Posts from September 2023

White House Christmas Ornaments are here! The Youth are excited for another fundraising opportunity. We will have the ornaments in Cokesbury Hall before and after services to be purchased beginning Sunday, October 8th. You can also contact the church office at gro.cmuainocnarf@eciffohcruhc. Ornaments are $25, and can be paid with cash, check, or pay online (select “Youth Fundraiser”). If you missed our ornaments last year, you can add one for $5! Questions? Reach out to Sarah Chambers gro.cmuainocnarf@htuoy ta.

Stewardship Study – An Invitation to Truly Experience that God is Enough – Starting Monday, October 16th at 7:00 p.m. on ZOOM We begin the month of October with a family “meal” – World Communion Sunday!  During the month, we will also reflect on what God has done for us this past year and celebrate God’s provision during this period.  We then look forward to how best we will honor our Methodist vow of using our prayers, gifts, service, and…

Pastor Appreciation Day is Sunday, October 8.  Let’s shower Pastor Melissa with cards to show how much we appreciate her.  Cards may be mailed to “Church Office” at 6037 Franconia Rd. Alexandria VA 22310 or placed in the church office door file.

Time for Trunk or Treat! One of our more popular community outreaches is our Trunk or Treat event. This year we are happy to once again offer this to the children in our community. It will be on Saturday, October 21 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. We have several games, crafts and balloon animals planned in addition to the treats given at the cars. We will need several volunteers for this event in addition to candy donations and decorated cars.…

Grab a steaming cup of coffee and a snack between services and join us for Coffee and Conversation in the Small Kitchen (lower level of the church in the Admin wing) from 10:15am-10:45am this Sunday, September 24, 2023. We finished the 5th book of the Old Testament last week.  This week, we make a giant time and book leap into the New Testament!  Why?  Well, there is no big theological reason – just change things up a bit.  We will begin…

Fellowship Ambassador Training    We want YOU to be a Fellowship Ambassador! We are all Ambassadors, aren’t we? We all want people who are visiting Franconia UMC to feel welcome, no matter who they are or why they’re here. A Fellowship Ambassador is a person who interacts with visitors – people who come to the church at times other than worship services – to help them to feel welcome and to help us live into our Core Values. When people feel welcome and feel others are interested…

The Ladies High Tea was a total success! And we didn’t want to forget the men! All gents (children, youth, and adults) are invited to an afternoon of food and games on Sunday, October 8 at 3:00 p.m. There will be video games as well as card and board games, and even Corn Hole! This will be a laid back afternoon to hang out, eat some tasty snacks, and get to know others in the church! All are invited and…

If you are interested in joining the youth for their mission trip the last week of July 2024 (July 21-28, 2024), there will be a meeting in Cokesbury Hall this Sunday, September 17 at 3pm. All youth and parents are encouraged to attend this meeting. We will be going over costs, possible projects, overview of Red Bird, and answering any questions you may have. All youth who finished 6th grade through graduating high school seniors are invited to go, as…

Safe Sanctuary training opportunity will be September 24 from 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Cokesbury Hall and on Zoom Keeping our children safe is of utmost importance to us at Franconia UMC. We have created a Child Protection Policy to help with this. One requirement of this policy is that volunteers who work with the children and youth of the church complete a Safe Sanctuary training. We will be offering this training on Sunday, September 24 in a hybrid…

Grab a steaming cup of coffee and a snack between services and join us for Coffee and Conversation in the Small Kitchen (lower level of the church in the Admin wing) from 10:15am-10:45am this Sunday, September 17, 2023. We will look this week at the last of the five books of the Torah, Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy offers Moses’ final word to Israel, encouraging the people to listen to God and love him. Israel’s faithfulness to the covenant they made with God…