Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Updates & Announcements from Methodist Temple

All-Church Meal on August 4th

After our 10:00a.m. combined worship service on Sunday, August 4th, we will have an all-church lunch in Fellowship Hall! Join us for a kid-friendly meal of tacos and pizza immediately following the service. We are still looking for volunteers to help set-up and serve the meal. If you are willing to volunteer your time, please call the church office at 812-476-1306.

Ladies Night Out

Join us for our last Ladies' Night Out this Friday, August 2nd at 6:00pm at Escape Evansville. In this themed escape room, we will try to help Taylor Swift escape the relentless paparazzi and make it back to her apartment to get ready in time for her show.

Can't make it to the "Taylor's Closet" Escape Experience? Join us for dinner at 7:30 at Bud's Bar & Grill.

Please RSVP as soon as possible to Cass Brusie, cbrusie@methodisttemple.church.

Methodist Temple Shirts

The new Methodist Temple shirts have arrived! If you pre-ordered, you are able to pay for and pick-up your shirt at Connection Central starting this Sunday. As a reminder, the shirts are $20 each. We do not have any extra shirts available for purchase at this time.

Methodist Temple Columbarium

The Methodist Temple Board of Trustees is gauging interest in building a second Columbarium tower. The Trustees are requesting the congregation to express interest via deposits toward the purchase of their own niche. If you are interested in having a niche, please contact the church office to submit a $100 deposit before the end of the year. If there are 20 deposits by year end, then the Trustees will start the process of building a second tower. The total cost per niche is expected to be approximately $1000. In order to retain your niche you would need to pay the balance due once the tower is built. If we do not get 20 deposits by year end, your deposit will be returned to you and we will discontinue consideration of a second tower.

What is a Columbarium?

A columbarium is a structure with niches for funeral urns to be stored. The columbarium at Methodist Temple is the large stone structure in the memory garden to the west of the sanctuary that has brass drawers called niches. These niches contain the cremated remains of members of our church. The first tower of 84 niches was built in 2004 and all niches have been sold. There are foundations and space for two more Columbarium towers at Methodist Temple.

July Missional Partner

This month's missional partner is the United Methodist Youth Home.

The United Methodist Youth Home helps at-risk youth become productive and responsible members of our community. It is their vision that our community will be transformed by educating youth on the life skills necessary to be successful and free from the cycle of abuse, poverty, crime, and trauma. Visit their website here and watch the video below to see how you can get involved!

The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy

The Pastor Podcast is now on Apple Podcast! If you use Apple podcast as your podcast app, click here to listen now. The podcast is also available on Spotify, Google Podcast, and Amazon Music/Audible. Just search for Methodist Temple UMC or The Pastor Podcast with Randy and Andy.

Temple Youth Spotlight

Our youth will meet this Sunday at 4:30pm in the Teen Center at Methodist Temple for their MT Youth Welcome Party! We'd like to welcome all of the incoming 6th graders to Youth Group!

If you're interested in learning more about our youth ministry, reach out to Ryan at rbuxton@methodisttemple.church.

In the Community...

Our next workday at Tri-State Food Bank will be Saturday, August 3rd from 9am to noon. The Food Bank is located at 2504 Lynch Road. Please come if you can and invite a friend! Register Here to volunteer.

Our SAM's Ministry offers exercise classes every Tuesday and Thursday mornings beginning at 9am in the Celebration Center. No registration is needed.

The next SAM's Luncheon will take place Thursday, August 15th, at 11:30am. Reserve your spot at Connection Central, Too! The price for this luncheon is $10/person.

If you have information you would like to be included in church-wide communications, please email Andrea Wallace at awallace@methodisttemple.church.