Choices of the Heart Baby Bottles Give Options (5/8 – 6/19)
Abortion is never a welcome option. Between Mothers Day and Fathers Day we’ll have the opportunity to help families make different choices. On Sunday, May 8 (Mother’s Day), Choices of the Heart bottles will be distributed. Use these bottles during the time between Mother’s Day and Fathers Day (June 19) to save your change and to make a useful donation to Choices of the Heart. Your change can change a life! For twenty years, the mission of Choices of the Heart has been to...
Read MoreWomen’s Loaf Cake Sale! (5/8/16)
The United Methodist Women are going to help us celebrate Mother’s Day is a unique way- Cake!!! Between the 9:30 and 11:00 services on Sunday May 8 (Mother’s Day), the UMW will host a loaf cake sale. Stop by the table in the Narthex and pick up some goodies; there will be a variety of special treats. The homemade Loaf Cakes… all baked with love and ready to share… will cost $8.00 each. + + + + + + + + + For more info about our United...
Read MoreYouth Getting Ready for a BLAST in May! (May 2016)
Our Youth Group, Big Loud Awesome Spiritual Time has planned an awesome schedule of fellowship, fun, and service for the month of May. Here’s a taste of what’s happening… Sunday, May 1 We’ll visit our friends at the Elmer UMC and watch their Spring youth musical, Once Upon A Time Shop. We’ll meet at our church 6:00 PM and return around 8:45 PM. Friday-Saturday, May 6-7 This is the weekend of the 30 Hour Famine! It will kick off at our church on...
Read MorePUMC to Join with Local Churches for a Community BASH (5/7/16)
Are you ready for a big BASH? Bash??? It stands for: Believing Acting Sharing Helping Our church (and the Delaware Bay District that we belong to) is seeking to move Gospel out of the church building, engage with the community and make a difference in the lives of individuals. God’s not contained in “God’s House” (as we call the church), and we don’t want to always hang out inside of our buildings either. So we’re having a “BASH” and stepping...
Read MoreHow Much Do You Know About General Conference?
The General Conference of The United Methodist Church is set to meet in Portland, Oregon from May 10 through May 20. General Conference? Didn’t he serve with Lee??? Nah. The “General Conference” is the ruling body of the entire United Methodist Church. It meets once every four years to revise church law and to consider resolutions on current moral, social, public policy and economic issues. It also approves plans and budgets for church-wide programs. Last May, our Greater...
Read MorePastor’s Ponderings: Second Coming?!? He’s Already Here!!!
Pastor Jim submitted the following on 4/25/16… Not long ago I saw a sign on someone’s front yard which simply read, ‘Jesus is coming!’” FRIENDS, while I respect the enthusiasm of that person but I think have better news than that; Jesus is already here! Sometimes we are so focused on the “second coming” that we forget that Jesus is already present in us! Jesus said in John 15:26… “When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit...
Read More30 Hour Famine: Youth to Save Starving Kids by Fasting! (5/6/16 – 5/7/16)
Youth- sometimes our Youth Group (BLAST- Big Loud Awesome Spiritual Time) occupies themselves by spreading gop and goo. Sometimes they go on roller coasters or climb rocks. But sometimes they have a blast with a fast. A BLAST… by not eating??? Teenagers??? Yep! BLAST also has a blast by helping others. Last year we served breakfast at a homeless shelter, raised over a ton (literally) of food for the Pitman Food Pantry, and participated in many other ministries to help us learn more...
Read MoreUnited Methodist Women’s to Host Annual Tea (5/1/16)
The annual UMW Tea will be held on Sunday, May 1 at 4:00PM in the Fellowship Hall. This event supports our UMW’s missions. Here’s what’s on the menu: Variety of Teas Chicken salad on lettuce cup Mixed Greens salad Pasta Salad Fresh Fruit garnish Rolls Tickets can be purchased for $15.00 from circle leaders, church office, Helen Scaletti or Cindy Pownall. Bring your favourite tea cup and saucer… and your appetite! + + + + + + + + For more...
Read MoreBreakfast Buffet & Yard Sale to Help Build Church in Mexico! (4/23/16)
Our Fellowship Hall will be a busy place on Saturday (April 23)! We’re throwing two events to benefit our mission efforts for a church in La Palmilla Mexico… Breakfast Buffet (8-11AM)… The United Methodist Men’s Fellowship group will hold one of our “Famous” Breakfast Buffets from 8:00 AM to 11:00AM. Come out and enjoy our usual menu of French Toast casserole, Eggs, Chipped Beef, Pancakes… and some fruit to balance off the “bad”...
