Announcements (Page 27)

Sunday, June 5th  is Pentecost.  We invite everyone to wear red as we remember the giving of the Holy Spirit. We will also be celebrating Confirmation during the service.  Everyone is invited to an outdoor reception following the service.

Volunteers are still needed to help with this awesome outreach ministry. We have already filled over 2/3 of the spots available for participants at our upcoming VBS, but we still need several volunteers to help pull off this wonderful outreach event. This is our chance to connect with these children and their families and let them know who Franconia UMC is and share the love of God with them. These are the positions we still need to fill. We need…

This year our walk-a-thon will feature teams in Virginia (Team J-Walkers) and South Dakota (Team Godspeed). We will be trying to reach our friends in Mitchell, South Dakota (a total of 1,342 miles) and they will be trying to reach us. It isn’t too late to sign up to walk! We are walking to raise funds for Rise Against Hunger. If you would like to sponsor a walker or a team with a set amount or a donation for every…

Join us this Sunday at the 10:00 a.m. worship service for our group of children and youth Franconia Players presentation of “Called.” What does it mean to be called by God? This musical affirms that God has placed something beautiful in everyone and is calling us to share it with the world. In this musical, Mark Burrows’ honest, humorous storytelling and memorable musical numbers, help us feel empowered to live lives worthy of the calling we have received. As the…

Liana Paniyeva, Ukrainian Pianist Performing works by Sergi Rachmaninoff, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Nikolai Medtner, and Ukrainian composer, Mykola Lysenko. Sunday, June 5, 2022, 4:00 PM at Franconia United Methodist Church This is a free concert. An opportunity will be provided to make a tax-deductible contribution toward aiding war-torn Ukraine, through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Hailed by the New York Concert Review as ” a sensitive player.” Liana Paniyeva has performed at festivals in Norway,…

Cokesbury Fellowship Hall    June 12th 11:30 AM-1:00 PM Are you interested in finding out more about Franconia UMC or exploring church membership?   Come have pizza with the pastor.  In this informal time of fellowship, we will explore opportunities to connect, serve, and grow in faith at Franconia UMC.  We will have lunch together.  Mrs. B has prepared special activities for children in the Stage Room.   Please RSVP by  June 5th gro.cmuainocnarf@eciffohcruhc ot so that we can adequately plan for our time together.

In order to not conflict with celebrating the mothers and mother figures in our lives, we will not be having Conversations on Race and Faith this Sunday May 8 2022. To all of the mothers and mother figures out there; we celebrate you on this day.

In order to not conflict with celebrating the mothers and mother figures in our lives, we will not be having Conversations on Race and Faith this Sunday May 8 2022. To all of the mothers and mother figures out there; we celebrate you on this day. For our June Conversations on Race and Faith, we will be going further into the study series “Justice or Just Us?”  This session has two parts called “World Turned Upside Down. “and “Could It…

We are so excited to honor our graduates for this spring and summer. If you know of a graduate from high school, college, graduate school, and beyond, please let us know! This includes any graduates who were not honored at last year’s graduation Sunday service, or who have graduated in the winter, this spring, or even this summer. We’d love to have their picture, name, degree, school/university, and the plans for the future (and not knowing is also acceptable). Please…

We are raising money to help prepare 20,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger on October 2, 2022 (save the date!). But we still have a long way to go to reach our $7,000 goal. If you would like to help, donations can be made through the offering box on Sunday, mailed to the church, or through e-giving. Please be sure to indicate on the envelope, memo line or note field that this is for Rise Against Hunger. T-Shirt Sale To…