Decisions have been made at the highest level of our government to eliminate many of the safety nets that help our most vulnerable. The programs that backstop hunger, homelessness, discrimination, abuse, deportation, and hate are programs that coincide exactly with Jesus’s ministry and his directive to us to “Love one another. ” In this moment, what is SUMC’s responsibility?
All kinds of church congregations throughout the United States are shrinking. According to Gallup, membership in America’s churches dropped below 50 percent in 2020 for the first time in the 80 years Gallup has been collecting such data. But guess who is succeeding despite those trends?
Sewickley United Methodist Church is about you, and nothing exemplifies this truth more than the progress we made in 2024.
The Board meeting in December was an abbreviated one that concentrated on SUMC’s 2025 budget.
Thank you for trusting us, praying for us, and supporting us as we implemented the Leadership Board. This was year one of taking care of the administrative life of our church in a new way.
