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

Mainstreeter Weekly Blast September 19, 2024

View this email in your browser New in this Issue: Safety Policy Reminder 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 I like movies. Even better at the theater with the oversized screen and sound you can feel as well as hear and the community of viewers having a shared experience.  But next Tuesday, I'm headed to a movie theater in Concord for a film screening I'd rather not see. The documentary is award-winning and powerful, but it's a subject matter that's beyond troubling. It traces how a portion of our Christian faith community (White Nationalism) has strayed so far from a faith concerned with loving neighbor and caring for the marginalized. And yet, understanding the roots of such movements falls on all our shoulders and so I'll make the journey. The NH Council of Churches and GSOP are sponsoring the screening so it's free to you.  Register Below! Together we face where our faith institutions have failed and participate meaningfully in making the church a beautiful home for everyone.  Peace, Rev Kelly Register for Bad Faith (It's Free) "Bad Faith" explores the dangerous rise of Christian Nationalism in the United States. Part archival chronicle, part exposé, the film reveals the secretive political machinery that has relentlessly sought to weaken and destroy American democracy in order to promote its authoritarian vision. Their cast includes religious leaders, historians, investigative journalists, state senators, political activists, sociologists, and a former high-ranking member of the Trump administration. They will guide us on a revelatory journey into why our nation is so divided and how it got there. Several have dedicated their lives to challenging Christian Nationalism's theocratic vision for America and the film chronicles their actions. Following the film will be a guided discussion. There are a limited number of tickets, you must register to attend! Donations are encouraged. The Nurture team had a productive conversation this week about how to respond to incidents that make someone feel unsafe inside or around our building. We want to offer compassionate care to those who are struggling with homelessness and sobriety and we want members to be safe. If the incident happens in worship, you're invited to involve the ushers to help resolve the matter. If there are no others around, you are always able to call 911 if you feel threatened or unsafe. Chief Kevin Rourke, Nashua's Chief of Police, has asked that we provide the operator with as much information as possible, especially if it involves one of the people who is experiencing homelessness. A mental health trained officer can be requested. Here is the Safety Incident policy as a reminder and the Safety Incident Report forms can be found in the Safety Folder by the office. A report should be completed following an incident. Thanks.  Review Safety Policy Click Here for Sunday's Bulletin 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 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. 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