WFUMC INFO May 20, 2021
Please check for * before the new items below.
Reminder to all:
Reverend James A. Lewis
*Email: pastor@washingtonfarmumc.org; pastorjamesumc@gmail.com
Cell: 706-832-5345
Please keep Pastor Christina and her family in your thoughts and prayers as she and her doctors work together to cure her migraine headaches.
www.washingtonfarmumc.org
https://www.facebook.com/washingtonfarmumc/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsLMF5qohLaRnaGpdiDU1uQ
Our regular 10 AM On-Line Service will be this Sunday, May 23. Hope you can join us!
OUTREACH
*Outreach is initiating a new program in association with the monthly Rising Hope Food Collection.
You can still bring food donations to the Education Building at any time during the month. Sy Berdux, the point person for this program, will transport donations to Rising Hope Mission Church in Alexandria. Please volunteer to help Sy collect. You may email any questions to Scharn Robinson, the Outreach Chair, at: outreach@washingtonfarmumc.org.
United Methodist Women (UMW)
*The Larry Dawes Driveway Plant sale is still going on, lots of plants left to sell.
*Morning Circle will meet Tuesday, Jun 15 at 10 am in the Fireplace Room.
*Afternoon Circle will meet Thursday, June 17 at 2pm, in the Fireplace Room.
Please complete the Health Acknowledgement Form at the green button on the church website prior to arrival and bring your mask for each meeting. All ladies are welcome!
UMW 2021 COMMUNITY SERVICE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION: Deadline Saturday, May 22.
Requirements: Will be a full-time student in the Fall (preference given to H.S. seniors); active participant at WFUMC; min. 3.0 grade point average; commitment to church, school and/or community within past two years.
Renewals: Full-time student; active WFUMC participant; 3.0 grade point average; continued church, school and/or community commitment within past year.
Apply at: https://forms.gle/XSaFm3DxDLL8H9Cw8
Questions? Contact Church Office, admin@washingtonfarmumc.org; 703-780-4694
*The next UMW Women’s Outdoor Gathering will be held Tuesday, May 25 at 10 AM, behind the Education building. Bring your mask and your chair, and please do not forget to complete your Health Acknowledgement Form.
*We remain hopeful we will soon receive a major indoor and outdoor worship update soon from the Alexandria District. At present, it is permissible for us to resume Small Group meetings with no more than 10 attendees inside. If the positivity rate goes back over 15%, we will have to return to meeting outside.
*UMW Scholarship Fund Drive. Spring is in the air, Cicadas are singing, and graduations are being planned. Our UMW is planning to award scholarships to church graduate applicant selectees. Our youth have hearts for missions & service and bring light and vitality to our church. Due to COVID, the UMW have missed many of its regular fundraising events this year and must supplement the scholarship fund. Please help fund scholarships for our youth by making a donation to the WFUMC UMW Account (Note “scholarship” in memo line). Thank you!
* SEEKING OVEN THERMOMETERS FOR EDUCATION! Nancy Warner’s daughter (6th Grade teacher at Washington Mill Elem. School) needs oven thermometers for her students’ use in a science project involving construction of solar cookers. Each student requires an oven thermometer and would be tremendously grateful to borrow yours! Please initial (marker is fine) and place them in Beth Jones’ box in the church office 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM between May 24 – 28. Beth is also willing to pick them up if you give her a call. All loaned thermometers will be returned in early June. Thank you!
* KITS FOR CONFERENCE
The VA Annual Conference of the UMC is requesting “Kits for Conference.” This year’s kits will go to local ministries designated by our district, and we’ll focus on four needed items: Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Baby Wipes, and Disposable Diapers (any brand, size, or type is appreciated).
Please place donations in box marked “Kits for Conference” on the upstairs landing of the Education Building by Sunday, June 13. Monetary donations are also welcome. Checks (made payable to WFUMC with “Conference Kits” on memo line) can be mailed to Washington Farm UMC, P.O. Box 36, Mt. Vernon, VA 22121 or make online donations at https://washingtonfarmumc.org/welcome/ give/ (specify “Conference Kits”). Please note that no display tags are required this year. Your donation will greatly bless our community!
