SUMC is an active church in our local community and in missions around the world. Here’s what’s going on.
Sunday, February 4th, following traditional worship service
The Outreach Committee and other interested persons are invited to attend the meeting. We will discuss ministry completed in 2017 and plan for outreach ministries for 2018. If you have questions about the committee or suggestions for outreach ministries, please contact Martha Boward, chair. Light lunch will be provided.
It’s cold out there! Please consider donating soups, stews, and other cold weather food to the Sewickley Community Food Bank. Pick up an item or two while you shop and help replenish the local food pantry. The cart will be out on February 25th, but your donations are welcome anytime.
Special Offering – February 18th
This special offering helps promote awareness issues and supports Western PA Conference ministries that provide opportunities for fuller inclusion of people with disabilities.
Film club has been cancelled due to the weather.
Our monthly community Salad Luncheon is this Thursday, January 4, from 11 am to 1 pm.
Ruth Painter, mother of Nancy Wiggins, and grandmother of Noah and Nina, has passed away. Her funeral service will be held at Sewickley UMC today, Thursday, December 14, at 6:30 pm. Visitation will take place in the sanctuary the hour prior to the service, and a funeral meal will be held in the Simpson Room following the service.
The Olive Branch sells high quality, unusual handcrafts made by cooperatives and community organizations representing artisans and small farmers in some of the poorest nations of the world.
The annual Cookie Walk is this Saturday, December 16th, from 9-11 am, in the Simpson Room.
If you wanted to make any donations to the gift bags the FOTC kids will deliver to the shut-ins this coming Sunday, December 17, please be sure to bring them to the church no later than Sunday morning.
Ed and Sebastian Cymbalak are this year's Christmas Sweater winners! Ho, ho, ho!
Birthday Breakfast for Jesus will take place between services on Sunday, December 17, in the Simpson Room. Serving will begin at 9:50 am. Please bring a breakfast goodie for the buffet. Sign up in the sanctuary.
The Adult Christmas Party is next Saturday, December 16th, at 5:00 pm, at Belinda and Doug Resler’s home (1300 Beaver Road). Bring a goodie for the buffet. Also, bring a white elephant gift for the crazy exchange. Sign up in sanctuary.
This coming Sunday is our “traditional” Christmas sweater Sunday. Please join in with your Christmas sweater for a wonderful time of fellowship and fun. There might even be a sweater contest!
Everyone, middle-school aged and older, is invited to join the “wrapping party” on Sunday, December 10, during the Sunday School hour (10 am), as we wrap the gifts for the Bethany House in the Simpson Room. Please consider bringing your own scissors.
If you placed an order in November, it will be ready for pickup December 7 - 10.
Our monthly Salad Luncheon is this Thursday, December 7, from 11 am to 1 pm.
Bring in your donations of new socks, mittens, gloves, and hats to help decorate the tree in the back of the sanctuary no later than December 10. All items will go to the Bethany House kids to help keep them warm this winter.
Thank you to everyone who is sponsoring a child in the Bethany House preschool and after-school program. There are still 7 kids available—please see Pam Honeychurch to claim one. Gifts need to be returned by Sunday, December 10 at 10 am, when we will wrap the gifts. Thank you for helping to make Christmas extra special for these children.
There are 55 children in the preschool and afterschool programs, and 10 children still need to be “adopted” for this Christmas outreach mission.
Sunday School children are invited to join the FOTC team to offer free cups of hot chocolate on the front lawn during Light Up Night on December 1.
