ORDERING ALTAR FLOWERS IN 2008

To order flowers, please fill out an envelope with your payment of $20.00 and give it directly to Marjorie Donovan in the first service.  

For second service congregants, fill out the envelope with your payment of $20.00 and put it in Marjorie Donovan’s mailbox in the hallway next to the kitchen.  

Flowers should be ordered and paid for 2 weeks prior to the flowers being placed on the altar.

WOMEN OF FAITH 2008  

For those who are purchasing items for the conference, please note that the color is red,

and the prices are: T-shirts - $12.50 ² Tote/purse bags - $17.50 ² Polos - $15.00

Please sign up in the hallway with you name, preference, and size.  The WOF emblem will appear on each item.  Payment for your selection will be due no later than August 3^rd.

*We still have six tickets available.  The group is on the main floor this year, so don’t miss it!*

Those interested in attending pre-conference – the tickets are $50 (no lunch) and $58 (with boxed lunch).  This session is first-come, first-serve.  Deadline for ordering is September 1^st.

"Serving children infancy to school age"

As a growing part of the local community, Union Childcare Center is pleased to serve your family's childcare needs.  We will share the goal of our church to act as a beacon of God's light and life to our community.  We will strive to do our very best in meeting the needs of the children and families in our care, as we believe they deserve the very best.  

For more information please see our website at:

http://www.unionchildcare.com

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UNION CHILDCARE CENTER OPEN HOUSE

Save the date for Union Childcare Center ’s Open House on Saturday, August 23^rd, 10 AM to 3 PM .

Invite your friends and family members to see our wonderful facilities and staff.  If you would

like to volunteer to help that day, please contact Betty Roberts.

That's the sound coming from the 7 and 8 year old Sunday School classroom!!   We recently accomplished our goal of collecting $30 to send to HEIFER International to purchase Honey Bees!  Thanks to all the children who saved up their pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.

Be prepared to hear a new noise coming from the classroom soon...We voted to purchase a flock of chicks next and hope to have the $20 collected by sometime this Spring.

A New Sunday School Class Has Begun!

It’s an adult discussion/fellowship class which begins and ends promptly from 10:30am to 11:30am .  This class is located in the last classroom on the left in the new church wing.  We have started using the book called “I Believe, Now What?” by Michael Simpson.  The book contains 40 questions every new Christian asks.  This study is great for new Christians who have recently accepted Christ as their Savior, those who wish to renew and deepen their relationship with Christ, and those who seek to develop a relationship with God.

The past two weeks, we dealt with the questions, “What Just Happened?” and “What Will Happen Next?” (Come and see what’s next!)  Samples of a few questions down the road are:  “How Does God communicate?”, “How Do I Pray?”, “I Messed Up, What Do I do Now?”, and “What Does Trusting God Look Like?”.  Come and join us and see why we are so excited!!!

Group Leaders:
The Holy Spirit
John Hughes
Dee Waud

A list of participating retailers is in the Scrip Binder stored across from Pastor Don’s office, or visit www.glscrip.com.  Forms and payment can be turned in on Sundays to Pastor Don or Elaine Taylor.

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We're pleased to share exciting news about a fundraising program for Union United Methodist Church.  It is called "scrip" and it's the fundraising program that works while you shop.

Scrip is simply a word that means " substitute money" - in other words, scrip is gift certificates from national and local retailers.  They are the same gift certificates that you buy at the store.  Many popular retailers participate in our scrip program including Disney, JC Penney, Foot Locker, The Gap, Home Depot, Pizza Hut, Super G and many, many others.

You are probably asking yourself how these stores help us raise money.  It's simple - scrip participating retailers agree to sell gift certificates to our organization at a discount.  Member families like yours buy the certificates for full face value, they redeem them for full face value, and our church keeps the difference as revenue.  And scrip is exciting, because everybody wins:

--  The retailer gets cash up front and repeat business

--  You get a powerful fundraising alternative that involves no selling...

--  Our Church gets a regular source of revenue

The beauty of scrip is that you put your regular household shopping dollars to work.  You earn money for our church without spending a single additional penny.  Just spend your regular shopping dollars with scrip at the stores that participate in the scrip program!  And scrip can be used for just about any household purchase including food, clothing, entertainment, gasoline and even dining out.

The Union United Methodist Church's scrip program promises to be a simple and effective fundraising program.

Thanks for your support.

Children's Bible Stories and Videos ~ Christian-based videos.

Loving Arms Christian Women's Group 

Come join Union's new group for young women! This group is formed for the purpose of connecting women intellectually and spiritually through worship, education, mission and fellowship. Take some spiritual time for yourself and make new friends. Each meeting will start with a Bible Study and or devotion. We then will take time for fellowship activities. 

Our group is going to use the Women of Faith Bible study series. The Women of Faith Bible studies are designed to take you on a journey towards a more intimate relationship with Christ by bringing you together with your sisters in the faith. Our first series will be "Celebrating Friendship." Whether you're stressed-out, bored and lonely, looking for new friends or scuttling to keep up with long-time soul mates, the "celebrating friendship" sessions will encourage our group to cultivate woman-to-woman friendships. We will...

• Relate your friendship expectations

• Learn how to appreciate the similarities and differences among friends

• Discuss ways to be supportive, honest, and committed

• Find out how to work through relationship snags

• Celebrate joys and triumphs together

• Most of all, the springboard for our discussions will be God's Word.

The Lord is a faithful Friend who sticks "closer than a Brother" (or a sister!) and our group will explore his everlasting commitment to us, the friendship stories in his Book, and the qualities of his Spirit that deepen relationships. The God of the universe teaching you about friendship? There's no better expert! So let's dig into the Bible! Talk and laugh and disagree. Have fun discovering, supporting, and challenging one another.

Evangelism Leadership Summit
Havana, Cuba
January 7-14, 2004

 Pastor Schuler was invited to attend the EVANGELISM LEADERSHIP SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS.  The event was hosted by the World Methodist Evangelism Institute of the World Methodist Council. More than 120 Methodist and Wesleyan leaders from twenty countries of North America , South America , Central America , and the Caribbean …including bishops and heads of churches representing 26 Wesleyan/Methodist denominations.