Middletown, CT
THIS WEEKEND AT FUMC
November 9, 2014
22nd Sunday After Pentecost
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Traditional Service
10:00 a.m.
Sermon
"All In"
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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Don't miss Breakfast and Fellowship at the Elk's
this Sunday starting at 8:00 a.m. for just $6.00.
Then come upstairs and worship with us!
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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:
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
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1Thessalonians 4:13-18
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Matthew 25:1-13
COMING UP THIS WEEK
AT FUMC:
*Sunday:
~ Breakfast at the Elk’s.
~ Choir practice, 9:15 a.m.
~ Sunday Morning Worship Service.
Tuesday:
~ Sew ‘n’ Sew, 10 a.m.
~ Nominations/Committee on Lay Leadership, 7 p.m.
Wednesday:
~ Finance Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
~Trustees Meeting, 7 p.m., location t.b.d.
Sunday:
~ Choir practice, 9:15 a.m.
~ Sunday Morning Worship Service.
Hymns:
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
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O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice
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O Jesus I have Promised
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Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
The Rev. Stefanie Bennett, Pastor
~The Rev. Albert Scholten, Pastor Emeritus~
Carolyn Halsted, Interim Organist
~Every Member a Minister~
~ Chuck Knows Church ~
Chuck Knows Church is a fun weekly web series about the terms, symbols and objects used in church.
You’ll learn lots of interesting and fun stuff about the church!
Click the link below to see this weeks episode:
http://www.chuckknowschurch.com/sites/default/files/downloads/HD/mp4-large/43-CONFIRMATION.mp4
Sunday Breakfast – Join us for breakfast the second Sunday of each month at the Elk’s Lodge. Breakfast will be held THIS SUNDAY, November 9th. 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.
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 stefanielbennett@gmail.com and she will get you one.
A Special Offering for the Dinner at Society of St. Vincent is being taken. This will go towards buying ingredients for the meal FUMC is preparing and serving at the soup kitchen on November 23rd. Checks can be made out to FUMC and placed in the envelopes provided in Sunday's bulletin or they can be mailed to FUMC at P.O. Box 65, Middletown, CT 06457. Contact Jill Bennett at 860-345-7382 with questions about participating in the project.
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.
Sew ‘n’ Sew meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month. They will next meet this Tuesday, November 11th at 10 a.m. at Heritage Commons. Please contact Isabelle Mullen for further information at 860-344-1942.
Nominations/Committee on Lay Leadership will meet this Tuesday, November 11th at 7 p.m. at the parsonage. Contact Stefanie with any questions.
The November meeting of the Finance Committee will be held this Wednesday November 12th at 7 p.m. at the cottage of Doris and Jim Swain in Covenant Village. The committee will be preparing the 2015 budget and 2014 annual report for the charge conference scheduled for November 23rd. Any special budget requests or changes should be emailed to Nancy Burton and Warren Western by Monday evening November 10th.
Bible Sunday will be Sunday, November 16th. We will be celebrating by giving bibles to children in third grade and above. Do you know a child who would like to receive a bible? Please call the church office at 860-346-3689.
FUMC will be serving a meal at the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen on 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 by 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.
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.
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).
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.
Please Note: Church cancellations can be found on WFSB (channel 3) and NBC30.
Make sure we have your email for additional notifications.