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Camp Brochures are
available at www.cpcumcamps.org
. Apply by April 1 and qualify for the Early
Bird Discount.
DivorceCare
offers support for people going through the pain of separation and
divorce, learning the tools to cope with this crisis through education,
conversation and prayer. Facilitated by Gail Nuss, the
group is open to anyone in the community. Weekly seminar topics are
presented with DVDs featuring 32 renowned experts on divorce and recovery.
Meetings began February 4 (Thursdays) at 6:00 in the
lounge. Call the church office for more information or to register.
Easter Eggs
Help is
needed.
Chocolate-covered Easter Eggs will be made on Monday, March
15. If you can help, contact Jeane Smay (546-8400) or Evelyn Rinn
(546-5411). The coconut cream and peanut butter eggs will sell for
$1 each to benefit projects sponsored by the Wesleyan Class.
Fifth Sunday Celebration Brunch
Our church’s Hospitality
Commission is planning to hold brunches in order to bring together
our people who attend our 8:15 and 10:45 worship services. This
opportunity for fellowship will be held during the Sunday school
hour (9:30) in the months which have five Sundays. The first
celebration on November 15 was attended by 120! Other dates in 2010 will
be May 16, Aug. 15, and Oct. 17.
No sign-ups, just come! This idea is some of the
harvest from our Lent focus this year on the
Five Practices
of Fruitful Congregations,
specifically the practice of Radical Hospitality.
Good ‘n Plenty Supper,
Adults $8, Children 6-12 $4.00, Under age 6
Free. Take-Outs Available After 4:30, Adult-size Only.
April 7 Menu:
Roasted turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, coleslaw,
rolls, bar cookies and beverage. May 5 Menu: Shaved ham BBQ
with relish and sauce, grilled hot dogs, macaroni salad, baked
beans, pickled cabbage, variety of pies and beverage.
GriefShare - This
13-week seminar and support group is for those experiencing loss. Meetings
began January 12 at 7 p.m. in Room 104. Videos feature
interviews with leading authors, counselors, speakers and pastors
with years of expertise in grief recovery. Group facilitators are
Holly Shaffer and Linda Miller. For more information or to register,
contact the church office (546-8030 or
muncyumc@windstream.net).
Holy Week Services:
Maundy Thursday Worship April 1, 7 p.m.
Community Good Friday Service April 2,
1 p.m. at Muncy Baptist Church
Easter "Son Rise" service 6:30 a.m.
Easter Worship 10:45 a.m.
Keenagers
Older Adult Mininstry meets
the fourth Wednesday of the month and also plans special events.
The
next luncheon for the Keenagers will be held at the church on
Wednesday
March 24
with a program by the Rev. Jerry Wagner.
RSVP to Arlene Opp (433-0306) or Ardene Judd. Come join us!
Leadership
University will be hosted by our church April 17 and 24. Designed for lay
speaker certification, the classes are also open to anyone
interested. For course descriptions see March newsletter or contact
church office. For details on registration, contact
Sandy Myers,
PO Box 367, McElhattan,
PA 17748. (570) 769-6338 samyers@kcnet.org
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Leading from a Spiritual
Base (April 24 only), Rev. Arlene Beechert
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Care of the Congregation
(both weeks), Rev. Robin Baer
·
UM Polity (Both weeks 1.0
credit course), Rev David Keller
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Basic Lay Speaking (Both
week), Pastor Ann Overmiller
Lenten services and fellowship dinners
will take place on five Wednesdays during Lent in Fellowship Hall.
Dates and worship themes will be:
· March
10 - "I Am the Light of the World"
· March
17 - "I Am the Vine"
· March
24 - "I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life"
Fellowship dinners will start at 6 p.m.; an informal Lenten Service
will follow at 7 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Please bring a dish to
pass and enjoy the fellowship and service.
