Elam United Methodist Church

For full announcement, please click here.

We invite you to donate to Elam’s Women’s GROW group, which is
the recipient of donations made to Elam through your purchases at
Amazon Smile. To ensure 5% of your purchases are donated to Elam
you will need to do the following:

 Go to Smile.Amazon.com.
 Click the Get Started button
 Choose a user name and password
 In the search bar type: Elam United Methodist Church
 Select Elam United Methodist Church when it comes up.

Your donations will now go to Elam. If you already have another organization you support but would like to
switch your support to Elam, go to your account in the bottom right block and select “Other programs” then
select the first option “Change your Amazon Smile Charity” and scroll down to Elam United Methodist
Church.

For GROW to benefit you must go to Smile.Amazon.com to do your shopping. All of your account
information and shipping preference will be carried over (including no need for another password to
remember). 

Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your support.

Copies of an updated church directory are available from the desk outside the church office. Please
check your listing to make sure it is accurate. Also, if you see any listing that is incorrect, please let me
know by contacting me at mary@elamumc.org or 610-459-2911 so that it can be corrected in the next
update. Thank you.

Please keep checking back with us over the course of the summer as we share about some of the lesser know figures in the bible, namely the women.

For the first part of the series, which focuses on Miriam, please click here.

For the second part of the series, which focuses on Rachel & Leah, please click here.

click here for Hymns

Psalm 138
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

PENNSYLVANIA LIFTING MOST RESTRICTIONS

As of May 14 th , Pennsylvania has amended their COVID-19 mask guidelines to reflect the
CDC’s just released new mask guidelines.

The original guidelines stipulated that masks would still be required until 70% of the adult
population in PA has been fully vaccinated.  The revised guidelines say that all persons that
are fully vaccinated may now remove their masks indoors and outdoors.  However, all
unvaccinated persons must continue to wear masks until 70% of the adult population in PA is
fully vaccinated.  

Fully vaccinated persons are defined as:
Persons who have gone two weeks after their single J&J vaccine shot.
Persons who have gone two weeks after their second Pfizer or Moderna shot.

High School:

Patrick Finn graduating from Marshfield High School in Massachusetts.
Will attend Temple Fox Business School studying Entrepreneurship &
Innovation Management. Pat was captain of the cross country and track
and field teams for 2 years. (Deanna Finn’s grandson)

College:
Patrick Edward Booth graduating from University of Maryland with a
doctorate in Nurse Anesthesia. He will be working at Georgetown Hospital.
(Betty & Russ Booth’s grandson)

Mary Grace Brookes graduated cum laude, with a BS in Criminal Justice from San Diego
State University. Her life goal has been to become a commercial airline pilot. As of now
she has been hired as a flight instructor. A major step in achieving this goal. (Bev and Sid
Brookes’ granddaughter)

“O come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come
before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is
the great God, and the great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth; the
heights of the hills are His also. The sea is His, for He made it; and His hands formed the dry
land. O come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our maker.” Psalm 95:1-6
Many Psalms call us to worship and bow down before our Lord and Psalm 95 is one of them.
Meditating on scripture is an excellent spiritual practice. Reading and re-reading the words of this
passage and meditating on them takes the Holy words into our being. Our Creator God is praised in
these words and so we should praise Him for all of creation. These words call us to remember the
importance of giving thanks for our countless blessings. In the first sentence we are reminded that
the Lord is the Rock of our salvation. Thanks be to you Holy Lord for these words.

Blessings Dear Friends, Randy C. Schaffer

For a current list of vaccination sites in Delaware County, PA, click on this line.

In person worship remains in place for all Sundays. Per the guidelines, we’ll continue mask wearing and physical distancing precautions. 

Wish List for the Food Pantry

The following is the wish list for the Loaves of Love Food Pantry:

Paper towels                         Tissues                              Cleaning products                       Toothbrushes 
Toothpaste                            Chef Boyardee                  Syrup                                           Cereal 
Canned fruit                          Feminine hygiene products 

Food donations may be dropped off in the outside bins at Siloam UMC, 3720 Foulk Road, Garnet
Valley and also at Elam weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thank you for your support!
Now that we are getting vaccinated, we are open to more volunteer opportunities at the
pantry. If you would like to help stock the shelves or fill bags, please call Janet Pace at
610-497-0209 or email jpace924@gmail.com.