Sing."
During the service the upcoming 2024 Christmas Artist Music Series will be announced. This annual tradition will feature some of our country's most beloved and gifted Christian performers. Don't miss this exciting announcement on October 20th!
Children's Music Ministries It's Not Too Late for Your Children To Grow in Their Musical Gifts!
We're thrilled that our children's choirs are up and running. It's not too late for your children and grandchildren to join the fun. We've started a new Cherub Choir for ages 3 - Kindergarten as well as a new Handchime Choir for Grades 4 - 6. They are having so much fun.
All groups will continue to meet each Wednesday at Greystone - SIGN UP TODAY (gary@christmethodistauburn.com) Cherub Choir - Ages 3-5 (3:45-4:15pm) Genesis Childen's Choir - Grades 1-6 (4:30-5:15) Children's Handchimes - Intro to Handchimes for 4th-6th graders (5:15-6:00) Sign Up Here for Children's Music Program |
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Online Pictorial DirectoryWe are creating a Christ Methodist Church pictorial directory! We need your help! This will be an online directory using our church software, Breeze. We are asking for photos of you and your family. Please submit a family group photo, a picture of you as a couple, or a picture of you as an individual. You may send these to info@christmethodistauburn.com We appreciate your help in getting our directory compiled. This will be a great resource for all of us to use to get to know each other and communicate with each other. Thank you for your submissions and help! |
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Altar Flowers for 2024We want to place the beautiful altar flowers in the gym every Sunday for our worship service. If you would like to reserve your date to provide the altar flowers, you may go to the SignUp Genius page where all the Sunday dates available for the coming year are listed. You may want to reserve a date that has special meaning to you or you may wish to place flowers in honor or in memory of a loved one. If you have any questions or would like to place your order, please contact the church office at 334-209-0074 or email info@christmethodistauburn.com
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Children's Registration FormThis form is utilized by CMCA to make sure we have information on all of the children who are active in the ministries of the church. We would appreciate your assistance in filling this out for your child or children so we can keep our database up-to-date. Thank you! Link to Information about Sunday Morning Groups for Children and Youth |
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Stay ConnectedGary Klarenbeek - gary@christmethodistauburn.com General email - info@christmethodistauburn.com Office Phone #: 334.209.0074
Instagram: Christ Methodist Church of Auburn (christmethodistauburn.org) |
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From the Finance OfficeIf you would like more information on ways to give, please follow the link. Thank you for your faithfulness!
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Congregational CarePlease pray for these brothers and sisters in our family of believers: Prayer Concerns Current at EAMC: Kay Guthrie Death: Sheryl Perry (our deepest sympathy and prayers goes out to her husband, Bob, daughter, Elizabeth, and son, Rob) Jim Carroll, Melody Cruz, Pat Douglas, Harry Gill, Sherry Guenther, Ruth Register, Keith Ryland, Becky Speigner, John and Connie Staton, Sherwood and Betty Thomas, Rita Tuck, Gary Webb, Bill Wilkinson, Kay Yeager Extended Friends and Family Jessica Flurry Blalock, Nancy Flurry's granddaughter; Tim Boosinger; Charlotte Brennan, a friend of so many in our church family; Steve Buckner, Carol Ham's brother; Max Bush, Craig and Lisa Leonard's grandson; Adam Cannon's (one of our New Birth helpers) brother; April Coulter; Dixie Connor, Nancy Teel's mother; Hudson Early, Sandra Fisher's great-grandson; Tad Gidcomb, Ann Thompson's nephew; Alan Hampton, Rick Hampton's brother; Dennis Hill, Nancy Teel's son, Taylor's, father-in-law; Matthew Hood; Elizabeth and Jason Moore, Butch Foster's daughter and son-in-law; Lisa Norrell, friend of Janet Wilson; Stephanie and William Philpott, Gayla Seller's daughter and son-in-law; Dan Pope, Dannelle Fogal's father; Ray Porterfield, Nancy Flurry's son; Brent Wilson, Craig and Lisa Leonard's friend; Christopher Wyatt, relative of Judith Gibson; Chuck Dupree and Martha Cauthen, friends of Beverly Webster and Sue Daniel If you have a prayer request or other need, please send to: prayer@christmethodistauburn.com Please put "Prayer Concern" in the subject line of the email. If you would like more information regarding Congregational Care, please follow the link: |
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AnnouncementsPlease be in your seats by 9:25 for the announcements and prelude to begin. The service will start at 9:30am. ********************************************************************************** LOST AND FOUND We have accumulated several items from the gym at Lee-Scott following worship services. These items include umbrellas, a journal, and more. If you are missing any of these items, you make pick them up at the receptionist desk at Greystone during the week. *********************************************************************************** *We are still in the process of gathering names and street addresses of those in our congregation who do not receive our weekly Newsletter by email. We would like to begin mailing them a copy of our email. If you know of someone who would like the weekly Newsletter mailed to them, please let us know. Let's continue to make a habit to check the Connect Cart and tables as you enter the lobbies for worship each Sunday. In addition to hymnals, we have guest name tags as well as regular name tags for regular attendees who forgot theirs (Pastor Tony appreciates those as he learns everyone’s name). Also, there are "Our Daily Bread" devotional booklets, volunteer forms, worship kits for children (they can take home), offering envelopes, and Connect Cards (place in offering plate). Another suggestion is to give your worship bulletin to a friend and invite them to worship with us. *As you arrive at Lee-Scott on Sunday mornings, we encourage you to be aware of marked parking spaces in the back entrance and to make sure you park in a marked space. Please be aware that the trailer used to transport our equipment will be parked at the back entrance and does not need to be blocked so that it can be moved or it can be opened in the rear area. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter! We are so grateful for each and every one of you and for your commitment and faithfulness to serve our Savior, Jesus Christ. Please continue to pray, and pray some more for our body of believers as we move forward together and seek God’s guidance in the days to come. You are all so loved and appreciated! “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 |
