This Sunday we continue in the Perfectly Imperfect series where we will consider the classic underdog story from the Old Testament of David and Goliath. As I will mention in my sermon, David and Goliath isn’t just a feel-good underdog story. This is a story about God delivering us from large, foreboding, and powerful forces and having the faith that God can use small and meek means to provide deliverance.

This Sunday evening my first State of the Church Address will be broadcast at 7pm via our YouTube and Vimeo channels or you can read it on the Pastors’ Blog. In my address, I am going to name some of the large, foreboding, and powerful forces we face as...Read the rest of Rob's Message Here

Pastor Rob Hamilton Preaches - The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall 

The Classic Story of David and Goliath - David is young and so sure of himself. He’s not afraid of big bad Goliath that everyone else cowers to. Is that because David is young, full of himself and thinks he’s immortal? Probably part of the reason. The main reason could be that he is so assured of victory that David had learned to trust God in other situations and knew how to act in this situation. 

Worship Service is posted our Website on-demand and posted to YouTube and Facebook at 9:00 am.

Sunday, January 23 at 9:30 am - We will be coloring and drawing our own David while listening and discussing the story via video and scripture reading. We will also be playing a version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" Trivia game! 

Sunday, January 30 at 9:00 am - We will meet via Zoom. More details next week.

Sunday, February 6 at 9:00 am - Regular Sunday School Classes resume at the Church during the service!

Contact: Julie Popplewell

Our Church-Wide Assessment has made some changes due to COVID. The Assessment Listening Sessions will now take place during the week of February 1-6. Our consultants will be conducting the sessions virtually.

If you have thoughts, dreams or concerns about the future of our church, please sign up for a one hour listening session by clicking here. Note there are options to participate in Zoom-only sessions where all participants are on Zoom or there are two sessions at church where only our consultants will participate virtually.

The Church-Wide Assessment Report will be given via Zoom (and recorded for future viewing) on February 10 at 7pm.

Our Church Beautification Project is near completion, but our return to in-person worship and regular office hours is delayed by one week. This is due to work crews falling ill with COVID, some even enduring hospitalization. Please remember our workers in your prayers. Our return to in-person worship and a rededication of our building for ministry will take place on Sunday, February 6 at 9am and regular office hours will resume on Monday, February 7.

UMCG commits to providing dinners to Lazarus House on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. Just cook a meal in a 9X13 casserole pan and deliver the meal hot and ready to serve to Lazarus House as close to 6:00 PM as possible. We still need people to sign up to provide dinners on the 1st Tuesdays of each months starting in February. Sign-up to bring a meal here

Contact: Gwen Powell at 479-899-1779 or bgatpow@yahoo.com.

Peace and blessings to you as we begin a New Year in the life of our church.

As we offer our final report on 2021 finances, words can barely express our gratitude for your amazing generosity this past year. We are pleased to report that your giving to the operating budget broke all recent records in December, totaling $88,217! As a result, we finished the year with a surplus of $7,300, all the while paying our apportionments in full and making our promised 5% monthly allocations of income to Missions & Church in Society ministries. Most impressive of all was the broad participation in this accomplishment. Over 150 families & individuals made 233 donations to the budget during the month. And our special Christmas offerings received broad support as well, totaling another $13,450.

Thank you so much for your faithful giving in a year that was filled with challenges. Those gifts, combined with our prayers, our presence, and our service, are strong evidence that God continues to work through us to bring light to the world. Let us keep that light strong in 2022!

Rolland Lang and the Finance Committee

The congregation is invited to join the Church Council in a monthly book study as we learn a new leadership posture for ministry and life by reading How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going: Leading in a Liminal Season, by Susan Beaumont. The sessions will begin on February 22 at 7pm and continue for the first 30 minutes or so every regular Church Council meeting of 2022. You can request a copy of the book by clicking here. 

Adult Sunday School is Zooming it's class at 10:30 am on and 23 and 30. They will be discussing Pastor Rob's sermon for each of those Sundays. If you wish to join, below is the Zoom link. If you have further questions please contact Jim McConnell at mcjamesc@aol.com.

Spirits & Studies meets Tuesdays at 6:30pm. They began a new book study on January 18 with The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. This little book of 138 pages will shake up your way, maybe even transform. We have great discussions and would like to engage some new voices and views around this book. Contact Mary Gay McKinney for more information.

During January, Tuesday Prayer Partners will gather via Zoom on Tuesdays at 1:00 pm. Reach out to Mary Gay McKinney for the Zoom link. We pray for 30 minutes and we welcome YOU!

The Men's Early Bird Fellowship class meets each Thursday 7:00am at Colonial Cafe on east Main Street (Rt 64) in St. Charles. They are are studying "Fear of the Other" by William Willimon. Please plan to join them if you wish. Contact Jim McConnell at mcjamesc@aol.com with any questions.

The NIC weekly eNews is here.

The NIC December/January Reporter is available here.

Submit information each week by Wednesday at 12pm for inclusion in Bulletin Announcements or the Weekly Messenger.  Please use the submission form. This form can also be found on the sign-ups page on our website. You may also send them to communications@genevaumc.org. Information sent to this email goes to Carolyn, Debbie, and Lorie.