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MISSIONS FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY SEPT. 16^TH, 11am-8pm. 🍴Dine, Donate, and Make a Difference! 🌟 Visit City Barbeque at 2261 Stringtown Rd on Monday, September 16th between 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM to enjoy a delicious meal while supporting Purple Door Church. With 20% of your orders being donated, you can savor every bite knowing you're giving back! 

Our NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE READING PLAN launched last week after our 11am services in the cafe, but if you missed it, you can grab the reading plan at the front desk and join us any Sunday you can!

LUNCH AND LEARN – At our SEPT. 17^TH LUNCH AND LEARN, we will have Joel Wrobble from Ohio Living sharing information with us about having whole health in retirement. RSVP to Pastor Brandi so we are sure to have enough lunch for everyone, BrandiB@gcumc.org.

THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY will launch back up Sept. 12^th at 10am covering the book of Genesis. 

FREE COMMUNITY MEAL SEPT. 14^TH, 4:30-5:30pm! All are welcome to join!

CALLING ALL MEN! Don't wait! Sign up for our MEN'S RETREAT now! We will be heading to Lebanon November 1st-3rd. Cost of the trip is $160, and this includes the cabin, activities, food, shirt, fellowship and more. We are asking for a $30 deposit by 9/15 to secure your spot!

September 27^th GOLDEN AGER LUNCHEON. Please RSVP to the church office, 614/875-5612.

Have you been attending Purple Door for a while? Would you like to officially call it “home”? Join us on September 22^nd, 12:30pm for our NEW MEMBER CLASS. Learn about the Methodist origination and denomination as a whole, and more specifically, the innerworkings of our own church. To register, contact Kelli at the church office, 614/875-5612 or KelliN@gcumc.org. 

FOOD/BACKPACK PROGRAM @ HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY – School is back in session, which means there are kids who don’t get to eat during the weekends when they’re not in school. We are partnering once again with Highland Elementary and providing items to fill backpacks so that students to have food on the weekends when they are not coming into the school building. Here are some of the items you can bring in!

Breakfast: oatmeal, pancake mix and syrup, cereal-box or bars etc.

Meal: canned meat, noodles, etc.

Side: Easy Mac, soup, canned pasta, etc.

Drink: Kool-Aid mix, water, flavored water, etc.

Fruit: canned or cups

Veggie: canned or cups

We are hosting our MINISTRY FAIR ON SEPTEMBER 29^TH during all services. If your ministry would like to have a table, please contact Pastor Brandi.  We hope that everyone will come learn about all of the awesome ministries available and get plugged in!

Thank you for supporting our ADOPT A STREET MINISTRY! Our next street clean will be OCTOBER 5^TH and we hope to see you there!

Save the date! We will have our FAMILY FALL FEST on October 27th!

KIDS/FAMILY

Teens! Sunday night YOUTH will be OFFSITE on SEPTEMBER 29^TH. We will be heading to a pumpkin patch! PLEASE RSVP!

ST. MARK'S

Join us for our 2024 CULTURAL FIESTA, where we come TOGETHER and celebrate our cultures. October 6^th at 12:30pm at our St. Mark’s campus, we will start with a bilingual worship service and follow up with fellowship and celebration. This year, you can sign up for our different contest: Traditional Dish, Traditional Outfit and get together with your brothers/friends to decorate your stand representing your country!! We come as One Family in Jesus Christ and we show our love for our neighbor! Be part of this! To sign up for any of our contests or more information, please contact Pastor Lizzy   - lizzyo@gcumc.org.

Since we do always have needs for Bibles, if you'd like to provide one that we would keep on hand to give out, we'd appreciate the donation! We have specific ones on this list .

FREE STORE

Our Free Store is open every Wednesday, 5-6:30pm and serves over 200 people per week.

Current needs -

Boys - 24 mo., 7, 12, 16, 18

Men - Small, Medium, 5X

Girls Winter - 10/12 dresses, 14/16 dresses and 16 & up all clothing
Women Summer - XSmall and 2X & above

New underwear, all sizes

YOUNG LADIES OF Purple Door, AGES 5-9th GRADE!! Join us at Purple Door on the third Friday of the month from 7-8pm for a girls’ night! We will meet September 20th!  This group is led by one of our interns. Please RSVP to pastor Brandi, BrandiB@gcumc.org. 

