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The Fellowship of the Cross is inviting everyone into our Operation Christmas Child packing opportunities this weekend. We will be gathering in the Sunday school rooms to pack shoeboxes from 10 am to 1 pm on Saturday, October 23, and again from 10 am to 1 pm on Sunday, October 24. Children will be given an opportunity to pack boxes during Children’s Church in the worship services on October 24.
FOTC is accepting OCC gift contributions through October 18, which can be brought to the collection bin outside the church office.
The Fellowship of the Cross is inviting everyone into our Operation Christmas Child packing opportunities in October.
“Christmas in July” wonderfully accelerated our 2021 Operation Christmas Child campaign, but we need to keep the spirit of Christmas alive through September and October to share the Love of Jesus with children around the world.
If you want to share some of God’s love, if you want to celebrate His glorious imagination with a child, tuck some color into an Operation Christmas Child shoebox this year.
The 11th-annual Operation Christmas Child campaign at Sewickley United Methodist Church will accelerate with contributions sought from the congregation between July and September.
Families are invited to plant flowers on the church campus on either Saturday, May 15th, or Sunday, May 16th. Plants and shovels will be provided. Participants are asked to reserve a planting time so we can respect safe-distancing guidelines.
In keeping with tradition, Sunday school families are invited to plant flowers on the church campus on either Saturday, May 15th, or Sunday, May 16th.
The church has received many messages of thanks due to our efforts to nurture our congregation and reach out to our community.
The Fellowship of the Cross would like to thank everyone who contributed to the care packages for the college students and Operation Christmas Child this year.
Our SUMC tradition has been to deliver gift bags to the shut-in members of our family as we go Christmas caroling on a Sunday after church in December. We can’t go caroling this year, but we can provide gift bags to share Christmas and the love of Jesus. The Fellowship of the Cross youth is collecting contributions for the gift bags through the morning of Saturday, December 12.
The Fellowship of the Cross is taking orders for custom-made bracelets to raise additional funds for Operation Christmas Child and other projects. The bracelets cost $10 each and include wording of your choice, as well as your choice of color of disc and cord.
Because it seems unlikely that we will be gathering for worship in November, the Fellowship of the Cross will not be selling Christmas gifts from Ornaments 4 Orphans this year.
Once again, we will be collecting any unused Halloween candy, as well as microwave popcorn, hot chocolate mixes, and Starbucks gift cards, to send to our college kids during exams. In addition to items for the boxes, we also need your college kids’ updated mailing addresses, along with their exam schedule for this year, so that we can send them care packages right before their exams start.
We’ve just learned there is a minimum number of donuts FOTC needs to sell in order to qualify for this fundraising opportunity. They need to sell an additional 12 dozen over what has already been ordered to qualify. This Sunday is the deadline for orders. Wouldn’t you like some yummy, fresh, glazed donuts and to support this wonderful cause?
Once again, we will be collecting any unused Halloween candy, as well as microwave popcorn, hot chocolate mixes, and Starbucks gift cards to send to our college kids during exams. In addition to items for the boxes, we also need your college kids’ updated mailing addresses.
The Fellowship of the Cross (FOTC) is selling Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnuts to those who pre-order them by Sunday, October 11, to help raise money to ship our shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.
The Fellowship of the Cross kids (FOTC) will host the Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing opportunities in the Simpson Room on Saturday, October 24th, from 10 am to 4 pm and again on Sunday, October 25th, from 1 pm to 5 pm.
The Fellowship of the Cross youth have launched our 10th annual Operation Christmas Child campaign. FOTC hasn’t set a goal for 2020, and we’re not sure that safe distancing protocols will allow for a packing party in late September, but we will persist through the uncertainty.
