November 29, 2007 St. John’s UMC, “News & Notes”
Dear Friends,
There is life after “Church Conferences”! I have to learn that again, every year! Thanks to everyone who came on Tuesday evening - to those who helped prepare for it (Sandy Dearborn, especially) and to our District Superintendent, Mike Davis. Now, on to Advent and Christmas!!
We begin […]
The Women’s Book Club will meet at Judith Custer’s home on Monday evening, December 3rd at 6:30 PM. We’ll share pot luck first and then discuss the book, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. So, bring a dish to share and please call Judith at 743-3348 for directions.
Read full post...2007 Christmas Cantata will be Sunday, December 2, at 3:30 pm. (The snow date is December 9, at 3:30, but of course we won’t need to use it!) We need your attendance, because congregational participation in this traditional “Festival of Lessons and Carols” is very important! Jonathan Willcocks has created this new […]
Read full post...The Dover Food Pantry is in need of canned meats, paper products and diapers (all sizes).
If you can help, please put your donations in the cabinet to the right of the front door of the church
There are several opportunities to take part in Advent Studies as we near the Christmas season. Some groups will be preparing their hearts by looking at seasonal hymns; studying the origins, the memories they evoke and what the words mean to us in relation to the Bible. One group will meet on Monday mornings at […]
Read full post...This year the Jail Christmas celebration will be on Wednesday, December 19th at 6 pm. We will need volunteers for that evening as well as volunteers to help put the goodie bags together. These volunteers will meet at the Jail on Tuesday, December 18 between 9 am and noon. The goodie bags […]
Read full post...The Poinsettia order form is in the Bell Weather and will be in the bulletin in December. If you wish to donate the plant it will be distributed to some one after Christmas. If you wish to own it afterwards, you may pick it up on Christmas Eve after the 11 PM service or on […]
Read full post...Hanging of the Greens — A family celebration to help us “deck the halls” - well the sanctuary anyway. Bring the whole family for the celebration - Saturday, December 1st at 4:30 we’ll be singing carols as we decorate.
Plan to bring something (salad, main course or dessert) for the Pot Luck dinner at 5:30. […]
The New England Conference presents the Harlem Globetrotters in a benefit for the NothingButNets campaign .
On February 20, 2008, the Harlem Globetrotters will play at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, MA, with ticket sales through United Methodist Churches in New England going to benefit the NothingButNets campaign.
Through the incredible generosity […]
Call for creative people!!
We will hold another LEARN SOMETHING NEW DAY in January. If you have something you would like to teach please let Adult Coordinator Donna McAdam (742-1881) know.
Some of the skills that we already have commitments on are: Beading….Scrapbooking……Journaling….Wedding Planning…Cooking….. We hope to offer our ever popular bread making and watercolors but […]