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Category Archives: Posts of Interest
Operation Christmas Child
Christmas VBS Registration Opens Today
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Who: Kids Ages 3 (must be potty-trained)- 6th Grade What:“Under Wraps: The Gift We Never Expected” Where: Pender UMC Christmas VBS Why: Celebrate Christmas and the Gift of Jesus Christ When: Saturday, Dec. 5th @ 10 am – 2 pm Cost: $10 per Kid or $20 total per Family
Join us for Christmas VBS on December 5, 2015 while your parents enjoy the gift of time to prepare for Christmas. We will enjoy music, crafts, lunch, recreation, a story and more! RSVP: Register online on our website by clicking on this link, beginning November 1st & ending November 30th. |
Pender People Praying
Pender People Praying … What can you be praying for Pender this week?
Please pray for opportunities to witness your faith as you interact with your neighbors this Halloween weekend.
Start your day with God at 5:30 am on Wednesdays for a time of prayer at Pender in the Sanctuary.
Kids’ Harvest Fest
Who: Pender UMC Members
What: Kids Night Out (and thus Parents Night Out)
Where: Pender UMC Common Ground Room
Why: Celebrate Fall and our love for Christ while Parents have a Night Out
When: Saturday October 24,
4:30-5:30 pm – Trunk or Treat
5:30 – 8:00 pm – Kids Night Out
Cost: $5 per Kid or $10 total per Family
Pender UMC Members:
Come to the Trunk or Treat Event organized by our Pender Youth starting at 4:30 pm and visit the Pender UMC pumpkin patch. Then drop your kids (potty-trained pre-schoolers through 4th grade) with the Childrens’ Council Volunteers at 5:30 for an evening of fun! We will have dinner, crafts, play time and movies.
RSVP: Please email Sowmya at sowmysam@yahoo.com with kids name, age & allergy info beginning September 30, 2015 Registration will close on October 19th.
Why the Wesleys, and others, came to be called Methodists
Those who went to the kickoff for A Disciple’s Path heard part of this story from Pastor Dan.
For those who missed it or need a refresher, here you go…
Holy Club. Bible Moths. Methodists.
These are just a few of the names people called Charles and John Wesley and those gathered around them before anyone called their group a movement, let alone a church. Charles and John Wesley are considered founders of the Methodist movement that led to what is now The United Methodist Church.
It all began around 1728 with a few men at Oxford University, where Charles was finishing his studies. Charles Wesley had not always been very good at focusing on his studies or his faith. His first year at school was full of diversions like playing cards and enjoying music, theater and dancing. Nevertheless, by his final year, he was ready to devote himself to a more focused method of engaging study and faith.
Charles knew he could not do this on his own. He gathered with others in a small group, a practice common at Oxford in those days.
Read more at http://www.umc.org/who-we-are/why-the-wesleys-and-others-came-to-be-called-Methodists
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