Program
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: February 22nd, 2012
Whats Up Wednesdays: February 22, 2012
TONIGHT:
Ash Wednesday Service
Children will be invited to participate in the 7 p.m. service rather than a separate children’s worship. A Lenten Worship activity bag will be provided during the service.
Nursery will still be open for kids 2 and under.
7 p.m. in the Chapel
Sunday, February 26:
First Sunday In Lent: Pick up the Lenten Activity Calendar for Families in Sunday School
9:30 Kids Choirs
10:30 Worship for All
10:45 Sunday School
Upcoming:
The Morning Mug
Led by FUMC member, Kimberly Coke, the Morning Mug is a mom’s group that will start meeting on Friday mornings at Willamette UMC in West Linn. Meet at 9:15, this coming Friday, February 24 for the pilot meeting. Or join in Starting March 9. Contact Megan if you are interested, and she will connect you with Kimberly.
Lenten Suppers
Lenten Suppers are taking a new approach this year, with a community dinner and short lessons geared toward all ages. The lessons will be experiential in nature, so children will be able to connect to the topic and with the community. Nursery care will be available starting at 6:30.
We will gather in Collins Hall at 5:30 for dinner and then lessons from 6:30-7:15, starting February 22 and lasting through March 28.
FUMC Unplugged: All Church Spring Retreat
April 13-15 at Camp Suttle Lake
Registration starts Sunday!
Pick up a registration form from Megan’s office door, or down in Collins Hall. Downloadable forms will soon be available online!
Super Sunday
March 11 @ 5 p.m.
Parents dine out while kids hang back at the church. Nursery available for kids ages 4 and under. Kids age 5 and up are engaged in games, crafts, art, music, and movement.
Please RSVP with names of parents and names and ages of kids planning to attend.
Category Children and Families |
Author: Tim Unger Published: February 20th, 2012
The pancakes were light and fluffy, just as they were promised.
I wish to post a quick thank you note to all those that participated in the pancake feed. As is always the case, the kitchen was in chaos, but tasty and safe food was enjoyed by over 130 people.
The youth brought in their “music” and kept a party like atmosphere throughout the hard work. Everyone came away with good feelings of accomplishment and fellowship.
I wish to extent special thanks to the clean up crew and the adult helpers. We had tons of dishes, flatware, pots and pans to get cleaned and put away just in time for the next chef to take over the kitchen. We are blessed to have a such a highly utilized kitchen!
We had one comical mishap in the kitchen. After everyone was fed, a pan of fresh hotcakes tipped over and landed on the floor between the grills and the service counter. We had to wait for the grills to cool before we could clean them up.
I was pleased that everyone had their fill before that happened. Then, to my surprise, I was tickled to find the drawing on my clipboard, of a warning for next year (see picture).
Tim
Category Youth |
Author: web manager Published: February 17th, 2012
Pathways through the Epistles is an adult Sunday School class that meets from 9 to 10:15 AM from February 26 to March 25 in room 110. It is taught by Rev Dr. Tom Rannells.
We will do an overview of Romans, I Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews and Philippians with detailed study of one passage from each of the letters. Participants are encouraged to bring their own Bible and to have read each letter prior to class.
Category Adults, Congregational Life |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: February 15th, 2012
Shout Out! First Methodist Youth News
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
THIS Sunday, February 19: PANCAKE DAY
9:30 a.m. Youth Sunday School: Meet in the Kitchen to help with Pancake Lunch preparations.
10:30 a.m. Worship in the Sanctuary
11:45 a.m. Pancake Lunch!!
Upcoming:
B1 Be One and One Being: 24 Hour Youth Fast Overnight
March 10-11 at Tigard United Methodist Church
Starts 11a.m. on Saturday March 10
Overnight activities are planned to carry us through the night with out food!
A great way to meet people from other churches and to experience a new space with friends.
Last Sunday Youth Group activities:
February 26: Games and Pizza at the church after worship. Bring $5 for pizza and a game to play.
March 18: After Worship Youth Project: Volunteering at Goose Hollow Family Shelter to do some spring organizing and cleaning. Bring lunch and cleaning clothes.
April 29: Pizza lunch and Prep for Youth Sunday
Important Forum: Understanding Suicide
Sunday, February 26 starting at noon in the Fireside Room
This forum will feature Joan Schweizer Huff, MA of Portland’s Dougy Center and Leslie Storm of Oregon Partnership. This forum seeks to facilitate an understanding of prevention, intervention, and the crisis of suicide.
Youth and Parents are invited to attend.
