Sunday Worship:
In Person and
Streaming
at 9:00 and 11:15 am
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This Week at Pender
May 26, 2022
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By following Jesus
and reaching out to others,
we seek God's transformation
of ourselves and our world.
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Based upon the Rob Bell "Nooma" Christian podcast series, join Ken Ferris as he follows through on the Nooma episode "Rain".
Drawing upon a precious personal memory, Ken will suggest a different "after the rain" response to God when we face challenges and difficulties in life. During the troubled times we encounter, responding to God's care with this fresh perspective has the potential to change us and enhance our relationship with our Heavenly Father!
May 29, 2022 is the Seventh Sunday of Easter.
Join us live at Pender UMC
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The Traditional Services are in person and live streamed at 9:00 am on Sunday.
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The Common Ground Contemporary Services are in person and live streamed at 11:15 am on Sunday.
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Pentecost is June 5
Start praying the Pentecost Prayer in the bulletin on Sunday!
Pentecost is a celebration of the birth of the church. Rebirth too.
Wear Red on June 5.
There will be a Spirit Celebration Social in the Gathering Place between the services. The Spirit is poured on all people but it can’t be “all people” unless you are there.
o Join us for a piece of cake.
o Join us for adults’ games.
o Join us for kid’s games.
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"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Jesus Christ. " 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Pender is a church committed to the power of prayer. Our "prayer chain" is a group of church members constantly in prayer for the needs of our congregation. To make your prayer needs known, you may email the prayer chain by clicking here to send an email to our group of prayer warriors.
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A Disciple’s Path
2022
Pender UMC
Please join us on this journey in which we learn together about what it means to be a follower of Jesus within a Wesleyan context! We hope to see you there! All are welcome.
Schedule (Tentative)
Each class session is 1 and ½ hours long unless we double and then we’ll meet for a total of two hours.
Sunday, May 29, NO CLASS – Rev. White is on vacation.
Sunday, June 5, 2022, 4PM, Cornerstone, Rev. White
Session 4 – Gifts (Financial Generosity)
Session 5 – Service (Spiritual Gifts and Gifts based Service)
Sunday, June 12, 2022, 2PM, Cornerstone, Rev. White
Rev. White must attend the Annual Conference orientation held virtually at 4PM.
Session 6—Witness (Invitational Evangelism)
A few books are available for free from Pender! The class will be concurrent.
Once you sign up, we’ll provide further participation instructions.
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Help Wanted! Common Ground
Have you always wanted to play or sing in a worship band? Common Ground is looking for a few good men and women. Contact Uriah Moore @ 1-443-787-8989. Email Uriah at: uriahjmoore@hotmail.com. He’ll talk with you about an audition.
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Thank you from our Scout Troop!
Dear Pender United Methodist Church,
Thank you so much for all of your support for our troop including letting us use your basement for our meetings and a closet for storage. Thank you very much for allowing the use of your parking lot for our Mulch sale. That helped us out in so many ways! It gave Virginia Ground Works a place for temporary headquarters so they didn't have to drive from Vienna to each location, allowing us to get Mulch as quickly as possible to our customers. Your generosity helped us raise a full years' budget for our troop! This allows us to put that money towards awesome outings such as White water Rafting, Rappelling and Summer camp where we learn leadership, life skills, and teamwork. It also makes sure that scouting is available to all thru scholarships for camp or equipment. Thank you so much for your continued support!!
Sincerely,
The Scouts of Troop 1530
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Do you like to read and talk about books? Do you like to read current bestsellers or classic books - mysteries, thrillers or non-fiction?
The Book Lovers Group meets monthly on the second Sunday at 4 PM. We are meeting by Zoom and normally we meet about 1 1/2 hours. We have a lively discussion about the book since sometimes we all like the book and other times, we can’t agree if we like the book.
For the June 12th discussion, we are reading First Friends by Gary Ginsberg.
The book is available at the library and on Amazon for purchase.
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Help Wanted!
We’re also looking for some administrative leadership. Would you be willing to go to training to learn how to expand and promote Common Ground?
Are you someone who likes to greet people? Would you be willing to usher?
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The Pender Nursery is available on Sundays during services and Sunday School classes.
Please let us know the ages of your children so we can best prepare for them at pender.church/signup.
Note that all children must wear masks and have their temperature taken.
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Children's Sunday School resumed in person and on Zoom
Welcome to Sunday School!
The children's Sunday School is meeting face-to-face (at the church).
Please note, teachers and children need to wear a mask during class. All children will get their own bag of materials to avoid sharing.
We hope to see you soon!
