Sunday Morning Announcements 2-26-17

ASH WEDNESDAY - There is an service at Perry First UMC at 7pm on March 1st - please join us and bring a friend! There is also a PAMA service at 3:30 at St. Joe’s if that time works better for you.

Lenten Bible Study begins March 2nd!

Please join us every Thursday from March 2nd  -  April 6th at 6:45pm in the Hospitality Room here at church. We’ll be enjoying Adam Hamilton’s series on Half Truths of the Bible. We’ll look at some half-truths such as: “Everything happens for a reason,” and “God helps those who help themselves,” and more. Please sign up for this today in the Church Narthex or send me an email and I’ll let Pastor Ray know!

Are you interested?...

If anyone would like to be a scripture reader, usher, greeter, or communion server and have not had an opportunity to sign up in the Narthex…please let me know and I’ll make sure you get added to the list.

UMM Shoe Drive - The Upper New York Conference United Methodist Men are sponsoring "Shoes For Service," a shoe drive that will benefit Upstate New York veterans, from March 1-31. United Methodist Men are working with Funds2Orgs, which gives organizations money based on the total weight of the shoes gathered during shoe collection campaigns. For more information, click here.

LeRoy UMC –

1). Ides of March Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner & Silent Auction Followed by a FREE Celtic Concert by Cuisle Mo Chroi Saturday, March 4th Dinner from 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm Concert from 7:00 to 8:30 pm LeRoy United Methodist Church 10 Trigon Park, LeRoy Handicap Accessible! FREE “Celtic Concert” following dinner in the Sanctuary (7:00 pm – 8:30 pm) with a reception to follow. DINNER tickets are $10 for Adults; $9 for Seniors; $6 for children 10 & under Take Outs will be Available Come and enjoy some great food, fellowship and “Irish Music” by Celtic Trio: Cuisle Mo Chroi (Patricia Carey, Mary Lester & Cathy McGrath) Authentic Scottish Piper: Michael Roddy Dancing by students of MGOS Academy of Irish Dance—Rochester, NY

2). Genesee Valley Civil War Round Table On Wednesday, March 15th, the Genesee Valley Civil War Round Table will resume for the season!

Our first guest speaker of the season will be Lynn Belluscio. Lynn will be speaking on “The Diary of Myron Pierson,” a LeRoy native in the Civil War who kept a diary. A period of discussion will follow the program. The meeting doors will open at 6:30 pm at the LeRoy United Methodist Church, 10 Trigon Park in the Village of LeRoy. Please enter using the 3rd door from the left, following the long walkway. The meeting begins promptly at 7:00 pm. New members are always welcome! Please join us!

Ash Wednesday Service March 1

There will be an ASH WEDNESDAY service at Perry First UMC at 7pm on March 1st - please join us and bring a friend! 

Pastor Ray

Sunday Morning Announcements 02-19-17

Lent is just around the corner. Ash Wednesday kicks things off on March 1^st with a PAMA Ash Wednesday Service at3:30 at St. Joe’s Church. A complete list of Lenten and Easter activities will be listed in the upcoming March Newsletter.  If you would like more information about the Study contact Pastor Ray. Lenten Bible Study begins March 2nd!Please join us every Thursday from March 2nd  -  April 6th at 6:45pm in the Hospitality Room here at church. We’ll be enjoying Adam Hamilton’s series on Half Truths of the Bible. We’ll look at some “half-truths” such as: “Everything happens for a reason,” and “God helps those who help themselves,” and more. Please sign up for this today!

Evangelism For Non-Evangelists Online Course Offering The Rev. Dr. Heather Lear was a guest speaker at our informed to transform 8! Leadership Event this past Saturday.  She invited us to join in an online course the General Board of Discipleship is piloting.   It is called Evangelism for the Non-evangelist.     This is a five-week introductory online evangelism course offered through United Methodist Discipleship Ministries and team-taught by Dr. Heather Heinzman Lear, the Director of Evangelism for The United Methodist Church, and Dr. Mark Teasdale, the Professor of Evangelism at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary.   The class  will take place on Thursday evenings from 7-8:30pm.   The class will start on March 2, 2017. The course if FREE however you must pre-register.  As many people from your church can participate however each person must register individually. The class is based on Mark Teasdale's book. Please click here for more information and to register.  This link will also give more details of the course and what would be expected of you if you participate. Any questions, please contact the office. Thanks Genesee Valley District of the Upper New York Conference  of the United Methodist Church  Pat VanVleck  District Co-Lay Leader Betsy O'Flynn, Adminstrative Assistant Rev. Vonda Fossitt, District Superintendent 1100 South Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14620 (585) 340-9525 * GeneseeValleyDistrict@unyumc.org

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