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Positions
Open:
- Director of Discipleship and Leadership Development
see description here
- Childcare Team Want to earn extra money and
have fun at the same time? We are looking for several good men and
women to join the Childcare Team. This is a new ministry
established to provide childcare for kids ages 5-12. If you are
interested in joining this rewarding team, please contact Meredith
Kinerney at 703-988-0883 or
meredithkin (at) aol
(dot) com.
Mark Your
Calendars
-
Flea Market
and Boutique - May 8-10
- Mother's Day Dinner, May 17, 6 pm, Fellowship
Hall
We will have a catered dinner and a quilt/fiber arts
exhibit sponsored by the United Methodist Women. If you have a
traditional or art quilt you would like to exhibit, please contact
Maya Berry at (703) 378-1640
or gamberry
(at) @verizon (dot) net. Tickets for the dinner will be
available on Sundays, May 4 & 11. Please join us!
This dinner is welcome to ALL.
- Concert: A Worship Evening with Shaun Groves and Compassion
International May 18, 6:30 pm
Bring your family. Bring your
friends. But GET TICKETS NOW! This worship concert is free and getting a
ticket reserves you a seat in the sanctuary. Child Care for infants
through the age of 6 yr.olds is offered with sign-up by May 4th (for our
Pender family only).
- NEW Photo Directory by Olan Mills
Please sign up
to have your photograph taken for inclusion in it! We will be taking
photos June 10-11, from 3:00 - 9:30 on weekdays. You can sign up for a
photo appointment at the table in the narthex, or online at www.signup.olanmills.com (enter the church phone
#703-278-8023 on the left side and complete the form on the right). Each
family photographed will receive a free copy of the directory and an
8x10 family portrait. There is no obligation to purchase portraits.
Please contact Ann Hines at 703-378-9271 if you have questions.
- Vacation Bible School - July 14th-18th 9:00 am - noon
Sure, it may still feel like winter is here, but vacation
bible school isn't too far away! Please mark your calendar and plan on
coming for the fun and please "Be Contagious," bring a friend!
Opportunities to Serve at
Pender
- PLEASE
SIGN UP to help at the Spring Flea Market & Boutique. Sign up book is located on tables
outside Common Ground. We
need cashiers on Thursday, Friday & Saturday. We also need costume
jewelry! If you have some
to donate, please contact Beryl Marin at 703-691-1640. Thank you!
- Mary Martha
Circle is
sponsoring UM Church Health Kits. Please help us by donating the
following in a gallon zip lock plastic bag and drop it off in the church
office no later than June 1. Items: 1 hand towel, 1 face
cloth, 1 soap bar, 1 toothbrush, 1 toothpaste (not travel), 1 comb, 1
nail clipper and 6 band aids (only 6).
- Ushers Are Needed- Please consider volunteering as
an usher. Ushers are needed at all 3 services. Contact Glenn Lammi at
lammi_glenn @ hotmail (dot) com or 703 383
0277.
- Be a Part of the Pender Welcoming Experience
Approximately once every three months deliver informational packets to
that Sunday’s visitors and thank them for attending. Call Ron Orr 703
787 6722.
- Do You Like to Garden?
Pender is exploring an
exciting new garden project. If you like to plan gardens or would like
to be a garden volunteer, please contact J.J. Ketzle at garden (at)
penderumc (dot) org.
Opportunities to Serve in the
Community
- Western Fairfax Christian Ministries Is in Desperate
Need of baby food and sugar. We will collect them here and
deliver them to WFCM.
- Remember How Great It Was to Get a Letter In Your College
Mailbox? We're looking for members of the congregation who
would like to send a note now and then to encourage a college student.
Please contact Susan Carter if you could help with this ministry.
703-758-0377or jsekcarter (at) verizon (dot) net.
To
Buy
- CENTENNIAL VIDEOS are here!
Centennial
Celebration June 1-2, 2007
Centennial Year Montage
November 25,
Pastor Hicks
All three videos for $25 are available after all
services near the coat rack.
- Pot of Gold III Cookbook
$10
Mission Trip:
Paraguay Short-Term Mission Trip - Aug. 8 -
24, 2008 Applications to join the short-term missions team (
STMT) to Paraguay
are now being accepted. The
team plans to depart for Paraguay on August
8 and return on August 24.
Earlier returns for individuals may be possible if school or work
schedules will not permit staying the full tour. The team plans to lead people to
Christ through a Christian education program for local church women and
orphans, medical services, construction or repair of Christian facilities,
and team evangelical programs with the host missionaries. Application packets m ay be obtained from the desk at the back of the
Pender church office.
Additional information is available from the team leader, Dr.
Martin Patch, email mavapatch (at) verizon (dot) net.
What's With Those Weird Looking Email Addresses?
As
spammers get more and more clever and use more sophisticated tools, those
of us who wish to stay off their lists have to jump through more hoops.
You will see email addresses listed in what is called "munged" format on
the Pender UMC web site. That means we will take certain parts of the
email address and substitute words for symbols and add extra spaces so
what used to be shown as: goawayspam@penderumc.org will become:
goawayspam (at) penderumc (dot) org. You will need to replace (at) with @
and (dot) with . and then remove the extra spaces before sending your
email.
Pender's Nursery Policy has been
updated. Check it out here. (It's an Adobe Acrobat™ document)
Reserving Rooms and Booking Dates on the Church
Calendar.
Please fill out a building use form for your
organization or committee meetings at the church.
(Adobe Acrobat™ documents)
Internal Groups: Click here
Outside
Groups: Click here
Completed
forms can be dropped off in the church office or emailed to church (dot)
calendar(at)penderumc(dot)org.
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From The Pastor
“Let us hold
unswervingly
to the hope
we profess,
for he who
promised is faithful.”
Hebrews
10:23 | “God is faithful!” What a wonderful theme for our
Missions Conference this year.
The faithfulness of our God is something that cannot be
overlooked. All one has to do is stop and reflect. God’s faithfulness is obvious
everywhere. In our families,
our church and our world we can see the hand of God providing “exceedingly
abundant” more than we can ask or imagine.” (Eph. 2:20) In my own life I cannot escape the
faithfulness of God. He has
blessed me in my health, my children, my marriage and yes even in a time of
financial upheaval, my finances.
God is faithful!
St.
Paul writes, “God is faithful, by
him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our
Lord.” (I Cor. 1:9) Paul
reminds us that because of the faithfulness of God he has given us a
“fellowship” in Christ. I am
always amazed that God doesn’t just get me and then forget me. He has called me to be his own and
then placed me in a fellowship with others in Christ to encourage,
strengthen and build up.
Wow! Faithfulness that
offers me Christ and his people, that’s awesome.
Being a part of Christ’s
fellowship, his people, allows me to be a part of something greater than
myself. It means being a part
of what others are doing for the Kingdom of Christ. That is best seen in our Faith
Promise Missions Giving.
Because God has been faithful to us and because along with others
we have been faithful, people around the world are blessed and encounter
the faithfulness of God. This
year the goal for Faith Promise has been set at $350,000. We are being invited to ask God
how He desires us to be a part of the work of spreading God’s
faithfulness. Begin to pray
right now and ask God what are you to do in regards to stepping out in
faith to see the faithfulness of God.
During the weekend of April
18-20, 2008 join with your church fellowship and hear how God is faithful
here in Fairfax and around the world. Listen to the stories of God’s
provision. Hear of how God
has worked and changed lives.
Step out in faith and let God lead you into doing his work. God is faithful! Join with me as we hear about it
and act on it.
Faithfully
yours,
Pastor
Kenny
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