*Contact information has been removed, please consult your directory or contact the church office if you need contact info
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Dear Church Family and Friends,
Worship with us on Sunday at 10 am EST on YouTube at https://bit.ly/joinpumcyoutube.
Please join us communion Sunday for our worship service with Reverend Kathleene Card and her message What Do the Words Mean?
Our scriptures will include John 15:4-5 and Acts 8:3-5,8,26-31.
Our hymn is We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations.
Our bulletin can be found here: https://www.peterboroughumc.org/sunday-may-2-2021-pumc-order-worship/
The newsletter can be found here: https://mailchi.mp/3c5dc7ff19bf/beyond-the-green-doors-may-newsletter-from-pumc-8154626
The Sunday worship stream can be found here at 10am Sun https://youtu.be/DvO0bRT2IrU (direct link). So please do watch the stream Sunday at 10 am EST.
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GREETINGS FROM REV CARD
https://youtu.be/O3seMdzk2OM
A moment of encouragement
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IN-PERSON WORSHIP RESUMES, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN COME
Dear Friends,
We are working on a plan to reopen the church building only for Sunday morning worship. We hope to start on May 16!
We need to start out slowly and carefully. We will change our plans if need be. Knowing how many people to expect at our first Sunday morning service would help us plan. Would you please tell us if you and your family are likely to come once we start regathering by emailing Laura Constantine, calling Cindy Faust, or letting the office know with a phone/email if we do not already have one. We still intend to live steam for people who cannot come in person.
The committee will do its best to make the worship service as low-risk as we can, using the recommendations of the CDC and the New England District’s resources for reopening.
The main reason we can consider reopening is that so many have been vaccinated against Covid. We would encourage all of our people to consider getting the Covid vaccine to protect themselves and others who cannot get the vaccine yet (children, for example). The more people who are vaccinated, the safer we will be!
If you are interested in helping us plan, please let Laura Constantine know – we need all hands on deck! Won’t it be wonderful to worship together in person again?!
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FOOD DONATIONS
May’s food donations will be collected for Rindge Food Pantry. You may leave donations in the white box at the end of the ramp at the church. Thank you to everyone who has donated!
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GIVING UPDATE
Thank you for giving faithfully to PUMC. Here is the quarterly report for Jan – March 2021.
Income Expenses Difference
Jan $7187 $11,487 ($4300)
Feb $7770 $9645 ($1875)
Mar $9250 $10,821 ($1571)
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MEMBERSHIP VOWS OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Taken when a person joins a United Methodist church as a baptized or professing member.
By taking the baptismal and local church membership vows, the individual agrees to covenant with God and the members of the local church to keep the vows that are part of living the baptismal covenant and reception into membership in the local church.
These vows have four parts:
(1) to confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior;
(2) to believe in the Christian faith as contained in the Old and New Testaments;
(3) to support The United Methodist Church; and
(4) to uphold the local congregation with one’s prayers, presence, gifts, service ,and witness.
The first two parts are included among the baptismal vows.
Those and the latter two parts are included in the vows when becoming a professing member in a local United Methodist congregation.
-ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING-
*all times are in EST
daily 7a Daily Devotional online via Rev Card’s Facebook
daily 7a Grand Sweep bible study online via RC’s FB
Sun 10a Worship service online via YouTube
Sun 1pm Online Fellowship online via Zoom
May 1 Hunger Walk virtual event
May 11 6:30p Admin Council meeting online via Zoom
May 16 10am In-person worship resumes (please let us know if you can come – email Laura Constantine, call Cindy Faust, or let the office know with a phone/email if we do not have one)
May 25 Newsletter submissions due
*contact the church office if you need Zoom meeting details
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 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 & Grand Sweep Bible Study 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
Instagram http://bit.ly/pumcinsta
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*New weekly emails posted Thursdays
Submissions for the What’s Happening email are due on Tuesdays.
ALL announcements and submissions should now be sent to Melissa at info@peterboroughumc.org or call 603-924-4294.
Virtual office hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 9 am to noon.
*Don’t forget to add info@peterboroughumc.org to your address book so we don’t end up in your spam folder!
This message was sent to you by Melissa French for the Peterborough United Methodist Church.