CHILDREN & YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL
K-5th grade is led by Mel Hinton and Eileen Fraedrich
6th-8th grade is led by Hannah Perkins and Shirley Watson
9th & 10th grade is led by Pam Wolski and Bryan Bourne
11th & 12th grade is led by Drew Barnes and Bob Enck
If you wish to enroll your child in Sunday School Zoom Classes Sunday at 11 AM, or if you would like to join the adult Sunday School class that also meets at 11 AMcontact education@washingtonfarmumc.org to register and for class zoom links.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
Please join Donna Julian and Steve Brown Sundays at 11 a.m. on-line to journey inside the pages of scripture to meet a personal God who enters individual lives and begins a creative work from the inside out. We are currently studying the Gospel of John, with the assistance of a study guide by N.T. Wright.
*Spiritual Growth Opportunity!
Please Join Pastor James for BIBLE STUDY every Wednesday evening at 7 PM.
The meeting address is:
https://zoom.us/j/92946232196?pwd=WjFsS1h1WTlXN1pqUDFYVVZpMHZIdz09
Meeting ID: 929 4623 2196
Passcode: tQPN87
Please contact Sam Barnes for your Zoom link or for more information!
education@washingtonfarmumc.org
* SEEKING OVEN THERMOMETERS FOR EDUCATION! Nancy Warner’s daughter (6th Grade teacher at Washington Mill Elem. School) needs oven thermometers for her students’ use in a science project involving construction of solar cookers. Each student requires an oven thermometer and would be tremendously grateful to borrow yours! Please initial (marker is fine) and place them in Beth Jones’ box in the church office 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM between May 24 – 28. Beth is also willing to pick them up if you give her a call. All loaned thermometers will be returned in early June. Thank you!
RETIREMENT!
Alexandria District Superintendent Rev. Jeff Mickle retires this summer. The Alexandria & Arlington Districts will celebrate his wonderful ministry on Sunday, June 27 from 3-4 pm via a virtual Zoom webinar. Register on novaumc.org or via the below link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bkhYo0svSouOBgnVcBty2A.
On the novaumc.org website, there are also links to leave Jeff Farewell Messages and to offer church and individual Love Offerings in his honor to Rising Hope Mission Church.
We are anticipating a major indoor and outdoor worship update from the Alexandria District. At present, it is permissible for us to resume Small Group meetings with no more than 10 attendees inside. If the positivity rate goes back over 15%, we will have to return to meeting outside.
* APRIL 2021 ATTENDANCE & FINANCIAL REPORT
*SUNDAY SCHOOL SUMMER OF FELLOWSHIP & YOUTH GROUP – JUNE, JULY, AUGUST
Each age group will have 1-2 activities/month either online or in person depending on the group’s needs. Next week, Samantha Barnes will issue an exciting schedule of fellowship activities for June.
*REGULAR SUNDAY SCHOOL: This is the FINAL WEEK of regular Sunday School. Please thank your Sunday School Teachers who taught through last summer and gave our children love and consistency through the pandemic. See you in September when our Regular Sunday School & Weekly Youth Group resume.
*VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS): Oh, yes, it’s HAPPENING (July 12-16)! Registration will open June 1on our church website.
*GRADUATE SUNDAY: If you have a child who will graduate this year from high school, college, or graduate school, please contact Sam Barnes: education@washingtonfarmumc.org.
QUESTIONS? Contact Sam Barnes at education@washingtonfarmumc.org.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
Please join Donna Julian and Steve Brown Sundays at 11 a.m. on-line to journey inside the pages of scripture to meet a personal God who enters individual lives and begins a creative work from the inside out. We are currently studying the Gospel of John, with the assistance of a study guide by N.T. Wright.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITY!
Please Join Pastor Jamesfor BIBLE STUDY every Wednesday evening at 7 PM. The meeting address is: https://zoom.us/j/92946232196?pwd=WjFsS1h1WTlXN1pqUDFYVVZpMHZIdz09
Meeting ID: 929 4623 2196
Passcode: tQPN87
Please contact Sam Barnes for your Zoom link or for more information!
education@washingtonfarmumc.org
*SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
We would LOVE to see more of you! Every Sunday provides an opportunity for a different member of Washington Farm UMC to serve as a liturgist and thereby support the bringing of the Word of God to our congregation. If you wish to support our Sunday Morning Ministry, please contact Gracie Wiersma, our Office Administrator, at 703-780-5814. She’ll coordinate with you regarding your availability and place you on the roster.
Our Washington Farm family is wonderfully generous and faithful. Through your giving, you make the important work of Christ happen within our community. To make a contribution, you can mail donations to WFUMC, P.O. Box 36, Mt. Vernon, VA, 22121-0036, or give online. If you have any questions about online giving, please call or email Bob Enck: 571-329-5940, enckfamily2010@yahoo.com
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WFUMC INFO May 20, 2021
Please check for * before the new items below.
