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Worship Service airs live on our Website , YouTube  and  Facebook at 9 am.

Go to the Worship Page on our Website to find more information about future services.

Seventh Sunday After Epiphany, February 23, 2025

Defining Moments: Claiming to be God: John 5: 1-18

Defining Moments: Claiming to be God" (John 5:1-18) reveals Jesus exercising His divine authority, not just in words but in transformative actions. Through His healing power, Jesus shows that His divinity brings restoration and redemption, inviting us to experience the fullness of life in Him.

Good News Statement: Jesus exercises His divine authority so that broken lives may be restored and redeemed.

Sunday's Bulletin can be found in Document Center

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Please use the button TO THE RIGHT or click here for the COMMUNICATIONS submission form -- all requests for communicating an event should be made via this form, including getting items on the calendar and reserving rooms for your event. This form can also be found on the sign-up page on our website. Any questions, please email communications@genevaumc.org. Information sent to this email goes to Carolyn, Lorie and Kimberley, as does the submission form. 

Two opportunities to worship on

Ash Wednesday, March 5!

Noon service at UMCG with Pastor Becky Nicol, where she will focus her short sermon on different kinds of spiritual disciplines to practice during Lent, with imposition of ashes.

7 pm evening service at Baker Memorial UMC in St. Charles, where they are hosting a combined Fox Valley UMC's service with Guest Preacher Rev. Fabiola Grandon-Mayer, NIC's Director of Connectional Ministries, who will preach a sermon "Out of the Dust." There will be imposition of ashes.

Show your love for your neighbor next month by signing up TODAY to give blood! We are hosting a Blood Drive on March 13 from 2:30 pm to 7 pm in Fellowship Hall and we need donors!

Every donor can save up to 3 lives!

Click the image on right to sign up on Versiti's website.

Pastor Becky is teaching one of the classes at this year's Lay Academy next month-- she will help train a layperson to preach in a pastor's absence. There are three other options for those interested who will learn how to help UMCG as lay servants.

ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL LENTEN STUDY

"THE FINAL DAYS" BY MATT RAWLE

BEGINNING MARCH 9, 2025

Abington Press: “The four New Testament Gospels aren't the same story, but they offer the same Resurrection hope. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John devote most of their story detailing Jesus's last week in Jerusalem, all highlighting Jesus's triumphant entry into the city, the suffering and humiliation of the cross, and the empty tomb come Sunday morning, but the stories they tell aren't quite the same.

Each Gospel offers a different lens through which we understand Jesus's passion.One portrait reveals Jesus to be in control, while another emphasizes his suffering. In one story, Jesus offers hope to the thief on the cross, and in another Jesus only receives derision. These different perspectives aren't a reason to dismiss the Gospels; rather they reveal an abundant, diverse, and complementary picture of God's work in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.” 

Adult Sunday School meets in the Parlor each Sunday at 10:30am. The book “The Final Days-A Lenten Journey through the Gospels” is available through Amazon and other locations. The study will also be supported with a video each week. Please consider joining them and invite a friend for good discussions and fellowship! Contact Jim McConnell with questions.

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