Light lunch will be provided.
Mark Your Calendars for Youth Sunday: May 6
We will start planning soon!
Category Youth |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: February 15th, 2012
Whats Up Wednesdays: February 15, 2012
Sunday, February 19
9:30 Kids Choirs
10:30 Worship for All
10:45 Sunday School
11:45 Pancake Lunch Fundraiser after worship: Hosted by the Youth Group. $5 suggested donation. Gluten free/vegetarian options available.
Upcoming:
Ash Wednesday Children’s Worship
Children ages 5 and up are invited to join in an interactive worship on Ash Wednesday at 7 p.m. We will meet in the Fireside room during the Ash Wednesday worship service for adults, which will be in the chapel. For the kids, there will be music, drama, and a project that will help to teach an understanding about Lent.
Dinner will be provided at 5:30 p.m. in Collins Hall.
Super Sunday
March 11 @ 5 p.m.
Parents dine out while kids hang back at the church. Nursery available for kids ages 4 and under. Kids age 5 and up are engaged in games, crafts, art, music, and movement.
Please RSVP with names of parents and names and ages of kids planning to attend.
Lenten Suppers
Lenten Suppers are taking a new approach this year, with a community dinner and short lessons geared toward all ages. The lessons will be experiential in nature, so children will be able to connect to the topic and with the community. Nursery care will be available starting at 6:30.
We will gather in Collins Hall at 5:30 for dinner and then lessons from 6:30-7:15, starting February 22 and lasting through March 28.
Opportunities for Adults to Volunteer:
Super Sunday: 1 adult for activities and art project
Help lead energetic activities for kids ages 5 and up! Parachute, relay races, arts/craft projects, or other talents are more than welcome.
Please email me if you are feeling called to support Children’s Ministry in this way!
2012-2013 Sunday School Teachers
It’s getting close to that time of year to start thinking about teaching Sunday school next year. We will especially need support in Pre-Kindergarten and 2/3rd grade classes. Please consider the call to teach young ones.
Category Children and Families, News |
Author: Tim Unger Published: February 14th, 2012
I’ve not been known for my great pancakes. Sometimes they are less than perfect. So when I was asked to lead the youth in Pancake Delights, I did a little research. My favorite go-to TV chef Alton Brown has some pointers. His humorous and scientific approach to cooking appeals to me and I find his advice to be right on the spot.
Pancakes should be tall and fluffy. It takes a combination of acid and a base to make the bubbles happen. Buttermilk and baking soda do the trick nicely.
Pancakes cook best when the griddle is 350 degrees. So, I dug into the back of my gadget drawer to find the infrared thermometer. A.B. (Alton Brown, as his fans call him) says that if you dont have a infrared thermometer handy, make the water dance. Drop some water on the grill, and see if it dances! If it just lays there, turn up the heat, if it turns to steam….turn it down.
Mix the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients separately then combine. The batter should be lumpy, do not mix smooth. And it should be left to rest for 5 minutes. Why? To allow the leavening to create a bunch of little bubbles.
Rub the griddle down with a little butter, then wipe it up with a paper towel, there will be enough fat left to do the job.
Use uniform batter application, choose a 1/4 cup measurer to do each cake.
Flip the pancake in one fluid motion, right after the bubbles start to form. This usually takes three minutes on the first side and two minutes on the second.
I think, with this advice, we will be serving the best ever pancakes. Come and see how this advice works out for me and the kids! Sunday the 19th right after church.
We will be baking gluten-free pancakes on a made to order basis as well as vegetarian sausages or turkey sausages. Whoot…….something for everyone to enjoy!
Tim
Category Youth |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: February 13th, 2012
Come and support the Youth Group’s annual Pancake Lunch fundraiser next Sunday, February 19.
Pancakes, fruit, sausage and coffee are available for a suggested donation of $5.
There will be Gluten Free and Vegetarian options available.
Food will be served buffet style in Collins Hall following worship.
All are invited to come and support the Youth at FUMC!
Category Headlines, Youth |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: February 8th, 2012
Shout Out! First Methodist Youth News
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
THIS Sunday, February 12:
9:30 a.m. Youth Sunday School
All Youth meet in Collins Hall
This week we continue our conversation about Creativity.
Confirmation Class to meet with Sunday school class.
10:30 a.m. Worship in the Sanctuary: Scout Sunday
Upcoming:
NEXT WEEK: Pancake Lunch
February 19
Meet in Collins Hall at 9:30 a.m. to help set up, prepare and serve pancakes for lunch!
