Announcements (Page 13)

Honor the dads in all of our lives and provide a love donation for Raise Against Hunger on June 18 with pancakes, eggs, and sausage immediately after the 9:00 a.m. service. The NOW Committee will be cooking and serving.  If you would like to donate your time or food, please sign up here.  Please contact Kate Aikman moc.liamg@etaknamkia ta for any questions.

This Called Church Conference will be for the purpose of approving a resolution to move our church to a modified leadership organizational structure.  This new leadership structure will combine the Church Council, the SPPRC, the Board of Trustees and the Finance Committee into one leadership board.  The resolution before us may be found here.  In a Church Conference, all members of the church are eligible to vote.

We are so excited to honor our recent graduates at our 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. services this Sunday, June 4. Graduates will be invited to the front of the sanctuary where they will be honored and receive a gift.   There will be notecards in the narthex to write a note of congratulations, best wishes, and/or prayers for each of our graduates for those who wish to do so. Email Sarah Chambers gro.cmuainocnarf@htuoy ta for any questions.  

The next Conversations on Race and Faith is Sunday, June 11 at 1:30 p.m. on zoom.  Please note this time change. The next Conversations on Race and Faith will be June 11, 2023 at 1:30PM on zoom.  It is later than our regular starting time.  We will take a deeper dive on our subject that we were not able to get to in the last meeting,  We will look at the control of the narrative on race.  As we do this, let’s consider…

If you have not seen FUMC’s community garden, it is outside the kitchen in between Koinonia and the church. The radishes are growing the most robust so far. We gave the first harvest to Koinonia on Saturday.  

This year’s Franconia UMC t-shirt is now on sale through June 11! The shirts are red for Rise Against Hunger and feature Franconia UMC’s mission statement on the back. The shirts will be ready by the end of June. Franconia UMC is raising money to help prepare 15,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger on October 1, 2023. We still have a long way to go to reach our $6,000 goal. Purchase a t-shirt and help us meet our fundraising goal.…

Save the date for our Staff Appreciation Day, which takes place Sunday, May 21.  We look forward to lifting up our wonderful staff during our combined service at 10:00 a.m.  Immediately following the service, we will have a fellowship celebration. As part of this day, if you would like to send a card to any staff member, you are welcome to drop it off at the church office or email your words of encouragement/gratitude for any of the staff to…

As a reminder, we are looking to fill two (2) Nursery Attendant positions.  Position descriptions are available on the church website:  https://www.franconiaumc.org/jobs/ Please forward to interested family and friends.  Questions?  Contact SPPRC at gro.CMUainocnarF@CRPPS

On May 28 between 12:30-2:30 p.m. in the Stage Room, we’ll have a youth planning meeting for all incoming 6th graders up to 12th graders and their families to plan the summer and start planning for the fall.  If you have any questions please reach out to Sarah gro.cmuainocnarf@htuoy ta.

New Monday Night Bible Study Begins May 15th on Zoom Questions Jesus Asked By Magrey DeVega Jesus was fond of asking questions, many of which cut right to the heart of what it means to be human. Why are you terrified? What do you live for? Who do you say that I am? The six week study explores the most provocative questions Jesus posed to others and guides us in answering them for ourselves. Asking these questions takes courage. Not…