August 2026 NEWSLETTER
The Monthly Newsletter of
Alpha Methodist Church in Bloomingdale, GA
The Alpha Advisor
August 2: Brittni Miller Clayton
August 4: Hannah Clements
August 7: Isla Cary
August 15: Donald Rushing
August 18: Eli Koskela
August 18: Ashley Stafford
August 21: Paisley Steed
August 22: Liz Kostora
August 254: Kendall Ehret Sloop
August 26: Meredith Luke
August 27: Ashley Whitfield
August 29: Kara & Michael Bunch
August 31: Janet and Terry Jones
KIDS’ POWER HOUR
August 2: Autumn Venturelli and Brooke Jones
August 9: Autumn Venturelli and Brooke Jones
August 16: Dottie Whitfield and NEED VOLUNTEER
August 23: Autumn Venturelli and Brooke Jones
August 30: Autumn Venturelli and Brooke Jones
COMMUNION SERVERS
Susan Ehret and Cathy Cribbs
The Alpha Leadership Board will meet Sunday, August 9 at 5:00 p.m.. It is very important to be at this meeting if you are on the committee.
The Men’s Ministry Breakfast will meet Sunday, August 9 at 8:00 a.m.. This is a great time of good food and wonderful fellowship. All men in the church are invited.
Our Connectional church community will have their 5th Sunday Service on Sunday, August 30 at 6:00 p.m. at Rincon Global Methodist Church. We hope you can join us for this special evening of worship.
Chatham County schools will start on Monday, August 3 and Effingham County on Wednesday, August 5. Please be in prayer for students, parents, teachers and staff for this year.
With school starting back, all students are invited to bring their backpacks, bookbags or school supplies to church on Sunday, August 2 for the “Blessing of the Backpacks.” We will pray over the backpacks for a successful, safe year!
With school starting back, this is a great time to get involved in a new class or ministry!
- We have a great Seniors Ministry that meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. for games and lunch. They also meet on the rest of the Tuesdays each month at 1:00 p.m. to play Canasta and every Thursday night at 6:00 for cards or Bingo. See Linda Denhardt for more information.
- Our Homeless Ministry (SonRise servers) meets at the church at 7:30 a.m. on the 1st, 2nd and 5th Saturdays to go and serve breakfast to the homeless in Savannah. See Willene Stone if you are interested in helping out.
- We also participate in the Bloomingdale Food Pantry with other area churches (1st and 3rd Thursdays at 10:00 at the Baptist church.) If you’d like to help out with that, see Linda Denhardt for more information.
- Our Children’s Ministry can also use your help! Autumn Venturelli needs teachers to teach one Sunday a month (at least.) If you would like to work with our children, you need to be Ministry Safe certified and be active in church for at least 1 year. See Autumn for more info.
- We also have a Youth Group for grades 6-12! Cory and Ashley Whitfield lead the group which meets during the service on Sundays. Contact Cory Whitfield for more information.
- Our Congregational Care team meets on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. to pray for our congregation members and mail out cards. See Linda Denhardt if you are interested in participating in this ministry.
- Bible Studies - Tuesdays in the Word is our Ladies’ Tuesday Bible study. They meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6:15. See Dottie Whitfield for more information. We also have a Thursday afternoon Bible study at 4:30 every Thursday. If you are interested, just stop in!
- We also have two Adult Sunday schools that meet on Sunday mornings at 9:30. There is a senior Bible Study that meets at Linda Denhardt’s house and Faith Walkers meets in the choir room at the church. Contact Linda Denhardt or John Bennett regarding Sunday school.
- If you have an idea for a Bible study, small group or outreach ministry you’d like to start, talk to Pastor John. Community outreach is a great way to be “Fishers of Men,” as the Bible asks of us!
