Sunday Worship at the First United Methodist Church of Eugene
We hope to see you tomorrow morning at 9am or 11am for worship at the First United Methodist Church of Eugene!

In between the worship services, join us in the chapel to hear about Betsy Guinn and Shannon English's recent trip to Cambodia!

At the 9am worship service Pam Swisher is serving as our guest organist - welcome Pam! And at 11am worship I love how the selections of "Your Grace is Enough" and "Come as You Are" affirm a core value of our community: that all are welcome.

The Advent season starts Sunday, December 2nd, and so in the life of the church, the next two Sundays represent the end of our year . What a year this has been in the life of our church! What a year this has been in the world!

More than ever it can feel like we are on a journey to an exciting, but unknown destination. So over the next couple of weeks we will look at some of the stories about Jesus and the disciples on their journeys together . We will be working from Mark 6 and Mark 8 - click on those links and take a look.

Our Gospels really are a treasure of interesting and provocative stories! Stories that we need as we continue on our journey together.

I'm grateful to be on this journey with you! God bless you and keep you!

~ Pastor Adam
Children and Youth this Sunday!
We will have Godly Play for kids age 4 - 12 in both of our worship services this Sunday morning.

Our new nursery space in the parlor is open for our youngest worshippers.

Youth group will meet with Wendy at 10am this Sunday!

And children are invited to come at 10am for a time of singing with Dody Hansen. Thank you Dody!
Sunday Morning Men's Group!
The men's group is meeting tomorrow at 8:00am!

 This is a great group of guys, and they are particularly good at welcoming first-timers - oh, and they always have great coffee! They meet in the church library!
Creative Ways to Give!
On your green sheets Sunday you will see this image! It is a QR code, and if you have a smart phone, its camera will recognize its unique pattern, and direct you to our giving website! It is a great way to give to the church if you find yourself without a checkbook on Sunday morning! Let the church office know if you have any questions!
Conference-wide Study Starts in December!
Our Bishop, Rev. Elaine Stanovsky, has appealed to the churches of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference , to rally around some common study material as we approach the Special General Conference in February (more on that below). She's asking us to dig into "We Make the Road by Walking, by Brian McLaren.

We have worked with Tsunami Books to make the book available at church this Sunday and Sunday, November 25th, for $12.

Many of our existing small groups are reading this book during Advent, and we are forming up some new small groups to read the book as well! So contact Pastor Adam if you are interested in connecting with a group around this book. And you can access some of the resources our Bishop is helping to organize, by clicking here.
Night Shelter is Coming Soon: November 26th - December 10th
Thanks to all who have already signed up to be on a dinner team, help set up a simple breakfast or plan a family activity.

Here's what we need:

Dinner team for Wednesday, Nov 28 and Saturday, Dec 9; and

Setting up a simple breakfast (foods are mostly provided by FFLC) on several dates during those two weeks.

Please see Lisa or Karen after worship to sign up, or email Karen here ! We can do this!!!!!
Come and Restore
Looking for a chance to make some new friends or meet someone new in a more casual environment? Well, Restore might be just the place for you. We meet up all over Eugene, usually Sundays at 5:00pm .

This Sunday we will meet at the Bier Stein - and the snacks are on us!

New Date for
Charge Conference!
Please continue to keep our District Superintendent, Rev. John Tucker, in your prayers as he recovers from and experience with shingles. Our annual charge conference has been rescheduled to Thursday, November 29th, at 6:00pm in our chapel. Stay tuned for more details!