SUMC is an active church in our local community and in missions around the world. Here’s what’s going on.
Human Relations Day is a powerful avenue to extend help and service to our local communities. It is about getting out of our comfortable social circles and offering love and care to those who need help in our neighborhoods and cities. It’s about walking with those who feel like everything in life is stacked against them.
WINTERJAM is coming to PPG Arena on January 18th, and SUMC will be there! Tickets are $15 at the door, and the concert features many artists, including Crowder. We plan to meet at the church parking lot at 4 pm on the 18th and car pool into the city. Feel free to meet us at the concert if you need to come later that evening. Contact Susie Moffett (Susie.fhnc@gmail.com) or Johnathan Burnett (burnettjohnathan@gmail.com) for more info.
Thank you for your support of Miracle Sunday! Now it’s time for us to decide how to use our ministry money, and we need your help! Join us this coming Sunday, January 12 at noon, for a luncheon and brainstorming session to come up with ideas on how to use the Miracle Sunday Ministry funds.
The UNITED METHODIST WOMEN (UMW) are having a luncheon meeting on Saturday, January 11 at noon at Sunny Jim’s (255 Camp Horne Rd, Emsworth; 412-761-6700). We will order off the menu. During our business meeting, we will discuss and adopt our budget for 2020. All are welcome to join us. Questions: Kristine Swaney, 412-741-2092.
Everyone is welcome to join us on Saturday, January 11 at 6 pm as we gather in the church parlor to watch and discuss “Creed,” the 2015 American sports spin-off and sequel in the Rocky film series starring Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone.
Our monthly Salad Luncheon is Thursday, January 9 from 11 am to 1 pm. Please consider donating your homemade salads for the luncheons.
The service is tomorrow, Saturday, January 4 at Sewickley UMC at 11 am, followed by a luncheon in the Simpson Room.
Saturday, March 28th, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at Christ Church, Bethel Park, The Current will include inspiring worship, relevant messages, and energizing conversations, as we envision a fully inclusive and theologically diverse United Methodist Church! Speakers include our very own Mitchell R. Hortert. The event is free to attend. Register on the event website.
Following worship at 9 a.m., each participant may attend two forum sessions of their choice. The forums will run from 9:30 - 11 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Light snacks will be offered between sessions. Registration is via wpaumc.org.
Using Outreach-designated funds, SUMC provided the preschool program at Bethany House with ingredients for hot breakfasts—turkey sausage, eggs, and toast was the delivery morning’s breakfast.
Every dollar raised from the sale of the CD will go directly to support the “Deeply Rooted, Upward Reaching” campaign supporting six Western PA Conference Camping and Retreat Ministries: Tara’s and Eric’s journeys “have been beautifully shaped and blessed by the work of these six ministries.
Everyone is invited to attend the Special Combined Miracle Sunday Worship Service on December 22 at 10 am, followed by the Victory Brunch in the Simpson Room.
Brrrr! The weather has turned cold, so consider cold weather foods for December 22nd. Soup, stews, chili, etc. would all be welcome on a cold day. Muffin, bread, or biscuit mixes would make a nice addition to those items. The grocery cart will be in the sanctuary on December 22nd, but your contributions are welcome anytime.
Thank you to everyone who is providing a Christmas gift for a child who attends the Bethany House and for helping keep the Bethany House kids warm with your donations of new socks, mittens, gloves, and hats, which will be delivered to the Bethany House along with the gifts.
Everyone, middle-school aged and older, please come to the “wrapping party” on Sunday between the services as we wrap the gifts for the Bethany House kids in the Simpson Room.
FOTC will lead a Christmas caroling mission to the shut-in members of our church family on December 15th.
On December 22, we will have 1 combined service at 10 am, followed by a Victory Brunch in the Simpson Room.
Fellowship of the Cross has a number of opportunities for mission and outreach this holiday season.
There will be lots going on for Light Up Night at SUMC. Join us for Christmas music, a carol sing, and a live nativity in the sanctuary on December 6, from 6 - 8:30 pm.
Ecumenical Advent worship services will be hosted at three churches, including our own, with pastors exchanging pulpits. Each service will be followed by light fellowship.