Plan to stay through clean up, ending at 1 p.m.
This is a BIG fundraiser for the Youth Group, and all hands are needed to help out.
Last Sunday Youth Group activities:
February 26: Games and Pizza at the church after worship. Bring $5 for pizza and a game to play.
March 18: After Worship Youth Project: Volunteering at Goose Hollow Family Shelter to do some spring organizing and cleaning. Bring lunch and cleaning clothes.
April 29: Pizza lunch and Prep for Youth Sunday
Important Forum: Understanding Suicide
Sunday, February 26 starting at noon in the Fireside Room
This forum will feature Joan Schweizer Huff, MA of Portland’s Dougy Center and Leslie Storm of Oregon Partnership. This forum seeks to facilitate an understanding of prevention, intervention, and the crisis of suicide.
Youth and Parents are invited to attend.
Light lunch will be provided.
B1 Be One and One Being: 24 Hour Youth Fast Overnight
March 10-11 at Tigard United Methodist Church
Starts 11a.m. on Saturday March 10
Overnight activities are planned to carry us through the night with out food!
A great way to meet people from other churches and to experience a new space with friends.
Mark Your Calendars for Youth Sunday: May 6
We will start planning soon!
Contact: Megan Humphreys-Loving mhumphreys-loving@fumcpdx.org
Category Youth |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: February 8th, 2012
Whats Up Wednesdays: February 8, 2012
This Sunday, February 12
9:30 Kids Choirs
10:30 Worship for All
11:45 Sunday School
Upcoming:
Ash Wednesday Children’s Worship
Children ages 5 and up are invited to join in an interactive worship on Ash Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Dinner will be provided at 5:30 p.m. in Collins Hall
An Important Forum: Understanding Suicide
Sunday, February 26 starting at noon in the Fireside Room
This forum will feature Joan Schweizer Huff, MA of Portland’s Dougy Center and Leslie Storm of Oregon Partnership. This forum seeks to facilitate an understanding of prevention, intervention, and crisis of suicide.
Light lunch will be provided.
Nursery care will be available.
Super Sunday
March 11 @ 5 p.m.
Parents dine out while kids hang back at the church. Nursery available for kids ages 4 and under. Kids age 5 and up are engaged in games, crafts, art, music, and movement.
Please RSVP with names of parents and names and ages of kids planning to attend.
Lenten Suppers
Lenten Suppers are taking a new approach this year, with a community dinner and short lessons geared toward all ages. The lessons will be experiential in nature, so children will be able to connect to the topic and with the community.
We will gather in Collins Hall at 5:30 for dinner and then lessons from 6:30-7:15, starting February 22 and lasting through March 28.
Opportunities for Adults to Volunteer:
Ash Wednesday Children’s Worship: 2 adults for music and story-telling
We are in need of two adult volunteers to help with an Ash Wednesday Children’s church program. We will meet during the worship service at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22
If you are able to help tell or read a story and/or lead or accompany music for worship, please consider volunteering!
Super Sunday: 1 adult for activities and art project
Help lead energetic activities for kids ages 5 and up! Parachute, relay races, arts/craft projects, or other talents are more than welcome.
Please email me if you are feeling called to support Children’s Ministry in this way!
Mhumphreys-loving@fumcpdx.org
Category Children and Families |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: February 1st, 2012
Whats Up Wednesdays: February 1, 2012
TOMORROW: Retreat Planning Meeting
Thursday, February 2
A planning meeting for the Spring All-Church Retreat has been scheduled for February 2 in the Fireside Room at 7 p.m. If you want to be a part of the planning process, please come. Nursery care will be available!
Sunday, February 5
9 a.m. Children and Family Ministry Meeting
Room 209
9:30 Kids Choirs
10:30 Worship for All with Communion
UPCOMING
Super Sunday
March 11 @ 5 p.m.
Last Sunday night we had so much fun with kids here at the church, that we ran out of time to play all of the fun games we had planned. I think that the grown-ups had fun too.
So we needed to schedule another night of fun.
Category Children and Families |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: February 1st, 2012
Shout Out! First Methodist Youth News: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
THIS Sunday, February 5:
9:30 a.m. Youth Sunday School
All Youth meet in Collins Hall
This week we start talking about Creativity. What does that word mean to you, and do you have it? Do all people have it? Come join the conversation!
9:30 a.m. Confirmation Class in Room 160
10:30 a.m. Worship in the Sanctuary
Youth Ministry Committee Meeting in Room 134
Upcoming:
Last Sunday Youth Group activities:
February 26: Games and Pizza at the church after worship. Bring $5 for pizza and a game to play.