Reminder to all:
Reverend James A. Lewis
*Email: pastor@washingtonfarmumc.org; pastorjamesumc@gmail.com
Cell: 706-832-5345
Please keep Pastor Christina and her family in your thoughts and prayers as she and her doctors work together to cure her migraine headaches.
www.washingtonfarmumc.org
https://www.facebook.com/washingtonfarmumc/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsLMF5qohLaRnaGpdiDU1uQ
Our regular 10 AM On-Line Service will be this Sunday, May 23. Hope you can join us!
OUTREACH
*Outreach is initiating a new program in association with the monthly Rising Hope Food Collection.
You can still bring food donations to the Education Building at any time during the month. Sy Berdux, the point person for this program, will transport donations to Rising Hope Mission Church in Alexandria. Please volunteer to help Sy collect. You may email any questions to Scharn Robinson, the Outreach Chair, at: outreach@washingtonfarmumc.org.
United Methodist Women (UMW)
*The Larry Dawes Driveway Plant sale is still going on, lots of plants left to sell.
*Morning Circle will meet Tuesday, Jun 15 at 10 am in the Fireplace Room.
*Afternoon Circle will meet Thursday, June 17 at 2pm, in the Fireplace Room.
Please complete the Health Acknowledgement Form at the green button on the church website prior to arrival and bring your mask for each meeting. All ladies are welcome!
UMW 2021 COMMUNITY SERVICE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION: Deadline Saturday, May 22.
Requirements: Will be a full-time student in the Fall (preference given to H.S. seniors); active participant at WFUMC; min. 3.0 grade point average; commitment to church, school and/or community within past two years.
Renewals: Full-time student; active WFUMC participant; 3.0 grade point average; continued church, school and/or community commitment within past year.
Apply at: https://forms.gle/XSaFm3DxDLL8H9Cw8
Questions? Contact Church Office, admin@washingtonfarmumc.org; 703-780-4694
*The next UMW Women’s Outdoor Gathering will be held Tuesday, May 25 at 10 AM, behind the Education building. Bring your mask and your chair, and please do not forget to complete your Health Acknowledgement Form.
*We remain hopeful we will soon receive a major indoor and outdoor worship update soon from the Alexandria District. At present, it is permissible for us to resume Small Group meetings with no more than 10 attendees inside. If the positivity rate goes back over 15%, we will have to return to meeting outside.
*UMW Scholarship Fund Drive. Spring is in the air, Cicadas are singing, and graduations are being planned. Our UMW is planning to award scholarships to church graduate applicant selectees. Our youth have hearts for missions & service and bring light and vitality to our church. Due to COVID, the UMW have missed many of its regular fundraising events this year and must supplement the scholarship fund. Please help fund scholarships for our youth by making a donation to the WFUMC UMW Account (Note “scholarship” in memo line). Thank you!
* SEEKING OVEN THERMOMETERS FOR EDUCATION! Nancy Warner’s daughter (6th Grade teacher at Washington Mill Elem. School) needs oven thermometers for her students’ use in a science project involving construction of solar cookers. Each student requires an oven thermometer and would be tremendously grateful to borrow yours! Please initial (marker is fine) and place them in Beth Jones’ box in the church office 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM between May 24 – 28. Beth is also willing to pick them up if you give her a call. All loaned thermometers will be returned in early June. Thank you!
* KITS FOR CONFERENCE
The VA Annual Conference of the UMC is requesting “Kits for Conference.” This year’s kits will go to local ministries designated by our district, and we’ll focus on four needed items: Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Baby Wipes, and Disposable Diapers (any brand, size, or type is appreciated).
Please place donations in box marked “Kits for Conference” on the upstairs landing of the Education Building by Sunday, June 13. Monetary donations are also welcome. Checks (made payable to WFUMC with “Conference Kits” on memo line) can be mailed to Washington Farm UMC, P.O. Box 36, Mt. Vernon, VA 22121 or make online donations at https://washingtonfarmumc.org/welcome/ give/ (specify “Conference Kits”). Please note that no display tags are required this year. Your donation will greatly bless our community!
