Welcome

Meet at the Chamber to put the signs in the yard and arrange meeting room for worship and study. Technology needs to be cranked up and hymnals placed on table. Those working on the worship setting or Visio Divina may be adding their finishing touches. 

Our worship is liturgical, but relaxed. We use the UMC hymnal, profess our faith with the Apostles' Creed, and begin the message with scripture from the Contemporary English Version of the Bible. The structure of worship is familiar with traditional elements, but there are opportunities for interaction, prayer for our community, and occasionally include songs from popular music through the years. When Communion converges with Jesus feeding thousands, we might sing Crowded Table by The Highwomen.

We make our transition between worship and study with a time of informal fellowship around light breakfast snacks and coffee. Several folks from the congregation will bring pastries, fruit, and maybe Conecuh sausage to share. Several of us will gather hymnals and catch up with one another before we begin our study. This is a time when some join us late or leave early if necessary. We have a "one room church" and we go with the flow... abundant grace for all!

We have been working together on church formation tasks such as naming our values and discerning our unique call and mission on the mountain and surrounding area! Coming Soon: This Advent season, we will study the book Christmas From the Backside by Ellsworth Kalas. Books have been ordered and we will begin the study as soon as it arrives! After Christmas, we will return to Being United Methodist in the Bible Belt by Belton Joyner. (Teachers: John Carr & Claudia Belyeu)

We do a quick pick up of the room and re-set the tables as we found them. We clean up the breakfast table and worship materials while discussing next steps.  

Many Sunday's we continue our time together with lunch out together. It's a great time to get to know one another and enjoy being present in our community. We are regulars at Giovanni's, Beef 'O'Brady's, and BWW.

November 5 we have a meeting with our Ichnos coach, Rev. Kevin Thomas. He will meet us via Zoom. Some of us will gather at the Chamber and Zoom together while others log in from home. This is primarily Launch Team members, but all are welcome to participate! :::Look for other meeting announcements here.:::

Small Group opportunities via Zoom... set up with Pastor Carol.

Fellowship at Albertville Home Bakery Coffee Shop.

Spiritual Formation at the Albertville Home Bakery. Come to the room in the back of the coffee shop and look for us! We are studying the book of Acts of the Apostles together and learning about the early church. Copies of the New Testament in the Contemporary English Version are available for your use. 

Craft Night in the Fellowship Hall is an open studio gathering on the Zoom platform. This is a collaborative effort between Pastor Carol and Rev. Dr. Melanie Hauser in Iowa. Bring your crochet and log in!

On second Tuesdays throughout the year, we have Ichnos Meetings on Zoom for leadership development. This is a large group meeting with mentor Ron Martoia and about 75 of our closest friends in other churches around the conference including our coach, Kevin Thomas.