SUMC Announcements

The United Methodist Women ask that items for the Nov. 12-13 Rummage Sale be put in the potato room after the Haunted House is over (Oct. 31).

The United Methodist Women will meet Monday, October 18 at 6:00 p.m. in the Simpson room for a light supper followed by a business meeting and program. The program will be highlights from Assembly held in St. Louis, MO and the Cooperative School of Christian Mission held this summer at Grove City College.

Thank you to everyone who contributed in some way to another successful Rummage Sale. We collected $1,130.00 for local, national and international mission projects. Our last Rummage Sale of the year will be November 12 and 13 and we are extending the hours from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. Please contact Pat Grossarth if you can help with the set-up or the sale.

Please remember that we cannot take television sets, computers, fax machines or large pieces of furniture as they do not sell. Please donate these items to another charity.

Once again we will be collecting items for Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes - small stuffed animals, notepads, pens, pencils, toothbrushes, mild bar soap, comb, washcloth and socks. We are also accepting donations of $7.00 per box for shipping.

Sunday, September 26th is the Fourth Sunday Food Pantry Collection. All donations of non-perishable food items are appreciated. Please place items in the grocery cart.

25 sets of 7 sponges each and 5 scrubbing pads each are needed. Please place your donations of these new items in the orange bucket in the back of the sanctuary. The Outreach Committee will combine donations to make the required sets. Monetary donations may be placed in the offering - please mark “cleaning kits” on the envelope or check.

TGIF members will be putting together a memory quilt made up of squares created by you or a youth group member. Each square will be $10- you may choose to decorate it with supplied fabric markers or take it home and do your own cross stitch work. You can also ask a youth member to decorate your square - supply the information needed on our order form and the kids will take care of the rest. In the end we will have a church family quilt that can make a beautiful wall hanging in our church and you will be helping our youth group raise some funds. See Sandra Lane for an order form.

When: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 6:00-9:00pm
Where: Linden Place Apartments
Please refer to the sign up sheet regarding what food/drink item you can bring.
Please bring a wrapped gift to donate to the auction which will benefit our youth campership program.

SUMC Health and Wellness Ministry presents:

SELF DEFENSE FOR NON-MARTIAL ARTISTS

This fun and useful class will teach participants self-defense techniques based on the Korean martial art, Tang Soo Do. The class will cover basic concepts followed by practice exercises of self-defense skills. All ages and genders are welcome. Class size will be limited, so please sign up ahead, see sheet located in back of sanctuary.

When: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 7:00-8:30pm
Where: Lower level at SUMC
Cost: Free Will Offering
Instructors: Master Don Diffendal, 4th Dan

The delivery dates for the pumpkins are Saturday, October 2nd at 9:00 AM and Saturday, October 16th at 11:30AM. If you are able to help out either or both of these dates, please sign the volunteer sheets located in the back of the church.

We are requesting that everyone show up a 1/2hour early for both delivery dates:
Saturday, October 2nd at 8:30AM
Saturday, October 16th at 11:00AM
Please meet in the Simpson Room; we will be serving breakfast on the 2nd and lunch on the 16th!

Also located in the back of the church is a sign up chart for the specific shifts available to work the pumpkin patch. Please take the time to sign up when you are able to volunteer!!

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Diane Lally.

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT…IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!

The response to the “Prayer Blankets” has been wonderful! A special thank you to Linda Flaherty for keeping the supply refreshed during the summer months. We are presently sewing a few more blankets and are in need of volunteers. If you own a sewing machine and are able to sew a straight line, the prayer blanket committee could use you! If you are interested in helping out, please contact Diane Lally. Thanks for your support!

Sewickley UM Church will be operating a booth this Saturday and Sunday at the Wings Over Pittsburgh Air Show in Moon this weekend, September 11th and 12th.

Please stop by the booth an purchase some chicken nuggets, fries and a drink. We will be Booth # 3 by the B-52 Bomber.

Hope to see you there.

Pam Hess
WOP Coordinator

Sunday School classes start this Sunday, Sept 12th, at 9:45 am! Everyone is welcome!!!

We have two classes for adults. One meets in the library and discusses a variety of topics. One meets in the parlor and will make use of videos to lead discussion on contemporary topics.

All of our children and youth meet downstairs:
High School - Sandra Lane and Pam Hess - Youth Room
Middle School - Greg Lane and Jim Canfield - first room on left at bottom of stairs
4th & 5th - Susie Moffett and Ruth Thomas - classroom beside the choir room
1st, 2nd, & 3rd - Kim Benjamin and Jenine Furry - classroom in front of the nursery
Preschool & K - Tonya Bollman, Belinda Resler, and Andrea Lewis - nursery

Preschool thru 5th on handbell Sundays - Martha Boward and Andrea Lewis - downstairs kitchen/social hall
(Typically the 2nd Sunday of the month, starting in October)

Parents, please accompany your children to class or make sure they are with another adult. At 10:30 am, we bring the kids up to the Simpson Room for a light snack before the service starts at 10:45 and their parents can meet them there. There will not be time between the Contemporary Service and Sunday School for kids to eat, so please make sure they have breakfast before they come.

Sunday, September 26, 2010
(immediately following the Traditional Service)

This will be a casual luncheon to honor and celebrate the boys and men in our life.

$8 Adult
$5 under age 12
free under age 3

Please let us know if you will be joining us.

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Name ______________________________________

Phone _____________________________________

Number of adults attending @$8 ______________

Number attending under 12 @ $5 ______________

Number attending under 3 ______________

Total: ____________

Please turn form and money into office or give to Donna Sawhill, Cheryl Fulton or Sandra Lane.
Rsvp by September 23.