In conjunction with the Chris Atwood Foundation (click on this link for more information), the UMW is proud to present its Spring Prayer Breakfast on Saturday, March 5, from 9am to noon.
Our topic will be addiction, recovery, and ending the stigma surrounding addiction.
Our presentation will feature multiple speakers from Pender and our community. Men AND women are welcome!
Please join us, and bring a friend, as we seek to shed light on a topic that too often is kept in the shadows.
The UMW needs bakers to make cookies for our cookie tray sale. Our goal is to make as many trays as possible, so if you could bake 100 of one kind of cookie that would be great!
Bring the cookies to the church no later than 9 am on Dec. 19, stay and join us for a Christmas Brunch and to help assemble trays.
Also the UMW is taking pre-orders to purchase Christmas Cookie trays.The trays contain three dozen cookies and the cost is $12 per tray. They will be ready for pick up on Sunday, Dec. 20th from 8am to 12:30pm in Room 206.
All proceeds support UMW missions. Sign-up sheets for both baking and purchasing are located at the Sign-Up Center in the Church lobby.
Please join us this Sunday, November 29, in worship at the 8:15, 9:30 or 11:00 Services.
Advent will start on Sunday, November 29, and we will start an exciting new Advent program,“Under Wraps: The Gift We Never Expected.” Prepared and piloted by The Woodlands United Methodist Church in Houston, this joyful program explores some of God’s unexpected qualities, presented over the four weeks of Advent, plus Christmas Eve:
Just as the first wrapped gift beneath the Christmas tree marks the new season, so the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day signaled that God’s hope and salvation and redemption plan had come into the world. In Jesus, God gift-wrapped himself in human flesh and was born in a stable so he could come and live among us and offer us life and salvation that we could never gain on our own.
Join us this Advent as we unwrap God’s greatest gift, our Savior Jesus!
“Under Wraps: The Gift We Never Expected”
Nov. 29 – Dec. 24, 2015
From the beginning, the Bible tells of a love story between God and his people. As the story works its way through the Old Testament into the New Testament, there are twists and turns but the ending is always clear – God’s plan is to rescue his people. And so God sent Jesus. God actually gift-wrapped himself in human flesh and was born in a stable so he could come and live among us and offer us life and salvation that we could never gain on our own. “Under Wraps” is an exciting Advent & Christmas experience that explores four characteristics of God described in the Old Testament and then revealed perfectly and completely through Jesus.
Nov 29 God is Expectant Luke 1:39-45
During Advent we expect the usual crowds at the malls, the usual Christmas TV specials, the usual visits with family and friends, and the usual church programs. If we approach Advent in a manner that routine, can we really expect anything different at Christmas? Does ho-ho-ho lead to ho-hum? Can life be different? Have you ever been surprised by God?
Preacher 8:15 & 11- Kenny
Preacher 9:30- Dan
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Sunday Childcare
Wondering where to take your children on Sunday mornings? Below is a summary. More detailed information is available at the Welcome desk located in the main lobby and here.
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Donations can be left in the blue grocery cart in the coat rack section.
It’s time to nominate candidates for Pender’s Woman of the Year for 2015. Please take time to nominate a woman (or multiple women) who you feel have done exemplary work for our Church and/or our community in 2015. (Past recipients may be found on the Women of the Year plaques located across from Room 206 or in the back of the UMW Directory.)
Nomination forms are located in the United Methodist Women’s mailbox located by the elevators; and completed forms can be handed to Joyce Munt or emailed to her by clicking on this link.
The nomination forms must be turned in by Dec. 31st.
You are cordially invited to attend the UMW fall prayer breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 9am to noon!
Our topic will be “Plan B: Trusting God When His Plans Aren’t Your Plans,” and will be based on Jeremiah 29:11. If you need a word of hope and encouragement, please join us!
A non-perishable food donation to Western Fairfax Christian Ministries is your only admission fee. See you there!
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