COLLEGE STUDENTS! We want to stay in touch! Please get us your school address so we can send encouragement throughout the year! Info. can be sent to Pastor Brandi, BrandiB@gcumc.org. 

DADS NIGHT! Upcoming: 10/4, 11/3, 12/6. RSVP:  Pastor Brandi . 

MERGE! 

Merge is our mid-week family programming. Throughout the school year, it begins at 6:30pm on Wednesday evenings and takes place in our Family Life Center (FLC). Use the usual MERGE link below to sign up!

 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!

PRETEENS (5th-6th)!! 

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 POWER OF THE TONGUE.

We are looking for DINNER volunteers! Sign Up here .

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 .

MISSIONS FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY SEPT. 16TH, 11am-8pm. 🍴Dine, Donate, and Make a Difference! 🌟 Visit City Barbeque at 2261 Stringtown Rd on Monday, September 16th between 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM to enjoy a delicious meal while supporting Purple Door Church. With 20% of your orders being donated, you can savor every bite knowing you're giving back! 

October 1st, the UWF will hold their GENERAL MEETING, with Potluck at 6pm. A representative is coming to talk about the Honor Flight. The entire church is invited to join, especially including veterans.

September 27th GOLDEN AGER LUNCHEON. Please RSVP to the church office, 614/875-5612.

THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY, 10AM, will launch back up SEPT. 12TH covering the book of Genesis. 

 
Have you been attending Purple Door for a while? Would you like to officially call it “home”? Join us on September 22nd, 12:30pm for our NEW MEMBER CLASS. Learn about the Methodist origination and denomination as a whole, and more specifically, the innerworkings of our own church. To register, contact Kelli at the church office, 614/875-5612 or KelliN@gcumc.org. 

WOMEN’S EMMAUS WALK – OCT. 3RD-6TH. “What road are you traveling on, and who is traveling with you?” The Walk to Emmaus is a 3-day spiritual renewal program intended to strengthen local churches through the development of Christian disciples and leaders. The aim of the Walk to Emmaus is to inspire, challenge and equip local members for Christian action in their homes, churches, workplaces and communities. The Greater Columbus Emmaus Community will be holding a women’s walk October 3rd-6th at the Purple Door Church. If you are interested, please go to gcemmaus.org and complete an application. The fee for the weekend is $90.00 including a $15.00 deposit upon registration acceptance.  For more information, contact Kelli at the church office, 614/875-5612.

WE ARE IN NEED OF HELP in our 8:30 and 11am Traditional services. If you have been thinking about ways to plug in to the church and serve God, please pray about helping in these services. We need:

Sound Technicians (Training provided)

Ushers

Communion Servers

****If you would like information on these areas of service, contact Kelli at the church office, 614/875-5612.

LOCAL SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS: As schools are back in session, our partnerships with the schools continue. We need of new packages of underwear to take to nurses in the elementary schools. We are also collecting can goods and non- perishable food items for our weekend backpack programs.

NEW MINISTRY: SPORTS CLOSET - We are constantly looking for ways to come along side our community and walk with families. One need we would like to provide for is to help families with sports activities, therefore, we are starting a sports closet. This will have things like cleats, baseball gloves, soccer balls, lacrosse sticks, football pads, shin guards, etc., Families will be able to utilize this closet to help reduce the cost involved in getting children involved in sports. You can put items in the Free Store tubs or at the Info. Desk and we will get them sorted. Contact Pastor Brandi with any questions or to support this ministry: BrandiB@gcumc.org.

WOMENS RETREAT will be here before we know it. January sounds like a long ways off, but planning has begun. The retreat will be January 1st-3rd and take place in Butler Ohio. Cost for the weekend is $200 and includes everything you need. To help with planning, we are asking for registration for this event by October 1st. Please RSVP to Pastor Brandi (BrandiB@gcumc.org) and submit a $25 deposit for the trip!CALLING ALL MEN! Don't wait! Sign up for our men's retreat now! We will be heading to Lebanon November 1st-3rd. Cost of the trip is $160, and this includes the cabin, activities, food, shirt, fellowship and more. We are asking for a $30 deposit by 9/15 to secure your spot!

