Kid’s Junction
A Ministry Assisting Families with Children
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FUMC’s Kid Junction Ministry
Kid Junction serves eligible children (birth to 12) in the Galax area. Eligible families may visit once every six months.
For those who qualify, this ministry assists families with children. Clothing for infants to size 12 is available, as well as diapers, hygiene items, school supplies, etc.
Each child in the family receives personal hygiene items, as needed per child: diapers, a complete set of clothing (new or slightly used)–such as shirts, pants, shorts, jackets, coats, shoes, socks, underwear, etc. (if available in size) at NO CHARGE!
School items and backpacks are also available.
Store hours are from 10-12 on the first and third Monday of each month at the Galax First United Methodist Church, 306 West Center Street (back parking lot), check in at the church office.
To determine who qualifies for this program, call the FUMC office at 276-236-9937.
HAPPENINGS WITH KID’S JUNCTION
Mountain Top Community School
FUMC-Galax is happy to announce they will be opening their doors (or rather, classroom) to the Mountain Top Community School, a private Christian school developed by Joy Ranch. The students (15-20) will meet at FUMC on Monday & Fridays from 9:00am-12:00 and Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm beginning September 21st.
- MULTIGRADE – An idea so old, it seems new ‘For nearly 150 years the country school was the backbone of American education. As late as 1913 one-half of children were enrolled in the country’s 212,000 one-room schools.’ [oneroomschool.edublogs.org] Loving to Learn
- MENTORING – A plan so sensible, it sounds crazy ‘ Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.’ Benjamin Franklin Learning for Life
- MASTERY – A vision so clear, it is radical ‘Students with mastery orientation seek to improve their competence. Those with performance orientations seek to prove their competence’ [teachingprofessor.com] Where school is FUN!
For more information on the Mountain Top Community School, please visit their website:
http://mountaintopschool.homestead.com/index.html
Thank You: Doris Ward
Who has generously donated new chimes in memory of her husband, D.E., & Eleanor Nuckolls, to our church which were installed the end of July. Once again at noon and 5:00 Galax City will be blessed with the beautiful sound of the chimes from First United Methodist Church!
State of the Church
Each year for Charge Conference the pastor is asked to do a report of the state of the church that he or she is serving. Below is my report for this year.
This has been another hard year for our church. Both membership and average attendance, for both Worship and Sunday School, is down. One promising thing is that the percentage of decrease is less than it has been in the past few years. Also troubling is the fact that our giving is down. At the end of July we were over $7,000 behind our budgeted donations and over $10,000 behind last year’s giving. We need to do better!
© Donar Reiskoffer / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0
However, there are some encouraging signs. Ruth Sizemore, our Children’s Committee Chair, did a great job with our Easter Egg Hunt and our Vacation Bible School “G-Force=God’s Love In Action”—was really successful with an average of over 20 kids each night. God is good!
Our Mission Outreach continues to do great work; with our Health and Welfare Assistance program each Tuesday making a real difference to those in need.
Our United Methodist Women remains one of the strongest units in the Wytheville District. Several members of our local unit serve in leadership positions on the district level.
Our Music Department does a great job—this adds so much to our Worship. However, our brightest light may be our Kid’s Junction ministry. Started with the help of a Holston Conference “Change-for-Children” grant, this has not merely survived but grown greatly. This school year we were able to provide fifty plus backpacks for students as well as other needed school supplies. This is in addition to our on-going distribution of coats, clothes, diapers and personal hygiene items not covered by SNAP benefits. Way to go church!
This is a time of change for First Galax United Methodist Church as we transition from the type of church we used to be and become the church God wants us to be now. Change is always scary but if we seek God’s will to commit to doing what God wants, we will have a bright future.
Richard
Mountain Top Community School
FUMC-Galax is happy to announce they will be opening their doors (or rather, classroom) to the Mountain Top Community School, a private Christian school developed by Joy Ranch. The students (15-20) will meet at FUMC on Monday & Fridays from 9:00am-12:00 and Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm beginning September 21st.
- MULTIGRADE – An idea so old, it seems new ‘For nearly 150 years the country school was the backbone of American education. As late as 1913 one-half of children were enrolled in the country’s 212,000 one-room schools.’ [oneroomschool.edublogs.org] Loving to Learn
- MENTORING – A plan so sensible, it sounds crazy ‘ Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.’ Benjamin Franklin Learning for Life
- MASTERY – A vision so clear, it is radical ‘Students with mastery orientation seek to improve their competence. Those with performance orientations seek to prove their competence’ [teachingprofessor.com] Where school is FUN!
For more information on the Mountain Top Community School, please visit their website:
http://mountaintopschool.homestead.com/index.html
Thank You: Doris Ward
Who has generously donated new chimes in memory of her husband, D.E., & Eleanor Nuckolls, to our church which were installed the end of July. Once again at noon and 5:00 Galax City will be blessed with the beautiful sound of the chimes from First United Methodist Church!
State of the Church
Each year for Charge Conference the pastor is asked to do a report of the state of the church that he or she is serving. Below is my report for this year.
This has been another hard year for our church. Both membership and average attendance, for both Worship and Sunday School, is down. One promising thing is that the percentage of decrease is less than it has been in the past few years. Also troubling is the fact that our giving is down. At the end of July we were over $7,000 behind our budgeted donations and over $10,000 behind last year’s giving. We need to do better!
© Donar Reiskoffer / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0
However, there are some encouraging signs. Ruth Sizemore, our Children’s Committee Chair, did a great job with our Easter Egg Hunt and our Vacation Bible School “G-Force=God’s Love In Action”—was really successful with an average of over 20 kids each night. God is good!
Our Mission Outreach continues to do great work; with our Health and Welfare Assistance program each Tuesday making a real difference to those in need.
Our United Methodist Women remains one of the strongest units in the Wytheville District. Several members of our local unit serve in leadership positions on the district level.
Our Music Department does a great job—this adds so much to our Worship. However, our brightest light may be our Kid’s Junction ministry. Started with the help of a Holston Conference “Change-for-Children” grant, this has not merely survived but grown greatly. This school year we were able to provide fifty plus backpacks for students as well as other needed school supplies. This is in addition to our on-going distribution of coats, clothes, diapers and personal hygiene items not covered by SNAP benefits. Way to go church!
This is a time of change for First Galax United Methodist Church as we transition from the type of church we used to be and become the church God wants us to be now. Change is always scary but if we seek God’s will to commit to doing what God wants, we will have a bright future.
Richard
