Please consider purchasing a package of any size diaper and/or baby wipes to donate by this Sunday, September 16. Look for the box in the Narthex for your generous donations.
The Film Club returns for a new season this Saturday, September 8 at 6 pm, with “I Can Only Imagine,” a 2018 American Christian drama film based on the story behind the MercyMe song of the same name, the best-selling Christian single of all time. We meet in the parlor. Everyone is welcome!
The UMW is holding a rummage sale in the church basement on Friday, September 7, 5 - 8 pm, and Saturday, September 8, 8 am - 1 pm. All proceeds go to missions—local, national and international.
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.
Please join us on Sunday, September 9, at the 11 am Traditional Service as we celebrate our local heroes.
Please mark your calendar for Thursday, September 6, 11 am—1 pm, when a new season of community luncheons begins.
Outreach is seeking clothing to help a family in need with 3 children. Your gently used clothing for girls (sizes 6-6x and 8) and a boy (6) may be placed in the collection box in the Narthex. If you have any questions, please contact Martha Boward.
Look for the grocery cart on August 26th, and help local families with food insecurities meet their needs. School will be starting soon—let's make sure local children have proper nutrition, which will help with learning. August's suggested non-perishable items are: cereal, oatmeal, cereal bars, juice, and healthy snack options.
Now through early September, Sewickley UMC will be collecting donations of unopened packages of diapers and baby wipes. Jewish Children and Family Services (JCFS) assists refugee families as they arrive in the USA and as they transition to their new lives here.
This special offering will be received for the purpose of strengthening nurture, witness, and outreach in town and rural areas. If you wish to support Rural Life initiatives, mark your gift “Rural Life,” and include it with your regular offering. You may also use EasyTithe, selecting Rural Life from the drop down box.
Please come join us on Saturday, August 25th, starting at 6:30pm in the Simpson Room for the screening of the documentary, “For the Bible Tells Me So,” which explores the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S.
The Fellowship of the Cross is hosting a free car wash from 10 am until 2 pm this Saturday, August 4, in the SUMC parking lot. Financial donations will be accepted, and everything contributed will be applied to our 2018 Operation Christmas Child project.
We are still in need of about 10 more Christmas trees to use as “forest” decorations for VBS next week. If you would be willing to lend us one (or more) for next week, you can drop it off at church this week and leave it in the youth room downstairs, marked with your name. You could also drop it off on Saturday, between 10 am and 2 pm, when FOTC hosts their car wash, or bring it to church on Sunday. We will need them by Sunday, at the latest, because we will begin decorating right after church. They can be picked up the following Sunday, 8/12.
In partnership with Leetsdale Borough and Union Aid Society, the Sewickley Valley YMCA is offering FREE lunches to all youth 18 and under on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11:30 am – 1 pm at Henle Park through August 17th. The YMCA wants to ensure that all kids in our community have enough to eat this summer! No advanced sign-up or paperwork is required to enjoy a meal. Contact Barb Herman, Membership Manager, at 412-741-9622 ext. 131 or bherman@sewickleyymca.org for more information.
This is an UMCOR certified training for Disaster Response ministries of Volunteers in Mission. Non-United Methodist participants are welcome, but will not be badged or deployed through the UMCOR-UMVIM ministry network. Verification forms or clearances are required from UMs on the day of the training—badges will not be issued for participants until they are received. Early Response Team trainings will be offered on August 11th from 9am - 5pm at the Nanty Glo UMC, 998 Lloyd Street, Nanty Glo, PA 15943. Doors open at 8:30am.
Church Trustees would like some extra helping hands. We will be working each night this coming week, Monday through Thursday, July 23 - 26, from 6 - 9 pm. Come any time or day and stay for as long or as little as you can spare. We appreciate any time you can give. All supplies and directions will be provided.
As the VBS team begins preparing for a “Roaring River Rampage” in August, we are concerned that we might get caught up a creek without a paddle. Please excuse the idiom. It seemed unavoidable.
After discussing possible actions to respond to concerns over current USA immigration and refugee practices, Pastor Russel and the Outreach Committee decided on a first step. You are urged to prayerfully consider sending an email to your federal legislators.
The needs are great in Sharpsburg, Millvale, Bridgeville and Bethel Park. So many cleaning buckets have been sent out to these areas from the WPA United Methodist Church's Eastbrook Mission Barn that its supply is depleted. Sewickley UMC will accept financial donations to help replenish the supply.
FOTC launched its 2018 shoe box campaign in May and has selected “wow” gifts—toys, stuffed animals, balls, jewelry—as our target contribution for July. In August, we will target school supplies.