Summer SERVE Opportunity with the IPC Book Club! Our Book Club has agreed to SERVE the Stewart Center by providing lunch for their summer camp. To do this we need your time and donations! We will be serving lunch to 70 children June 6, June 13, and June 20. We need folks to help us set up, serve, and clean up (about 3 hours total). Also, Laura Tangaturi and Kris Dwyer are crafting really nutritious menus for the kids, but we need donations to buy the ingredients. If you are interested in helping in any way, please contact Kristen Vincent at kevincent619@gmail.com or 770-823-4848. | New Adult GROW Group Philippians the Letter of Joy Pastor Max is leading a study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians in the Library. It's not too late to join us! Gather at 9:45 and let’s see what Paul can teach us about living joyfully. | Come Color with the IPC Book Club! Come color with us! This summer our Book Club is changing things up: we’re going to color and pray! Praying with Mandalas: A Colorful, Contemplative Practice, by Sharon Seyfarth Garner, provides a really nice introduction to four classic prayer practices: lectio divine, centering prayer, intercessory prayer, and the Ignatius Examen. Each of the four chapters has only 4 pages of reading, then 7 coloring pages designed to guide you through the prayer practice in a fun way. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, June 28th at 7pm at Lisa Yate's house (226 Degress Ave). Our summer meetings will be laid-back and fun while we color and hang out. Join us! | Youth Staycation Mission Trip Let's SERVE our city! Join us for a 3 day, in-town mission trip where we will serve our neighbors & church family! Our days will be packed with service and fun ATL adventures, then we will crash at IPUMC with our friends from other neiboring churches. Cost is $110 and includes all meals, activities, and transportation. Registration & deposit due on June 20th. | Bishop's Special Offering at Annual Conference Through the years, North GA United Methodists (including IPUMC!) have given generously to the Bishop's Offering for global mission initiatives like Imagine No Malaria, and local missions like Action Ministries. The 2017 Bishop's Offering is for the Ministerial Education Fund (MEF) to provide educational funds for seminary students and licensed local pastors. The need is great, the mission is worthwhile and the results provide called, gifted and educated pastors for our churches. Please, give generously! Click here for a short video featuring some of our North GA beneficiaries of MEF. | SERVE by Collecting Books! Action Ministries is collecting Pre-K through 5th Grade reading level books for their Smart Kid Summer Enrichment program! You can bring your books to the church and we'll arrange for delivery to Action Ministries. Click here for more info or to donate financially. | Rob Bell will be in our Neighborhood! His Bible Belt Tour is coming to the Variety Playhouse on Sunday, July 16th Rob Bell will be discussing his latest book, What is the Bible at the Variety Playhouse Sunday, July 16th. Doors open at 7 p.m. and Show is at 8 p.m. $50 for a pre-show Q & A general admission seating
$25 general admission seating. Click here for tickets! | Now Introducing.... Eli Luis Tolentino We are thrilled to announce Stephanie and Arman Tolentino have a healthy baby boy! Eli Luis Tolentino was born on June 2, 2017 at 4:26pm, coming in at 6 lbs 3 oz. Thank you for your continued prayers for the Tolentino Family! | Woodrow Spencer Adair We are thrilled to announce Sarah and Spencer Adair have a healthy baby boy! Woodrow Spencer Adair was born early on May 31st and measured in at 10.5 lbs, 21 inches. Thank you for your continued prayers for the Adair Family! | CONNECT: Join us at the Wild Goose Festival! We're excited to announce that Kristen Vincent will be leading a workshop and having a booth at this year's Wild Goose Festival! If you've never heard of it, to put it briefly it’s a 4-day Spirit, Justice, Music and Arts Festival. But it’s so much more than that too! Come hang out with us and hear amazing speakers including Nadia Bolz-Weber, William P. Young (author of The Shack), Diana Butler Bass, and many others, including a number of Upper Room authors. There's also music, Beer & Hymns, food trucks, camping, and all manner of zaniness. It always draws some of the best contemporary Christian speakers and musicians. Seriously, not to be missed! Kristen will be offering a workshop on her new book, Beads of Healing. She'll also have a booth where she'll be selling prayer beads, holding crosses, Deeply Loved merchandise, and much more! The Festival is July 13-16 in Hot Springs, NC, and you can camp. glamp or do Airbnb. Click here for more info! | Dancing with the Stars: Clergy Edition Save the date for August 26, 2017 to watch our very own, Max Vincent, compete in an epic dance competition. This Matthew Initiative's annual fundraiser will take place at Snellville UMC! | We're excited about our 2nd Annual Merry Artists Market this November! If you would like to help out with the planning the market or volunteering at the event, please contact Laura Tanguturi (laura_024@hotmail.com). Tell your artist friends and save the date! | Beads of Healing is Here! If you would like a copy of Kristen Vincent's newest book, Beads of Healing, they are available for purchase in the church office. Proceeds from books sold here at the church will go to IPUMC. The books are $14 each (the church would make $5.60 on each copy sold). | Ecumenical Prayer Cycle As a way to remember our connection with Christians around the globe, we will start using a great prayer tool: the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle. Each week of the year a number of countries are highlighted to lift up in prayer. There are also prayers written by Christians in those countries that you can use. By following the cycle throughout the year, you would pray your way around the globe. We will start listing the different countries each week in our prayer list. For the week of June 11 pray for: Botswana, Zimbabwe To find out more and to find links to the prayers from countries around the world click here. | | Pastor Max will be in Athens, GA from June 12-June 16 representing Inman Park at Annual Conference. | Click here to see IPUMC's Weekly Kid's Newsletter! Click here to see IPUMC's Weekly Youth Newsletter! | Happy Birthday! We have one birthday this week: Allison Anderson - June 10 Happy Birthday! If your name is not listed but you would like to be included on the birthday list, please email the church office by replying to this email. | Max Vincent, Minister
Cecelia Reilly, Coordinator of Children & Youth Ministries
Lisa Farnsworth, Music Coordinator
Sarah Adair, Office Manager
David Myles, Maintenance Tech
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