Dear SUMC family, We are immensely grateful for all the volunteers who contributed to an incredible Children’s church season. We are especially thankful for Susie M. and Andrea L., who returned to the children’s ministry team when we needed leadership at 11:00 am from February through April. And we’re thankful for Mr. Dan, who joined our team and brought new light to our program. We are thankful for the willingness of Evarett B., Sophia G., Amanda P., Kristine S., Willa H., Kathleen P., Ben W., and Clara H. for their help with Children’s Church at 9:00 am. We are grateful for Kim B., Diane D., Kandace K., Liz B., and Lynn C. for their contributions to Children’s church at 11:00 am. We were blessed to have Johanna R., Kandace K., Ben W., and Mason join us to plant flowers in May. Thank you! Enjoy your summer, friends.
Sincerely,
Grace, Felicity, & Bill
Children/Youth Ministry Team
A Thank You From Wilma Hamilton
It was great to see all of you at my birthday party. Thank you for all the cards and gifts!
Dear SUMC family,
We praise God and thank everyone who contributed to the Mother’s Day worship experience led by our children and youth. Did you notice that Amelie, Jordyn, and Norah praised God through five different worship windows: dance, junior bells, singing with Leap of Faith, spoken word, and participation in the videos? Did you notice that our youth—including youth group and Fellowship of the Cross—contributed through dance, drums, guitar, cello, keyboards, cymbals, junior bells, singing, spoken word, prayer, multiple videos, met you at the door with a smile and a bulletin, and helped collect the offering? There were so many young hearts contributing extraordinary moments, and it was all possible through the support of so many in our church family.
We thank Pastor Hannah for saying “Yes” to granting us the time and space, and for trusting that our youngest hearts had a God-centered energy and message to share with everyone. We thank Leap of Faith for their abundant support and encouragement and for their joyful willingness to make room for a young guitarist, a drummer, two young keyboard players, a cello player, so many young voices, and our very specific playlist. We are grateful for every time you said “Yes!” We thank Mr. Erik for sharing his joy and support and for saying “Yes” every time we asked for his help. We thank Susie M. for saying “Yes!” to creating our slide deck. We thank Elizabeth P., our tireless administrator, for her cheerful patience with every challenge we tossed at her. We thank everyone who said “Yes” and contributed joyfully to our praise video. We thank everyone who said “Yes” to our campaign to fill the shelves of the Home Goods Closet. You saw Liam, Gideon, and Ansel wrestling with wagons overflowing with your contributions. The message that we praise God through sharing was resounding, and all of our children and youth felt it.
We thank Amanda P., Lynn C., and the Leadership Board for every “Yes!” you offered and all you did to encourage our new dance team, including moving a meeting to the parlor so we could rehearse in the Simpson Room. We thank parents and grandparents for saying “Yes!” in so many ways. We are especially grateful to those parents and grandparents who met the needs of a dance rehearsal schedule that launched in March and the parents who accommodated our junior bells/chimes rehearsals throughout the year. We thank a church family that encourages us to explore and expand the ways (including cymbals!) we praise and worship God, and for always reminding our children and youth that they are welcome and loved and valued. They grow with every “Yes!” you offer. We thank Jack M. for the photographs now posted in the galleries of the news page at the church website. We thank our children and youth—more than 40 of you!—who contributed so much imagination, energy, and faith to this project, and we promise to work to provide more opportunities for you to share all that’s in your hearts in the future. Let everything… that has breath… praise the Lord!
Sincerely,
Grace, Felicity, & Bill
Children/Youth Ministry Team