
We will kick off Lent Pender-style with our annual pancake dinner and races! Enjoy a time of fellowship, dinner and the ever-laughable races on March 4th at 6:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall.
If you would like to help with this event, please contact Merri Carnahan.
Tags: dinner, Lent, Pancake Dinner, pancake races, Shrove Tuesday

With our new website, archived sermons can be sorted by Common Ground, Traditional Service, sermon series, scripture, holidays, the speaker or by date.
Sermon archives are currently available from 2012-2014 with older sermons added each day.
Find the sermon archives here: http://www.penderumc.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=300885
Tags: archives, common ground, Holidays, Pender Podcast, Pender UMC, scripture, sermon, sermon series, speakers, traditional service

What to expect at Pender UMC
Directions to Pender

Series: Spicing Up Your Love Life: Loving Like Jesus
February 9. What Kind of Love ~ 1 Corinthians 13.
It’s easy to say I love you if or I love you when but that’s not Jesus love. His is unconditional. Let’s look at what that really means this Sunday.
Listen to past sermons in the Pender Podcast.
Also on Sunday:
- February 9: Ruth Circle will be selling necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, 8:00 am-12:00 pm. This is a good time to think about your favorite Valentine. We will also have a few handmade little boxes. All items will be $5.00 each. Again, all proceeds will go to Western Fairfax Christian Ministries and the Backpack program.
- February 9: Blood Pressure Checks, 9:15-9:45 am and 12:00-12:30 pm
- February 9: Sunday School Classes. Read the brochure
- February 9: Time Out for Parents, 9:15-10:30 am
- February 9: How to Study the Bible, 9:30 am
- February 9: Women of the Year & Man of the Year Luncheon, after the 11:00 Service.
- February 9: Disciple II Bible Study, 4:00 pm
- February 9: Youth Orchestra, 4:15-5:00 pm. Register for this orchestra.
- February 9: Celebration Ringers, 5:00-5:45 pm. Register for this choir
- February 9: Youth Handbell Ensemble, 5:00-5:45 pm. Register for this choir
- February 9: Youth Choir, 5:45-6:30 pm. Register for this choir
- February 9: JLU, 5:00-7:00 pm. More information
- February 9: Turning Point Youth Group, 6:30 pm, with dinner. More information
- February 9: Book Lover’s Group, 7:00 pm
- February 9: Sing ‘N’ Celebrate, 7:00 pm
Tags: 1 Corinthians 13, Bible Study, blood pressure checks, Book Lovers Group, bracelets, Celebration Ringers, common ground, contemporary, Directions, earrings, JLU, love, lunch, Man of the Year, necklaces, Pender Podcast, Ruth Circle, Sing 'n Celebrate, Spicing Up Your Love Life: Loving Like Jesus, Sunday School, Time Out, traditional service, Turning Point Youth Ministry, Valentine, What Kind of Love, Women of the Year, Youth Choir, Youth Handbell Ensemble, Youth Orchestra

Ruth Circle will be selling necklaces, bracelets, and earrings February 9th from 8:00 am to noon.
This is a good time to think about your favorite Valentine. We will also have a few handmade little boxes.
All items will be $5.00 each.
Again, all proceeds will go to Western Fairfax Christian Ministries and the Backpack program.
Tags: bracelets, earrings, Elementary Backpack Program, necklaces, Ruth Circle, Valentine, Western Fairfax Christian Ministries, WFCM
Pender United Methodist Church
12401 Alder Woods Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22033
Interests:
Church Music
Event Details:
Join us for fun and fellowship with Lloyd Larson!We will be looking through and singing some of the best new music for Lent, Easter, and General for the spring and summer months. We will have something for everyone! No matter your choir’s size or style,
something will interest you!
We will have snacks and beverages to keep you going, as well as a wide variety of new and excellent piano and vocal music, and Cantatas for you to view or purchase. We will be doing free shipping so you don’t have to take it with you and we will be handing out free shipping coupons for a future order!
Early Registration on or before January 9th is $25.00 Registration on or after January 10th is $35.00
For more information regarding this event, please contact host:
Mason Wood
winston@jwpepper.com
336-744-8397
Clinicians:
Lloyd Larson
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Lloyd Larson
Maple Grove, MN
School Choral |
| Lloyd Larson, Creative Director at Exaltation Publications, earned a B.A. from Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana in 1976 and a M.C.M. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky in 1979. He also studied at Southern Baptist Seminary, Ohio State University, and Northern Baptist Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.Since 1982, Lloyd has been an active composer and arranger for several major publishing companies. He is a contributing writer to the catalogs of Alfred Music Publishing, Beckenhorst Press, Fred Bock Music, Hal Leonard Corporation, Hinshaw Music, Hope Publishing, Laurel Press, Light of the World Music, Lillenas Publishing, Monarch Music, PraiseGathering Music Group, John Rich Music, The Sacred Music Press, and Shawnee Press. His publications include more than 400 choral octavos and several Christmas and Easter cantatas, keyboard collections, vocal solo and duet collections, instrumental solos and ensembles, orchestration, and handbell settings.Lloyd and his wife, Marci, currently live in Maple Grove, Minnesota, with their three children, Stephanie, Philip, and Jeffrey. Lloyd’s work in his local church continues to be the catalyst for much of his writing. He currently directs the adult and youth choirs, in addition to being involved in worship planning and leadership. |
Tags: Cantata, choir, clinician, Easter, JW Pepper, Lent, Lloyd Larson, music, Pender UMC, piano, Sanctuary Choir, spring, Summer, vocal, Winter Sacred Choral Showcase