PURPLE DOOR HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL GROVE CITY STREET! One of our interns spearheaded this ministry, and we are excited to get started! Our sign is up on Hoover Road, so be sure to keep an eye open.  Our regular rotation will be the first Saturday of the month. If you would like to join us, please email Pastor Brandi, BrandiB@gcumc.org. 

GET YOUR MERCH ON DEMAND! Many have been asking about church merch – t-shirts, hoodies, hats – well now, you can order it online and get it in a SUPER FAST turnaround – AND – the company will donate $5 back to the church for every item purchased! Check out the website at https://www.24tees.shop!

Every Tuesday up until the week before Thanksgiving, we are hosting LUNCH AND LEARNS! We will have speakers coming in to help us learn about senior living, health needs, being a caretaker, Alzheimer's and more. 

We will be walking in the ARTS IN THE ALLEY PARADE on Sept. 21st this year and we need you! We need candy donations, volunteers to put together bags and volunteers to walk! We would love to have representation of all of our ministries and as many members as possible. Please contact Pastor Brandi to help!

WOMEN'S ONE EVENING CONFERENCE EVENT COMING OCTOBER 19TH AT OUR GROVE CITY CAMPUS! You can purchase your tickets NOW to attend the upcoming ASPIRE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE. 1 night, 3 hours JUST for women. An evening full of laughter, learning stories and music. Join author & Bible teacher Melissa Spoelstra, comedy by Kristin Weber-Witty, and music by Jaime Jamgochian. Advance tickets are $30; VIP/Reserved tickets - $40. Group rates available: 10+, $25/each. VIP/Reserved Groups, 10+: $35/each. Group sales, call 480.812.1100 or purchase online at aspirewomensevents.com . Come early and join for a 15 minute panel time with all 3 ladies based on Romans 12:2, "TRANSFORMED." Sponsored by Compassion International and Extreme Faith Productions. 

DISPLAY CASE – Two of our interns are working on a history display in our church! Do you have memories or items you would be willing to share with them? Please email Pastor Brandi, BrandiB@gcumc.org, or give the items to her.

BIBLE DRIVE! Thank you to all who have purchased Bibles for our Bible drive. This is a need that is ongoing, and we will ALWAYS be in need of more Bibles. We do have a particular link to purchase. Go to our website to purchase!

TECH – We are in need of tech personnel for both our traditional and contemporary services. Able to serve? Contact Traci, traciw@gcumc.org to get plugged in! It’s a GREAT place to be!

MENTAL HEALTH: REAL TALK, REAL SUPPORT - A peer-led, social-emotional support group for parents and caregivers of children with mental health struggles. Two meetings a month:

• 2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:30-8pm – The Buckeye Ranch (5665 Hoover Rd.), Mary Dunn Building
• 4th Tuesday of the month, 6:30-8pm – The Purple Door Church, Fireside Room

For questions, contact Sheri Dunagan at sheri.dunagan@att.net or call/text 614-439-7110. Learn more online: www.RealTalkOhio.org.

• CONNECT ON FACEBOOK HERE .

GET INVOLVED! We love being able to serve our families and our community and we have SO many opportunities to plug in at The Purple Door Church. We are fully open and have all of our activities available to our congregation and community! There are plenty of places for you to serve – WE NEED YOU and want to encourage you to check out list of opportunities – go to our website: https://www.purpledoorchurch.com/opportunities-to-serve.

A LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED: It truly takes the hands and feet of ALL of us to do our part to make this church run day in and day out! We have some AMAZING volunteers who make this place exceptional and a place to call HOME. Here is a look at where we could use some help:

TECH TEAM (both Traditional and Contemporary) - Contact TRACI WURSCHMIDT 

SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS – Contact PASTOR BRANDI 

MONEY COUNTERS – Contact KELLI NEWHOUSE 

LANDSCAPE TEAM – Help keep our grounds looking glorious! Kids are welcome! Contact SANDY

HOSPITALITY TEAMS – Contact Pastor Brandi, or sign up HERE .

