Ownbey Class Musings

June 6, 2004

REMEMBER: In your thoughts and prayers these folks, others you know, and especially their caregivers...

>BIRTHDAYS this week: Madeline Stanford (7^th), Genie Hauersperger (10^th), Ann Maxwell (12^th)

> Karla Hauersperger, Dick & Genie Hauersperger's daughter, is doing better; surgery is still needed sometime in the future.

>Randy Harris is receiving Hospice care at home.

>Dorothy Bridgeman in the loss of her sister, Milbrey Lunceford Jones. A memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, June 7, at Southminster Retirement Center, 8919 Park Road.

>Others you know...

LAST WEEK:

>>Paul Guthery introduced the three-week study of Revelation, providing much information about the book.

>>Class attendance was almost a full house last Sunday.

>>Family Center Supply Kits, a ministry of the Lay Ministries Center of MPUMC, are needed. Check in the classroom or at the Lay Ministries Center for details.

THIS WEEK: 6/6-12/04

>>>6/6 ~ Trinity Sunday, First Sunday after Pentecost, Peace and Justice Sunday

>>>6/6 ~ Carol Douglas will continue our focus on the most misunderstood and misinterpreted book of the Bible, Revelation, using the International Lessons series as the resource.

>>>6/10 ~ Western North Carolina Annual Conference begins at Lake Junaluska.

>>>For other opportunities read the announcements & opportunities in the Sunday Worship Bulletin and The Cornerstone, or check the email announcements and the MPUMC web site.

Invite a FRIEND to come to class with YOU this Sunday!

LOOKING AHEAD:

>>>>6/13 ~ Gaston Gage will conclude the focus on Revelation.

>>>>6/16 ~ ADULTS PLUS! will offer an opportunity to meet Billie Rose Uses the Knife at the A+ Picnic at the home of Melvin & Anita McIntosh, 10 am.till ??? pm. Hopefully she will tell us more about the Lakota Indian Mission works we support at Myers Park UMC.

>>>>6/16 ~ Ownbey Class Curriculum Committee meets at 7 p.m., Parish Life Building 109. Come and help decide the curriculum for the next quarter.

>>>>It is never too early to sign up for the SEJAOA Conference on Older Adult Ministries, 9/9-12 at Lake Junaluska, or the Adults Plus! Spiritual Life Retreat 10/11-14 at Lake Junaluska. Go by the Adult Education Office (Barbara Barden's office) and sign up today! We do have a limited number of rooms available, and we have opened registration to folks from Providence UMC, Mouzon UMC, and Matthews UMC. FIRST COME ~ FIRST SERVED!

>>>>Save 9/19, 9/26, 10/24 & 11/7 for the special programs featuring James Howell, Dr. Tom Hanchett as a part of the 75^th Anniversary Celebration of our beautiful Sanctuary, Dr. Allen Verhey, and Dr. Ben Witherington III. Mark your calendar today so you won't schedule something else!!!

TAKE CARE!