Mainstreeter Weekly Blast October 3, 2024

View this email in your browser New in this Issue: Prayers for the Kilduff Family First Ham & Bean Supper of the season - this Saturday, October 5th Free Puzzles - take one! Granite District Youth Event - UMCOR Kit Donations Needed! Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Sunday Worship Begins at 10:30 AM "Do Unto Others" Series Begins Sunday, September 22 Watch Live Rarely is the work of encouragement so obvious as it was this morning as folks lined Main Street to cheer on long-distance runner and Nashua resident, Matty Gregg, who is running from the Pheasant Lane Mall to the Canadian border to raise funds for food insecurity. His epic 230-mile journey included plenty of local sponsors who made the run possible but this morning was all about involving as many people as possible in the work. Some ran a couple miles on Main Street with him, others, like me, cheered them on from the sidewalk. It reminded me of the Jewish teaching from Pirkei Avot that says "It is not on you to complete the work, neither are you free to desist from it." We all have a role to play. We may not be able to do the grand gesture but we can encourage others on the way. In our "Do Unto Series" Sunday, we're exploring "humility" as a necessary component of kindness to others. Peggy Drew is preaching and her lay speaker efforts are certainly an encouragement to me on a busy week and a blessing to us all. Pastor Kelly Click Here for Sunday's Bulletin We are in need of nursery volunteers on Sunday's during church school and the Worship Service.  Beginning at 8:45 AM on Sunday's.  If you can volunteer for any or part of any Sunday, please let the Office know.  You will not be alone, there is a nursery attendant with you, but there must 2 people in the nursery at all times. The Crop Walk is coming up on November 3rd. Join the MSUMC Team and walk with us OR donate to our team. Donate or Walk with Us - Click Here! We are sad to relay that Sharon Kilduff's father passed away yesterday evening. Sharon and her husband Kevin were staying in upstate NY with her parents.  Her dad had been receiving comfort care. We will send more details as they become available.  Please keep the Kilduff family in your prayers during this difficult time. UMCOR Kits with Other Local UMC Churches for District Youth Event! We are collecting items for UMCOR cleaning kits, which aid those whose homes and lives are devastated by fires, floods, or other emergencies like the recent flooding in Vermont. In collaboration with the other UMCs, our goal is to provide 100 buckets. Click Link Below to see a list of needed items on Signup Genius. There is also a link from the same page to Amazon to see the items and purchase them directly. Any item donations, bring them into the Church Office and we will coordinate getting them to Manchester for the District Youth Event! Thank you! UMCOR Kit Donations - Click Here If you would like to attend the Granite State Jubilee, please let the Office know, and we will register you.  office@mainstreet-umc.org or 603-882-3361. Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Church office hours:   Mon - Weds - Thurs - Fri from 9:00 - 2:00 Closed on Tuesdays. Copyright (C) 2024 Mainstreet United Methodist Church. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Mainstreet United Methodist Church PO Box 1517 Nashua, NH 03061-1517 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

MainStreeter Monthly Newsletter October 2024

View this email in your browser Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Donate or Walk with Us - Click Here! UMCOR Kit Donations - Click Here Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Church office hours:   Mon - Weds - Thurs - Fri from 9:00 - 2:00 Closed on Tuesdays. Copyright (C) 2024 Mainstreet United Methodist Church. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Mainstreet United Methodist Church PO Box 1517 Nashua, NH 03061-1517 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

Mainstreeter Weekly Blast September 26, 2024

View this email in your browser New in this Issue: Virtual Town Hall for Crop Walk - Tonight!  Sign up below. Sunday Cereal Challenge Blessing of the Animals - this Sunday at 3:00 PM Granite District Youth Event - UMCOR Kit Donations Needed! Ham & Bean Suppers Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Sunday Worship Begins at 10:30 AM, September 8 "Do Unto Others" Series Begins Sunday, September 22 Watch Live Community is a gift Jesus offers the church. And it is a necessity to endure these trying times. Our faith is in a God of solidarity who enters the suffering of the world and calls us to do the same. So we come together as a church community to see the world's pain and together seek to rebuild the world around the revolutionary idea of love of God, neighbor and self. I appreciate Pam and her friend who drove to Concord Tuesday for the screening of bad faith. The panelists afterwards were impressive. Some have been in the work for equality for decades and then there were two young people just beginning their efforts to do good. It was a beautiful community of faithful people encouraging one another in the work of building God's kingdom. Reminding us that this work is a marathon not a sprint. [J: there's a photo of Pam in the social media folder] When we feel overwhelmed we can renew our strength and soar like eagles (Isaiah 40:31). When we feel adrift our elders can tell of their dreams of equality and our young can offer their visions of justice (Joel 2:28). We can embrace the call to work for a better world and refuse to look away from the efforts to put one race, one nation, one language, one ethnicity over another. Let us not succumb to cynicism or complacency. Let us use righteous anger to motivate us to speak out. Give us courage to resist, knowing that together we can restore what others would want to suffocate. Pastor Kelly Click Here for Sunday's Bulletin The Crop Walk is coming up on November 3rd. Join the MSUMC Team and walk with us OR donate to our team. On Thursday September 26, at 6pm there will be a virtual town hall for CROP Hunger Walkers & Donators here in the northeast to talk about the support CWS is providing both international and domestic. Register for Virtual Town Hall - Sept 26th Donate or Walk with Us - Click Here! Do you know how to use e-commerce to sell higher-end items?  We are looking for a volunteer who can help for the Holiday Fair in selling higher end items online.  Please contact Kathy Romano or the Office if you can help us out. This Sunday, September 29, the Missions Committee and the Youth will be setting up cereal dominoes in the aisles at Main Street!  Can you contribute a box or two or a case?  The more boxes, the more fun! And the more cereal to fill the empty cereal shelves at the Nashua Soup Kitchen Food Pantry! Thank you! Food Pantry Team UMCOR Kits with Other Local UMC Churches for District Youth Event! We are collecting items for UMCOR cleaning kits, which aid those whose homes and lives are devastated by fires, floods, or other emergencies like the recent flooding in Vermont. In collaboration with the other UMCs, our goal is to provide 100 buckets. Click Link Below to see a list of needed items on Signup Genius. There is also a link from the same page to Amazon to see the items and purchase them directly. Any item donations, bring them into the Church Office and we will coordinate getting them to Manchester for the District Youth Event! Thank you! UMCOR Kit Donations - Click Here A member of our Nurture team and friend of many here at MSUMC, Lynn Moseley, will be in the show.  Come down and enjoy a fun, family-friendly show with other Nashua locals. If you would like to attend the Granite State Jubilee, please let the Office know, and we will register you.  office@mainstreet-umc.org or 603-882-3361. Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Church office hours:   Mon - Weds - Thurs - Fri from 9:00 - 2:00 Closed on Tuesdays. Copyright (C) 2024 Mainstreet United Methodist Church. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Mainstreet United Methodist Church PO Box 1517 Nashua, NH 03061-1517 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe