Mainstreeter Weekly Blast January 4, 2024

View this email in your browser New in this Issue: Funeral for George Mazaiwana - Saturday, January 6 UMM Meeting this Saturday, January 6 at 8:30 AM UMW Meeting, Wednesday, January 17 (Hybrid) Youth News! New Sunday Vestry Class starting Sunday, January 7th Passing of Gem Anderson, funeral to be held on January 13th Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC #Faith4Earth #CreationCare HERE WE ARE Starting Sunday, January 7th Watch Live It's going to be a busy weekend here at MSUMC with a UMM breakfast meeting, George's funeral, and the Ham & Bean Supper all on Saturday.  If you are able to attend, volunteer, greet, or just be present for your fellow MSUMC members, it would be greatly appreciated.  Times like these need all hands on deck and we appreciate all. We wish Pastor Kelly and Steve a safe return from Texas and look forward to seeing them back home in New Hampshire for Saturday. Our new series also begins on Sunday, January 7th; Here We Are! Blessings, Jodi Click Here for Sunday's Bulletin George's funeral will be held here at the church on Saturday, January 6th from 10:30 - 12.  Light refreshments will be served following in the Vestry and connector lobby. This will be a large funeral in conjunction with having another event that same evening at the church.  If you are able to volunteer to help with greeting family members, cleaning, and/or setting up tables, chairs, etc., please let the office know.   Gem Anderson, a long time Nashua resident and joined MSUMC in 1985, passed away on Christmas Eve.  Her funeral will be held here at the church on Saturday, January 13th. Obituary link is below. Click Here for Obituary The Youth In December 2023 The Youth appreciated Pastor Kelly and the Worship Committee for allowing them to participate as Christmas Presents during the fun and creative worship services during Advent. On December 23rd, the youth had an enjoyable movie and pretzel-making evening. Thanks to Phyllis Appler for providing all the ingredients and teaching the youth to make delicious pretzels. And on December 31st, 15 youth and family members joined in the bowling games and had a great lunch and fellowship together. We look forward to a fun 2024! Thank you to the Pyle's, Swanson's, and Appler's for deconstructing all of our Christmas trees and holiday decorations in order for us to get ready for the next series, season, and busy beginning of 2024.  Also, a big thank you to Pam Breniser who has been hard at work readying the sanctuary for the next series! LOST AND FOUND While cleaning out some of our holiday decorations, we found these 3 figurines.  If you own these and are looking for them, please let the Office know.  We'd like to give them back to their rightful owner.  If not claimed, we will donate them. Link for Hybrid Class Pledges are down for 2024, please pledge today!  We Need Your Help! There are several ways this year to easily make your 2024 pledge to MSUMC: Return 2024 Pledge Card from mailer to the church via regular mail Scan the QR Code below* Click the link below* When you fill out the form online, it will only be shared with Financial Secretary. Click Here to make your 2024 Pledge Online Click HERE for Amazon List Get Excited! After a month off for the holiday season, we are back in business with our Ham & Bean Suppers on Saturday, January 6th. Please join us and spread the word!  Special price for all veterans, active duty, and first responders! UNITED METHODIST MEN BREAKFAST MEETING SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 AT 8:30 AM IN THE VESTRY We have a special meeting this Saturday for our UMM Breakfast Meeting.  At the request of several of our UMM members, I have invited a special guest to discuss a Green Initiative strongly supported by our Conference, Solar Power.  Though there has been no decision about the MSUMC pursuing this program, UMM is beginning to study such a feasibility for our church.  Our special guest is John Rowntree, President of the Nashua Interfaith Council and the leader of the GREEN Team from Church of the Good Shepherd.  John was the leader of the recent conversion of the Church of the Good Shepherd from fossil fuel power to Solar Energy for their utilities requirements.  John will discuss their project, provide us with information on how they planned and executed their project, and how to raise funding to help offset a major cost of the project.  He will bring some video and pictures taken of the progression of the conversion at Church of the Good Shepherd from a drone flying over their facilities and discuss with us the how and why's of the project and the benefits that they are seeing from going Solar. I invite any of our church members who are interested in this technology or who might want to see such a project materialize for Main Street.  John will also discuss how they financed the conversion project and how they applied and received sufficient funding to offset up to 40% of the cost of the total project. Our breakfast will begin this Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. followed by John's presentation and discussion to include the planning as well as the execution of the conversion and he will be available to answer any questions that you might have.  This is a chance to get an unvarnished understanding of the execution of such a project, the timeline that must be established and the entities and agencies that contributed to the Church of the Good Shepherd Program. If you can come, please RSVP so that we can plan for your breakfast and seating at the tables.  Or call me at 603-880-6289 to confirm your attendance. In Christ, Kent Swanson United Methodist Women News Next meeting Wed. Jan. 17, 2024 7 PM In person in chapel and online via google meets Happy New Year to everyone. The next meeting of UMW is Wed. Jan. 17 at 7 PM. We will plan for an in-person meeting with virtual option on google meets, but may go totally virtual if weather is bad. Mavis Pyle will share about her experience volunteering at Stepping Stones. We will spend a good portion of the meeting setting our guideline budget for 2024 and discussing some initial plans for meetings through June. Bring your ideas along. We hope to plan some daytime winter craft workshops and Kathy Romano has an idea for a baking day at church preparing coffee hour foods to freeze. We were excited that the 30 Days of Sharing Food Box was filled and we were able to deliver to the Soup Kitchen in time for the holidays. