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Children's Ministries FALL NEWSLETTER

Be sure to read the new Fall Children's Ministry Newsletter

Have you preregistered your children?
Have you signed up to volunteer?  

We still need cribbery, preschool, elementary, and substitute volunteers!  We especially need a teacher for 2 year olds (every other week), assistants for preschool classes, and a 1st grade shepherd.  That’s right we need  shepherds and preschool help. Has your 3rd grader signed up to receive a Bible on September 19th?  Come visit the Children’s Wing for more details and thanks for helping our children Grow in Faith! 

CLICK HERE FOR CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES REGISTRATION FORM

Lighthouse Shelter

We would like to thank all of those who came out to assist with serving dinner and who supplied all the delicious dishes that were served on July 31st, the guests at the shelter truly appreciated all of the hot meals and socialization that evening!  We also want to recognize our wonderful staff at Severna Park for giving their time and energy to come and serve breakfast during July.  We hope to see you again once we have moved into the new facility in October where we will have opportunity to serve about 100+ people daily.  

If you would like to help please come and pack lunches for the guests at the shelter, we have had to increase our lunches to 100 so the more help the better. Everyone is welcome! In Fellowship Hall, Wednesday, August 25th at 6:15pm.  Donations of  bread, granola bars or other healthy snacks, fruit, and bottles of water will be appreciated.     Thank you,   Laura Mozer

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ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOLS

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YOUNG ADULTS

SPAN NEEDS YOUR HELP 

Although most of us are enjoying the lazy days of summer, the needs of our clients do not take a vacation.  With the sweltering days that are upon us, many clients come in to receive help to get their power turned back on.  Can you imagine, with the temperatures reach 3 digits, not even being able to turn on a fan?  Utilities are being turned off every day, affecting even our seniors. The need is greater than ever. The summer months have brought a greater need to many of our clients.  In July, 49% of our neighbors served were new to SPAN.  While seeing a large increase in those needing assistance, SPAN is realizing a decrease in both food and monetary donations. 

We can’t do it alone. We need your help.  With your involvement, we have been able to help all who have come to us: whether it was helping with food, utilities, and prescriptions or preventing eviction. No contribution is too small.  Please consider having your organization, your neighborhood or your friends do a food and/or a monetary donation drive.  Food donations can be dropped off in the wicker baskets in the narthex by the front doors at church..  Larger food  donations can be taken to SPAN's office location behind the Lutheran Church on Benfield Road. 

On behalf of SPAN and the clients we serve, we would like to thank you for helping our neighbors in need. Each and every donation is very much appreciated.  Because of you, SPAN remains dedicated to helping all who come through our doors.

UMM RETREAT / FISHING

UMM Men's Retreat, Saturday Sept 25th. Tentative plans are breakfast at 8am followed by devotional, Bible study, discussion, Holy Communion, lunch and charter boat fishing with dinner onboard. The charter has been reserved from 2:30pm till dark, but we're still working the morning meeting site, breakfast and lunch. 
 
The cost of the retreat is $140 per person for charter fishing and 3 meals. Sign up in Fellowship Hall on Sundays between services.  Make checks payable to SPUMC, on memo line enter "UMM Retreat"

If we get early sign ups of over 26 we will reserve (if available) a second boat.  Both boats are well equipped with all fishing gear, bait, plenty of seating, a/c or heated cabin area, and full service head.  Reid has met the owner, 2 ship captains and first mate and toured the boats.  Great guys, excellent boats, and they specialize in corporate charters with exceptionally competitive prices.
 
POC Reid Reininger rreininger@severnaparkumc.org.

UMW Summer Read

The UMW’s fourth annual summer read will be The Faithful One by Michele Hartlove.  It’s a great book, plus the author will be joining us for a discussion of the book on Monday, September 27 at 6:30 PM.  You may sign up and purchase a copy of the book for $10 in Fellowship Hall (part of cost subsidized by UMW).

Seth Jacobs has it all-looks, fame, wealth, a beautiful wife and three children, a mansion in greater Boston, a highly successful restaurant business, lots of friends, loyal employees.  And in a series of reversals of fortune beyond his control, Seth loses it all - his family, home, business, reputation - even his health when he finds out he is dying of cancer.  Seth's faith is challenged by his friends who suggest perhaps God has a reason for inflicting so much loss and pain upon him.  Suffering, he asks God, like we all do, "Why is this happening to me?"  Wanting his life to end, with some help he finally finds an unexpected "answer" to his despair.  A modern-day story based on the Bible's Book of Job, The Faithful One inspires us all to have a little more faith, no matter what.