Memorial United Methodist Church

Eastertide at Memorial!
This Sunday, May 24, is the 7th Sunday of Easter. 

WORSHIP
Sundays at 10 a.m. (First Sunday communion), 8:30 a.m. (weekly communion) and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. (weekly communion)

SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT FOR CHILDREN
Our children leave worship at 10:15 a.m. for “Seasons of the Spirit,” focusing on the same Bible passage Pastor Agne is using in his sermon. Age groups are preschoolers, kindergarten to 2nd grade, 3rd to 5th grade. Our nursery is open from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

ENGAGE GROUP FOR ADULTS
(11:45 a.m. in the Chapel). 

SPIRITUAL GROWTH STUDY FOR ADULTS
(11:45 a.m. in the Gardner Room). John Winkel studies “God is Closer Than You Think,” by John Ortberg.

YOUTH GROUP
(11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.). The youth, middle and high schoolers, meet in the Youth Room every Sunday to discuss issues in a new, collaborative way.

Children’s Choir
Memorial’s budding Children’s Choir performs Sunday, April 19. If your children would like to sing, simply bring them to church at 9 a.m. that day. Jenny Murphy will teach them (age three and up) the songs in the Courtyard Dining Room, and they will sing at the 10 a.m. service. Parents can grab some coffee and visit with other parents or run a quick errand — just be back by 10 a.m. to hear the beautiful music!

Obama and Dr. King Series Mondays
The Inconvenient Hero: Understanding Barack Obama and the Radical Dr. King

The Interfaith Connection and the Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence
present a Discussion Series

Rev. Joe Agne, Discussion Leader
Mondays, 7 – 8:30 P.M.

April 13, The World House and Mysticism and the Resistance in Montgomery
April 20, The Letter from Birmingham Jail
May 4, A Time to Break Silence (Beyond Vietnam), speech at the Riverside Church, April 4, 1967
May 11, Is America Going to Hell?, sermon to be preached on the day after Dr. King’s assassination

“We have inherited a large house, a great ‘world house’ in which we have to live together – black and white, Easterner and Westerner, Gentile and Jew, Catholic and Protestant, Muslim and Hindu – a family unduly separated in ideas, culture and interest, who, because we can never again live apart, must learn somehow to live with each other in peace.”

No reservations required, but if possible please call the Church office to confirm attendance. 914-949-2146 or email Joan. Attend one or all of the series; bring your dinner if you wish. No admission charge.

Wednesday Gatherings
Wednesdays provide opportunities for worship, study and community for youth and adults, with lunchtime Bible Study and evening community meal and study.

Sacred Bites Wednesday Bible Study
Wednesdays nights at Memorial
Wednesday evenings we get together for a community meal and study. Here’s the schedule:

• 6:00-6:45 p.m. – Community Meal(Adults and youth)
• 6:45-8 p.m. – Adult program and youth hang-out time

Bible Study During Eastertide
Adults will study the same Bible passages in April and May that are the focus of Pastor’s Joe’s sermons and our children’s Sunday School:

• Wed., May 13 – John 15:9-17, Friendship matters
• Wed., May 20 – Acts 1:15-17, 21-26, Guided in Prayer

Adults study the same Bible passage at noon and 7 p.m. each Wednesday. Pastor Joe is the leader of both.

TUESDAYS@DORRY'S
Weekly Table Talk November 3

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.

Sunday School Photos April 19
New Memorial member Steve Morton, a professional photographer, will take photos of our three Seasons of the Spirit Sunday school classes during their classes Sunday, April 19. Mark your calendars now so we can have all teachers including youth teachers and children on hand that morning. The photos will be posted in their classrooms and can be made available to individuals for purchase on Steve’s website if families want them. For a sample of Steve’s work, check out photos of Memorial Early Childhood Center teachers on the bulletin board at the entrance to the center.

Movie is cancelled
The Memorial Movie for the last Friday of May has been cancelled.
The Church and World Journey Group will start up the movie series in the fall. They cancelled the movie responding to the question, "Is there too much going on at MUMC on the last weekend of May?" They hope people will make a commitment to attend the covenant worship service and picnic on Sunday morning.

Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse May 9
Folk Singer Tom Paxton May 9
Tom Paxton was honored at the 2009 Grammy Awards with a lifetime achievement award. Please join us for a very special evening! His official website is www.tompaxton.com.

The Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse is held the second Saturday of each month, October through May, in Asbury Hall. Refreshments are available before the show and during intermission. Proceeds benefit Clearwater, Inc., which educates people on how to keep NY’s waterways clean, focusing on the Hudson River. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the concerts begin at 7:30. Tickets are $20, or $15 with student ID. Ticket information can be found at www.walkaboutclearwater.org. An informal audience songfest gets the evening off to a musical start at 6:45 p.m.

Memorial Needs Communications Volunteers
The position of Coordinator of Communications at Memorial, held by Lisa Hamm-Greenawalt for years, has been cut for budget reasons. We have  also cut the monthly newsletter. Rob Pace, chair of the Memorial Experience Journey Group, is looking for volunteers to gather with him and Pastor Joe to brainstorm how we will do our communications ministry. A year ago we went to an all-volunteer children’s education ministry (over 30 volunteers), which is coordinated on a volunteer basis by Dana Jones. We hope to develop a similar model for communications. Can you write, take photos, contact media, make posters, edit, plan promotional campaigns, implement Internet strategies, etc? We need you. Send an email to Rob Pace if you can join with others to communicate the story of Memorial. We plan an Internet newsletter that also will be sent monthly, by US mail, to people who are not on the Internet.

Lisa has moved to Colorado (3109 Moonshadow Ln., Evergreen, CO 80439, lisahg@gmail.com).

ECC Art Auction April 25
The Early Childhood Center is holding an art auction fundraiser at Sam's of Gedney Way on Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m. The cost is $65. Memorial members are encouraged to attend and support our tenant!

MIND Meeting April 19
Join Methodists in New Directions for its next meeting, Sunday, April 19, from 3-5 p.m. at Memorial. The group will be planning its annual conference witness.

President Dorothee Benz says: “We have exciting news about our speaker this year and an unprecedented opportunity to make this our most powerful witness ever. More details coming soon, but put April 19 in your calendar now – this is one meeting you don’t want to miss, and we need everybody’s help!”

Methodists in New Directions (MIND) is a conference-wide organization of United Methodists working to end our denomination’s doctrinal prejudice and institutional discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and committed to living more fully into God’s radical welcome right now and right here.