This Week at Epworth

 

 

Now is the time to think about discovering all that a summer Christian Camp experience can offer with fun programs that will strengthen your child’s faith!  There is something for everyone in your family at one of five United Methodist Camps in New England - Camp Aldersgate in North Scituate, RI, Camp Wanakee in Meredith, NH, Camp Mechuwana in Winthrop, ME, Rolling Ridge in North Andover, MA, and Covenant Hills in Cabot, VT.  We have registration forms in the church office or you can check out the camp websites link at www.neumc.org/pages/detail/104.

 

Or you may choose to stay in town and attend our Elm Park Ministries Day Camp…registration is now open for campers and junior counselors.  Two sessions of camp run Monday-Friday, 9-5, at Trinity Lutheran Church, July 30-August 3 and August 6-10.  The camp is sponsored by 10 churches surrounding the Elm Park neighborhood and is staffed by professional camp counselors from Camp Calumet, an accredited summer camp in New Hampshire.  Contact the church office for registration forms.
 
Scholarships are available for all of our church camps.  Please contact Pastor Erica for info.

 

We will join together in prayer for ourselves, our friends and family, our church, our nation and our world.  Please submit prayer requests to the church office or via our Prayer Request page.

 

Peter D. Weaver, Bishop of the New England Conference, gave the Episcopal Address at the 2012 General Conference of The United Methodist Church, held in Tampa, Florida, and you can view the video of the address here.  In addition, watch the video and hear the story of James Makuac, the artist that created the powerful paintings that were showcased in Bishop Weaver's address.

 

 

United Methodists around the country will come together to change the world by expressing justice and compassion in community on this special weekend.  Teams will work Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon and projects include: installing a fence at Jeremiah’s Inn, a day of pampering for moms (and babysitting) at Friendly House, Walk for the Homeless, assemble Health Kits for UMCOR, singing at Christopher House Alzheimer’s Unit, planting gardens at Lutheran Home, sorting clothing closet and cleaning up parking lot at the Veterans Shelter, and more.  The public is encouraged to join in this event, so invite your friends, neighbors and co-workers!  For more information, visit our Change the World page or contact Paula MacNeal at outreach@epworthworcester.org.

 

July 28-August 4, 2012 and August 4-11, 2012
Cost: $250 for one week, $325 for two weeks (scholarships provided by EUMC)
Project Includes: Painting inside and outside of Groveton UMC, roofing and repair work on parsonage and church building.  All talents and ages are welcome (those under 16 must be accompanied by a parent).  Team Leader: John Blackadar.  For more information or registration materials, call or write to: Rita Blackadar, 23 Birchdale Road, Bow, NH 03304, Telephone 603-219-0921, e-mail: rblackadar@comcast.net. 

 

Donate your used eyeglasses at Annual Conference.  Glasses will be given to people in need in Haiti.  Last year, about 2000 pairs were donated.  With your help, we can donate the same this year.  Collection coordinated by Bob Parker, Lebanon UMC, Lebanon, NH.  Glasses can be given to Mike Fisher, Annie MacNeal, or Pastor Erica by June 5.

 

Almost anything can be sold on ebay.  If you have quality items: electronics, antiques, DVDs, please contact Clem or Nancy Farnham to make a donation.

 

* Perennials - do you have some in your yard that can be donated for 5/19?  Or can you donate some for the partially-shaded patio at the Lutheran Home?  We'll help residents to plant these.
* Money for the 27th Annual Walk for the Homeless...go to www.waum.stayclassy.org to donate online, or see Clem Farnham, Debby Hallen, Carissa Belpedio, Gavin MacNeal, the Bates family or Paula MacNeal.
* Small, ceramic cereal bowls & silverware (do not have to be matching) for Jeremiah’s Inn
* Diapers (sizes 3, 4, or 5) for Friendly House
* DVDs or CDs (Mitch Miller, Lawrence Welk, Alabama) for Christopher House
* Health Kits for UMCOR (all items must be new): hand towels 15” x 25” to 17”x 27,” washcloths, metal nail file or clipper (no emery boards or toenail clippers please), bath size soap (3 oz. and larger sizes only), adult size toothbrushes, ¾” to 1“ size common household band aids, gallon size sealable plastic bags (you don’t have to bring complete kit…any items welcome!).

 

Boy Scout Troop 54 is asking for your returnable bottles and cans
Bring them to Epworth anytime and we'll redeem them to help fund our activities.  Give them to Keith or Gavin MacNeal or place them in barrels in the closet in the men's room off Fellowship Hall.  You can also contact Keith to arrange a pickup. 

 

Carty Cupboard Food Pantry  Item of the Month for May is: mayonnaise (in plastic containers).

 

Amazon and Barnes and Noble Shoppers: Start your online shopping at www.epworthworcester.org/shopandgive and click on the Amazon or BN logos... which will take you directly to these vendors' websites.  A portion of every purchase is returned directly to Epworth.  Spread the word!