HOW  YOU  CAN  MAKE  YOUR  GIFTS  TO  TRYON  UMC  MINISTRIES

Offering given during worship services.

➢  Drop off offerings in the locked mailbox outside the church office. 

➢  You can mail your offering  in.

➢  Give on-line with your credit card. Use the QR code on the right or 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.)

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.

Weekly Gatherings after Worship

Each week after worship we meet in the Gathering Area outside the Sanctuary to enjoy some delicious homemade goodies and beverages.  Many thanks to those who make this happen each week. 

Please join us for that time of fellowship. 

Save The Dates!!

  Polk County Summer Food Program
June 25 – Pack Food in Bags
June 26 – Deliver Bags to Kids

Donations for this project may be given between
now and May 25th.

Designate on checks or envelopes

“Feed – A – Kid”

       New Roof

       Information on roof replacement is on the bulletin board in the

       hall outside the sanctuary. Funds from the Albree account are

      targeted to pay for re-roofing during the month of June.

     Congregation members may also help by contributing to the

     maintenance fund – “Roof”.

We welcome Reverend Gerald Davis to TUMC!

A Few Thoughts….

We are deeply troubled by the events last Friday night with the US airstrikes occurred over Iran.

The Middle East has been an unsettled region of our world for many years, and we shudder to think of the prospects of another global conflict.

In a time like this, I take consolation, in the 46th Psalm, “Our God is our refuge and a help in times of trouble”. “Psalms Now” is a contemporary translation of the Psalms by Leslie Brandt; she translates a portion of the psalm this way;

                                                                                                                                                                                               Rev. Gerald and wife Kathy

                                             Just look about you, read the pages of history                                                                                                                                                                      efresh your flagging spirits with this

                                           reminder of His Great feats throughout the ages 

                                                         And you will again hear him speaking                                                                                                                                Relax, stop fretting and remember that

                   I am still Your God

Rev. Gerald and grandson Benny                                       I still hold the reins on this world

As we celebrate the 249th birthday of our nation this

July 4th, let’s remember the

One who indeed holds the reins of our

nation and the world.

Look forward to seeing you Sunday!

From the Staff-Parish Relations Committee
I am happy to announce that Pastor Gerald Davis will be extending his TUMC appointment,
to serve as our part-time Interim pastor, through the month of July. —Pat Patrick, Chair of
SPRC

The Holy Spirit at Work in Your Life………..

Where is the Holy Spirit today?

When we recognize the Spirit evident in love, we begin to see a witness to the Spirit across our United Methodist connection. We observe evidence of the Spirit in our practice of the three General Rules: To do no harm, do good, and attend to the ordinances of God.

Often, the Spirit prompts us to do something. When we feel a pull to check-in on a neighbor, we might attribute that to the work of the Spirit. Or when we spontaneously lift our voices in prayer for a hurting loved one, we call that a movement of the Spirit. But the Holy Spirt might also call us into inaction: inviting us to love by not participating in systems of harm.

Ryan Dunn is a Minister of Online Engagement for United Methodist Communications.                 Sourced from UM Now

In the same way, we witness the Spirit moving us towards acts of goodness. The compulsion we feel to feed a stranger’s expired parking meter might be evidence of the Spirit. So, too, is the shared support received by United Methodist disaster relief workers at work in hurricane-ravaged areas.

Here’s to the bridge-builders, the hand-holders, the light-bringers, those extraordinary souls wrapped in ordinary lives who quietly weave threads of humanity into an inhumane world.  They are the unsung heroes in a world at war with itself.  They are the whisperers of hope that peace is possible. 

Look for them in this present darkness. Light your candle with their flame.

 And then go. Build bridges. Hold hands.  Bring light to a dark and desperate world. 

Be the hero you are looking for. Peace is possible.  It begins with us.

                                                                                                      ~L. R. Knost~

Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                         –John 12:35-