Weekly Tidings

Sunday, February 26:

8:30 am:  Early Worship in the Sanctuary

Live stream available on Facebook

10:00 am:  Worship in the Sanctuary and Sunday School

The very talented violinist , Dan Flonta, will be playing this Sunday

Live stream available on our YouTube channel

11:15 am:  United Women in Faith Meeting

3:30 pm:  Esprit

6:00 pm:  Youth Group

 

Monday, February 27:

9:00 am:  Lend-a-Hand

7:00 pm:  Men’s Study Group via Zoom

 

Tuesday, February 28:

9:00 am Yoga

12:00 pm: Deadline for Saturday Tidings

6:00 pm Esprit

 

Wednesday, March 1:

10:30 am Rainbow’s End is Open

 

Thursday, March 2:

9:00 am Yoga

10:30 am Rainbow’s End is Open!

10:00 am Bible Study

2:00 pm:  Chair Yoga 

5:00 pm: Big Book Step Group

 

Friday, March 3:

Office Closed

10:00 am: Al-Anon

10:30 am Rainbow’s End is Open!

 

Saturday, March 4:

9:00 am: Yoga

10:30 am Rainbow’s End is Open!

 

Sunday, March 5:

8:30 am:  Early Worship in the Sanctuary

Livestream available of Facebook

10:00 am:  Worship in the Sanctuary and Sunday School

Livestream available on our YouTube channel

11:15 am:  United Women in Faith Meeting

3:30 pm:  Esprit         

6:00 pm:  Youth Group

 

Together in Christ—We Worship

Sunday services are at 8:30 A.M.  & 10:00 A.M. in the Sanctuary.

Worship with Us! Everyone is welcome!

We are still collecting for the Buffalo churches that were damaged by pipes freezing during the terrible blizzard earlier this winter.  You may put a check in the offering plate or make a donation online at our website.

We also are praying for all the people in Turkey who are facing great loss and death due to the earthquake. The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is present in Turkey and you may support relief efforts by giving a donation to Osterville UMC and putting UMCOR-Turkey in the memo. 100% of your gift will go to help those in need in Turkey.  https://umcmission.org/umcor-international-latest-responses/

A Lenten discussion will start on Thursday, March 2 at 5:30 pm. “The Chosen”, a TV series on Netflix, will be the topic.  Try to watch a few of the segments in the 1^st season before our first session. If you would like to do it on Tuesdays at 10:00 am, Rebecca Minceili will conduct the meetings. Call the office 508-428-2811 or email office@umcchurches.org  to sign up for either session.

Sing with Us! If you are interested in singing in our choir group, please call Daniel Shinabarger at 857-919-0238.

Seeking Greeters and Ushers: Anyone interested in speaking, greeting or ushering, please give Mary Ann Farley a call. (774) 487-0719.  If you are interested in singing in our choir group, please call Daniel Shinabarger at 857-919-023 

Bible Study continues on Thursday mornings at 10am in the solarium. We are studying the scripture that will be read the following Sunday.  Come when you can. Don’t worry about signing up. Don’t worry about having any experience studying the Word. Bring a friend. All are welcome.

The Church Book Group will meet on the fourth Tuesday of every month.   You are invited, bring a book to share, and enjoy some books by Black authors, men or women. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 10:30 am in church parlor.

United Women in Faith News

United Women in Faith: Times are changing. Something else has not changed in the focus of United Methodist Women. Just because our name has changed to United Women of Faith our focus will still be on women and children. We are still working together to help women and children find justice, economic security and stability. Showing God’s love and discipleship. The UWF Board met with our President Donna Kahelin to plan events for 2023. We remember our first UWF event with Patty and Allen Morrell about helping people in Sierra Leone. Thank you for all your love, prayers and support. All women are invited to participate in UWF.

World Day of Prayer: Church Women United of Cape Cod will host the World Day of Prayer at Our Lady of the Cape in Brewster on Friday March 3, 2023, at 1pm. The theme is I Have Heard About Your Faith. Based on Ephesians 1:15-19

Other Events

Sign up for a Social Media Workshop! Saturday, March 25- 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm |Fear Social Media No More!  Come Learn the Basics in this Special Workshop Created for You! Get started with social media or gain confidence in this FREE workshop for ages 55+ Learn how to use social media to stay connected with friends and family. Have fun learning new skills! Coffee, tea, snacks will be provided.

2 ways to sign up for the Social Media Workshop:

Register by clicking HERE>

Sign up in the Solarium (sign up will be available this Sunday, 2/26)

 

Committed to Serve—You are Making a Difference

Donate to Hiefer Project International: Our Sunday school children are beginning a Lenten mission project this Sunday to collect enough money to purchase a sheep for Hiefer Project International. Everyone making a donation will receive a specially made sheep done by our Sunday school students. Please see the table in the solarium to make your donationon.

The Prayer Shawl Ministry will be meeting in the parlor the 1st Sunday of each month between services from 9:30 – 10:00. The dates are Sunday February 5th, Sunday March 5th, Sunday April 2nd, Sunday May 7th and Sunday June 4th

Buy BIC cards. BIC cards are gift cards to local supermarkets like Shaws and Stop & Shop, Dunkin Donuts, and many more. When you buy a gift card the company on the card donates a percentage to help people in need of housing assistance. You get a card of full value and someone in needs gets a helping hand through the generosity of the retailers participating. Cards are sold in the solarium every Sunday. We accept checks or cash.

