2010 Memorial Mosaic Stewardship Sunday
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here to see pictures from our 2010 Memorial Mosaic Stewardship Sunday.
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here to hear the sermon of our guest preacher Father Michael Lapsley.
This Sunday's Engage
Program for this Sunday's Engage (Oct 25 after worship and coffe hour):
We will have something a little different in this week's Engage Class. In keeping with the theme of the new Engage Class, John Winkel will give a presentation linking the scripture's message with current events. Here is a description of John's presentation -
Scripture: Matthew 3:7-10, Matthew 12:30-35, Matthew 21:18-22, Luke 13: 6-9
The Gospel writers relate instances where John the Baptist and Jesus criticized the behavior of certain persons by using examples of failure to bear fruit. Are these Gospel messages consistent? What is the Good News, if any? What message can persons who long for social justice take away from these passages?
John Collins Justice Fund Dinner
See
pictures from the Second Annual John Collins Justice Fund Dinner on October 17 which honored and celebrated JOANNE GARDNER for her efforts in trying to make a difference in the lives of women and men in need in and around Yonkers and REVEREND ED MULLER and the incarcerated men and women who together developed life-giving opportunities through the promotion of higher education in NY State and the Exodus Program.
TUESDAYS@DORRY'S
Weekly Table Talk
6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Food ordering starts at 5:30 p.m.
Dorry’s Diner • 468 Mamaroneck Avenue • White Plains • 914-682-0005
Darlene DiDomineck
Darlene DiDomineck, new to the White Plains community, will be serving as the Coordinator of Ministries for Memorial United Methodist Church. Her background is in faith based anti-poverty work, bridging the gap between communities of privilege and communities of the poor. Much of her work utilizes storytelling to build communities of solidarity. Darlene’s work is framed by the concept that storytelling is the root of justice making. She believes when we begin to tell our own stories and open ourselves to hearing the stories of another, change is possible. Hear about her experience in community building and share your own stories of struggle and change.
Tuesdays @ Dorry's gathers "conversation partners" weekly for informal table talk. There is no charge. Order food at 5:30 p.m., and then enjoy a stimulating program from 6-7 p.m.
Tuesdays @ Dorry's is coordinated by Dorry's friends at Memorial United Methodist Church, Congregation Kol Ami and the White Plains Times.
Sacred Bites Wednesday Bible Study
(Noon to 1 p.m. in Memorial's Gardner Room) Pastor Agne leads a study on the focus passage for worship the following Sunday. Bring your lunch. We’re conscious that people are coming from work, and start and end on time. (Evening meal and study resumes in Fall).
Hollywood Christmas at Memorial
Wednesdays of Wonder's Three Christmas Movies
Watch three Christmas movies and join the discussion afterwards. How did the movie make you happy, sad, angry, hopeful? Join us on three separate Wednesdays - December 2nd, December 9th and December 16th, 6:15 pm to 8:00 pm.
Share soup and bread at 6:15, followed by a 20 minute showing of the movie. (If you haven't seen it, call us to arrange for you to see a copy beforehand).
Wednesday, December 2nd: White Christmas (1954). With Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Irving Berlin. A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
Wednesday, December 9th: The Bishop's Wife (1947). With Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven. A bishop trying to get a new cathedral built prays for guidance. An angel (Cary Grant) arrives, but his guidance isn't about fundraising.
Wednesday, December 16th: It's a Wonderful Life (1946). An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed.
Kid's Theatre program
Kid's NYC Theatre Event with 1st Baptist and MUMC
Saturday, October 24
"No Dogs Allowed" Directed by Josh Lewis, By Sonia Manzana ("Maria" from Sesame Street)
Time: 9 am bus to NYC and lunch when group returns to White Plains
$20 adult tickets / $10 for children
To reserve tickets - see information on flyer
Contact Margaret Pape to reserve a seat on the bus!
See our
flyer !
SANCTUARY
Thursday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Every third Thursday of the month, 7:30pm
Led by Rev. Sara Thompson Tweedy
Music led by Rev. Eric Jennings
Sanctuary
A monthly spiritual gathering for members and supporters of the GLBTQ community, every third Thursday, 7:30pm, at Memorial UMC. Our gatherings are facilitated by Rev. Sara Thompson Tweedy and music is provided by Rev. Eric Jennings.
