Dr. Matt Ayars, president of Wesley Biblical Seminary, is teaching a three-week series about the Holy Spirit in the MPR during the Sunday School hour. If you miss a session, you can find those videos on our YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@madisonmcms/streams).
This group meets on the first and third Wednesdays of the month in Room 122 (Fellowship Hall). Some weeks they have guest speakers and some weeks they break out into small groups for sharing and support.
Please make supper reservation by noon on Tuesdays for our WAM supper. You can call the church office or go to this site (https://www.shelbygiving.com/App/Form/8fdf9d81-3472-4311-8aca-ba2dafb0b04d) to make your supper reservation.
DENOMINATIONAL GROWTH
The Global Methodist Church now has over 3,100 churches! And there are enough churches and pastors in our area that the Transitional Leadership Council of the GMC just announced that they have approved a Mississippi-West Tennessee Provisional Annual Conference beginning today, August 1.
Our Methodist Men’s Group will meet on Sunday, September 17, at 7:00 a.m. in the CLC for a great breakfast and to hear a guest speaker.
If you missed any of the recent combined Sunday School sessions on "The Name of God," visit our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@madisonmcms) to watch them.
The Mississippi Annual Conference approved the disaffiliation of 189 churches, including Madison UMC, on Wednesday, June 28. Let us all pray for our church family, other disaffiliating churches, and the Mississippi Annual Conference in this season of transition. Please review our recent newsletter for any last-minute updates about our disaffiliation and email our senior pastor (info@madisonmc.org) with any questions.
Our church recently painted a house for Methodist Children's Home! We had volunteers do that on Thursday, June 22. Please contact Ric Stanfield (eisj@live.com; 601.201.3046) for more information about future projects at MCH.
Our church’s membership voted on May 21 to seek affiliation with the Global Methodist Church. With 433 votes cast, 14 voted for Congregational Methodist, 418 voted for Global Methodist, and 1 abstained.
We applied for affiliation with the Global Methodist Church and were granted that for July 1.
Our special called Church Conference was held on Sunday, March 26. There were 664 ballots cast at the church conference. 57 votes (8.6%) were cast to remain with the United Methodist denomination and 605 votes (91.4%) were cast to disaffiliate from the United Methodist denomination. There were two abstentions. Special thanks go to our tellers, greeters, nursery workers, and church staff for their extra help with this vote and meeting.