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EDUCATION
Children’s Church on Sundays — Children’s Church provides an educational lesson for children during the time of the sermon on Sundays. Children’s Church is designed for children up to 12 years of age. Our children are invited to begin the worship hour in the Sanctuary as a part of the full community so that they can share in the Call to Worship, Hymn of Praise, and Opening Prayer. After the Invocation Chorus, the children are led by their teachers into the children’s classrooms. The children have a lesson and activity, and then return to the Sanctuary following the sermon to experience and participate in the Pastoral Prayer, Offertory, Communion, and the Sending Hymn each week. Our caring nursery staff watches infants through age 5 from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. each Sunday in Classroom 1 on the first floor.
The Hal Fisher Adult Sunday School Class meets Sundays at 9:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. One-time or returning guests welcome!
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FELLOWSHIP A one-day membership training class, called Pizza with the Pastor, is offered every other month. The class is intended to provide information about the history and theology of the United Methodist Church (on the global scale), the history of Washington Street UMC, and some information about what it means to be a member of this church. The next class will be a Sunday in April and will meet from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Pizza and childcare will be provided. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to [email protected] “Fellowship Fifteen” — All are invited to join in the church’s social time in the Church Café after worship each Sunday from 11:00-11:15 a.m. Join in conversation and fellowship with Pastor Thomas at one of the weekly Coffee House Chat
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OUTREACH
Open Table – Along with breakfast items, your gifts of travel-sized hygiene items make a huge difference for the guests. We also do keep a small closet for in-season clothes, including the always necessary t-shirts and underwear. While your clothes donations go a long way in helping our guests, we do not have the capacity to maintain out of season clothing items, or other donated goods. Through the end of February we are collecting winter (long-sleeve) clothes. We are in need of jeans, sweat pants, regular pants, sweaters, coats, jackets, rain ponchos, lightly-used or new walking shoes/boots and sneakers, long-sleeve t-shirts, hats, winter scarves, and gloves. We need items that are new or in good condition. We do not need summer wear, dress clothes, or children’s clothing. Your gifts of new white short sleeve t-shirts, (M, L, and XL) and crew socks are always welcome. We continue to need travel size hygiene items and some regular size items such as soap, toothpaste and deodorant. Thank you for your continued support of this important ministry to our community. Your contributions make a huge difference. |
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| MIDWEEK PRAYER
Wednesdays 12:30-1:00 p.m.
Prayer – speaking to God – lies at the heart of our relationship with God and is at the heart of all that we do as a church community. We pray not on our own, but with the power and intercession of the Holy Spirit. Whether praying for yourself, family, the community, nation, or world – or whether you are seeking silent solitude with God – the church will be open to the public each Wednesday from 12:30-1:00pm. All are welcome to come and commune with God.
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s. Each week, Pastor Thomas will spend one morning at a local coffee shop. All are invited to stop in for a few minutes or a couple hours for conversation over a cup of coffee, breakfast or lunch.