CHILDREN & YOUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL
K-5th grade is led by Mel Hinton and Eileen Fraedrich
6th-8th grade is led by Hannah Perkins and Shirley Watson
9th & 10th grade is led by Pam Wolski and Bryan Bourne
11th & 12th grade is led by Drew Barnes and Bob Enck
If you wish to enroll your child in Sunday School Zoom Classes Sunday at 11 AM, or if you would like to join the adult Sunday School class that also meets at 11 AMcontact education@washingtonfarmumc.org to register and for class zoom links.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
Please join Donna Julian and Steve Brown Sundays at 11 a.m. on-line to journey inside the pages of scripture to meet a personal God who enters individual lives and begins a creative work from the inside out. We are currently studying the Gospel of John, with the assistance of a study guide by N.T. Wright.
*Spiritual Growth Opportunity!
Please Join Pastor James for BIBLE STUDY every Wednesday evening at 7 PM.
The meeting address is:
https://zoom.us/j/92946232196?pwd=WjFsS1h1WTlXN1pqUDFYVVZpMHZIdz09
Meeting ID: 929 4623 2196
Passcode: tQPN87
Please contact Sam Barnes for your Zoom link or for more information!
education@washingtonfarmumc.org
* SEEKING OVEN THERMOMETERS FOR EDUCATION! Nancy Warner’s daughter (6th Grade teacher at Washington Mill Elem. School) needs oven thermometers for her students’ use in a science project involving construction of solar cookers. Each student requires an oven thermometer and would be tremendously grateful to borrow yours! Please initial (marker is fine) and place them in Beth Jones’ box in the church office 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM between May 24 – 28. Beth is also willing to pick them up if you give her a call. All loaned thermometers will be returned in early June. Thank you!
RETIREMENT!
Alexandria District Superintendent Rev. Jeff Mickle retires this summer. The Alexandria & Arlington Districts will celebrate his wonderful ministry on Sunday, June 27 from 3-4 pm via a virtual Zoom webinar. Register on novaumc.org or via the below link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bkhYo0svSouOBgnVcBty2A.
On the novaumc.org website, there are also links to leave Jeff Farewell Messages and to offer church and individual Love Offerings in his honor to Rising Hope Mission Church.
We are anticipating a major indoor and outdoor worship update from the Alexandria District. At present, it is permissible for us to resume Small Group meetings with no more than 10 attendees inside. If the positivity rate goes back over 15%, we will have to return to meeting outside.
* APRIL 2021 ATTENDANCE & FINANCIAL REPORT
*SUNDAY SCHOOL SUMMER OF FELLOWSHIP & YOUTH GROUP – JUNE, JULY, AUGUST
Each age group will have 1-2 activities/month either online or in person depending on the group’s needs. Next week, Samantha Barnes will issue an exciting schedule of fellowship activities for June.
*REGULAR SUNDAY SCHOOL: This is the FINAL WEEK of regular Sunday School. Please thank your Sunday School Teachers who taught through last summer and gave our children love and consistency through the pandemic. See you in September when our Regular Sunday School & Weekly Youth Group resume.
*VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (VBS): Oh, yes, it’s HAPPENING (July 12-16)! Registration will open June 1on our church website.
*GRADUATE SUNDAY: If you have a child who will graduate this year from high school, college, or graduate school, please contact Sam Barnes: education@washingtonfarmumc.org.
QUESTIONS? Contact Sam Barnes at education@washingtonfarmumc.org.
ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL
Please join Donna Julian and Steve Brown Sundays at 11 a.m. on-line to journey inside the pages of scripture to meet a personal God who enters individual lives and begins a creative work from the inside out. We are currently studying the Gospel of John, with the assistance of a study guide by N.T. Wright.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITY!
Please Join Pastor Jamesfor BIBLE STUDY every Wednesday evening at 7 PM. The meeting address is: https://zoom.us/j/92946232196?pwd=WjFsS1h1WTlXN1pqUDFYVVZpMHZIdz09
Meeting ID: 929 4623 2196
Passcode: tQPN87
Please contact Sam Barnes for your Zoom link or for more information!
education@washingtonfarmumc.org
*SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
We would LOVE to see more of you! Every Sunday provides an opportunity for a different member of Washington Farm UMC to serve as a liturgist and thereby support the bringing of the Word of God to our congregation. If you wish to support our Sunday Morning Ministry, please contact Gracie Wiersma, our Office Administrator, at 703-780-5814. She’ll coordinate with you regarding your availability and place you on the roster.
Our Washington Farm family is wonderfully generous and faithful. Through your giving, you make the important work of Christ happen within our community. To make a contribution, you can mail donations to WFUMC, P.O. Box 36, Mt. Vernon, VA, 22121-0036, or give online. If you have any questions about online giving, please call or email Bob Enck: 571-329-5940, enckfamily2010@yahoo.com
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