Please join the Witness Committee following the Traditional Service on Sunday, November 17, to discuss and provide insight on possible opportunities in ways to reach out to our community and enjoy a Walking Taco!
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Join us as we join SJP-Pitt, Students for Justice in Palestine, on Monday, October 7th at 5:30 pm at Schenley Park.
Would you like to march in the Pittsburgh Pride Parade on June 1st to celebrate the inclusive love of Jesus?
We are participating in the Pittsburgh Pride Fest by hosting a table at the festival on the Northside on May 30 and 31st, as well as the parade on June 1st.
The Witness Committee is hoping to grow our “cookie team” to provide snacks, once a month, for the Alcoholics Anonymous meetings held in our building.
The Witness Committee and friends hosted a booth at Pittsburgh Pride for two days and asked visitors to write their wishes upon paper stars. We let them know we cared about the concerns they carry in their hearts, and they shared their hope—personal and global, heartfelt and humorous—with us. We gathered more than 100 stars on the first day and collected dozens more on the second day.
Sewickley UMC, First UMC, and the Reconciling Ministries Network are working together to have a presence at the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution 2023 Festival on June 2-3.
SUMC will participate in Pittsburgh Pride 2023 on June 2nd & 3rd and lift up our siblings and the fight for justice and equality within the LGBTQIA2S+ community during our 9:00 and 11:00 am worship services on June 4th. We will also celebrate our siblings with a special service that day at 4:00 pm.
Everyone is invited to come to a brainstorming session for the Witness committee on Monday, Jan 23rd, at 7:00 pm in the church library.
If you accepted membership on a church committee, changes are effective with the new year. The January newsletter lists all of the church committees and their membership.
View the television coverage from Channel 11 News on WPXI.com: Sewickley United Methodist Church remembering gun violence victims in outdoor display.
SUMC is hosting a memorial display representing the 65 lives lost to gun violence in Allegheny County from October 2021 through June 2022.
Look for church family updates at sewickleyumc on Instagram.
Our sunset prayers for June will be lifted with Pastor Russel in mind. His influence will be inescapable. At sunset on June 7, at about 8:48 p.m., from wherever you are, inviting anyone who is with you, let’s pause and pray together for inclusiveness.
Prayer has a new address: prayers@sewickleyumc.org
The SUMC Witness Committee has created an Email address for anyone—our church family, our friends and neighbors, and beyond—to submit prayer requests. Committee members will monitor the inbox throughout the day and respond with prayer.
What started out as a crazy idea, turned into a powerful worship moment in our city. In less than 2 weeks, nearly 30 churches unified to sing a blessing over our city of Pittsburgh. This video was revealed during many of the Easter online services in churches across the city of Pittsburgh during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unprecedented circumstances suggest unprecedented prayer, so I am suggesting a mid-week sunset prayer from wherever you are, or whenever you find this note and feel moved.
The Pan Methodist Council of Western Pennsylvania is joining with several faith-based organizations and social groups to organize Western Pennsylvania’s first annual “March to Unite” on September 7th.
I was ready for the question as I stood with Laura G. at our SUMC table on the Andy Warhol Bridge on the first day of Pride weekend in Pittsburgh. I had been advised that some in the LGBTQ+ community wouldn’t want churches sharing in their celebration. Many had been hurt and frustrated and abandoned by churches.
News that Sewickley United Methodist Church had been accepted into the national Reconciling Ministries Network of LGBTQ inclusive Methodist communities drew nearly 400 “likes” and positive responses from across the country when it was posted on the RMN Facebook page in early June.