SUMC is an active church in our local community and in missions around the world. Here’s what’s going on.
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We need toothbrushes! The FOTC youth have inventoried your Christmas-in-July gifts, and we are grateful for all you contributed to our 2025 OCC campaign. Your response was incredibly generous, but we still have a few needs as we move to our September 28 packing party.
Fellowship of the Cross (FOTC) is a service group for kids of all ages. Kids will participate in a variety of service projects locally, nationally, and internationally.
After a vigorous inventory of everything on our Operation Christmas Child shelves, The Fellowship of the Cross youth have formed a wish list for our 2025 campaign.
Christmas in July is one of our key dates in our annual Operation Christmas Child campaign. This year, we will celebrate in both services on July 20th.
We learn to care and share through our “lovables,” so we are designating June as “Lovables” month at SUMC. Please consider joining us as we attempt to fill the lovables bin in our OCC room.
The Add1 Lenten prayer window for the week of April 16–22, as selected by the junior bells choirs, is as follows: Life.
We are inviting our SUMC children and youth to submit something creative as we approach Easter.
The Add1 Lenten prayer window for this week, as selected by the Mother’s Day Dancers is “children’s hospitals.”
The Add1 Lenten prayer window of the week, as selected by the SUMC youth group/confirmation class, is as follows: first-responders.
The Add1 Lenten prayer window of the week, as selected by the 11:00 am Children’s Church group, is as follows: “Friends.”
Please consider joining the youth of SUMC in our Add1 Lenten prayer initiative. We’re adding a prayer each day on our walk towards Easter. Each week, we will open a new prayer window.
Throughout March, the FOTC will be accepting donations of candy and small gifts (anything that fits inside plastic eggs) for our annual Easter egg hunt between services on Easter Sunday, April 20th.
Throughout March, the FOTC will be accepting donations of candy and small gifts (anything that fits inside plastic eggs) for our annual Easter egg hunt between services on Easter Sunday, April 20th.
Help us assist a student in Africa while sharing love and gratitude inside our church family. The FOTC is selling Candygrams to help pay the school fees of the student we sponsor in Zimbabwe through the Nyadire Connection.
There is much to be thankful for.
The FOTC is collecting your college kids’ updated mailing addresses, along with their exam schedules, for this semester so they can send out care packages before their final exams begin. Consider sharing leftover Halloween candy with the FOTC youth so they can fill the care packages.
Our Operation Christmas Child packing party is returning to the Simpson Room. We will gather at 10:00 am Sunday, September 29,
Our Operation Christmas Child packing party is returning to the Simpson Room for the first time since the pandemic forced changes. We will gather at 10:00 am on September 29th.
The Fellowship of the Cross youth are grateful for your support as we advance in our 14th OCC drive.
A tradition launched by Pastor Hannah has become one of the key dates in our annual Operation Christmas Child campaign.
