Donate Gift Cards for the Florida United Methodist Children's Home Memorial is collecting gift cards for the Florida United Methodist Children's Home during the month of November and
Last year, Memorial donated over $1200 in gift cards! Let's keep our giving tradition going! These kids can really use the love!
Gift cards in increments of $10-$100 are the mist useful to the staff at the home to give to the kids from stores like Amazon.com, Wal-mart, Gamestop, Khols or even Visa gift cards are helpful!
All gift cards are due by Monday, November 29th. They can be dropped in the offering plate, the drop boxes in the worship spaces, or brought to the Partin Center.
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Donate to the Christmas Family Fund Each year, through referrals from schools and community organizations, Memorial provides assistance to families in need over the holidays. This year these donations are especially needed by area families. Through this fund, Memorial is able to help those children and youth who fall through the cracks of the local agencies. To contribute, please designate "Christmas Family Fund" on the memo portion of your check.
Support our area homeless by visiting No Room at the Inn: For years, the United Methodist Women at Memorial hosted “No Room at the Inn”, a vast display of nativity scenes from different perspectives and cultures throughout the world.
  At the display, a love offering is collected for the of Nassau County Coalition for the Homeless, to benefit those who, like the Holy Family, also find “no room” at the inn during their time of need. 

Come explore the nativities at No Room at the Inn Friday, December 3rd and Saturday, December 4th from 10:00AM - 4:00PM. You can donate to the Nassau Country Coalition for the Homeless at the event of give through the mail or online! (See below for details.)

The UMW is also making a Virtual No Room at the Inn that will be available online if you can no attend in person or if you'd like to share it with friends. Look in your Monday Connect after the event for a link to that.

How to Give to the Coalition for the Homeless through No Room at the Inn
1.     Via Check: Send to: “No Room at the Inn” c/o Memorial United Methodist Church, 601 Centre Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034. Please put “No Room at the Inn” in the memo section of the check.

2.     Online: Visit paypal.me/WBCircle to give online. The Wilma Bunch Circle at Memorial has volunteered their account to collect donations to No Room at the Inn. All funds collected through the PayPal account will be given to the Coalition for the Homeless alongside the mailed-in donations.
Give of Your Prayers Praying for our church family and for those who have asked for prayer is a wonderful way to give back this time of year, and always. You can find our newest prayer list HERE with suggestions of who to pray for. The list is updated each week. A new prayer list comes out each week and a link to it can be found in the Monday Connect and Friday Enews.
Shop Memorial's Alternative Christmas Mission Fair (It's our Hands On Mission Event for December!)
Support the missions of Memorial at our Alternative Christmas Mission Fair. Click HERE to find the flyer with descriptions of each of our missions, contact information if you would like to get involved or learn more, as well as some suggested donations to give as a non-material gift this Christmas season.
When you have selected the missions you would like to support, fill our the donation form and return it while attending the Alternative Christmas Fair in person or send it to the Partin Center (601 Centre Street, Fernandina Beach FL, 32034) by December 20th . We hope you will stop by and talk with some of our missions partners then.  

Stop by our Alternative Christmas Fair on December 11th from 9:00AM-12:00PM in conjunction with the Fernandina Beach Farmers’ Market on North 7th Street
OR on Sunday, December 12th from 9:00AM - Noon in Maxwell Hall (between the 2 Cantatas)


Givings to the Alternative Christmas Mission Fair make great gifts to friends and loved one. Give a donation to a mission in their honor.
Give a Year-End Gift to the General Operating Budget at Memorial As you consider your year-end donation to Memorial please remember:
  • Checks delivered to the Partin Center, or received in the mail BEFORE January 1st, 2022, will be deposited and posted in December 2021 and reported as a 2021 contribution. If a check is received by mail in January 2022, the check was dated in 2021 AND the postmark on the envelope was December 31, 2021, or earlier, this will be reported as a 2021 payment.
  • ·     Checks postmarked after December 31st will be reported as a 2022 payment. If you deliver or mail your check before year end and intend for it to be deposited and reported on your statement as a payment in 2021, please date your check in January 2021 and note it is a 2021 payment. 


Ways to GIVE @Memorial
Electronically:
 
In Person:
  • drop boxes in Maxwell Hall or the Sanctuary
  • Drop in the offering plate
  •  mail slot at the Partin Center
 
Through the Mail:
·    601 Centre St., Fernandina Beach, Fl 32034
 
**By using the app or website, you may designate your giving to the Operating Budget, Capital Campaign, General Missions Fund or set up automatic giving.
Help our area hungry with Memorial through local feeding ministries!
We have groups of volunteers from Memorial who work at various times throughout the month at our local feeding ministries. You can come and help any time you'd like!

Hope House/IDN: Help prepare and serve dinner through the Interfaith Dinner Network at the Salvation Army Hope House on the island during our designated times. Adults are welcome to come service alongside our youth the second Tuesday of each month at 4:30PPM (contact Justin for more details). We also have an evening that a group from Memorial serves each Monday. Contact Sharyl Wood to learn more about that and get signed up!

Gracie's Kitchen: Off the island in Yulee is the feeding ministry Gracie's Kitchen, named for a former member of our church! Various groups in our church make food for or serve at the kitchen during the month. Contact Caroline Fanelli to get involved!
Share the Good News and Invite the Community to Christmas Eve Worship through the Lighted Christmas Parade!
Come help is build the float at 4:00PM outside the Partin Center! Walk in the parade with us and help pass out invitations to Christmas Eve worship! Or join the church family on the Partin Center or Sanctuary steps to enjoy the parade!
Wear your RED Love Shows Up shirts!! Contact Pastor Carrie with questions.
Designate a portion of ALL your purchases on Amazon.com to the United Methodist Children's Home!
It's easy and you don't have to change a thing about how your check out! To set it up, simply go to smile.amazon.com from the your web browser then select "Florida United Methodist Children's Home, Inc." When you shop from smile.amazon.com, a portion of you total will be donated to the Children's Home.
Be sure to add a bookmark to smile.amazon.com to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile each time your shop.
Help the Youth Feed the Hungry in January during their Citrus Drive!!
Mark your Calendars to help with the Browning!
We don't want to really talk about taking DOWN the Christmas Decorations yet....not when we just put them up last week! Yet, we will need help on Sunday, January 6th after each service to put away our Christmas Decorations. More details to come. Please put that date on your calendars!