Over President’s Day weekend, five youth plus Emily, ventured into the mountainsto attend Suttle Lake UM Camp’s Winter Retreat. With almost 50 youth in attendance, this was the largest youth gathering in our Conference post-Covid! Two ofour youth were on the planning team and helped plan and lead the retreat. TheCamp Director has applied for … [Read more…]
Please turn in your food donations for March by April 2nd so that the food can be distributed. The items most desired this month are boxed cereal and peanut butter (preferably the 1lb. size).
Growing Baby USA is a local nonprofit that assists families in need. We provide clothing, toys, shoes, blankets, and more for children newborn to teen. We gladly take donations of children clothing and items as well as financial gifts to help out as many local families as possible. Families can apply for our program through … [Read more…]
Please bring food items in by March 5th. The focus for the month of March is beans (dried or canned, please no frozen or fresh beans). As always the food bank will take any other food product that you want to give.
We will begin Sunday, February 23; this permits us to complete the eight- week season on Palm Sunday. The plan is again to watch the episode at 4:00 PM; followed by a simple soup and/or salad dinner and discussion. The episodes are not quite an hour each, and stand alone as recognizable stories from Jesus … [Read more…]
Foods donated to the Food Banks for the month of February are due by February 5th.
February 2, 2025 – The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, Communion Sunday, the scripture focus is 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, the sermon title is “”Luv” February 9, 2025 – The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, the scripture focus is 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, the sermon title is “One Untimely Born” February 16, 2025 – The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany, … [Read more…]
Gift cards to Winco and Dollar Tree are always appreciated. The most needed items are:
For the Food Bank: cereal, oil, crackers, and cookies For the Blessing Bags: socks, toothbrush, toothpaste, individual snacks
The Trustees did the following in January. They continued to work on upgrading the sound system in the Sanctuary. More work on that will happen in February to improve the microphones and to expand the coverage throughout the space. The gutters and downspouts of the church were cleaned as a part of the regular annual … [Read more…]
Here is the list of tasks that the Trustees took on during the month of December. The Trustees are working with Robbie to replace some of the sound system in the sanctuary. An offer for the large riding mower fell through. If anyone knows someone who might be interested in purchasing a large riding mower, … [Read more…]
Representatives from Hillsboro UMC, Cornelius UMC and Forest Grove UMC met to discuss ways that members from the three churches can collaborate with and support the activities that are currently happening within each church. One outcome was sharing a calendar that shows the activities of each church. If you are interested in receiving this calendar … [Read more…]
SPRC has been in contact with Wendy Wordworth, our district superintendent, concerning our search for a new pastor. SPRC has sent her some ideas of what we are looking for in a new pastor. She responded saying that with Bishop Cedrick and the cabinet, she will be discerning options for FGUMC, including a full-time person … [Read more…]
Please bring the food by Sunday, February 2nd, so that all collected food can be distributed on Thursday, February 6th. The food bank is asking for boxed meals and boxed salad fixings for this month. All other food items are also accepted.
Due to a break in the water line to the church, all water has been shut off to the church and Education Wing. The service that is scheduled for the morning of January 5, 2025, has been cancelled. You are encouraged to attend worship at either Hillsboro UMC or Cornelius UMC.
The retreat will take place on 2/15-2/17. RSVP by January 26th. Click on Read More at the bottom of the summarized post so that you can view the entire post. Once you are in the full post, please click on the link to the Google form that you need to complete for the trip to … [Read more…]