Current Events
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UPDATED COLLEGE ADDRESSES ARE NEEDED…College students and service men and women’s addresses are needed in the church office.  Also see the sheet available in the foyers for changes and/or additions to be made to existing addresses.  Your help is greatly appreciated.

LADIES and GENTLEMEN…ITS TIME TO LOOK AHEAD TO MAY 2012 AND A DINNER EVENT TO HONOR "MOTHER'S".  A SMALL COMMITTEE IS PLANNING THIS EVENT AND WE NEED YOUR CREATIVE INPUT AND HELP.  PLEASE CONTACT JUDY LAW at, lawtml@verizon.net or CALL 592-7935. DON'T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO START OFF THE NEW YEAR.  

Youth Group Fund Raisers.
 The Youth Group will be selling Valentines Day candy on Sunday, February 12th before, between and after both worship services and Sunday School.

 There will be a YOUTH GROUP BOWLING FOR DOLLARS FUNDRAISER some time late in Feb. (date is yet to be set) The youth will be requesting sponsors from the congregation and family members. Watch for further details.

 On Sunday, March 25th the Youth Groups annual Spaghetti Dinner is planned to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Watch for donations sheets to be passed at both services early in March and plan to attend!

 BAD (Basement/ Attic Disposal) Auction to benefit Love INC. The auction will beheld on Saturday, March 10th., 2012 at St. Aloysius Parish Hall, 190 Franklin St., Springville. Preview will start at 8:30 AM with the first item up for bid at 10:00 AM. If you would like to donate items for the auction please call 592-3761

 CONFIRMATION CLASSES: We will begin on February 13th. and will be held on Mondays at 5:30pm. and are open to all 7th graders and older. Classes will go through June 4th.. Confirmation Sunday is June 10th. See Pastor Kyle for more info.

2012 Offering envelopes are ready to be picked up.  If anyone wasn’t assigned envelopes and would like them, there are extra boxes that can be used.  Just fill out the sheet next to the blank envelopes with your name, address and the number on the box that you are going to use.  Plan to pick up your 2012 offering envelopes which are located on a table near the church office.

New Worship Times.
8:45am. - The First (Praise) Worship service will take place in the Sanctuary.
9:35 - 9:45 - Fellowship with “coffee and donuts” in the yellow room.
9:45 - 10: 45 - Sunday School and adult studies groups to meet.
10:45 - 10:50 - Fellowship time in the yellow room - coffee & donuts.
11:00 - Traditional Worship service in the Sanctuary. Fellowship follows.

The only real change is the praise service that was held in the FLC, will now be held in the sanctuary. The service will not change, same band, same music! This change will allow for a longer time for Sunday School/Adult Studies and more fellowship time. Lets give it a try!

Nursery Ministry Needed!!! In December, nursery coverage is needed during the Sunday School hour and in January, as more people are added to the ministry, coverage will be extended to both services. If you are interested in being a coordinator and/or worker for this important and much-needed ministry, please contact Pastor Abel.

  Each Sunday through the summer plan to come early to the 2nd. worship service, or stay late after the 9:00am. service and join in a time of coffee and fellowship.   

Volunteers are needed…to coordinate the Sunday morning coffee hours.  The volunteers will only be asked to coordinate coffee and punch one week at a time.  If you are willing to volunteer for this fellowship time, please contact Marge Wagner at 942-6687.

Flowers -  The altar team needs your help.  Here's an idea - Would you help only one week out of the year? Do you have a birthday to celebrate? an anniversary? the birth of a grandchild?  or just for fun? All you need do is let us know the week, use flowers from your garden or buy them locally, place them in a vase on the altar, and fill the candles with oil.  It is rewarding.  Please contact Becky Werchowski, 716-942-6858 or Carolyn Johnson 716-532-0115.

 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED …Springville Meals on Wheels is in need of volunteers.  Your time helping with the delivery of food to shut ins would only consist of 1 hour a month.  For further information please speak to Marilyn Havens or call 592-2760.  Your help would be greatly appreciated.

