Peckville UMC News

WELSH COOKIES

Being made April 11th.     ** Help is Needed **
Please contact Bonny to order 489-6093 order need to be in by April 3rd.

ROAST BEEF DINNER
TAKE OUT ONLY, on Sat., April 23^rd ,  from 3:30 to 5:30PM.  Cakes and help will  be needed for this dinner. Contact  Bonny 489-6093 or Bob Elvidge 903-3108 for tickets @ $12.for advanced sales -  $14 at the door.  Please call Fran if you are able to bake.  489-0301

News From Around the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre District

9th ANNUAL HUNTER’S NIGHT OUT AT MAPLE LAKE UMC – Sat. April 2^nd Doors open 5:00 PM & Dinner served6:00 PM;  GUEST SPEAKER Kathy Uhler, Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center; COST: Adults $15.00, Children 7-11 $7.50, 6 years & under FREE; MENU: Home style Roast Beef Dinner includes Vegetables, Salad, Bread, and Beverages; Great Door Prizes, Seating is limited. Advance ticket sales available while supplies last. QUESTIONS? Contact Julie Smith at 570-842-8509/ Cell 570-335-0424; Located at 632 Rte. 690, Spring Brook Twp., PA 18444 One block west of Rte. 307 

SPUD LUNCH FUNDRAISER AT HOP BOTTOM UMC – Sun. April 3^rd from 12-2pm; Cost: Baked potato bar, dessert, & drink - $10 & Loaded fries, dessert, & drink - $7; Tickets must be purchased or reserved in advance and are available at Black's Store on Main Street in Hop Bottom, or by calling the church office at (570) 289-1063.  Proceeds will benefit the church’s youth summer camp scholarship fund.  

OLD TIME GOSPEL MUSIC & MESSAGE BY CHARLIE & CAROL REED AT ST. PAUL’S UMC – Sun. April 3^rd at 6pm;come and join us in singing old Gospel Songs with Charlie & Carol Reed from Soddy Daisy, Tennessee!! St. Paul’s UMC is located at the corner of Prospect Ave. & Birch St  

ANNUAL SPRING “ALL YOU CAN EAT” PANCAKE SUPPER AT BETHANY UMC – Thurs. April 7^th from 4:30-7pm; Cost: Adults/$8 and Children/$4.50; tickets can be purchased at the door or from a church member; located at 3 Court Street, Bethany, PA.  

 Dance, celebrate, sing, and shout for joy!

 Christ is Risen and He goes before us,

Into this world of fear and pain.

God has called us to bring the Good News of healing and hope, of redemption.

Go in peace, and feel the presence of the Risen Lord with you, now and forever.

Holy Week Services

Holy Week Services

March 24, Maundy Thursday Service  Peckville UMC (downstairs in the fellowship room)

March 25, Good Friday Service at Blakely Baptist Main St Blakely

Noon to 3:00 PM The seven words of Christ from the Cross

March 25,  Good Friday Service at Bradley Memorial UMC 7PM

March 27, Easter Sunrise Service at First United Presbyterian Church of Lackawanna Valley 1557 Main St Peckville, PA at 6:30 AM

Indoor service followed by simple breakfast.

March 25, Easter Moring Worship Service Peckville UMC 11:00 AM

PUMC News

OUR COMMUNITY IN PRAYER

Nancy Armstrong, Mario Mariani, Logan, Maria ( Mia) and Bryant-BUMC,

Diane Stombaugh,  Pat Dempsey, Susan Homick Turissini, Anella Fry, John Buranych,  John Bizdik, Debbie Shamon,

John O'Connor, Mason Climas and Elijah Lucas

Please email updates to secretary@peckvilleumc.org

Bradley Welsh Cookie Sale  March 19.  Please place your orders with Joan 383-4868 or Pat 489-8375

Peckville Easter Flowers need to be ordered by March 13th.  Cost per plant is $10.00.  Tulips, hyacinths and lilies.  Please contact Bob Elvidge 570-903-3108

Lenten Services  2016  all at 7pm

March 9:  Holy Cross at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church,

200 Delaware Olyphant.         Preaching: Rev. Pearson

March 16^th  First United Presbyterian Church of Lackawanna Valley

1557 Main St Peckville, PA    Preaching: Rev. Dr. Michael Shambora

Because hospitals no longer call Pastor as it interferes with patient privacy, the Pastor asks the family of anyone in the hospital to please call him.

Rev. Shambora may be reached at 570-371-8123

News for the bulletin and prayer list:

Email-secretary@peckvilleumc.org Phone: 876-5357 or 362-4260, 

Thank you, Marla

The mission statement of the Peckville and Bradley Methodist Churches:  "To glorify God by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, nurturing disciples, and reaching out to a world in need."

Ron Lucas, VIM coordinator for the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre District,

will be traveling to Mission Central on Monday March 7^th. He will take electronic items if they are here at the church on Sunday March 6^th TODAY Any electronic items EXCEPT TV’s.

   On One Great Hour of Sharing Sunday, we share the goodness of life with people who hurt. Our designated gifts to UMCOR through The Advance and special appeals go directly toward relief efforts. Our One Great Hour of Sharing offering pays administrative expenses for UMCOR and supports ministries of food, shelter, health and peace. When we assist UMCOR with our offering, we are part of the important work that happens in places like Flint, Michigan and around the world.

 

EQUIPPING GOD’S PEOPLE MODULE II: LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES - Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Lay Servant Ministries at Dorranceton UMC - Equipping God’s People Module II - Tuesday Evenings (April 12^th thru May 3^rd from 6:30 pm-9:00 pm; Dorrancton UMC located at 549 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, PA 18704; Led by: Rev Deborah Rose and Mr Frank Derby on Tuesday's April 12th thru May 3^rd from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM; Students must purchase the text on their own prior to the class: Module II required reading: 1. “The Externally Focused Church” by Rich Rusaw & Erick Swanson

2. “The Healthy Small Church” by Dennis Bickers

The books are available at the following: Amazon.com all in paperback and Kindle; Cokesbury all in paperback; Christianbook.com in paperback “Simple Church” on eReader; Barns & Noble in paperback.

Module Cost:  $15.00; Make checks payable to: Susquehanna Annual Conference
Register online HERE or Email Tom Taylor at ttaylor@susumc.org; Please include the following information: Name | Mailing Address | Phone # | Email | Church 

SWB SAFE SANCTUARIES TRAINING AT HAWLEY UMC – Sat. April 16, 2016 from 9am-12pm; Cost: $3 per person; Lead by Rev. Barbara Snyder; Registration deadline April 11^th; located at 315 Church St. Hawley, PA 18428;

John Wesley’s statement “the world is my (our) parish” speaks to the account of the parable of the “Good Samaritan” in Luke.

Jesus inquires of the one who asked “who is my neighbor”.

 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”  The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”