Sunday Services, Winter Schedule

Church services are at 8:30 am and 11:00 am.

Sunday School, is at 9:40 a.m

Sojourner’s Adult Discussion Group, meeting is at 10 am

Youth Fellowship Meetings are coordinated with the “4 for Christ” organization and will be announced.

Because of the snowstorm, there will be no church on Sunday, Feb. 7.

See you next week.

About our Church

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Announcements

VERY IMPORTANT

(updated 1/25/10)

A special charge conference was held on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 7:30 PM at FCUMC by our District Superintendent for the purpose of considering and voting on a proposal from Cheltenham UMC to merge all assets including money, property and membership into the Fox Chase UMC. The administrative board members present, which was more than the quorum required, voted for the merger, which took place effective July 1^st 2008. Some of the FCUMC members were present at Cheltenham’s June 22, 10:30 am service where they invited all Cheltenham members to join us at FCUMC in combined service to Christ. The last Church Service at Cheltenham took place on the 29^th of June. On July 6^th there was a single church service at FCUMC and that was a welcoming time for our new members at 10am. A luncheon followed. There were over 100 people at the church service and 16 people in the combined choir. The Boards of Trustees of both Churches are working together to iron out the details of merger. On October 9, 2008 we received the incorporation papers from the state of PA and are now officially merged with the Cheltenham UM church. We will now proceed to integrate Cheltenham funds, property and membership into Fox Chase UMC. We are presently soliciting buyers for the Cheltenham Church Property consisting of the Church and School building, a parking lot and a parsonage at 317 Central Ave. in Cheltenham Village, PA 19012. Some interest has been shown.

Contact the Real Estate Agent-

Barandon & Hollinger

Real Estate, LTD.

525 Ryers Ave.

Cheltenham Village, PA 19012

Phone: 215-663-0200

Fax: 215-663-0203

Realtorroy@comcast.net

On December 30, 2009 the Board of Trustees of FCUMC voted to accept the offer of the Manna Bible Institute. They have deposited with us considerable funds to show good faith and have demonstrated ability to handle the financial burden of a mortgage. This agreement will be presented to our Administrative Board for their approval and to the Eastern Penna. Conference of the UMC for their approval. Stay loose on this (I have heard some rumblings). We have another offer waiting in the wings.

Manna Bible Institute is a not for profit Christian organization that teaches the Bible on the College level and is affiliated with colleges on the east coast. They plan to use the property as a headquarters and a school. They also plan to rent out the sanctuary for Sunday Church services to a viable congregation.

Additional details will be forthcoming. Stay tuned.

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The "Calendar"

For the week of 2/2/2010

Pg 1 Click Here to View

Pg 2 Click Here to View

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The "Challenge"

for Feburary (2010)

Pg 1 Click Here to View

Pg 2 Click Here to View

Pg 3 Click Here to View

Pg 4 Click Here to View

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Next Administrative Board Meeting

Monday, Feb. 21, 2010

at 7:30 pm

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Persons in Military Service

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Pg.2 Click Here to View

Pg.3 Click Here to View

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Buddy's Web Page
History of the United Methodist Church

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Help Needed

In The Nursery

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Spending Plan
for the year 2010

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The Teaching Ministry

(Meeting Sunday Mornings at 9:40 AM)

Children’s Sunday School. Click Here to View

Adult’s Sunday School Click Here to View

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Circles

During the Week

Once a month, time and places announced on the weekly calendar.

Time and places may be verified by calling the office

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Organization Communication

Web Master Committee Experimental Project-

We are in the process of trying something new. At this location there will be links to sound clips of various items of interest related to the church. Our first experiment will be a voice introduction by Pastor Krall followed by a piano selection from the concert given by Dr. June Grutzmacher in the fall of 2008 at FCUMC. Total listening time is 5 minutes. There are two scenarios that may happen depending on the settings in the operating system and the speed of your internet link etc. 1) When you click on the link (Click Here to Hear”) the file will begin to play in the Media Player. It may pause a couple of times in order to catch up with the download. If you persevere with this you can replay it in its uninterrupted entirety. 2) The wave (wav) file will have to be downloaded into a temporary directory. (approx. 27 meg.) The computer will do this automatically if you answer “yes” to the question that pops up on the screen. You will need a fast internet link such as FIOS or Comcast or you will wait all day. You may then click on the downloaded file and it will open up and play in Microsoft’s Media player. Be patient while it loads in. It may take a minute or so. Media player is included in the Windows XP and Vista operating systems and must configured to play wav files on auto play. This is the default setting when the operating system was first installed so if you haven’t made a change it is probably O.K. If you have any comments or questions let’s hear from you at the church E-Mail link given below.

Click Here to Hear (or download)

The Sojourners Class- Click Here to View

Adult Fellowship- The Adult Fellowship activities are usually reported in the “Challenge” magazine. (see above)

The next girl’s meeting is on Mon Feb. 7th, 2010, 8:00 PM, at Linda’s.

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Educational Helps

1.) There is available in the Church Office a computer for general use of the congregation. This computer has installed on it-

1. The office programs for Word Processing, Database, Spread Sheet and Presentation Manager..

To use this computer contact the office secretary or if you have an office key let your self in and use it. If you need instruction contact Ellliott.

2.) There is a library on the second floor containing a wealth of religious books for reference and for enjoinment reading. Go look and pick one out. Follow the posted instructions for signing out and removing books.

3.) There are several DVD’s available containing Bible stories and historical Christian material. See Lisa Williams for a list or to sign one out.

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