Read MoreA Future with Hope Continues to Rebuild Sandy Devistation
In 2012 one of the worst storms ever to hit our state pounded our shore communities. The result, in addition to all of the lost business and damaged public infrastructure, is that over 160,000 families were instantly rendered homeless. In response, New Jersey Methodists (the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference) created an organization called “A Future with Hope.” “A Future with Hope” is a vehicle for funneling volunteers from churches all across the state to help...
Read MoreHe Ain’t Here- He’s Done Gone! (4/10/16)
Early on Easter morning, some of the women reported that the tomb was empty. Jesus’ body wasn’t there. The disciples were confused and fearful, so two of them got out of town by walking to Emmaus. Jesus caught up with them along the way and their lives were changed forever. In his sermon, Pastor Jim invited us to walk along with these disciples and to “let Jesus jump into your arms.” Click the below “Play” button and scroll down to follow along (the...
Read MoreWho Are You Looking For? (4/3/16)
Last week was Easter! A mountaintop! But today we’re called to move on from the mountaintop and continue in our walk with Jesus. Click the below “Play” button and scroll down to follow along (the recording is from the 11:00 service)… The scripture was John 20:11-18, but the sermon focused on verse 15. Here’s the entire passage. Click the following Drop Down box to follow along. Pastor Jim read from The Living Bible, and the New International Version...
Read MoreChurches Band Together- Music for Missions (4/10/16)
Music; it’s a gift from God. God gave us music so we could give it back to Him. We use it to teach, to worship, to praise. And, we also use it to support our efforts to feed the hungry and to house the poor. On the evening of Sunday April 10, several local Methodist churches got together to present a concert to raise funds for our mission to La Palmilla Mexico. For many years, the limited financial resources of the church in this town have not been able to reach their boundless love...
Read MoreBLAST to Climb the Edge! (4/17/16)
On Sunday April 17 our Youth Group (BLAST) will visit Camp Edge for some serious activity… zip lining, rock climbing, and playing games on high and low ropes courses. We will meet at the church at 1:15 and return to the church somewhere around 5 PM. It will be fun, but safe. Much safer than what might have been implied by this post’s featured image… Camp Edge is located in Alloway, NJ. Their stated mission is to: “Encourage Christ centered living through...
Read MorePastor’s Ponderings: You Owe Me
This devotional was sent by Pastor Jim on 2/25/15… Greetings Friends: PLEASE READ: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a “Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” As we...
Read MoreShared Giving Supports Native American Ministries
Native American Ministries is a Shared Ministry important to all United Methodists. For centuries, Native Americans have shared their love of God’s earth, their respect for all people, and their desire to live peacefully. In 1988 to honor that rich heritage the United Methodist General Conference choose to focus on Native American Ministries each April; to remind us all of the gifts and contributions made by Native Americans to our church, and to society. Navajo, Choctaw, Cherokee, and...
Read MoreMartha Serves up a Fresh Circle Opportunity! (4/15/16)
A new small group (circle) has been formed for women. It’s called the Martha Circle, and it will meet on the third Friday of each month at 7:00 PM. We will meet in the Potter’s Hand Room (which is located behind the sanctuary, on the balcony level). Any woman is welcome to attend. For more information, see Lori Johns or Kristen Russell Who is Martha??? Martha is mentioned in the Bible on three different occasions… Luke 10 Luke 10:38-42 38 As Jesus and the...
Read MoreApril 1: National Atheist’s Day!
On April 1, 2016, the following message was posted on our signboard: APRIL 1: NATIONAL ATHEIST’S DAY! April First, like any other first day of the month, ushers in a new month. It demands that we turn the page on our calendar. But when that first day comes in the month of April, it takes on a special meaning: April Fools Day! Now, that’s not a religious holiday. We just wrapped up the season of Lent and celebrated the wonder of Easter. We celebrate these Holy Days...
Read MoreA Rock ‘n Roll Resurrection! (3/27/16)
Christ our Lord is Risen Today! This is not only a historical event, but a reality that should shake our being on each and every breath we take. Pastor Jim’s Easter Sermon encouraged us to Experience the Resurrection; not just to commemorate it once a year. Click the below “Play” button and scroll down to follow along (the recording is from the 11:00 service)… The scripture was Matthew 28:1-10. Click the following Drop Down box to follow along. Pastor Jim...
Read MoreExperience the Sonrise Every Day!
Just before Easter Sunday 2016, the following message was posted on our Church’s Signboard: Experience the Sonrise Every Day! Sunrise… If it’s a clear morning, we might be able to experience the Sun Rise, but the Son of God is risen every day! Have you ever seen a sunrise, or sunset, or rainbow, or some other view of God’s beautiful creation without “Experiencing” it? Can you see a sunrise and just walk away without noticing? Revelations...
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