As members and supporters of the GLBTQ community, we have been forced to ask deep questions of ourselves. Struggling to come to terms with our identity in a less than supportive society has exposed our greatest strengths and weaknesses, as individuals and as a community.
At Sanctuary, we understand this and continue to encourage one another to keep asking those deep questions about who and why we are. In a contemplative atmosphere that draws on the wisdom of many spiritual traditions, we learn to trust what we believe and give our innermost thoughts and feelings an opportunity to rise up within us.
We are not a church, but rather, a spiritual gathering devoted to and expressly for the GLBTQ community and supporters. In a spirit of inclusion, we join together with the understanding that all persons are sacred. Our gatherings are facilitated by Reverend Sara Thompson Tweedy and music is provided by Reverend Eric Jennings. We sing, we reflect, we share, we hope, and most of all we ask for understanding from the truth which lies deep within us.
We don’t promise that you will walk away with the answers to life’s deepest questions, but we do promise that you will be more enriched for having asked.
Sanctuary is a collaborative effort of Memorial UMC and Methodists in New Directions.
Christmas at Memorial
| December 24 |
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Christmas Eve Services at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. |
| December 27 |
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Service at 10 a.m. |
| January 3 |
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Service at 10 a.m. |
| January 10 |
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Service at 10 a.m. |
There is no Sunday School and no Engage on December 27 and January 3.
Memorial Thrift Shop
Memorial's wonderfully successful thrift shop is serving the needs of people who are longing for a place to buy the things they need in challenging economic times. It is open on
Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on
Friday and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact the church office to bring donations and to volunteer (
914-949-2146).
Support Memorial's "250" neighbors
Three organizations are based at Memorial, 250 Bryant Avenue:
Here are the people lifted for prayer for Sunday, Ocotber 11, 2009 and Sunday, October 18, 2009. Please pray for these persons. Send us names during the week and we will add them for next week. If you know of persons who want to receive these prayer requests send us an email - (margaretohara@memorial4all.org).
Orlando Rodriguez - Pray for the wealthy young men, for the powerful leaders, for the intellectually arrogant and for the murderer.
Sara L. Silver - To uplift President Obama as he seeks to implement the agenda for world peace - that for which be was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nancy Rice - For Elin Rice Dowd for successful surgery on Friday, Nov. 16, for Gail Weyant (widow of a former NYAC Pastor) who is recovering from hip replacement surgery.
Irene Zuck - Tommy Campanelli.
Jane Campanelli - Please pray for children that are hungry in this world.
Jay - Dear God - I stare at my mortality today - possible kidney failure. Give me hope and strength. Amen.
Geoff Smith - Pray for the men of Exodus as they journey in ward to find strength in themselves and outward to find liberation.
Brandon Schmitt - Art Davis
Pamela Foelsch - Pray for the youth- my cousin Laurie Buellman's birthday is today. Her father, my uncle Charlie passed away this year.
Illayne L. Parker - It is with much gratitude that I appreciate the many blessings and healing white light that has been bestowed upon me, Mother, Father God!
Millette Arnold - Continue to keep Eugent in your prayers. He trying to do his best (health wise).
Kathleen Cotter - Beverly DeGrazia recovering from double mastectomy surgery.
Nancy McClatchie - Please pray for our Stewardship campaign.
Irene Zuck - Tommy - Tumor on his liver, Jane & Grazina.
How to Publicize Your Events
Bulletin: For the Bulletin, send your stuff to or contact Executive Director Joan Meehan, joan@memorial4all.org or 914-949-2146.
Memorial Happenings Email: The e-blast goes out every Thursday; get your material by Wednesday night to Pastor Joe Agne, revagne@gmail.com or Joan Meehan, our Executive Director, joan@memorial4all.org or 914-949-2146.
Bulletin Board: Feel free to make your own posters and post them on the bulletin board in the Narthex and the corkboard to the left of the office!
MEMORIAL UMC
A Welcoming Community on a Journey
250 Bryant Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: (914) 949-2146
Email:
info@Memoria4All.org.
Website:
www.memorial4all.org
You can reach Pastor Joe Agne anytime at (914) 659-4246. His email is
RevAgne@Memorial4All.org.
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