Middletown, CT
THIS WEEKEND AT FUMC
November 16, 2014
23rd Sunday After Pentecost
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Traditional Service
10:00 a.m.
Sermon
"Really Good Books"
by
Stefanie Bennett
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Please join us this Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
at our new location:
The Grand Ballroom at The Elk’s Lodge
44 Maynard Street, Middletown, CT
We encourage you all to attend and invite your friends to our services as we
celebrate this exciting new beginning for our congregation.
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Please note our phone number and email address have stayed the same:
860-346-3689 and churchoffice@fumcmiddletownct.org.
Make sure we have your email address.
Email is a very important means of communication during this period of transition.
Our mailing address is now:
First United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 65
Middletown, CT 06457.
Do not hesitate to call the church office with any questions or concerns.
Scripture Lessons:
Timothy 3:14-17
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Acts 8:26-39
COMING UP THIS WEEK
AT FUMC:
*Sunday:
~ Choir practice, 9:15 a.m.
~ Sunday Morning Worship Service.
*Sunday:
~ Choir practice, 9:15 a.m.
~ Sunday Morning Worship Service.
Hymns:
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
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Jesus Loves Me
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Thy Word is a Lamp
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Wonderful Words of Life
P.O. Box 65 Middletown, Ct 06457
~The Rev. Stefanie Bennett, Pastor~
~The Rev. Albert Scholten, Pastor Emeritus~
~Carolyn Halsted, Interim Organist~
~Every Member a Minister~
BYOB: Bring Your Own Bible. While we worship at the Elk’s Lodge we will supply the hymnals but we ask that you bring your own Bible. Don’t have your own bible? Talk to Stefanie at 1(860) 946-3121 or email her at stefanie.l.bennett@gmail.com and she will get you one.
Upper Room Devotionals are available at the entrance to the Ballroom. These devotionals offer a short reading and reflection for each day. Please take one home.
Sing with the Choir. Choir practice is held at 9:15 each Sunday morning at the Elk’s Lodge. All are welcome and encouraged to participate. Come gather around the piano.
FUMC will be serving a meal at the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen next Sunday, November 23, 2014. We need to start planning for this. Volunteers are needed. Anyone interested in volunteering should see Jill Bennett after church or call her at home at 860-345-7382.
There will be a Charge Conference on Tuesday, November 25th. Charge Conference Reports are due Monday, November 17th. Please send an electronic copy of your report to Cyndi in the church office at churchoffice@fumcmiddletownct.org. All committee chairs and church leaders are expected to provide a charge conference report. Please contact Cyndi in the church office with any questions at 860-346-3689.
Sew ‘n’ Sew meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month. They will next meet Tuesday, December 9th at 10 a.m. at Heritage Commons. Please contact Isabelle Mullen for further information at 860-344-1942.
Sunday Breakfast – Join us for breakfast the second Sunday of each month at the Elk’s Lodge. Breakfast will next be held Sunday, December 14th. A great breakfast is served downstairs from the ballroom, starting at 8:00 a.m. for just $6.00. Join us for fellowship and breakfast and then come upstairs to worship.
Remember your cereal and tuna fish donations, the first Sunday of each month, for Amazing Grace Food Pantry. Contact Dara Parent at 860-347-5078 for further information.
The Coordinator of Rides to The Elk’s Lodge in Middletown is Jill Bennett. Please contact Jill at 860-345-7382 if you are in need of a ride to our new location.
Amazing Grace Food Pantry has communicated to us that their supplies are alarmingly low. You can drop food off directly at Amazing Grace – 16 Stack Street in Middletown or bring donations to worship next week and we will take them over. Thank you!
We have a Facebook page! Help spread the word about the church by “liking” the church page and “sharing” posts. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/First-United-Methodist-Church/109638702407308).
Please Note: Church cancellations can be found on WFSB (channel 3) and NBC30.
Make sure we have your email for additional notifications.