Our Holiday Fair was a great success, and we are already making preparations for the next one. One way you can help is by donating jewelry to be sold in our jewelry room. There will be a box on the kiosk in the solarium every week for you to leave your jewelry that you don’t wear anymore. If you have something of greater value than just ordinary jewelry, please give it to Heather Wolfe or bring it to the church office.

Ukrainian Flags are Available to Take: At the beginning of the war against Ukraine, we made small Ukrainian flags available for people to take home and display. We have some left which you are welcome to take from the table in the Solarium.

Outreach February Collection Many thanks Church Family, for your generous donations of individual sized personal items for our local neighbors!  This month we are intentionally combatting hunger with the following Healthy Foods: canned veggies and beans (no sodium), pasta (whole wheat, veggie, and protein), pasta sauce (no glass please), peanut butter, whole grain crackers, whole grain cereal (low sugar), granola and cereal bars, unsweetened applesauce cups, canned tuna in water, and canned soup (chicken, veggie, and bean – low sodium).  We are sorry, but we cannot accept any perishable foods including bread related items.  Additionally, A Baby Center is in great need of new or gently used children’s and women’s shoes – kids up to Age 6; and children’s clothing – sizes Infant to Size 6.  Please put your items in the Outreach cupboard or in the large bin in the solarium.  THANK YOU!   

Mission Trips to Sierra Leone in 2023: Helping Children Worldwide has announced planned mission trips to Sierra Leone, West Africa for 2023.  The dates of the trips are:

• July 16-30 – Zoom Interest Meeting 2/5/23 @ 3:30 p.m., application deadline 2/12/23.
• OCT 15-29 – Zoom Interest Meeting 5/14/23 @ 1 p.m., application deadline 5/21/23.
• DEC 26-JAN 3/2024 – Zoom Interest Meeting 7/23/23 @ 3:30 p.m., application deadline 7/30/23.

For additional information, please contact Patty Morell at 703-725-2773.

To continue with our pledge theme, “I Can Make a Difference” you will notice on the MAKING A DIFFERENCE bulletin board in the solarium, a list of projects that need to be done in our church. 

This list was put together by Dave Eaton, our Lend-a-Hand leader. By helping with one of these projects you will be making a difference in our church.

If you have any questions on any of these projects or how you can help, please contact either Dave Eaton or Heather Wolfe.

Remember our pledge campaign bible scripture from Philippians 4:13, I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me, as you pray fully consider ways you can continue to help our church.

Thank you in advance for making a difference! – The Stewardship Team

 

Bright Promises Preschool is now accepting registration for the Fall 2023. Children must be 2 years 9 mpnths old to attend. If you are interested, please call the school office @508-428-5010 or email brightpromises@gmail.com.

Lend-a-Hand Tasks Completed in January 2023

1. Determined safest way to remove stained glass window from wall in sanctuary. Tried several lighting applications before settling with 4′ 36″ LED tubes. Installation completed.

Lend-a-Hand Tasks Completed in February 2023

1. Replaced mercury vapor bulbs from 2 wall sconces at the rear of the sanctuary with four low-wattage bulbs.
2. Continued vacuuming high traffic areas in the sanctuary and choir loft.
3. Completed Integrated Pest Management (IPM) documents, including Compliance.
4. Checklist for the Children’s and Families’ Protection Act for Bright Promises preschool.
5. Cleaned out clutter in narthex, including items stored under stairs to balcony. Replaced light in desk display. Organized closet in west corridor adjacent to choir room door.
6. In anticipation of replacing Lend a Hand shed, cleaned all garden tools scheduled to move to new wooden shed. Wooden shed scheduled for construction in March.
7. Continued removing recyclables from church on a weekly basis.
8. The burned-out light at the outside entrance to the choir room was replaced.
9. Completed taking down all holiday decorations and storing them in the north basement.
10. Removed seven soiled communion kneeling pad covers and washed them.
11. Conducted a walkthrough of the Annex every Monday to inspect temperature setting, condition of the furnace and the temperature alarm and basement water alarms.
12. We are going to post opportunities to help on the Make a Difference bulletin board in the solarium. David Eaton has compiled a list of things we can do to help the Lend a Hand group. These men and women meet every Monday from 9 to noon at the church to help us keep our buildings and properties in tip top shape. You don’t have to have any special skills to join them. Take a look at the list. If there is something you can do, it doesn’t have to be done on Monday morning if your schedule doesn’t fit that day. Speak to David Eaton or Heather Wolfe about other times the church is open or ways you would like to help.

A MILLION THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS CHURCH FAMILY! The Outreach Committee and our local veteran, homeless, and sheltered neighbors; plus local schools, and Sierra Leone neighbors; are gobsmacked by the radical generosity in 2022 of our church family’s prayers, presence, servant hearts, donations of diapers, food, toiletries, school supplies, sandwiches, salads, desserts, warm clothing, and gifts. Also donations for gift cards at Christmas!  Thousands of dollars were collected for CHAMP Homes, Safe Harbor Women’s Shelter, A Baby Center, Vinfen Men’s Group Home, the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund, and two UMC Missions in Sierra Leone: the Child Reintegration Centre and Mercy Hospital!  To God be the Glory, great things He hath done through UMC of Osterville!