Our Hispanic Ministry celebrated its 10th Anniversary on November 2, by special worship service and great supper. Tens of worshipers and friends attended to mark the church’s anniversary, and counted distinguished guests, Rev. Charlie Green, Pastor of Church of God and Jim Miner. The sermon was shared for Rev. Vani Pino, Hispanic Pastor in Sugar Hill, UMC. We were leaded for the praise band of Hispanic Church of God of Cornelia. After service, everybody go to Fellowship Hall for supper, and celebrate the birthday of our pastor, who blew out candles in cake.

SMALL GROUPS
We currently have three small groups, in Baldwin, Alto and Mt Airy that are being held on Tuesday and Thursday nights, with 20 adults and 10 children on a weekly basis. The purposes of this program its teach the bible, pray each other, provided pastoral care, and the fellowship.

YOUTH MINISTRY
Each Wednesdays ‘night we have a Hispanic youth meeting, the program includes dynamic activities and attractive speeches, games, songs, snacks, bible and devotional. has an attendance of 18 kids in average.

SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Some youth from Hispanic congregation, and from the community, participated in “Remanso de Paz” Cup, a soccer tournament sponsored for a church in Macon, County. They won second place, and best goalkeeper.

CALLING ALL SINGERS If you like to “make a joyful noise,” we have a place for you in the Chancel Choir. No audition or music reading is required. Rehearsals are on Wednesday nights from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (after Fellowship Dinner). A nursery can be provided if you have need.

For more information, or specific details, call our Director of Music and Organist Bill Loyd at (706) 778-2265 or (706) 778-4827.

Please come and visit our Youth program, we have a lot of fun! We meet as follows:

• -Youth Group is every Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm
• -Every 2nd Sunday is our youth council meeting at 4:30pm
• -Every 4th Sunday is our youth breakfast at 9:00am
• -Every 5th Saturday we serve lunch at the Cornelia soup kitchen between 11am and 1pm

Retreat at Glisson this year! Six of our upcoming youth learned what it means faithfully to participate with our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness in workshops designed especially for them. They also learned about the history of the Church and our Methodist heritage! The content covered this past weekend, and the amount of information these kids soaked up was thrilling! We made it back in time to catch part of Sunday's sermon- and the kids were excited when Charlie mentioned Martin Luther and John Wesley. "Hey- we know what he's talking about!" I would like to say thank you to all our members who support our youth ministry not only with your gifts, but also with your prayers, presence, service and witness. The youth ministry of Cornelia UMC is your ministry! Grace and Peace!

Hey, you young people! Thanks for everything you do. We've been together for a year now! Can you believe it? It's been a great year of getting to know each other, having fun-"Hey, anyone up for bowling my head?"-and taking steps on our faith journeys. I had an awesome time on the ski retreat. I think that you all did a great job of spreading your "lights". I'd say they knew we were Christians without seeing our van! Thanks for everything! I'd also like to give a shout out to all the parents who've helped me this year. The cooking has been great! The planning and scheduling help was particularly valuable.

Princess Tea Party is Saturday October 17th at 2:00 all girls and ladies of the church are invited to attend this event.

Trunk or Treat : we are joining forces with FIrst Baptist church with a community event. We need volunteers to sign up at the office to help with Trunks and booths.

We are still in need of volunteers on Wednesday night. ...please see Sandy Foster.

Donations are being collected for our annual yard scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd. This money allows for the children to have special activities and it pays for items needed in the nurseries, as well as the children's ministry. If you need items picked up please see Sandy Foster. Items in good condition only please!

Cornelia UMC has adopted a classroom at Cornelia Elementary school. If you are interested in helping by reading to the class or helping with parties, please see Sandy Foster. We also need fall and winter clothes for the clothing closet, as well as donations. If you would like to make a donation towards this fund please make your check to CUMC and designate them clothing closet.

Exciting event upcoming for third, fourth and fifth graders! Lock-in on Friday evening, September 18, at 6pm in the youth room. Pickup on Saturday at 8:30am. We welcome any parents who want to join. Pizza dinner on Friday with games and a movie, and breakfast will be served on Saturday. Please see sign-up sheet outside the sanctuary or contact Cindy Ryder with any questions (706) 778-0668

We have many upcoming events which you may be interested in attending. The current events are:

• Wednesday Night Dinners are a great opportunity for fellowship with our church family. Everyone is urged to join us at 5:30pm each Wednesday for a good meal and a time to visit with church friends.

  Reservations are required for the Wednesday Night Dinners. You may make a standing reservation or you may make reservations on a week-to-week basis. Reservations and/or cancellations must be made by Noon on Tuesday. The food is ordered and meals are prepared based on the number of reservations that we have on Tuesday.

  The standing policy is that those who do not keep reservations that have been made are still expected to pay for the meals so that the church does not have to absorb this additional expense. Please help us hold down the cost for Wednesday Night Dinners by adhering to these policies, and thank you for your understanding.