SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE – Contact Pastor Brandi  via email or grab an application at the Info. Desk in the café area!

FAMILY EASTER EVENT! Save the date! On April 1^st, we will have our family Easter event! We will start at 4:30pm with fun activities and conclude at 6pm with a meal. Sign up HERE  to let us know you plan to join.

GOOD FRIDAY – STATIONS OF THE CROSS – We invite you into our church anytime between 7am-6pm to encounter various stations of the cross as a family. At each station, you will take a moment to reflect on the events of the day leading up to Christ’s crucifixion. 

ADDITIONAL WAYS TO SUPPORT CAMP!

We have created a CAMP WISHLIST and we will continue to add items to the list over the next few weeks so keep checking back! Click HERE  to see the list! We would love it if you would consider donating some of these items!   

DADS NIGHT! OUR NEXT DAD’S NIGHT IS March 31, 2023. RSVP to Brandib@gcumc.org ASAP! SAVE THE DATES! 5/26, 7/28, 9/29, 11/24.

MERGE: Merge is our mid-week family programming. We meet Wednesdays at 6:30pm.

      We are currently in a series on animals in the Bible!

Our sign up for 2023 is up and ready to go! We ask that you sign up, if possible, as this helps us have enough materials and prepare for the evening: Click HERE  
               On the signup, there are also opportunities to serve, whether it is providing snack, helping with the preteens or sharing the message with the kids.  We would love for you to share your gifts with our families!

SUNDAY SCHOOL: We have volunteer opportunities for the new year on this signup link: HERE . If you’re willing and able to teach our kiddos a Sunday a month, won’t you use the link to schedule a Sunday to teach them about the love God has for them! It’s LIFE CHANGING!

PRETEENS (5th-6th)!!

We are excited to share that we are scheduling some awesome and fun events just for you this year! Here are the dates, so mark them on your calendar!!

April 14th - Game Night

July 14th - Christmas in July

October 27th - Fall Bonfire

HEY TEENS (7th-12^th grade)! Teens meet on Sunday evenings, starting at 6pm for a time of dinner, worship, message and a service opportunity. We are currently studying the 12 disciples and navigating how to be better disciples today! Bring your friends and join us!

PLEASE NOTE - NO YOUTH 3/19/23!

Questions on any of the above or to RSVP for events, contact Pastor Brandi 

If you'd like to visit our Children/Family/Teens page, go here .

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS WITHOUT CHILDREN TO HELP WITH OUR FAMILY EASTER EVENT! Our Family Easter Event is April 1^st. We will start at 4:30pm with fun activities and conclude at 6pm with a meal. We’d love for our families to be able to enjoy this encounter together, so if you do not have children, and you are willing to help us with this event, please contact Pastor Brandi . 

UWF (United Women of Faith fka United Methodist Women (UMW)) - On April 15^th, the UWF is hosting a Women’s Retreat here at the church! The cost is $10 and will run from 8:30-4:30pm. It will include worship, prayer, study, crafts and - of course -food. You can register for the event on the home page of our website, by emailing Jean Davis directly (jldavis@columbus.rr.com), by filling out a registration form at the Info. Desk, or we will have registration set up in the café on March 19^th and 26^th. The deadline to register is April 2^nd. 

            UWF YARD SALE - While you are filling out those calendars and saving dates, don't forget to include the UWF Yard Sale which will be the week of June 12th!  

HELP OUR KIDS GET TO CAMP! There is an Amazon wishlist for items needed during the week of camp! (See above, under Families & Kids, for detailed info.)

COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE LEADERSHIP TEAM – We’d like you to be aware that, over the next several months, we will be relaying communication from our Leadership Team. This will be done via home mailings, e-blasts and it can also be found on the home page of our website labeled “Communications from the Leadership Team.” PLEASE BE ADVISED THE MOST RECENT COMMUNICATION IS UPLOADED TO OUR WEBSITE FOR YOUR REFERENCE, INCLUDING THE LIST OF INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES AND WEBSITES AS MENTIONED IN OUR INFORMATION MEETING. Click here .

SHOP AT KROGER AND GIVE BACK! Did you know that you can make a financial contribution to our Missions Task Force JUST by shopping at Kroger? It’s simple! All you have to do is link your Kroger Shopping Card to Grove City United Methodist Church.

Go to Kroger.com and log into your digital account (or create a digital account, if not already created).

Scroll down to “Community Rewards” and click. From there, you can select our organization by either scrolling or searching for “Grove City United Methodist Church.” Make sure our name matches our organization number, which is XY804. Enroll. Easy as that! Kroger will make donations to the organization based upon spending of those whose cards are connected to that organization.

Any questions regarding enrollment need to be directed to Kroger individually.

JOIN THE CHOIR! Our Easter Cantata is coming up on Palm Sunday and we’d love to have you join our choir for this event! We have a lot of fun! All singers welcome to join in rehearsals - 7pm WENDESDAYS! Meet in the sanctuary. Questions? Contact Julie, julie.sheline@gmail.com.

PRAYER TEAM - Prayer is powerful and an amazing gift from God. We have the opportunity to talk directly to our Creator and the ability to pray on the behalf of others. Our prayer team started meeting this past Monday and we will continue to meet every week on Mondays at 9am. During our time together, we will be praying over our Sunday morning prayer requests, needs of the church, our community and nation. We will be prayer walking the church as well. If you are interested in joining, please contact Clarence Dinnen, cmdinnen@gmail.com.

