Dear Church Family, This week's e-note deals with the following subjects: Confirmation Newsweek Article I Knew It! A Bigger Family Confirmation: Last Sunday we confirmed 106 of our young people. They publically professed their faith in Jesus Christ. They affirmed their church membership vows and became full members of BUMC. And our congregation promised to nurture and support them as they continue their Christian journey. It was exciting to see all of this happen. A special thanks to parents, mentors, faith friends, staff members and others who made this possible, especially Maggie Jarrell, Director of Highway 56, who led the overall Confirmation process. May God's special blessings be with all of our confirmands and their families as they grow in Christian discipleship in the years ahead. A full list of our confirmands can be found at the bottom of this e-note. Newsweek Article: Many of you read last week's provocative front page Newsweek article, "Forget the Church, Follow Jesus." This weekend, Rev. Mack Strange, the pastor at our Trinity campus in Spring Hill and an excellent communicator, will preach at all our services. In his sermon, he will deal with some of