March 18: After Worship Youth Project: Volunteering at Goose Hollow Family Shelter to do some spring organizing and cleaning. Bring lunch and cleaning clothes.
April 29: Pizza lunch and Prep for Youth Sunday
Youth at the Spring Retreat
April 13, 14, and 15 at Suttle Lake Camp, outside of Sisters, Oregon
Let’s bring the fun! Sign up with me!
B1 Be One and One Being: 24 Hour Youth Fast Overnight
March 10-11 at Tigard United Methodist Church
Starts 11a.m. on Saturday March 10
Overnight activities are planned to carry us through the night with out food!
A great way to meet people from other churches and to experience a new space with friends.
Category Youth |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: January 30th, 2012
The Sunday School in Action volunteer corps is seeking volunteers to prepare and serve a meal at the Goose Hollow Family Shelter on Saturday, February 4.
Traditionally Sunday School in Action provides the opportunity for 2 families from the Sunday School program at FUMC, to work together to provide a meal and kid time at the shelter.
If you are able to volunteer THIS Saturday (2/4) or if you would like more information, please call Megan at the office 503-228-3195 ext.227 or email mhumphreys-loving@fumcpdx.org
Category Children and Families |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: January 25th, 2012
Shout Out! First Methodist Youth News
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
THIS Sunday, January 29:
9:30 a.m. Youth Sunday School
All Youth meet in Collins Hall
We will be following up on our conversation about expectations. This week we will talk about what we don’t expect.
9:30 a.m. Confirmation Class in Room 160
10:30 a.m. Worship in the Sanctuary
Last Sunday Lunch at Sushiville
Meet in Collins Hall at noon. Bring $10 for lunch! We still need parent drivers.
Upcoming:
Future Last Sunday Youth Group activities:
February 26: Games and Pizza at the church after worship
March 18: After Worship Youth Project: Volunteering at Goose Hollow Family Shelter to do some spring organizing and cleaning. Bring lunch and cleaning clothes.
April 29: Pizza lunch and Prep for Youth Sunday
FUMC Spring Retreat
Mark your calendars for April 13, 14, and 15 to attend the FUMC Spring Retreat at the Suttle Lake Camp, outside of Sisters, Oregon
Youth will be an important part of our fun at the retreat! Families of youth are encouraged to attend!
B1 Be One and One Being: 24 Hour Youth Fast Retreat
March 10-11 at Tigard United Methodist Church
This retreat will start at 11a.m. on Saturday March 10. There will be active games, workshops, opportunities for youth to learn more about hunger issues in the Pacific Nothwest, and the chance to meet youth from other United Methodist churches in the area. Overnight activities are planned as well. Please sign up on the Sign Up sheet on Megan’s door by March 1.
Category Youth |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: January 25th, 2012
Whats Up Wednesdays
January 25, 2012
This Week: Sunday, January 29
9:30 Kids Choirs
10:30 Worship for All
Upcoming:
Retreat Planning Meeting
Thursday, February 2
A planning meeting for the Spring All-Church Retreat has been scheduled for February 2 in the Fireside Room at 7 p.m. If you want to be a part of the planning process, please come. Nursery care will be available!
Family Volunteering at the Goose Hollow Family Shelter
February 4
Families from the Sunday school program are asked to volunteer to prepare and serve a meal or host kid time at the family shelter here at the church.
Volunteers are still needed for the February date: 2/4/2012
Sign up for more dates in Collins Hall after worship.
Super Sunday
March 11 @ 5 p.m.
Last Sunday night we had so much fun with kids here at the church, that we ran out of time to play all of the fun games we had planned. I think that the grown-ups had fun going out to dinner too. Mark your calendar for the next round!
Category Children and Families |
Author: Megan Humphreys-Loving Published: January 18th, 2012
Super Sunday is making a debut this weekend!
Super Sunday will be a merge of the parent’s night out previously called Food and Friends, and a super fun activity time for kids.
Here is the scoop: While parents go out for dinner together on a Sunday evening, kids will hang out at the church. We will play games, create crafts, engage in exciting activities, and tell stories at the church. Age appropriate activities will be offered in the nursery as well. The nursery will be open for kids ages 4 and under.
Details:
Everyone meet in Collins Hall at 5 p.m.
Kids should wear comfortable play clothes and bring sack-lunch style dinners.
Grown ups will head out together to dinner destination and return to the church around 7:30 p.m.
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