 Please sign the attendance sheets each week so we can pray for you! Members of our church family will lift every person whose name is on the attendance sheets to God in prayer during the week. At the 9:00 a.m. service, sign the clipboard. During the 11:00 a.m. service, sign the red books at the end of the pew. Please make sure you sign your child’s name too!

  Need Prayer?  To activate our prayer chain call the church office 592-7451, Joy Maybray 592-5049, Shirley Orton 592-4090, Mary Lou Forster 592-4897), Marge Wagner 942-6687, Helen Shearer 592-7886 or e mail Jen Waterman jenh2oman@vzw.blackberry.net).  General Prayer requests may be made available to the church office by filling out one of the

WORSHIP LEADERS AND SCRIPTURE READERS NEEDED…We are looking for Worship Leaders and Scripture Readers for our 11:00 Sunday service. We need a few to relieve our current Leaders and Readers, especially in the summer months. Can you offer one or two Sundays during the summer for this? Serving the Lord and our Church in these ministries is easy and very rewarding! If you are interested and can help out, please contact Anita Domes (592-7793) or Mary Kay Williams (942-3872). Thank you!
  Are you interested in the history of our church? If so sign up on the clipboard in the foyer. We also are requesting photos, information and memorabilia of the history of our church and its activities throughout the years.  Please notify Dave Batterson at 560-8464. or at, histor7496@aol.com or Tom Place.  Year books, names, places, photos with descriptions, mission trips, celebrations, building projects, etc are all of interest.  We will copy and return personal items if requested. 
 WANTED CHURCH PHOTOGRAPHERS! Do you own a camera? (Digital or other variety) Do you like to take pictures? Do you enjoy attending Church Events? If so, we would love to hear from you! We are seeking one or more adult volunteers to take photos of our church activities for display at future church events. Our church is used more often than many people are aware of and we would like to feature some of these. This includes everything from Mission Teams to Sports to Pancake Breakfasts and Pasta Dinners; Chili Cook-Offs, Bake Sales, Tropical Sunday, Sunday School Events and much more! Everyone is welcome to submit good quality photos any time of the year; however it would be great to have one or two ‘regular photographers’ available. We need clear, crisp, easy to view photos for display or possible use in Power Point Presentations, etc. If this is something you might be interested in doing please let Pastor Greg or Anita Domes know! 


OUR CHURCH IS NOW ON FACEBOOK*! You can become a fan of the church by searching “Springville First United Methodist Church” on Facebook. We want this to become a new way to communicate with members and the community by adding news, events, photos and more! And tell your friends, so they can stay informed too! Now that we have over 25 fans on the church’s Facebook page, our user name has changed to, www.facebook.com/s1umc or click here-  Facebook Page
We are still seeking those who may be interested in photographing various church events. Richie Place has been working on the church’s Facebook page and would love to have photos to help keep the page updated and let the church community browse them at their convenience. If you’re a photographer that can take pictures at events (or if you have pictures that would be suitable) please contact him by e mail at placerm@live.com or by phone at 244-1092.

CHARM RADIO MINISTRY: *Please take note of the CHARM Radio Ministry Chart in the Narthex! We at S1UMC are blessed to be able to broadcast our 11:00 a.m. service each Sunday over WSPQ Radio. Help us keep this ministry going by signing up to sponsor a Sunday! Cost is $65 for each Sunday. Thank You! 

 

Alcoholic's Anonymous Meetings
Beginning June 2nd. Alcoholics Anonymous will be holding meetings at our church. AlAnon meetings for friends or family members of an alcoholic, will be in Rm. 2A on Fridays from 6:00 to 7:00pm. AA meetings for alcoholics, will be in Rm. 2B on Saturdays from 1:30 to 3:00pm. If you know anyone that may be interested in these meetings, please pass on this information. 

Online Shopping Donations   
If you do any online shopping here is an easy, safe, and nice way for people to support the youth ministry. www.igive.com check it out! This is a very reliable site, safe and secure and comes highly recommended from Youth Specialties. We are listed as, Springville 1st UMC - Impact Youth as the caues that you want to support. You do your normal shopping and the Youth recieve a donation, the prices you pay are not inflated.