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Link for Hybrid Meeting Make 2024 the Year You Advocate for a Child   Children who experienced abuse or neglect are waiting for someone to advocate for their best interests. Become a CASA.   To learn more click button below: Learn More about CASA United Way of Greater Nashua's next "Coffee and Causes" talk for older adults will focus on "Getting Back to Exercise". Speakers from the YMCA of Greater Nashua and the local Hannaford nutritionist will speak about ways to add fitness and healthy eating to your routine in the new year. The talk will take place at the YMCA of Greater Nashua at 10:30am on Friday, January 5th. This talk is geared toward older adults, but all are welcome! Register at the link below or contact United Way at (603)882-4011 or info@unitedwaynashua.org. Register Here for Coffee & Causes 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. 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Mainstreeter Weekly Blast December 28, 2023

View this email in your browser New in this Issue: Family & Youth Bowling & Lunch - Dec 31 at Leda Lanes in Nashua Funeral for George Mazaiwana - Saturday, January 6 New Sunday Vestry Class starting Sunday, January 7th Passing of Gem Anderson, funeral to be held on January 13th Click Here to Donate Today to MSUMC #Faith4Earth #CreationCare HERE WE ARE Starting Sunday, January 7th Watch Live Beloved Disciples,  Beginning in 1755, John Wesley offered a Covenant Service in the Methodist movement at the beginning of each year. It was designed for worshipers to experience gratitude and pardon, renewal, and healing for all backsliding. It was often 3 hours or longer and was a serious effort to prepare oneself for the coming year, to make commitments to God and oneself, and to develop some accountability with one's fellows spiritual travelers. Methodists have always required members to commit themselves to spiritual disciplines of personal piety and social holiness believing that faith isn't robust if not lived out loud with others. It's a very action-based covenant... even the commitment to prayer requires actions within a community through class meetings or the such. And actions are easier to quantify than a mindset. So we rejoice in all MSUMC has accomplished in 2023, the ministries around the globe we've made possible through our Mission Share giving, the electricity funding we provided to a church in Kenya that supports their feeding program for kids, the sneakers saved from landfills, the food given and distributed through our partnership with NSKS, the kids taught, the cards sent, the services held, the praises sung (and rung), the prayers offered. We have a great video highlighting some of those accomplishments. And beneath all of those efforts is who we covenant to BE. We are a reconciling, green, multi-racial, multi-generational congregation who put welcome at the center of who we are. So instead of New Year's Resolutions that focus on a to-do list for 2024, perhaps we might consider a TO-BE list. Who do we want to be as beloved disciples? Who will we be if we covenant to be in relationship with God and one another? How can we be supportive of the organizations in town just by being there for them? How could we be the church with a heart if we focused on "being" the church with a heart? Happy New Year! Pastor Kelly Video Highlights Here Click Here for Sunday's Bulletin George's funeral will be held here at the church on Saturday, January 6th from 10 - 12.  Light refreshments will be served following in the Vestry and connector lobby. This will be a large funeral in conjunction with having another event that same evening at the church.  If you are able to volunteer to help with greeting family members, cleaning, and/or setting up tables, chairs, etc., please let the office know.   Gem Anderson, a long time Nashua resident and joined MSUMC in 1985, passed away on Christmas Eve.  Her funeral will be held here at the church on Saturday, January 13th. We will pass on any further details as they become available. Thank you. Link for Hybrid Class Thanksgiving mailer and 2024 Stewardship cards were sent in the mail last week.  There are several ways this year to easily make your 2024 pledge to MSUMC: Return 2024 Pledge Card from mailer to the church via regular mail Scan the QR Code below* Click the link below* When you fill out the form online, it will only be shared with Financial Secretary. Click Here to make your 2024 Pledge Online Click HERE for Amazon List Get Excited! After a month off for the holiday season, we are back in business with our Ham & Bean Suppers on Saturday, January 6th. Please join us and spread the word!  Special price for all veterans, active duty, and first responders! 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. Make 2024 the Year You Advocate for a Child   Children who experienced abuse or neglect are waiting for someone to advocate for their best interests. Become a CASA.   To learn more click button below: Learn More about CASA United Way of Greater Nashua's next "Coffee and Causes" talk for older adults will focus on "Getting Back to Exercise". Speakers from the YMCA of Greater Nashua and the local Hannaford nutritionist will speak about ways to add fitness and healthy eating to your routine in the new year. The talk will take place at the YMCA of Greater Nashua at 10:30am on Friday, January 5th. This talk is geared toward older adults, but all are welcome! Register at the link below or contact United Way at (603)882-4011 or info@unitedwaynashua.org. Register Here for Coffee & Causes 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