Have you brought in your offering of new or gently used books for Church Union, a WPAUMC agency that works with public schools in the City of Pittsburgh and in Beaver County?
We received word that our pumpkins have been delayed in New Mexico. Please email the office or text/call Diane Bartley (412-266-6113) if you can help unload pumpkins on Saturday, October 10 at 9 am (if delivery can be arranged then). If you knew of a group coming to help unload, please let them know that there isn't a delivery this Saturday. Please continue to sign up to run the pumpkin patch and stand by for news.
Once again, we will be collecting any unused Halloween candy, as well as microwave popcorn, hot chocolate mixes, and Starbucks gift cards to send to our college kids during exams. In addition to items for the boxes, we also need your college kids’ updated mailing addresses.
We are preparing 200 packaged “to go dinners” for the Center for Hope in Ambridge on Thursday, October 29.
The Cookie Walk is the fastest and the tastiest fundraiser for the church. We will sell more than 6,000 homemade pastries and goodies to the public on Saturday, December 12th, between 9 and 11 am.
All are invited to the 4th Annual Hayride & Bonfire on Saturday, October 10, at Sandy & Bill Kuriger’s home from 6 to 9 pm.
On this worldwide day of unity, the offering benefits World Communion Scholarships, the Ethnic Scholarship Program, and the Ethnic In-Service Training Program.
Blood donations are always needed—with the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions/precautions, community blood drives remain on hiatus. If you are able to donate, please consider visiting vitalant.org to schedule an appointment at one of their sites.
The Fellowship of the Cross (FOTC) is selling Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnuts to those who pre-order them by Sunday, October 11, to help raise money to ship our shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.
We have heard from many people regarding questions of when we will return to in-person worship. The answer remains the same: we cannot say with certainty when that will happen. A couple of things have to take place before we can begin to discern a timeframe.
Pastor Hannah is on maternity leave, returning the week of December 14. During her absence, the Reverend Beth Nelson will be caring for our church. She is a retired clergy in our conference.
The Fellowship of the Cross kids (FOTC) will host the Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing opportunities in the Simpson Room on Saturday, October 24th, from 10 am to 4 pm and again on Sunday, October 25th, from 1 pm to 5 pm.
Pastor Hannah and Todd are pleased to announce the arrival of their son, Lincoln Todd Loughman. Lincoln was born yesterday weighing 9 pounds, 3 ounces and was 21 1/2" long. Mom and baby are doing well. Mom reports he is already eating good and sleeping even better. I'm sure Owyn and Jordyn are excited to welcome their little brother!
September 20th 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. Monetary donations are welcome, as well—just mark “Food Pantry” on your donation.
Thank you to everyone who responded to the survey. You made our decision easy. Pumpkins arrive Saturday, October 3 at 9 a.m. It will be trial and error on unloading, so have patience, but WE NEED YOU! Wear your mask, and be prepared to help unload in a socially distant way. Even as we socially distance, we will need all the volunteers we can get. Please mark your calendar! To work a shift at the Pumpkin Patch, please go to this link.
During the first week in October, we will initiate SUMC Growth Groups comprised of small group Bible / Christian studies. The groups will be open for anyone to attend. Feel free to select one or more groups as they will be held throughout the week at various times.
Our Annual Church Conference with the District Superintendent is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15 at 7 pm. It will be held via Zoom.
With the Learning Tree preschool starting this week amid the pandemic, a car line will be used for parents providing the closest access to the Learning Tree door. There will be a staggered start with cars arriving between 9 - 9:15 am and then more cars between 9:15- 9:30 am.
Since we can’t host our Monthly Salad Luncheon due to the coronavirus, the Sewickley United Methodist Church Luncheon Committee is offering takeout meals on the first Thursday of the month (when the salad luncheon would have been), beginning on Thursday, October 1.
We are happy to announce the start of the 5th season of Soup & Hummus Sales.