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Following several questions at this morning’s combined service

You can give directly to the nearby Philadelphia Shriner’s Hospital by making a credit card payment Here or by mailing a check to:

Development Office
Shriners Hospitals for Children — Philadelphia
3551 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140

This information is not given as an official fundraiser of First Church but to answer a general question asked following Fred Widmeyer’s presentation on the Hospital’s work. For more information on Shriner’s Hospitals and how to help their mission – please contact  Ms. Terry Diamond, director of development at 215-430-4055 or via email at tdiamond@shrinenet.org.

Watch Pastor Doug, Lynn Perry, and Audrey Morris talk about the mission of the Morgan County Homeless Coalition on WDVM (Formerly WHAG)

The News Story

Have you ever felt like life was meaningless? That evil seems to win out over good? In a world full of pain and confusion, we’re all looking for answers. “A Season for Everything Under the Sun” is a study of Ecclesiastes which seeks to give some of these answers and try to think of a few others. The Study will be led by John Langenstein and will meet July 17th, 24th, and 31st (Monday nights) at 6:30 PM in the Sanctuary. If you are interested in the study, contact the Church Office at firstumc3@frontier.com

Applications for the FUMC/McBee Scholarship are available in the church office. Completed applications need to be returned to the church office on or before Sunday, June 18, 2017. If you have questions, contact the church office 304.258.2766

April 30 will be our next combined worship service at The Blue beginning at 10:00 AM. A pot luck luncheon will follow.

The Visitor Hospitality Team is taking shape to welcome visitors so they feel like guests; guests are visitors for whom you are prepared. If you have an interest in serving on this Team or would like to be a Sunday morning greeter (we need both), please contact the church office 304-258-3766.

The newly formed Men’s Fellowship Group will gather for a delicious breakfast, and fellowship, on Saturday, April 8 at 8:00 AM at Cacapon State Park Restaurant. Again, all the men of our church are invited and encouraged to give this new ministry a try. We have such outstanding men at First! We look forward to what this multi-dimensional Men’s Fellowship will become.

FUMC is needing people who would be able to lead a team for VBS this summer. Also it is needed to be decided if VBS will be an evening or daytime event. Bonnie Weber is forming a team to discuss and plan the event. For more information please contact her at bonnierweber@gmail.com.