WE NEED CHURCH OFFICE HELPERS - We need volunteers to work in the church office. You mainly will be answering the phones and other small jobs that might need to be done. If you are available, we need several spots to be filled on a regular basis: the second and fourth Tuesday in the afternoon from 9am-noon and the first and second Wednesday afternoon, 12-4pm. Also, we always need substitutes to fill in spots for our regular volunteers. If interested, please contact PEG ADDINGTON  or 614/270-1639.

PRAYER BOX – Did you know we have a Prayer Box located in our parking lot? It is a little purple mailbox located in the front of our parking lot facing Columbus Street. Our Prayer Chain is committed to praying for the people of this church and our city. If you have a prayer request, you can drop it in that box at any time. Prayer requests are collected weekly and prayed over by our committed prayer team.

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.

TO REQUEST PRAYER - If you'd like us to pray alongside you, you may fill out a prayer card during one of our services and put in the offering plate or in the offering boxes outside of our worship spaces; or, you may send an email to commuincations@gcucm.org . We would be honored to pray alongside you.

*RIGHT NOW MEDIA - 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!

MONDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY, VIA ZOOM, 7PM

Untangle your emotions, by Jennie Allen

WATCH TRAILER HERE 

How often have you heard, “Don’t let your emotions get the best of you”? But what if instead of ignoring our feelings, we noticed them, named them, and let God use them to draw us closer to Himself and others?

Many of us need to unlearn damaging messages about our emotions. We’ve been taught, for example, that emotions are untrustworthy, when, in fact, God can use them to help us see where we need His healing. 

In Untangle Your Emotions, Jennie Allen uses scientific research, biblical insight, and her own story to help you

● exchange stuffing, dismissing, or minimizing your emotions for a five-step process to know what you feel and what to do about it
● debunk the myth that feelings are sinful by learning how emotional maturity leads to deeper connection with God and others
● live emotionally healthy by applying biblical wisdom and therapeutic research that works whether you self-identify as “emotional” or not
● sit with feelings that are confusing and painful by discovering the depth of God’s love and compassion for you

Feelings aren’t something to fix; they are something to feel. As we discover how to name and navigate our emotions, we’ll learn how they can draw us closer to the God who built us—soul, mind, and heart.

SATURDAY MORNING WOMEN'S STUDY: BELIEVING JESUS BY LISA HARPER

VIA ZOOM, 8AM

CONTACT PASTOR BRANDI, BRANDIB@GCUMC.ORG FOR LINK

WATCH TRAILER HERE 

Journey through the biblical stories of the early Christian movement, and see what kind of wild adventures await those who truly believe Jesus.

Throughout the book of Acts, believing Jesus and what he said is the core value that marked every believer in the first church. Because they believed Jesus, the early Christians were willing to risk everything—their comfort, their homes, even their lives.

In this eight-session video Bible study (streaming included), Lisa Harper launches into the book of Acts to discover how Jesus' command to spread the gospel changed the lives of those who believed and shaped the culture that surrounded the growing church. At the end of this journey together, not only will you have studied this wild, adventurous, risk-taking book of the Bible; but you'll see how God supernaturally orchestrated the events in Scripture to bring about the message of salvation that the early believers preached.

Today, we are faced with the same risks. Will we truly believe the words of Jesus and allow them to transform every part of our lives?

Sessions and video run times:

1. The Declarations that Define Us (21:30) – The book of Acts, an extension of Luke's gospel
2. Earth, Wind, and Celestial Fire (19:00) – The Holy Spirit's dramatic entrance
3. Checkered Pasts Can Make Incredible Preachers (21:00) – The powerful preaching of Peter and Paul
4. What’s Mine Is Yours (20:00) – Finding freedom in freely giving
5. Loving More People, More (16:00) – A challenge to welcome everyone
6. The Need to Be ReGospeled (19:30) – Even Peter and Paul made mistakes along the way
7. Turning Your World Upside Down (20:00) – A closer look at THIS Jesus: the one we're following
8. Bearing the Chain Because (24:00) – Anything is worth seeing the gospel suddenly click for someone

THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY

This study meets every Thursday morning at 10am! We will be studying the book of Genesis!

