Announcements

SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE LAST SUNDAY
Worship: 8:15 = 51, 9:30 = 127, 11:00 = 164, Total = 342
Sunday School: 25 Teachers, 73 Students, 1 Visitor, 2 Nursery; Total = 101
th
Sun. 28 8:15 am
9:30 am
9:30 am
11:00 am
5:00 pm
Mon.
6:30 pm
Sat.
10:00 am
11:00 am
rd
Sun. 3 8:15 am
9:30 am
9:30 am
11:00 am
6:00 pm
THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR
Traditional Worship – Sanctuary
Informal Worship – Bowker Hall
NO Sunday School classes
Traditional Worship – Sanctuary
Sr. High After-Christmas Party
Dominican Republic Mission Info – Bowker Hall
Visitation with family of Grace Haines followed by
Memorial Service
Traditional Worship – Sanctuary
Informal Worship – Bowker Hall
Sunday School for all ages
Traditional Worship – Sanctuary
Club 35, Jr.& Sr. High Youth Groups
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 28th
also available on the church website, medfordumc.org
YEAR-END GIFTS TO THE CHURCH - For those with IRA's and over
age 70½ . . . H.R. 5771 just passed last week, allowing individuals to make
a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from an IRA. You can satisfy the
current year’s required minimum distributions while supporting your
church and excluding the IRA distribution from income entirely for tax
purposes. There’s just enough time left to complete a QCD before year
end. Please contact your IRA custodian ASAP for more information.
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
CALLING MISSION-MINDED ADULTS! A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MISSION
INFORMATION MEETING will be held on Monday, December 29,
6:30-8:00 pm (light supper included) in Bowker Hall. Come and hear
more about this amazing home-construction project in Los Cocos, DR
from experienced mission trip leaders from Haddonfield UMC, and how
YOU can be a member of a team. Contact Pastor Kathleen for more info.
WORSHIP & STUDY OPPORTUNITIES
NEW WORSHIP SERIES - JANUARY 11 –
FEBRUARY 8: It’s the greatest irony of
modern life: we are more directly
connected to more people than at any
point in history, and yet so many of us feel
lonely and isolated. We are so deeply
divided about almost everything, including
faith, that sometimes it’s hard to talk
about anything that really matters. We long for connection, a community
where we are known and loved. How can the church be that place? Come
found out on Sundays beginning January 11 at 8:15, 9:30 or 11:00 am.
MUMC CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS: Visitors to the Dickens’ Festival who
stopped by our Live Nativity received an ornament that features the
nativity scene and our church contact information, along with an invite to
our Christmas concerts and Christmas Eve services. A limited number of
ornaments are available from the church office at a donation of $5.00 to
help offset the costs of this opportunity to witness to our neighbors. We
encourage each family to pick up an ornament, available in the narthex.
DO YOU FEEL GOD HAS BEEN "NUDGING YOU" LATELY TO ASSIST THE
PASTORS IN THESE AREAS OF COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT? You may be
skilled or not - we will train. We need you! Here are possible areas
where you can serve:
Listening Ministry
New Mom Support
Prayer Ministry
Card Ministry
Hospital Visitation
Phone Ministry
Homebound Visitation
Meal Providers
Grief Support Ministry
Flower Delivery
Please contact Pastor Kathleen at 609/654-8111. Training begins
Monday, February 2, 2015 at 2:00 pm. An evening training session is
planned after Easter.
GALLON CONTAINERS OF APPLE CIDER are
available for a free will donation.
See Bill Frame in the kitchen if you are interested.
FOR OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK
IN CARE FACILITIES: Juanita Urbach, Caroline Trostel, Lois Baessler,
Debbie Bunning, Helen Glass
HOSPITAL: Sue Raynor, Care One at Evesham; Kay Smith, The Voorhees Care
& Rehab Center; Avis Bombay, Care One at Evesham; Charlie Haines,
Medford Care Center
SYMPATHY is expressed to Charlie Haines, Linda Scholz and family in the
passing of wife, mother and grandmother, Grace Haines.
REQUESTS THIS WEEK: Jerry Mountford
REQUESTS LAST WEEK: Gail Bozzo, Nicole Rowe, Caroline Trostel
CONTINUING REQUESTS: Congregation
Alan Bruce, Ron Marino, Maria Wolfe, Irene Allen, Chris Whitebread, Beth
LaRocca, Heather Tunbridge, Linda Bunning, George Ballinger, Sr., Betty
Bunning, those unemployed or under-employed, those suffering & coping
with depression, Mike Reilly, Bob Hagmaier, Noemie Anderson, Leigh
Seeger, Ebola victims, families & caregivers, Jake Fryland, Holly Spruill,
David Eaton, Dawn Richards, Katie Lloyd Paetzold
CONTINUING REQUESTS: Beyond our Congregation
Jeremy Zahorik Fred Hall
Noah Jones
Mary Smith
Caroline Gazzara
JoAnn Snow
Caitlin Kress
Steve Fagan
Bob Edwards
Gail Bozzo
Cyrus Eaton
Joy Eaton
Jim Santarpio
Janice Cunningham
Daniel Potenta
Jim & Carol Resnick Betty Lou Albright Matthew Kugler
Lisa Henriksen
HOMEBOUND TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK: Coty Sizemore
191 Nahma Trail, Medford Lakes NJ 08055
PRAYER REQUESTS: To use our Prayer Chain call Ann Wills at 609/654-2686,
send an email to [email protected] or go to medfordumc.org and
click on “prayer request.”