SUMC is an active church in our local community and in missions around the world. Here’s what’s going on.
TNC is pushing to raise $20,000 needed to finish the new Home of Hope. Won’t you consider donating to TNC’s crowdfunding to fund the administrator’s home and finalize the move to the new orphanage? You may give through SUMC (including via Easy Tithe) or visit: https://www.youcaring.com/homeofhopeorphanage-1143870. Campaign runs through May 15th!
The United Methodist Women (UMW) will host a Rummage Sale on Friday, May 11, from 5 PM to 8 PM and on Saturday, May 12, from 8 AM to 1 PM.
We will celebrate Heritage Sunday this Sunday. As we gather for fellowship after the 11 am service, we will celebrate this year with the theme of common foods.
Thank you for supporting our fundraiser and helping pay down the building loan. This Sunday, April 22, is the deadline to place orders for May 3 – 6 pickup. Order forms are on the posters in the sanctuary and Simpson Room. Soup choices are Stuffed Pepper, Wedding, and Lentil Soup (vegetarian/vegan) and Sandra’s Hummus.
The Pittsburgh District Conference is being held on Sunday at 4 pm at St. Paul’s UMC (1965 Ferguson Rd., Allison Park 15101). Fellowship and refreshments begin at 3:30. Everyone is welcome to attend.
ERT Training is for certification in Disaster Response offered in association with UMCOR. Training will be offered May 2, 4, and 5.
In response to recent natural disasters around the country, Eastbrook Mission Barn (WPAUMC) recently sent a truck to UMCOR’s Sager Brown Depot.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 5th! Adults and youth age 14 and older are invited to the work day. SUMC will help process donated items from 9am to noon.
Traditionally, SUMC has selected a United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) relief kit to assemble and deliver to AC at Grove City College each June. This year, we will assemble hygiene kits.
EUMA (Erie United Methodist Alliance) and All God’s Children Ministries/Ramps of Hope is holding its Annual Shoe Drive to raise funds for its missions. Sewickley UMC will collect new and gently used CLEAN shoes (pairs only) from now until June 3rd.
This 5-week study, led by Mitchell Hortert, will be held at the home of Jack and Susie Moffett on Sunday evenings from 7 to 8:30 pm, beginning this Sunday, April 15th.
The UNITED METHODIST WOMEN will meet for lunch and a business meeting this Sunday, April 15th, after the traditional service in the Simpson Room. All women are welcome to join us. Please bring a side dish to share.
We can’t have a year of movies associated with Pittsburgh without celebrating Gene Kelly! Please join us tomorrow, Saturday, April 14 at 6 pm, when we gather to watch An American in Paris. This 1951 movie won 6 Oscars and also stars Pittsburgh native Oscar Levant. We meet in the parlor and enjoy fellowship and discussion. Everyone is welcome!
Look for the cart in the sanctuary on April 22nd or in the Simpson Room at other times. Your generous donations help local families served through the Sewickley Community Center Food Pantry.
Thank you for taking part in the 2018 Lenten Fines Challenge. This year’s fines are benefiting The Nyadire Connection vision program, which provides vision screenings and needed eyeglasses to several villages. Even if you didn’t follow the Lenten Fines Calendar, your donations to Nyadire are welcome. Please mark your fines & donations “Lenten Fines.” All fines and donations are due this Sunday.
The Fellowship of the Cross needs children and youth to help film a video that will be included in the Mother’s Day services on May 13. We will meet in the Simpson Room at 11 am, this Sunday, April 8. Outdoor scenes, and possibly some indoor scenes, will be filmed at 11, and additional scenes will be filmed in the sanctuary at the conclusion of the 11 am service. The young actors will likely be involved from 11 am until 1 pm. They should come dressed for the outdoors. See Bill Utterback or any member of the FOTC team for more information.
We need additional volunteers for Saturday, April 7th! Adults and youth, age 14 and older, are invited to work. SUMC will help process donated items from 9 am to Noon.
Our monthly Salad Luncheon is today, April 5, from 11 am to 1 pm. Proceeds support the General Fund. Please consider donating your homemade salads for the salad luncheons as we have run low the past several months.
One tribe in North America has told this story for centuries: when people “pale as birch” crossed the great water in large canoes, they brought with them “The Black Book.” However, the bringers of the physical Book could not have known what it would mean and look like to be Native and a follower of Jesus.
The Education Committee is inviting all children to an Easter Egg hunt between services Sunday at the church.
