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Dear Church Family and Friends,
Worship with us on Sunday at 10 on YouTube at https://bit.ly/joinpumcyoutube.
Please stay home 😉 for our Sunday worship service with special guest Rev David Pierce and his message It’s A Question of Who.
Our scriptures will include Psalm 128 and Romans 8:26-39.
Our hymns will include How Can we Name a Love and Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us.
Our bulletin is available as a PDF here: https://www.peterboroughumc.org/sunday-july-26-2020-pumc-order-worship/
So please do watch the stream Sunday at 10 am.
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GREETINGS FROM REV CARD
View our weekly video here: https://youtu.be/DENfw4Trazg
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COMMUNION IN AUGUST
August 2nd is Communion Sunday. If you would like communion host that has been blessed, please drop by the church on Wednesday, July 29th to pick up the host, 11-1. It will be on the table in the fellowship room, bagged and ready for you (your name will be on the bag). If you will be having weekend guests and will need more host cups than those in your household, please let us know! We’ll get you all set up! If you need your host delivered, please contact either Rev. Kathleene or Susan Lindquist by email or phone and arrangements will be made to drop off on Thursday or Friday (7/30 or 7/31).
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PUMC BOOK GROUP
The PUMC Book Group will meet on Tuesday, July 28th @ 1:30 PM via ZOOM. Reminder and ZOOM invite will be sent out on Monday … but here is meeting info for you to write down and have ready when you log into ZOOM. Meeting ID # – 872 8485 9674 Password # – 782468. Newcomers are welcome! If you are a book group member and would like to invite a guest to book group, share the above meeting info! Talk them through the ZOOM app process and we can welcome them as they enter the meeting room! The group is discussing The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry. Discussion is casual and ideas and historical background connections are welcome and encouraged. See you on ZOOM!
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PUMC SANCTUARY REOPENING SURVEYS
By now, you should have either received an email message from Survey Monkey with the PUMC Reopening Survey for filling out OR a snail mail copy of the survey for you to fill out and return. PLEASE make sure to get your two cents in on our plans for reopening the sanctuary for communal worship. The planning committee would like to meet the needs and concerns of all our members and friends. If you have not received a survey, please contact the church at info@peterboroughumc.org or call the church and leave a phone message with your mailing address/phone number so we can get in touch and get you on the mailing list. Many thanks!
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FALL STUDY
Books for the fall Trinity study are available for pickup at the church. If you would like your book delivered please let the office know.
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MISSION COMMITTEE ORGANIZES BACKPACK AND SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
The PUMC Missions Committee will be running the annual backpack and school supply drive through the month of August. As you begin to see lined paper, markers, pencils, erasers, crayons, study folders, notebooks, etc … please consider checking the list of needed supplies that will come out in the August newsletter and sign onto the ‘menu’ to supply them. If you would prefer to make a monetary donation for the purchase of backpacks and supplies, please mail your check (memo should have “Backpacks” on the check ) made out to “Peterborough United Methodist Church.” Your donation will be greatly appreciated! Stay tuned for details as the drive ramps up!
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HUNDRED NIGHTS WEEKEND DINNER – Saturday, August 22nd
If you would like to help provide a meal for homeless or food challenged, please contact Susan Lindquist. The next weekend meal will be a Cool Down Menu – cold spiral cut hams with mustards and relishes, cool pasta salads, cold green salads, cool fruit salads, watermelon slices, and cool beverages. Some volunteers have already signed on to help, but there is still a need for another cold green salad, cool fruit salad, sliced watermelon wedges, or heavy duty paper plates, and heavy duty plastic eating utensils. We will be delivering the food to the Hundred Nights Drop-In Center on the afternoon of the dinner, but we will not stay to serve this time. Social distancing rules do not allow us to stay in the space, as it gets too crowded, so staff will lay out the buffet line and one staff server will serve, while set numbers of guests are admitted to eat and then leave to make room for others. Please consider helping out on this important food mission! Many thanks!
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EDUCATION FOR MINISTRY @ All-SAINTS
I’m extending an invitation to your parishioners if there may be any who are interested. We have openings for a few people to join us.
Education for Ministry is a four-year course that we offer at All Saints’. It’s a program developed and offered through the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Each year covers a particular focus: Old Testament, New Testament, church history, and theology.
We meet on Monday evenings for 36 weeks from September into early June — a small group of six to 12 participants. Each person shares some insights from their reading for that week and we spend the rest of the session with a theological reflection or a common reading. Each session begins with Worship (usually a prayer or poem) and “Onboard,” an opportunity to check-in from the week since we last met.
The group establishes norms or a covenant to abide by, creating safe, sacred space for trust and honest, respectful sharing.
I have been mentoring EfM at All Saints’ since 2012, after completing the course, and found it to be an enriching and enlightening experience, often transformational. It creates an opportunity to explore our faith, ask questions, and grow as Christians.
I warmly welcome anyone from your congregation who is interested. I like to have everyone registered by mid-August so I can get all the materials ordered. I am available to answer questions. The website is efm.sewanee.edu for more information.
The cost of the course is $375. That includes all materials, except a Bible that Year One and Year Two participants will need.
We met via Zoom from mid-March to our last session in June. There is the possibility that we will be able to meet in Reynolds Hall, across the street from the church, where we will have room to be safely spaced.
Thank you!
Marilyn Weir
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ONLINE FELLOWSHIP HOUR
Please join our hosts this Sunday at 1pm on Zoom for online fellowship with the PUMC church family.
Consult your What’s Happening email or contact the church office for meeting details.
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Events:
Sunday Worship streaming on YouTube Sun 10a https://bit.ly/joinpumcyoutube
and posted online (after Sunday) http://bit.ly/pumcworshipvideo
Online Fellowship Hour Sun 1p https://bit.ly/pumcfellowship Zoom meeting ending in 8974
Daily Morning Devotional Daily 7a http://bit.ly/revcardfb
Book Group online https://bit.ly/pumcbookgroup
Announcements & Upcoming:
*Our calendar may be adjusted, updates to come
Jul 28 Newsletter submissions due
Jul 28 PUMC Book Group online 1:30p
Jul 29 Communion element pickup 11-1
*contact the church office if you need Zoom meeting details
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Stay Involved with PUMC:
Sunday Worship streaming on YouTube Sun 10a https://bit.ly/joinpumcyoutube
and posted online (after Sunday) http://bit.ly/pumcworshipvideo
Online Fellowship Hour Sun 1p https://bit.ly/pumcfellowship Zoom meeting ending in 8974 *contact the church office if you need meeting details
Daily Morning Devotional Daily 7a http://bit.ly/revcardfb
Book Group online https://bit.ly/pumcbookgroup
Digital Welcome Card http://bit.ly/pumcwelcomecard
Bulletins http://bit.ly/pumcbulletin
Children’s Bulletins http://bit.ly/pumckidsbulletin
Sunday School To Go https://bit.ly/sundayschooltogo
Offering http://bit.ly/pumcoffering
Online Giving http://bit.ly/pumconlinegiving
Facebook https://bit.ly/pumcfacebook
YouTube https://bit.ly/joinpumcyoutube
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Submissions for the What’s Happening email are due on Tuesdays.
ALL announcements and submissions should be sent to Melissa at info@peterboroughumc.org or call 603-924-4294.