Sunday, February 8, 2009

February 2009

Upcoming events for February:
February 11 (Wednesday): Bible Study at Jane's house on Parker Ridge, 7pm
February 14 (Saturday): Church Council meeting, 9:30am at the church
February 15 (Sunday): "Easy Does It"
February 18 (Wednesday): Bible Study will start reading and discussing The Shack by William P. Young at Bob and Ardis Campbell's home
February 22 (Sunday): "Commercial Parody"
February 25 (Ash Wednesday): Taize service at 7pm, meditation on servant leadership. Come start the Lenten season with reflection.

Sundays: Cantata rehearsal at Amesbury (Main St. UMC) from 3:30-5:30. We are preparing "Worthy" for Palm Sunday, April 5 in the afternoon.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Happy 2009!

Welcome to 2009! At the church we have enjoyed a beautiful advent season, which included decorating the church, caroling to our neighbors and lighting our advent candles each week.

This week the prayer shawl group will be meeting at the church on Tuesday at 7pm along with the regular Angel Gabriel Quilters meeting. Come join us for prayer, fellowship and creativity!

There is a church council meeting at 9:30am on Saturday at the church.

Bible Study will not be meeting this week.

Duncan MacBurnie, our lay leader, will bring the message on Sunday January 11 at 9am. Join us!

Friday, November 7, 2008

Angel Gabriel Fair

We will be holding our annual Angel Gabriel Fair on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Haddock Chowder luncheon will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair will include Angel Gabriel Quilters handmade items, Holiday fresh greens cemetary baskets, costume jewelry and collectibles, "Newburyport Revisited" photos, handmade "local photos" greeting cards, attic treasures, baked goods and sweets.

Join us. Browse to your hearts content, buy up a storm, or sit a while and chat. Whatever you do, we know you'll leave with a joyful feeling to last throughout the Holidays!

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Church Council, Saturday Worship, Bible Study and Mission

We will be holding our next Church Council meeting on Saturday, November 6 at 9:30am. We will be planning activities for Advent, reviewing our Lay Leadership Committee for next year, and planning our landscaping and new sign installation project.

We will be having worship on Saturday at 4pm. If you are looking for an alternative to Sunday morning, we encourage you to check out this service! If 4pm on Saturday doesn't work for you, but you are interested in alternative worship times, please contact the church at 978-465-5145 or respond to this post and let us know what you'd prefer.

We have started a new Bible Study, which will meet monthly on the last Tuesday of the month. We meet at LeeAnn's, 4 Goodwin Ave, at 7pm. This group is ideal for those who are new to Bible Study or folks who are looking for a less frequent commitment. Due to Thanksgiving, the next meeting will be November 18. In addition to this group, the regular Wednesday evening study continues to meet each week at 7pm on Parker Ridge Road.

We are continuing to collect school supplies for our "School Bags for Africa" project. If you have pencils, notebooks, construction paper, metric rulers, pink erasers or pencil sharpeners to donate, please call the church.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Christmas Cantata Rehearsals

Curtis Haley will be leading us in our Christmas Cantata again this year! Singers from Salisbury, Amesbury, Byfield, Merrimacport, Newburyport and the Good Shepherd church in Haverhill are once again invited to rehearse together as we prepare for an Advent concert. Rehearsals start October 19 and will be held from 4-6pm each Sunday afternoon at the Amesbury United Methodist Church.

Thank you for your support!

Thanks to your support, the People's United Methodist Church team raised over $500 for the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center. Our team of 7 enjoyed walking and talking together on the beautiful crisp fall day.

This week's Bible Study is at Beverly's house on Wednesday October 22 at 7pm. We will be holding a Saturday Evening worship service on October 25 at 4pm.

Worship on Sunday, October 26 will be at 10am because we will be holding our Charge Conference jointly with the Merrimacport UMC. This is the day our District Superintendent meets with us and reflects on our ministries for 2008. All are invited! Here is the schedule:
8:30-9:45am PUMC Pastor Parish Relations Committee
10-11 worship at PUMC (joint worship with MUMC)
11:30-1 join us for a pot-luck lunch. MUMC PPRC will meet over lunch
1 - 3:15pm Joint Charge Conference

Please plan to join us for an important milestone in our church year!

Monday, October 6, 2008

October 6 Update - Walk Against Violence, Adopt a Family

Due to the upcoming Columbus Day holiday we will not be having Bible Study or Saturday afternoon worship this week. We will be having a Church Council meeting at 9:30am on Saturday, October 11. All are welcome.

A team from PUMC will be participating in the Walk Against Violence on October 19 to raise awareness and funds to support the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center. If you would like to support our team, you may donate at our web site:
http://www.gifttool.com/athon/OurTeamPage?ID=1603&AID=451&TID=2367

Once again this year we will be buying Christmas gifts for a family as part of the Haverhill Department of Social Services "Adopt a Family" program. Our adopted family has seven children! If you would like to purchase a gift for either parents or a child, please contact the church. Gifts will be delivered in early December.