Chili Cook-Off/Pie Auction           
We had our 7th. annual Chili cook off/pie auction on Jan. 29th. and it was the biggest one yet! We had 26 pots of chili that raised $501.00, and 30 pies that raised $1965.00 for a total of $2466.00 raised for the building fund! Thanks to everyone that made chili and baked pies and all those that worked so hard to make this event happen!
If you want to watch a video clip, click here!

Video Clips of Past Events

Hands & Hearts Bazaar.  Our church is truly blessed to have so many talented, generous and hard working people that make events like this happen. 

This year $2,644.62 will be donated to the building fund to help pay the mortgage. $147.00 will be donated to Love Inc. and $147.00 will go to the Springville Food Pantry. (This amount is a tithe based on the total profits.) Put your thinking caps on now for next year’s bazaar. You can watch a video clip from the bazaar here.

CONSECRATION SUNDAY - We had a great turn out for this years Consecration Sunday. In case you could not attend, you can watch a video highlight clip.

Children's Christmas Program 2011.

Listen To Past Services   
Not able to make it to church on Sunday? Well now you can listen to past services right from your computer! Thanks to today's technology and Richie Place, you can follow this link,  http://s1umc.wordpress.com/ and listen to recordings of past services.

FOOD PANTRY UPDATE 
On Sunday, October 16th., fourteen Middle School Sunday School students and 4 adults visited the Springville Food Pantry supported by our church donations. Located at the Barnstead at the west end of town, the food pantry supplied over 2000 meals in September, providing each member of 41 family units with a 7 day supply of food. Many thanks to Jean Moncrief who provided the tour, and to all the volunteers who make this ministry possible. Your donations made a huge difference in the lives of hurting people.

Needed Food Pantry Items:
White flour, sugar, soup, canned spaghetti, dry pasta, muffin mixes, mac & cheese, cereal, canned fruit and vegetables...bread.

We have been designated by the Food Pantry as a "Bread Giving Church." The need for bread in the Springville area is great as bread production has decreased while bread demand has risen. So to help our local Food Pantry and to keep white and wheat bread donations coming in on a consistent basis, we have set up the following schedule:
8:45a.m. worship service: bring bread donations the first and third Sunday of each month;
11a.m. worship service; bring bread donations the second and fourth Sunday of each month.
On the fifth Sunday, EVERYONE bring bread.

We will follow this schedule until further notice.

Church Choir        
There will be choir practice on specified Sundays at 7:00 P.M. in the sanctuary.  Anyone age 13 and up is welcome to participate. Contact the church office at 592-7451 for more details.

Rehearsal Dates;

September - 11th. & 18th.             October - 3rd. & 17th.

November - 7th. & 21st.                 December - 12th. & 19th.

Cans For Camp
We are continuing to collect cans and bottles to raise funds to send kids to camp. In addition to leaving your bottles and cans at the church, you can take them to The Can Man on 101 Waverly St. Just ask them to credit Springville United Methodist Church, and we will recieve a check! You can get a reciept for tax purposes too, just ask. So please donate your cans and bottles and help a deserving child go to camp that may otherwise not be able to afford to go!

Here's what your donated cans did!
Jon Maybray and Luke Newman would like to thank everyone who has contributed pop cans to our church. The money generated from the pop cans helped fund a scholarship for both boys to attend Camp Asbury, a Methodist church camp.

This was Jon’s first time at Camp Asbury and he loved it! A favorite activity for Jon was riding a water tube while being pulled along the lake by a speedboat...good thing his Mom did not know in advance that Jon would be enjoying such an activity! This was Luke’s second visit to the camp and he enjoyed cooking over a campfire and going down the water slide into the pool.

Please keep dropping off your pop cans at church or take them to the Can Man on Waverly St. and ask that the money be sent to the First United Methodist church. All kids from our church family are eligible to receive a scholarship for a Methodist camp. If you know of an elementary aged youth interested in a week of excitement at a well-run Christian facility, be sure to talk to Jon or Luke’s parents (Jeff & Tracy Maybray or Lois Scharf-Newman)..