SUMC is an active church in our local community and in missions around the world. Here’s what’s going on.
Viewing entries in
Education
Please come and volunteer with us for our first Community Vacation Bible School on Aug 5-9th from 6:00-8:30pm. We need adults and teens to help us take kids “To Mars and Beyond”! We will have an organizational meeting on July 22nd at 7:00pm in the Simpson Room. We will also be decorating on Aug 3rd and 4th from 1:00-4:00pm to get everything ready for the fun on Monday. Please contact Susie Moffett or Holly Burnett to volunteer.
Our VBS theme this year is an outer space theme, and we are in need of a few things for the decorating.
Blast off with us for an epic adventure! To Mars and Beyond VBS will help us explore where God’s power can take us! The journey takes place on August 5th to 9th from 6:00-8:30pm.
Our children and youth will re-visit tradition by planting flowers around the church campus on May 19, the final morning of our 2018-19 Sunday school year. The Fellowship of the Cross and the Education Committee will again host the event.
We will be offering Kids Night Out as part of Sunday evening's Lenten Dinner program. The children, ages preschool through fifth grade, will join their families and the church family for dinner in the Simpson Room at 5. At approximately 5:45, we will gather the children who want to join us for a Bible story, craft, activity and prayer. The children will then rejoin their families in the sanctuary for the final songs in the hymn sing.
Anyone 11 or older who has not been confirmed is invited to be part of the upcoming confirmation class. Classes will begin this coming Sunday, February 17, during the Sunday School hour.
Scholarships and student loans are available to students who are members of the United Methodist Church. Student loans are available at interest rates as low as 3.75 percent (lower than federal educational loan rates) with a credit worthy co-signer.
Calling all youth in grades 6-12! The SUMC Youth Group is planning a trip to the West Hills Escape Room on Saturday, Nov 17th, for a fun night of team building and problem solving followed by some fellowship time at Eat n Park afterwards.
Kid’s Night Out this week (Thursday, October 25) will be only for the Youth Group (Middle and High Schoolers), followed by Wesley Chorale.
The Bible’s Yes to Same-Sex Marriage: An Evangelical’s Change of Heart by Mark Achtemeier will be discussed in 4 sessions — Monday evenings @ 7pm, October 22 & 29 and November 5 & 19, facilitated by Rev. Marilyn Evans and Mitchell Hortert.
In order to offset costs of our camps and retreat centers, WPAUMC churches are asked to take a special Camping Sunday offering. The Bishop’s Camping and Retreat Initiative has also launched, with the campaign coming to local churches beginning in January 2019.
Bible Study, which has historically been held on Wednesdays, is moving to TUESDAYS! The times will remain the same: 9:30 am and 7 pm. The location will also remain the same, the church library. The new season will start Tuesday, September 11.
