Mainstreeter Monthly Newsletter - November 2023

It's almost November already!

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Mainstreeter Weekly Blast October 23, 2023

View this email in your browser New in this Issue: Youth Movie Night - This Sunday! All Saints Service - remember those we love. Nursery Volunteers Needed!  Please Help! Coffee Hour Volunteers Needed Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Each Sunday, we'll explore stories from the earliest gospel, according to Mark, for these challenging times. Beginning Sunday, September 10th at 10:30 AM. Watch Live United Methodist congregations never stand alone – we're part of a connectional system. Our relationships, with other congregations, agencies, and ministries across the globe, are firmly rooted in our theology. Even the divine nature is relational as seen in the doctrine of the trinity. The connection mostly benefits us–it makes possible our impact beyond what any one congregation go do alone. And even things as mundane as insurance rates are negotiated with bulk discounts. Of course, there's also a lot of institutional structure that has to be maintained for good and for ill. And there's plenty of meetings involved in serving the greater mission of the denomination, not just the individual congregation. There have been times when United Methodist clergy desired to be more congregational but the theology doesn't mesh with our Wesleyan sensibilities. And of, course there are plenty of down sides to that organizational structure also. One of the reasons so many United Methodist Women are on my saint list (of those who have made a positive mark on my life) is because of the way the connection informs their faith. Across the denomination, these women share reading lists, mission requirements, relationships forged and regional efforts to BE the church. There's always a story about how someone in need far from home was helped because of someone at their home church who made a connection with someone at that distant church. Our annual church/charge conference will look a little different this year. There are eight congregations in the surrounding area coming together to order our lives and celebrate our ministries together. First UMC Manchester is hosting. I hope you'll join us on Nov 5 at 3 p.m. in this effort to cross-pollinate and be the UM church together. If you're able to carpool with others, let the office know. We'll make sure everyone who needs one gets a ride. Connected, Rev Kelly Click Here for Sunday's Bulletin Youth Movie Night October 29 Pizza and Movie - Free! Parents & Guardians Welcome. Special Guest:  Robert Kambo The All Saints service is scheduled for Sunday, November 5th Please send in any loved ones lost this past year that you'd like to honor this day. We are also accepting names of our furry family members that were lost as well. Photos welcomed. Any name submitted will be honored in a special bulletin as well as on our slide projection that day. Sign up for the Memorial Table - Click Here Click HERE for Amazon List Some of the quotes we received from the last supper were: "Excellent service and food" "It was very lovely being waited on" "Glad it is back" "Food was delicious, the crew was friendly and welcoming" We hope you will join us at the next supper on Saturday, November 4th, and as always, volunteers are welcomed!! We Need You! Can you help out in the Nursery on Sunday's during Church School and Worship?  We Need You!  Some volunteers have already stepped up, however, we need more.  Many of the current volunteers already have many "jobs" in the congregation and we'd like to get some relief. Please contact the Church Office if you can volunteer and make a difference in the lives of our littlest disciples. To Volunteer Click Here Please pray for families and loved ones and our neighbor state of Maine and those in Lewiston, Maine that have been affected by the recent mass shooting.  Please pray for the swift capture of the person of interest. Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Church office hours:   Mon - Weds - Thurs - Fri from 9:00 - 2:00 Closed on Tuesdays. Copyright (C) 2023 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 October 12, 2023

Fall Fair this Saturday beginning at 9:00 AM

View this email in your browser New in this Issue: FALL FAIR - THIS SATURDAY 9:00 - 3:00 Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter Nursery Volunteers Needed!  Please Help! Coffee Hour Volunteers Needed Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Each Sunday, we'll explore stories from the earliest gospel, according to Mark, for these challenging times. Beginning Sunday, September 10th at 10:30 AM. Watch Live Next Spring, United Methodists will be gathered in Charlotte, NC working for changes to our United Methodist Book of Discipline (BoD) - our denominational polity. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, believed that we, as humans, are "going on to perfection." He considered it a life-long, continual process for Christians, and believed that "by God's grace" we all will be made perfect in love. Like us, the United Methodist BoD is also not yet perfect, but continually moving onward to perfection. We're grateful for a structure and process that allows for improvement, and I've been honored to work beside so many incredible, faithful people during the last six General Conferences to do all we can to contribute to our beloved UMC's becoming her best self. #OnwardToPerfection     To that end, I'm in Charlotte this weekend at the Reconciling Convocation. This year's theme, Onward toward Perfection, highlights the Reconciling Movement's dedication to a more inclusive future for our Church, local congregations, and communities. Convocation is an invitation for us to imagine what the Church could be – to move from frustration or disappointment to connection and hope. It is where our divinely-inspired imaginations can lead us to new possibilities for inclusive and just communities. And those of us going to GC get to organize and dream how we might put those imaginations on display at GC. My work is in coalition with 14 other organizations ranging from Creation Care, to Middle East peace to Disabled Ministers and Black Methodists for Church Renewal. Our work begins today. Follow the church on Instagram for updates. Blessings, Rev Kelly   mainstreetumcnashuanh Click Here for Sunday's Bulletin More Info on Service Here Sign up for the Memorial Table - Click Here Click HERE for Amazon List We hope you'll join us in enjoying a Fall evening in the Weirs' backyard on Saturday, October 21st from 4-7pm. Bring your own lawn or camping chair and a drink. We'll see you there! This Sunday, October 15th is MSUMC's day at the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter.   If you can help, please contact Phyllis Appler. We Need You! Can you help out in the Nursery on Sunday's during Church School and Worship?  We Need You!  Some volunteers have already stepped up, however, we need more.  Many of the current volunteers already have many "jobs" in the congregation and we'd like to get some relief. Please contact the Church Office if you can volunteer and make a difference in the lives of our littlest disciples. To Volunteer Click Here Click Here to Donate or Join the CROP WALK Team! Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC Church office hours are back to normal schedule.   We will be here Mon - Weds - Thurs - Fri from 9:00 - 2:00, closed on Tuesdays. Copyright (C) 2023 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