Church Blast
Prospect United Methodist Church
Sunday, December 9th
8:45 AM Line-Up
Sunday Worship Participants:
Nursery Workers
Emily P., Alora, Lauryn, Annie
Ushers
Rick & Angie Cramer
Greeters
Jim & Teri Durand
Counters
1st-Jacob Bevill & Ted Lewis, 2nd-Ted Lewis
Liturgist
BJ Kyle
Soul Café
Fellowship BETWEEN Worship services!
Baked items (4 dozen snacks each): Jackie Benningfield/Tony & Brenda Campbell
Milk & Juice (1/2 gallon each): Ted & Helen Lewis
Serve/Cleanup: Vicky Brown
Soul Café Helpful Hints
It is up to each individual if you want to set up/make coffee before service or during service (I personally feel better if I prep before service)!
**YOU HAVE TO RUN A "TEST POT" OF JUST WATER BEFORE MAKING COFFEE!!!**
Coffee (see instruction sheet in drawer under the coffee maker) typically 2 pots regular and 1 decaf.
If service looks like a “larger” crowd you can make 1 regular pot during soul café.
Treats- usually can be found on top of the soul café cart or on kitchen counter.
At times they may be located in the fridge or freezer,
but we try to let you know if that is the case.
Juice, Milk, & Coffee can be brought to the gathering area on a cart from the kitchen.
You can serve coffee from carafes located underneath island in the kitchen.
Napkins, stirrers, cups, etc should be in the soul café cart. Please make sure the sugar, sweet n low, stirrers, powdered creamer, and napkins are on top of soul café cart to be easily accessible. If something is low you can look in the back kitchen pantry. If you notice something is empty or running low please let Mary or Camilla know.
Sunday, December 9
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8:45am, Traditional Service
10:00am, Discipleship Hour
Prospect Kids Christmas Party!
10:45am, Contemporary Worship
Mission Meeting/Food Basket Assembly
6:00pm, Dynamite Club
Monday, December 10
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6:00pm, Kyle Small Group
Tuesday, December 11
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8:30am, Bible Study
9-11:00am, Holiday Food Baskets
9:00am-3:00pm, Senior Group
Wednesday, December 12
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5:00pm, 525 Fill Up
6:00pm, Bells-Sanctuary
7:00pm, Choir-Sanctuary
Thursday, December 13
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9-11:00am, Holiday Food Baskets
9:00am-3:00pm, Senior Group
6:30pm, Boy Scouts
6:30pm, Preschool Christmas Program
Saturday, December 15
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1-5:30pm, Chinese Culture Training
2-5:00pm, Piano Recital Rehearsal (Sanctuary)
Sunday, December 16
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8:45am, Traditional Service
March to the Manger & Choir Cantata (during 8:45 worship)
10:00am, Discipleship Hour
10:45am, Contemporary Worship
2-5:00pm, Piano Recital (Sanctuary)
5-7:30pm, FUEL Christmas Party
“He Came...To Bring Peace”
Tornado Damage Disaster Relief
HOW CAN WE HELP?
Requests have been coming in as to how to assist with the tornado damage that occurred over the weekend in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference. Those who would like to make a monetary donation can do so through the IGRC Disaster Response Advance #6800.
***If you would like to donate to this cause, please send/bring your checks to the church. Your checks should be made out to Prospect United Methodist Church with "Advance #6800" on the memo line. ***
Let us continue to pray for all who have homes damaged and for those responding.
Loaves & Fish
Saturday, December 8th
9:30am-1:30pm
First UMC downtown
Loaves and Fish is a weekly feeding ministry providing a free hot meal, food pantry, worship service, educational assistance, clothing room and medical clinic to those in need each Saturday. Begun in 1994, Loaves & Fish serves from 250 - 375 guests weekly.
Click the link below to learn more!
Christmas Basket Assembly & Pick-Up
We have been blessed with the opportunity to again offer holiday food baskets with ham, perishables and food staples for the holidays. We will prepare the food baskets after church on Sunday, December 9th-come join us!
Approximately 30 baskets will be distributed on Tuesday, December 11th and Thursday, December 13th from 9-11:00am. We need 3-4 helpers on both days. Let Gloria know when you can help!
Dunlap Senior Center at Prospect UMC!
Located in the lower level of the church, the Senior Activity Center is open every Tuesday and Thursday (except for holidays) from 9:00am-3:00pm for men and women 50 years and older and is free!
The Senior Center provides a warm setting where you can meet people, join a card game, put together a puzzle, play Mexican Train dominoes, or just sit and chat with a cup of coffee. We also have a pool table and ping pong available!
Eventually they will also be offering classes such as easy exercise, line dancing, sewing, women's and men's crafts and other activities that may interest you.
Questions? Please email the coordinators at dunlapscac@gmail.com.
MARCH TO THE MANGER & CHOIR CANTATA
March to the Manger & Choir Cantata: Sunday, December 16th
This year’s March to the Manger and Choir Cantata will be held during the 8:45am service on December 16th. Each year, following the choir’s cantata, the congregation is given an opportunity to bring a special offering to the manger as a present for Christ and his work through the Missions Ministries/Partnerships of Prospect UMC. This offering, along with the entirety of the offering received during our 7:00pm Christmas Eve service go to support the mission’s budget of the church (i.e. We do not keep any of these special offerings for our own budget needs. We give them away as a means of reminding ourselves that “Christmas is not our birthday”).
SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGING
Salvation Army Bell Ringing: Friday, December 21st
Prospect UMC will be ringing the bells in support of Salvation Army again this year. We have committed to serving on Friday, December 21st from 3:00-8:00 pm inside the food court entrance at Northwood’s Mall. Additional dates/times/locations for bell ringing are still available. Contact the church office if you would like to help coordinate another date/location!
Prospect UMC
Email: dani.pumc@gmail.com
Website: www.pumcdunlap.org
Location: 300 E Ash St, Dunlap, IL, United States
Phone: 3092437300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DunlapProspectUMC/
FUEL Student Ministries
Small Groups
Children's Ministry
FOOD PANTRY is in need of: 2-in-1 Shampoo, Pineapple, Stuffing, Ketchup, and Regular Peanut Butter. Thank you for your continued support!
Right Now Ministry (online small group and devotional resources)
Prospect subscribes to the RightNowMinistry (“the Netflix of Christian Bible study”) resource, which provides all of our members with access to 1000’s of video led curriculums including offerings specifically geared towards books of the Bible, Parenting, Marriage, Single Living, Men, Women, Teens, Children, Leadership and Finances from a Christian perspective, and more.
Contact Pastor Steve if you do not have access to the rightnowmedia.org site (or have forgotten your log-in).