Loaves and Fishes Program
Our
Health and Welfare Commission is enhancing the way we do things for
our members who are home from surgery or lengthy hospital stays. We
are cooking nutritious meals ahead and freezing them so that we have
constant supply in our food bank. If you can help transport people
to appointments, etc., leave your name with the church office. If
you have “extras” such as frozen vegetables, or if you made a big
batch of something, bring them to the church and put them in the
freezer marked “Loaves and Fishes”. We will rely on Good and Plenty
dinners thanks to Betsy Mothersbaugh’s generosity. Please contact
Joyce McCarty or Anne Knox for any other
information.
Men’s Fellowship Breakfast
will meet March 20 at 8 a.m. Call Dave
Pentz for information.
Mothers Of Preschoolers,
MOPS, meets the first and third Sundays at 6:00 in the lounge. Each meeting
includes time for socializing, a Bible teaching followed by
discussion, and occasionally a creative craft. Children are cared
for in the nursery through the MOPPETS program.
Better moms make
a better world. Contact the Church Office.
Muncy
Valley United Methodist Men
Our church will host the monthly program for
the Muncy Valley United Methodist Men on March 22 at 7 p.m. For more
information, contact Bill Likens or Howard Ott.
Parents of Special Needs Children Forming Group
Anyone interested in helping
with, or sharing in a support group for parents of special needs
children, please attend a short meeting to be held in the church
lounge on Monday, March 15, 7-8 p.m. We will discuss ideas to
form a group outreach here, and throughout the community. This group
is open to all parents of children with any delay or disability, and
to anyone interested in learning more about them. We will support,
share, and learn from one another. Please call Julie Rishel for more
information, or if you would like to help.
PrayerWorks Intercessory Group - Join us Tuesdays in the church lounge at 11:30 a.m.
Prayer and Healing Service
March 21 at 7 p.m.
(held the third Sunday of
the month). Time
is spent in worship and prayer for those on our prayer list as well
as individual needs of those present.
Safe Sanctuaries Training
for anyone planning to work with the
children or youth will be Sunday, March 14, 1 p.m. in Room
202. If you missed the first training in February, plan to join us
this month. Please sign up on the bulletin board outside Fellowship
Hall.
Single
Parent Families A group designed to meet the needs of
single parents. Meetings are first and third Sundays at 6:00 p.m.
There
are monthly parent/child activities, guest speakers, a Bible study or a sharing and discussion session. Children
will have their own activities (organized games, crafts and Bible
studies). We also plan to have monthly family outings and bulk
cooking sessions. Single parents are invited to attend any sessions
that they can.
Our church family is invited to
provide support in any way that you can. Be a guest speaker,
a mentor to a child or parent, provide emergency childcare so a
parent does not miss work when a child is home with a cold, help
with small home repairs or teach car maintenance. Please call Carol Steward, Missy Hull, Sue Weaver or email
spfmuncy@hotmail.com
for more
information or to volunteer.
"Threshold" This is an
invitation to all of us to a new spiritual adventure.
"Threshold"
is a call by the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United
Methodist Church to a practice of the Spiritual Disciplines. More
details can be found at the Information Center in the narthex and at
the website www.susumc.org Do you yearn for a closer walk with God?
If not now, when?
United
Methodist Women
will meet March 9 at 7 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. The
speaker will be Todd
Fox, executive director of East Lycoming Habitat for Humanity.
Wesleyan
and BLT (Bible Life & Times) Sunday School classes
have a monthly social.
March 21 will be dinner out
after late church.
Widows
Mite group will have their monthly lunch on March
18 at Watson Inn. Carpool from the church at 11:30. RSVP by
March 15 to Anne Knox. This is a support group ministry open
to anyone in the community.
Women’s Retreat, April 23-24
“Come
Away and Rest”
(Mark
6:31a) We will focus on Sabbath, prayer and spiritual disciplines.
Retreat Leader:
The Rev. Kathy Kind
Location: Villa Sacred
Heart, Danville.
Sponsored by the Christian Education Com.
Young Adult Ministries
will be bowling for kids again this year, on March 27 in Bloomsburg.
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