HOBBIES/COLLECTIONS – Do you have a hobby you’d love to share or display for our congregation? Wanted -  volunteers to display in our church display case. Do you have a collection, artwork or themes you’d like to share in the display case? Please call Sandy Reddig at 614/875-5613 or email her at SandyR@gcumc.org.

BIBLE STUDIES, SMALL GROUPS - Just a reminder that Right Now Media is available to all of our members as you think about your relationship with God in this upcoming year. Right Now Media is a database FULL of online Bible studies and social groups for individuals, families, children and groups. We often use this media resource in our Bible studies and small groups throughout the year. It’s a GREAT resource for you or for your family to be able to plug in to God’s Word and in the times we use it in our own church group setting. If you’d like to take advantage of this FREE online resource, contact Pastor Brandi to get set up. She just needs your email address. Your faith journey isn’t one you were ever meant to take alone. God made us for community!

o  WOMEN’S SATURDAY MORNINGS, 8AM, VIA ZOOM, BEGINS MAR. 4TH

RHYTHMS OF RENEWAL

Watch trailer here 

Daily struggles with anxiety and stress make it difficult to receive God's peace. Rhythms of Renewal will help you trade your anxiety for the vibrant life you were meant to live through four profound rhythms: rest, restore, connect, and create. With encouraging stories and practical steps, Rebekah Lyons will help you begin an intentional, lifelong journey toward sustained emotional, relational, and spiritual health.

o  MONDAY NIGHT STUDY, 7PM, VIA ZOOM, BEGINS MARCH 13TH

Watch trailer HERE 

On Monday evenings, we will be launching into some teachings from The Beautiful Word for our zoom study. Our first series will be on the book of Luke. We hope you will join us!

To get plugged in with any of our Bible studies or small groups, contact Pastor Brandi .

LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS TRIPS ARE IN THE WORKS! Are you ready?? Ready to love, to serve, to be a witness of God, to spread the good news, to plant seeds of hope, peace, love and joy!! We are moving to our next step and travel a couple and millions of miles to make this happen. Local and International Missions Trips are coming, 2023 & 2024. You can be part, pray for it, go for it and support it. 

MISSIONS TRIP FUNDRAISER – A MONDAY MEAL AT O’CHARLEYS! Who wants to cook on a Monday? Guess what? You don’t have to! Join us for a meal out on March 27^th, 11am-9pm, and 15% of all proceeds will go towards our families’ expenses for the missions trips. You MUST present the flyer at the time of purchase! Flyers are available at the Info. Desk! 

USA MISSION TRIP:

Louisville, Kentucky. USA

We are serving with CrossRoads Missions on August 2-5, 2023

INTERNATIONAL MISSION TRIP:

Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

We are serving with Hands and Feet Ministries on March 23-30, 2024. 

MORE INFO.  HERE .

Join us to our Informational Meeting.
March 26^TH, 12:15PM, FLC.

For more details, contact Pastor Lizzy .

FREE STORE:

The Missions Task Force is sponsoring “Underwear for the Free Store” for the next few weeks. The Free Store is in need of new underwear, especially for boys (boxers please) and girls in all sizes. Adult underwear is also welcome (briefs for women and boxers for men). You can place your donations in the box by the Welcome Desk. Monetary donations are also welcome.

            We are serving around 195 people/week. We are currently in need of donations:

                        Children’s clothing: all sizes

                        Adult’s clothing: sizes medium and large

                        Winter Coats: all sizes

*PLEASE NOTE: WE ONLY ACCEPT CLOTHING. WE DO NOT ACCEPT APPLIANCES, TOYS, OR FURNITURE.

CAFÉ:

WE NEED HELP THE FOLLOWING DATES:

Mar. 19th        7:30, 9:30 & 10:30am

Mar. 26^th         7:30, 9:30 & 10:30am

The time slots to volunteer in the café are: 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30am.

A sign-up sheet will be on the Mission Counter in the café area. If you’d like more info. or to volunteer, contact Pastor Lizzy, LizzyO@gcumc.org. 

Refreshments are available in the café upon donation and all proceeds will go to further Missions projects throughout the year.

COMMUNITY MEALS! 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS MINISTRY.

DON’T FORGET, OUR COMMUNITY MEAL IS THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH, 4:30-5:30PM, and is for our congregation, as well as for the City of Grove City!  

What is the “COMMUNITY MEAL?”  It’s a time for us as the Purple Door Church to come together, to fellowship with one another as it is a meal for our congregation, as well as come together with our community and serve them. It’s a time for us to gather and share God’s Love with others.

     What can I do to HELP? There are several ways you can help. 

1.    Preparation - prepare the meal, put to-go bags together, wrap plasticware and cut desserts.

2.  Set up - put up tables & chairs and set the tables

3.  Serve - kitchen servers, table servers and drink servers

4. Tear down - clean up dining room, clean up kitchen, put away leftovers, etc.

5.  Bake - desserts of all kinds are needed (cakes, pies, cookies, etc.)

If you have any questions, please reach out to Angie Russell at angierussell1978@gmail.com or 614/270-1743, or contact Pastor Lizzy .