BIBLE JOURNALING - 3RD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH, 6PM, CHURCH OFFICE

Are you creative? Do you enjoy time in the Word? Join the two together, and come hang out with us on the 3^rd Monday of the month at 6pm at the church office. Questions? Contact Pastor Brandi, BrandiB@gcumc.org. 

PURPLE DOOR WOMEN’S GROUP: Join our new group! Our focus is on our church and parishioners/shut-ins. Need more info.? Contact Jean Davis, 614/282-8590.

 THE BLESSING STATION -

We offer a small food pantry to our community. If you have food to donate, we look for dry beans, chickpeas, lentils, rice, and pasta; canned goods (tomatoes, corn); cereal; snacks; spaghetti sauce; tuna and chicken.

“THE LITTLE HOUSE” - With the help of the Free Store and lots of donations, we have been operating the “Little House” where we can provide different resources specific to the new families in the country/state. These items include household items, bedding supplies, kitchen supplies, kids toys and when we have some, furniture. This has been a blessing to the community and also to share the love of God. We have the opportunity to pray for those families we are serving and give them a Bible. Contact Pastor Lizzy for more information or ways to connect with this ministry: LizzyO@gcumc.org.

As you know, we were looking for a teacher for our nursery and God heard our prayer. We are thankful to have Micah and Yoselin Eller helping with this group. If you are still interested to come to our campus and serve our Sunday School Classes, let us know! REMEMBER: language is not a barrier. Most of our kids go to school here and speak English.

BOOK COLLECTION! We are collecting Christian base books or coloring books (for babies to high school age). If you have some in good condition, we will take them! We have been buying some for our toddlers at the dollar store. This is to share with the kids who are attending the afterschool program in our church.

There will be a box on the Information Desk with a sign

 “Iglesia Hispana / St. Mark’s Campus.”

CAN YOU GIVE A DAY? Do you love your church and cleaning is something you enjoy? Every month, we have a cleaning day at our west side campus, St. Mark’s Iglesia Hispana. Every 3^rd Saturday of the month at 9am, we go through our building and make it pretty! Email Pastor Lizzy for more info: lizzyo@gcumc.org.

Looking for a place to fellowship with other women, gain encouragement, give encouragement and grow deeper in your faith? We have several groups (aka “Circles”) that meet regularly throughout the week, have different areas of interests, and we’d love to invite you to find your fit!

We currently have three Circles:

REBECCA CIRCLE - meets the third Tuesday of the month @ 11:30am. For more info. or questions, contact Ann Beal (614-371-4472) or Peg Addington (614-877-4200), who are the leaders.

HANNAH CIRCLE - meets the 2nd Monday @ noon. For more info. or questions, contact Sue Flowers (614-357-7935) or Nina Riley (614-579-4624), who are the leaders.

MIRIAM CIRCLE – meets the 3^rd Sunday of each month @ 12:30pm. For more info. or questions, contact Brandi Blackstone (614-402-6706) or Tami Adams (614-545-8887), who are the leaders.

Each of the Circles would love to welcome new members. You do not need to be a member of our church. If you are interested in any of the Circles, please free to call the leaders or just show up at a meeting. Our UWF Circles are a wonderful way to meet new people and learn more about what actions they each do to help our church family and community.

CURRENT FUNDRAISERS:

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.

FREE STORE: 

Our Free Store is open every Wednesday, 5-6:30pm. We serve over 200 people weekly!

CURRENT NEEDS:

Boys - 24 mo., 7, 12, 16, 18

Men - Small, Medium, 5X

Girls Winter - 10/12 dresses, 14/16 dresses and 16 & up all clothing
Women Summer - XSmall and 2X & above

We are also in need of NEW toiletries: shampoo, toothpaste, and soap.

Monetary donations are also welcome.

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

CAFÉ:

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 . 

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  or 614/270-1743, or contact Pastor Lizzy .