Elam United Methodist Church

Let’s All Plan to Welcome Pastor John on His Return

Members and friends of Elam, please join us in person to welcome Pastor John back on Sunday, January 29th. We’re cognizant that Pastor John would not want his return to be about him, but we would like to celebrate it and let him know how much he has been missed.

Since that particular Sunday is also Mosaic Sunday there will be coffee time following the service, giving us a wonderful opportunity to get everyone back in person and talking to each other after nearly three years of COVID and streaming the service on TV or on a computer.

The Midday Circle of Friends invites you to join them in making meals for Caring for Friends on Thursday, January 26, at 10:00 a.m. in the kitchen. We hope you can make it.

... to the winter concert of the West Chester Area Community Chorus on Saturday, January 28, at 2:00 p.m. at West Chester East High School auditorium, 450 Ellis Lane, West Chester. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door or from Elam's singers - Charlie, Doug, Kerry, Mary or Pat, all 25-year members of this group, now numbering over 100 singers.

Mosaic Sundays for 2023 will be held on the last Sunday of January, April, July and October. Please consider staying after worship to participate in a variety of volunteer opportunities. Previous Mosaic Sundays have included preparing meals for Caring for Friends, assembling Hygiene Packets for Loaves of love, making cards for distribution to shut ins and participating in the Prayer Shawl/Baby blanket ministry. Light refreshments available.

“My life was changed by reading Luke’s account of the life, message, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus...As a young man reading this gospel, I felt in its words that Jesus would befriend me. I hope you feel that as you study this Gospel too.”
Pastor Adam Hamilton

Book: Luke:    Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts, and Outlaws
Date and Time:    Monday, January 23, 2023 to March 13, 2023
(8-week course)
Contact:                          sdkardine@comcast.net
Book:                       Available at your favorite booksellers
Zoom:                    Link will be made available to everyone

As Valentine's Day approaches--share your LOVE. Please donate new warm winter essentials--hats, gloves, mittens, socks, and
scarves. All sizes are needed including sizes for children. Let's "cover" the tree in the Narthex. Donations will go to City Team Ministries on February 1st.

We will have another Glitz and Decor Sale in November. So, if you find you have Christmas decorations you no longer use, now is the perfect time to box them up and put them on the stage. Thanks.

We are continuing to collect items for college students in need and Philadelphia homeless. Here is a wish list if you would like to contribute:

• •  Peanut butter 
  • Jelly 
  • Cereal
  • Oatmeal 
  • Syrup 
  • Rice
  • Chef Boyardee 
  • Applesauce 
  • Canned fruit 
  • Boxed instant potatoes 
  • Spaghetti 
  • Spaghetti sauce 
  • Cranberry sauce 
  • Turkey gravy
  • Boxed Stuffing 
  • Canned Yams 
  • Juice
  • Coffee 
  • Tissues 
  • Paper towels 
  • Toilet paper 
  • Toothpaste
  • Tooth brushes 
  
  No Deadline.

If you have any cloth bags that you are not using, Loaves of Love would love to have them as they are used to pack the food for the families. You may drop them off at Elam weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. for delivery to Loaves of Love or they may be placed in the outside bins at Siloam UMC, 3720 Foulk Road, Garnet Valley.
 

Sunday School and nursery for infants through sixth grade are available during the worship service. It is held in the Children’s Day Out rooms (follow hallway past restrooms all the way to the end to room 107). Miss Bonnie and Miss Joy will be waiting for you there. 

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