Grab a bag and fill it with non-perishable items for a family’s breakfast. September 22nd is the 4th Sunday collection, but you may bring your donations at any time and place them in the grocery cart in the hallway near the library.
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Grab a bag and fill with non-perishable items for a family’s breakfast.
Church Union, a WPAUMC agency works with public schools in the City of Pittsburgh and in Beaver County. Mentors go to the schools to work one-on-one with younger students struggling with their reading skills. Your donation of new or gently used children’s books will enable those students to have a book of their own.
The Outreach Committee will provide a light lunch while Keystone United Methodist Federal Credit Union (Keystone UMFCU) will present information on identity theft prevention. Methods used to try to gain access to personal information are ever changing; Keystone UMFCU will share the latest to help you avoid identity theft. This free event is open to the public; advance registration is requested so that we might properly prepare – please check back here for registration or contact Martha Boward.
November 10th from 8 am to 1 pm in the church’s Simpson Room. Details on how to register for the blood drive will be available on the website and through out the church. If you have questions, contact Martha Boward. The drive is open to the public, so share the date with others. There is a critical shortage of blood in the Pittsburgh area, so if you are able to give, please consider doing so.
Sunday, September 8th is designated by Western PA Annual Conference for this special offering which supports the educational ministries of the Conference, which include Training and Resources and Laity Scholarships. Please use the “blue” envelopes located in the pews and on the information table or mark your check/envelope “Christian Ed” and include with your regular offering. You may also select “Christian Education Sunday” on EasyTithe.
You must know there has been a lot of flooding in and around the Pittsburgh area. The Western PA United Methodist Disaster Response Coordinator has put out a call for volunteers this Friday and Saturday to help cleanout 12 houses in Jeannette, PA.
Look for the cart on July 21st. Children are out of school for the summer—consider purchasing peanut butter, jelly, macaroni and cheese, juice, and other nutritious, kid-friendly foods for July’s collection.
Your Outreach Committee invites you to pack Blessing Bags on Sunday, July 14th, following both the Contemporary Worship and the Traditional Worship Services. Using components provided through the Outreach budget, you will pack a Ziploc bag to then carry in your vehicle to hand to a “homeless” person who you might encounter asking for assistance.
School’s out, and Summer Lunch Programs are ready to feed children age 18 and younger. There is no registration required to participate. Kids can visit any site during its specified serving time to receive a free meal.
In Arizona border towns, communities facing social challenges are dramatically divided. In Liberian villages, citizens’ human rights are being violated. In local U.S. communities, women and girls are being bought and sold against their will. Moved by Christ’s love to pursue reconciliation and peace, honoring the dignity of every individual made in God’s image, The United Methodist Church is unwilling to turn a blind eye to injustice.
Coraopolis Youth Creations will be partnering with the Food Bank for Food and Fun, which provides much needed lunch followed by activities, free of charge to youth age 18 and younger.
If this topic interests you, save the date of Saturday, June 22 for this workshop at Butler First UMC. Details have not yet been finalized, but you can check the WPAUMC website www.wpaumc.org for updates or contact Alyce Weaver-Dunn, Director of Connectional Ministries at dcm@wpaumc.org.
In May, SUMC Outreach Committee highlighted some of the ministries served by the capital campaign. If you have yet to make a contribution or pledge to this campaign, the forms can be found at the back of the sanctuary. You may learn more at https://www.wpaumc.org/DRURCampaign.
It is not too late to bring your new and gently used CLEAN shoes (pairs only) to help EUMA (Erie United Methodist Alliance) with its Annual Shoe Drive. Sewickley UMC will collect from now until June 2nd.
Look for the cart in the sanctuary on May 26th and help local families with food insecurities overcome that challenge. Sewickley Community Food Bank opens its doors on Wednesdays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm to distribute food to those in need in and around the 15143 zip code. With the school year coming to an end, consider foods that might provide breakfast and lunch to children who normally receive those meals at school. Thanks to SUMC, 10 Easter Bags were distributed to the food bank’s clients.
The Outreach Committee is seeking several people to give a short testimonial about their positive experience with any of the WPAUMC’s camps or retreat centers.
Camping and Retreat Ministries serves over 20,000 people each year through camps, programs, retreats and other ministry opportunities. To increase participation, a capital campaign has been started to raise no less than $2.5 million and challenge a goal of $5 million. In May, SUMC Outreach Committee will highlight some of the ministries served. Congregants will then be encouraged to either make a gift or a pledge to this initiative.
Did you know that more than 20,000 Native Americans are part of The United Methodist Church? Our offering directly supports Native American congregations, equipping them to minister authentically with their communities, while honoring creative expressions of culture and heritage.
Trinity UMC (McMurray) is hosting this on Saturday, May 18th, from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. Rev. Leo Yates, consultant for United Methodist Global Ministries’ Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministry, will lead this training, which is designed for clergy, laity, students, and interpreters interested in deaf ministry in a Christian context.