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09//10: School Supply Collection Now Through Sept. 28!
School Supply Donations for Local Students The NOW Ministry is collecting school supplies to help the students who attend our nextdoor neighbor, Franconia Elementary School. Franconia is hoping for at least 50 each of the following: – Composition notebooks (no wire), preferably black and white – Plastic folders with no clasp At least 25 each of the following: – Glue sticks – Pencil boxes – Pencil case with 3 holes that can be put inside of a binder – Washable markers…
Suicide Prevention Month: Be The One To…
#BeThe1To From the United Methodist Book of Discipline (2016): A Christian perspective on suicide begins with an affirmation of faith that nothing, including suicide, separates us from the love of God. (Romans 8:38-39) Therefore, we deplore the condemnation of people who die by suicide, and we consider unjust the stigma that so often falls on surviving family and friends. We encourage pastors and faith communities to address this issue through preaching and teaching.
06/20: Youth Group to Meet This Sunday!
This Sunday, June 27 at 1 p.m., we will have a face-to-face meeting for all students in 6th-12th grade. This will be a time to get together, learn about each other, and, most excitedly, plan for the future! We will meet outside for around an hour. We also request that everyone in attendance wear a mask. Due to this fun and exciting event, we will not meet for Sunday School at our usual time. We will discuss plans for our…
06/01: Indoor, In-Person Worship Returns to Franconia UMC!
Due to the improved Covid-19 outlook and updated requirements from the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Healthy Church Team has made the decision to move our in-person worship service to the Sanctuary. Those plans have now been approved by the District Superintendent. Beginning June 13th at 10 AM, we invite you to come and praise God as we gather in our sanctuary together for the first time in fifteen months. Thank you for your patience, understanding, and…
04/25: Registration for June Vacation Bible School is Open
Register your child/ren for Franconia UMC’s Vacation Bible School! Click here, registration is open to sixty children only; after that there will be a wait list. FIND OUT MORE.
04/19: Join a Walk Against Hunger Team for June Fundraiser!
RISE AGAINST HUNGER Franconia UMC is raising money to help prepare 20,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger in October 2021. We are about half-way to meeting our $7,000 goal. How can you help?
4/07: NOW Committee Offers Unique Gift Baskets for the Women in Your Life
Need help finding a gift for a special woman in your life? The NOW Committee is selling a special gift basket to help you let the women in your life know how much they mean to you. The gift basket costs $35 and includes the following items:
4/06: VBS Volunteers Needed! (In-person and/or virtual)
The Franconia Children’s Ministry is seeking volunteers to help with this year’s Rocky Railway VBS, June 21-25. There are both in-person and virtual positions available. The activities will be on Zoom from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
4/06: Vacation Bible School News – For Parents and Attendees!
Registration for Franconia UMC kids has begun for our Rocky Railway VBS. This exciting, train-themed VBS will combine virtual and in-person events. It will include an in-person Meet and Greet event on Saturday, June 19 to pick up supplies.
03/25: Prayers in a Pocket Mean a Lot!
Pocket Prayer Quilts That Mean a Lot Imagine our young soldiers, many of them freshly out of basic training and never before having traveled very far from home — and then learning their first duty assignment is Kuwait, Baghdad, or Afghanistan. Or imagine being assigned hours of patrol, working in absolute silence in the dark, alone.