Church Scarecrow Festival Entry!

 

"Garden of St-EVE-nsville"

Thanks to all who contributed to the final entry!  Yea, God!!!

There are thirty entries in this year's festival and ours is the only church to be involved.  Way to go SUMC!

Thanks to Belinda A., Kathy C., joey D., Sheila H. (Belinda's mother), Sara M., and Lisa M. for making this effort happen.

Our Angolan partners need help

Church - Quéssua Methodist Mission

On October 1st a terrible storm with strong wind and hail damaged some of the buildings at Quéssua Methodist Mission, including the high school where more than 1,000 young men and women are currently studying and the boarding house which has just this summer had major work done to rebuild it.

An email was received from Ken Koome, a GBGM missionary for the East Angola Conference (he came to SUMC earlier this year):

"The wet season is with us again since two days ago, which has brought us both joy and tears.  However, in everything we are reminded to remember and thank God.

I have attached some pictures [not available at this time] to give you an idea on the intensity of the destruction that happened to the Church, school and the boy's boarding house that is being constructed through the support of the Florida Annual Conference.  The Church is slightly damaged by a falling tree.  Due to prolonged neglect almost the entire roof is leaking and may need fixing, otherwise with another storm coming, it may not survive.

We thank God because despite the destruction that occurred, there were no injuries to the persons close to the affected buildings.

It is very unfortunate the students had to be turned away because most the classes have been affected and the remaining one still have a very unstable roof due to weakness resulting from the damage."

You can help through The Advance                                            (Be sure to list Stevensville UMC so we can get credit):

To help with repairs to the Quéssua School: 
Advance #105625

To help with repairs to the Church:
Evangelization Ministry Advance #15061A

To help with repairs to the Quéssua Mission Boarding School:
Advance #11638N

Finishing SUMC Scarecrow Entry

R-L:  Adam and L'Eve/Leave

All are welcome to join in on the fun tomorrow (Friday) morning, starting at 8:30 a.m.  We will meet in the church's fellowship hall to finish our scarecrows' entry"  "Adam and L'Eve/Leave."

The Making of the Church Scarecrows' Entry

L-R:  joey D. & Kathy C. -- Building Adam

Sara M. cutting fabric for tree branches

Belinda A.'s Mother, Sheila M. -- Lending a Hand

L-R:  Lisa M., Belinda A. & joey D. -- Making an Apple Tree

R-L:  Adam and L'Eve/Leave

Tonight some folks gathered in the church fellowship hall to work on our church's entry for this weekend's Scarecrow Festival in Stevensville.  Thanks be to God for creative, fun-loving folks who showed up to work together to create this outreach event.

Thanks to Belinda A., Kathy C., joey D., John F., Sheila H. (Belinda's mother), Sara M., and Lisa M. for making this effort happen.

More from the clergy gathering

Morning worship

The bishop speaks to the gathering

Songs in the afternoon!

It was a full day at Bozeman UMC as the fifty+ clergy gathered to learn and share thoughts about the future of the Yellowstone Conference.   

Yellowstone Conference clergy gathering

Pastor Charles has joined clergy from across the Yellowstone Conference for the annual "Orders Retreat" at Bozeman United Methodist Church.

Scarecrow making Thursday!

Come to the church Thursday at 6 pm and help put together the first Stevi UMC entry for the Stevensville Scarecrow Festival (Oct. 3 - 10).  

This will be a fun gathering - the idea is to keep the SUMC name in the community's view in as many ways as possible!