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We are celebrating 60 years this fall with a 7-week sermon series. Together: 60 Years of Loving, Serving, and Following is all about highlighting the work God has done in six decades of ministry here and what's next for our congregation. We will be looking at some of the highlights, milestones, core values, and significant chapters that have made SPUMC an important place for so many people. Along the way we are inviting you to add your stores, memories, and perspectives to our celebration. For more info, check out the September Octagon.
Join us for Sweet Sixty, a church-wide birthday cake potluck. On October 26 (all morning long!), bring your favorite cake to share, and we'll enjoy a sweet time of fellowship as we give thanks for 60 years of ministry together. (Note: We will have an "allergy aware table" for allergy-friendly treats.) AND MAYBE BRING A “BIRTHDAY” GIFT? Every gift, big or small, is a candle on the cake of God’s faithfulness, and together, they’ll light the way for the next 60 years: $60 – one candle for every year of ministry; $600 – because you believe the best years are still to come; $196.50 – in honor of our founding in 1965; $19.65 – a sweet nod to the year it all began; $6,000 – for those who want to go “over the top” like buttercream frosting! Or pick your own creative number—maybe your age, the number of your favorite hymn, or the number of cakes you’re planning to sample at “Sweet Sixty.” Give by check or online. (select the 60th anniversary option)
Sign up today to help us provide radical hospitality to our unhoused neighbors. There is a job for everyone from our kids to our oldest adults and it's a great way for families to serve together. We need people to drop off desserts, provide rides, do laundry, host meals, interact with our guests, set up cots, be overnight hosts and more. Click the link to be part of the 60-year wave of compassion that has been in our DNA since the beginning! Contact Carolyn Heim with questions.
Hard to believe that it was just a little over a week ago, we had hundreds of volunteers here unloading, sorting, and pricing all kinds of donations. It was all worth it as our Fall Missions Garage Sale raised over $28,000 to do compassionate outreach in our community, region and world, including sending a VIM team this week to Louisiana to organize disaster relief supplies. Thanks to Coordinator Karen Myers and everyone who donated, helped or shopped to make it such a success!
Sunday School kicked off on September 7 and it was great to see our kids and teachers back together. PreK-5th Grade started "IN SEASON: A Series from The Old Testament on Psalms" and 6th-9th Grade started "WONDER." Read more about Sunday School at SPUMC.
