Upcoming Events and Announcements

Tryon UMC is no longer live streaming its Sunday morning worship service, but will record and upload each week’s worship service to our church’s website as well as to Facebook. Online viewers can watch each Sunday worship service anytime they wish during the week. Every effort will be made to have each Sunday’s worship service video available to view online no later than Monday at 6:00 PM.

On our church website, www.tryonumc.org, use the dropdown menu and select “Worship Video”. On our church’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/tumctryon, click on the menu item “Video”.

➢ We continue to encourage you to make your offerings to the church so that we can continue to operate and take care of the essential day-to-

day things to keep us functioning as a church. You can mail in your offering or come by and drop it in our locked mailbox. You can also give on-

line with your credit card. Click on the link on our website under Giving.

❖ Monthly Mission Focus : Christmas gifts for Polk County Neighbors See below for more information

❖ Page Turners. November 18th. 12:00 pm. Library. See below for more information

❖ WNC Helene Benefit Concert November 24, 4:00 p.m. (See below for more information

➢ Please check the Prayer List each week for those who have asked for our prayers. And please help us

keep our list up-to-date.

If there are names that need to be added or taken off the list, please contact the office at 828-859-9218 or

send an email to tumc1@tryonumc.net

➢ Chancel Choir. will resume on Wednesday, September 4 at 5pm in the choir room. All are welcome to come and

“lift a joyful noise unto the Lord”!

➢ Handbell Choir. will resume on Wednesday, September 11 at 6pm in the handbell room. All are welcome to come and

" Paly Bells with us.

➢ Comfort Shawls. Every second and fourth Tuesday. 10:00 a.m. Comfort Shawl Room.

➢ Qi Gong. Monday’s and Fridays. 10:00—11:00 a.m. Fellowship Hall

➢ AA Meetings: Meets on Monday evenings at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

➢ Girl Scouts: Thursday. 4:30 p.m. Education Rooms, 2nd Floor (Not meeting during the summer.

➢ Living Clean. Thursday. 6:00 p.m. Fellowship Hall.

OPERATIONS BUDGET

Giving for November 10, 2024 $5,725.00 Weekly Goal $3,709.37

Total Giving for November, 2024 $10,745.55 Monthly Goal $16,073.92

Total Pledges and Giving for 2024 (As of November 10): $154,824.02

ATTENDANCE

November 10, 2024 IN PERSON: 43 ON-LINE: 170 TOTAL: 213

Stewardship for the 2024 Budget

Amount Pledged to date: $104,672,672 Total Budget for 2024: $192,887.00

Inserted in your announcements this week is information on giving for the first four months of 2024. In our Gathering Meeting on April 23rd, some of you mentioned you would like to see more information about giving and how we are doing regarding making our budget for the year.

The insert includes weekly and monthly giving for January through April and what we need each week and month to meet our budget. Going forward, you will get a summary each week in the bulletin to let you track how we are doing.

If you have any questions about this information, please contact Lynn Montgomery, our church treasurer, or Pastor Lynnette.

➢ in-person during Sunday worship services.

➢ Drop off your offering in our locked mailbox outside the church office.

➢ Give on-line with your credit card. See our website at www.tryonumc.org Click on “Giving” link. NOTE: Make sure you identify our church as

Tryon UMC in Tryon, NC in the Blue Ridge District (there is a Tryon Methodist Church in Charlotte in the Metro District. Sometimes we get

confused with them).

On behalf of our staff, thank you to everyone for the cards, gifts, and contributions during the holiday season. They were very much appreciated.

Thank you, especially to all of those who have helped in this process.

Tryon United Methodist Church

Mission Statement: The people of Tryon United Methodist Church seek to answer God’s call to be disciples of Christ

Vision Statement: As Disciples of Christ we come together as a loving, caring family of faith:

To share the hope, peace, grace, and love of Jesus Christ.

To worship God and nurture spiritual growth.

To grow in understanding of the Bible and its revelation of Jesus Christ.

To serve the needs of our neighbors near and far.

Christmas Gifts for Polk County Neighbors 2024

We are collecting toys and gifts for neighbors again this year.

Support the OUTREACH Holiday Gift Program for children and senior adults this year.

How you can participate:

· Choose a card from the Giving Tree located in the hallway outside the Sanctuary.

· Sign the sheet indicating which card you took.

· Purchase the items on the card

· Purchase 1 gift card to go with the other items you purchased.

· Return these items with the card to the office. (Please do not wrap them).

· RETURN ALL GIFTS BY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1ST.

Gift Ideas…

$25 Gift Cards from Amazon, Belk, Dollar General, Family Dollar, T.J. Maxx, Old Navy, Target or Walmart

Toys for children 11 and under: Books, Barbie Dolls, craft kits, toys that light up, scooters, Nerf toys, Legos, Farm Animals, musical toys, art supplies, monster trucks, Hot Wheels, Superhero toys, Paw Patrol Toys, Bluey toys, Squish Mellow toys, Sports Balls, Bikes or Tricycles

Senior gifts: socks, puzzle books, jigsaw puzzles

IN ADDITION TO THESE GIFTS, WE WILL ALSO BE CONTRIBUTING 50 CHILDREN’S COATS THAT WERE DONATED DURING THE SEASON OF LENT THIS YEAR.

The Page Turners. November 18th at 12:00 p.m. Library

“Small Things Like These” is award-winning author Claire Keegan's landmark new novel, a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family

It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.

An international bestseller, “Small Things Like These” is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers. (Amazon Review)