Announcements

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Pride
Witness
Pride
Witness

June is Pride Month, and there are many opportunities for you to help SUMC be represented at different events!

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Witness
Love Thy Neighbor Community Prayer Gathering
Witness
Love Thy Neighbor Community Prayer Gathering
Witness

Join the Witness Committee as we take an evening to center ourselves in Jesus’s greatest commandment: to love God with our whole selves and to love our neighbor as our self.

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Witness
Young Adult Group
Growth Groups
Young Adult Group
Growth Groups

Will meet next at The Coffee Village on May 9th, 12:30 pm.

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Growth Groups
Thank You!
Building & Maintenance
Thank You!
Building & Maintenance

Thank you so much for taking such good care of my family and me.

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Building & Maintenance
Blessing of the Animals
Worship
Blessing of the Animals
Worship

Please join us with your pets on May 19th at both worship services.

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Worship
Rally in Song
Music, Church & Society, Community
Rally in Song
Music, Church & Society, Community

Sewickley Singing Resistance is continuing to bring a message of optimism, inclusion, and solidarity to our community.

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Music, Church & Society, Community
The SUMC Spring Fling
Fundraiser
The SUMC Spring Fling
Fundraiser

Our Good Neighbor Ministry is sponsoring a Spring Fling Event on Sunday, May 3rd, in between services, as well as after the 11:00 am service.

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Fundraiser
Peter’s Letter to the Sewickleyans – Sources
Worship
Peter’s Letter to the Sewickleyans – Sources
Worship

For anyone interested in digging deeper into the themes I touched on in my sermon, I’m sharing here the sources I referenced in my research.

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Worship
Building Upgrade
Building & Maintenance
Building Upgrade
Building & Maintenance

Door #1 is undergoing full refurbishment thanks, in part, to a recent grant award and budget planning. You'll see a temporary closure in place for a few weeks. Stay tuned for the big reveal. 

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Building & Maintenance
Growth Group Meetings
Growth Groups
Growth Group Meetings
Growth Groups

The Men’s Ministry, Tuesday Night Growth Group, Spanish Class, and Young Adult Group are all continuing to meet regularly, with updated times, locations, or schedules, and all invite participation from the church community.

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Growth Groups

The Pastor’s Peace

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April 2026
Easter
April 2026
Easter

My prayer for you in this season of Easter, as we spend a lot of time in celebration for the risen Christ, is that you remain authentic to your personal faith and the ways you express it. Remain authentic to who Christ has called you to be. Remain authentic to the things that make you uniquely you.

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Easter
March 2026
Tell Me Something Good
March 2026
Tell Me Something Good

In order to recognize this good news, people are posting examples of what that good news might look like in our own lives. Some of those examples include, “got a B in my Animal Behavior Class,” “scans that show decrease in all tumors,” and my personal favorite (not written by me), “we’re eating lasagna tonight.”

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Tell Me Something Good
February 2026
Social Justice, Lent
February 2026
Social Justice, Lent

In jest, a clergy friend of mine recently gave me a sticker that says, “Ah s*^t, here we go again.” Those words have echoed through my mind as I have watched closely all the things happening in Minnesota.

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Social Justice, Lent

Updates from the Leadership Board

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April 2026
April 2026

I ask you to partner with me and the Leadership Board to pray for a successful 2026, one that surpasses our wildest dreams and can only be accomplished with God’s power and for God’s glory.

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March 2026
March 2026

On Sunday, February 15, 2026, at 12:30 pm in the sanctuary, the Leadership Board conducted a Town Hall presentation for a proposal to make improvements and obtain a Line of Credit (LOC) to pay for them.

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February 2026
February 2026

It was with genuine excitement at being together and enthusiasm for getting back to business that the Board convened on Wednesday, January 21st for our first meeting of the year.

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SUMC on Instagram

Happy Monday! We wanted to share a gentle reminder that the World Day of Prayer service is coming up this Friday, March 6. This worldwide movement brings together women from many traditions to pray for peace and justice, and this year’s progr

Leap of Faith on Instagram

Richard’s getting married!! Richard & Kayla, Thank you for hosting such a beautiful engagement party! We wish you all the happiness one lifetime can hold.
Question: How many members of Leap of Faith does it take to eliminate a hum in the electric guitar rig?! Answer - All of us. It’s a group effort!
Leap of Faith has been invited to perform at Faith UP Church in Washington, PA the evening of Friday, May 2nd. The free concert runs from 7:00 to 9:00 pm with a 30-minute reception. The band will be playing many of their original songs, as well as a
Happy Anniversary, Leap of Faith! We are officially old enough to drive a car. 16 years of making music and memories with this wonderful group. And so many others who have been in and out. Thank you @sewickleyumc for always supporting us! Ou