United Methodist Church of Geneva

Food Booth Job Descriptions

UMCG — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:01:19 +0000

Swedish Days Food Booth: Tuesday-Sunday, June 18- 23 Sign up now. Meatball Workshop Helper Meet upstairs in the UMCG kitchen and mix and prepare the ground meats into the meatballs, cook, cool and freeze. Sign-up here. Booth Set up Set-up tent, base and flooring. Move the refrigerator, freezer & tables from the church to the …

Prophets All

RSpelich — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:38:43 +0000

Pastor Bill Obalil May 19, 2013 – Pentecost Acts 2:1-18, 22-24, 36-37 Pentecost is the Rodney Dangerfield of Christian high holy days. I’m tellin’ ya, Pentecost don’t get no respect. Who ever says, “We can’t schedule it then; that’s Pntecost”? Churches bump Pentecost for Memorial Day or Graduation Sunday. On Christmas, no one asks what …

60th Annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast

UMCG — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:26 +0000

Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 We still have a few openings for help with the 60th Annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast. There are sign-up sheets posted on the Men’s Club bulletin board in Fellowship Hall, or sign up here. Please sign up to help. Click here for volunteer job descriptions. We need Second Shift waiters …

Memory Loss Care Circle

UMCG — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:46:27 +0000

The Memory Loss Care Circle will not be meeting on Monday, May 20. The next meeting will be held at 10:45am on Monday, June 17. This fellowship support group is for anyone who has a loved one suffering from memory loss.

June Messenger Deadline

UMCG — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:26 +0000

Deadline to submit an article for the June Messenger newsletter is Monday, May 20th: Please email your articles to Debbie Sampiller at Debbie@genevaumc.org or bring them to the church office.

Book Club Meets on Friday, May 24

UMCG — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:41:43 +0000

Friday, May 24 at 9:30am in the Church Library My Year with Eleanor: A Memoir by Noelle Hancock. “After losing her high-octane job as an entertainment blogger, Noelle Hancock was lost. About to turn 29, she’d spent her career writing about celebrities lives and had forgotten how to live her own. Unemployed and full of …

Farewell Celebration for Retiring UMC District Superintendent

UMCG — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:21 +0000

Sunday, June 2 from 3-5:30pm at First UMC in Downers Grove, 1032 Maple Avenue. Our congregation is invited to a farewell celebration in honor of our retiring District Superintendent, Diana M. Facemyer, and the “passing of the torch”/welcome of our new District Superintendent, Dick Wisdom.

May 26 – Legacy Sunday

UMCG — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:37:48 +0000

Worship will be a celebration of UMCG’s legacy led by Pastor Rob Hamilton. All three services will be nearly identical celebrations of the legacy that has contributed to our ministry in the Fox Valley and beyond – yesterday, today and tomorrow. Please note that 9:00am is Family Worship. Hannah Margaret Downing will be baptized at …

Swedish Days Food Booth

UMCG — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:46 +0000

Big changes taking place for the UMCG Swedish Days Food Booth We anticipate a lot of activity and excitement. We need your help to make it a successful and enjoyable week. New Location: Click here to check out our new location at the SE corner of 4th & James Streets. Working the booth will be quite …

Wendi – Striving to Empower Women to Lead

UMCG — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:30:05 +0000

Back in February, we were blessed to welcome several gentlemen from Southern Sudan who shared their stories with us. We also heard from our very own, Wendi Dwyer about Lost Boys Rebuilding Southern Sudan and their current project, Literacy at the Well. The main goal of this project is to raise the literacy rate in South Sudan, …