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Pender Vacation Bible School (VBS) is a week-long program from June 20-24, 2022 from 9:00am-12 noon, where children explore, celebrate, and care for God's good creation! Through worship and drama, Bible study, nature-themed art projects and snacks, active games, songs, arts and crafts, skits, puppet shows and science explorations, children 3.5-12 will discover God's love for all of creation. They will be challenged to care for God's world in tangible ways - both during VBS and at home.
This week at VBS, we will be exploring God’s Great Big Beautiful World! Your child will experience Bible stories about God’s amazing world and discover the ways God cares for every part of creation. Your child will make new friends, sing fun songs, watch dramatic presentations of the Bible stories, play active games, go on a nature scavenger hunt, do art projects and science explorations, and dig into the Bible.
Every day your child will bring home a Creation Care Card. This card lets you know what your child learned and provides ideas for how your family can HELP creation by endeavoring to Heal, Enjoy, Learn, and Pray. Try to complete at least one activity together before your children returns to VBS the next day.
Our offering this week will go to a group that is helping to provide fresh, clean water to a community that needs it. There is no pressure or requirement to contribute!
Be sure your child arrives by 9:00 am each day. Children will gather with a small group and leader in the same place each day.
Please bring the whole family for the “Creation Celebration” closing program on Friday!
Welcome to Great Big Beautiful World VBS!
VBS will be from 9-12, June 20-24, 2022.
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CAN YOU HELP? We are looking for VBS teachers to share in a fun teaching experience beginning June 20th-24th, 9am-12noon. The theme: "A Great Big Beautiful World!
The theme: "A Great Big Beautiful World!"
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Sunday School
Topic: Youth Sunday School
Time: Sundays @ 10:oo am-11am
At Pender
Sunday Night Youth Group - the new time is 4:00-5:30 pm
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GOD ANSWERS PRAYER IN AMAZING WAYS
Joy and Robert Varga co-pastor a small church out in the country about 2 hours outside the city of Asuncion. They often share with us stories of people they serve in their community and in their church. They are very devoted missionaries who believe in the power of prayer and give testimony to the wonderful ways that God works in their midst. Here is one of Joy’s accounts:
‘Recently, we started to pray for new people and converts. Due to the pandemic the church attendance suffered a lot.
One Sunday we came to church and there was a man sitting on the steps. It was 6:30 am and we greeted him. His name is Feliciano. He is in his late fifties. He was introduced by one of our members during a testimony time we have at our Sunday services. He came forward to explain that when he was much younger, he had visited a Baptist church while living in Asuncion.
After a while he left there and went back into the world and messed up. He went through a depression that he couldn’t shake off and that went on for years. Then he came back to his village in the country, which is about 3 miles from our church. A month and a half ago he finally dared to ask God for help. (He thought that because of his many sins, God wouldn’t want him, or listen to him for that matter.) One morning he started walking and he saw a man dressed in beige signaling him to follow him...He followed him from a distance not knowing what to think. The man who led him to our church walked in and when Feliciano got there... he disappeared. He looked for him, but could not find him so he just sat on the steps.
Now, one and a half months later, he received the Lord, found forgiveness for his sins, and is being discipled and has such hunger for the Word. He comes to help to clean the church on Saturdays and helps with the construction of the Sunday school building. He volunteers happily for whatever is needed and walks back and forth to church and to his Bible classes. That’s 6 miles--every time he comes and he says it keeps him healthy and happy. Last Sunday he came up to us and gave us a list of 11 people which he said were his brothers and sisters and if we could please help him to pray for their salvation, which we gladly do."
Please keep Robert and Joy in your prayers for their health (especially Joy) and for God's continued blessing on their lives and their ministry. Give thanks that they have served as missionaries for over 40 years and their desire is to glorify and lift up Christ in what He has called them to do.
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Western Fairfax Christian Ministries |
The WFCM blue cart is outside the church.
All donations of food and toiletries are welcomed and needed.
Item of the Week: Canned Vegetables
Please no:
* Expired food
* Glass jars
Thank you for your continuing generous support of WFCM.
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Western Fairfax Christian Ministries ("WFCM") Current Request for Donations
The WFCM Food Pantry is accepting outside donations at their address below. There is a greater need for food but fewer donations.
You can also help by ordering from Amazon for delivery to WFCM. Rice, beans, canned fruit, diapers (Sizes 4, 5, 6), pasta, pasta sauce, etc.
WFCM
4511 Daly Drive, Suite J
Chantilly, VA 20151
Financial contributions are also accepted (cash, check or through our website). Please mark your tax deductible donation "WFCM Food Pantry." This will be recorded on your giving statement.
Thank you for your continuing support of WFCM. In 2021, Pender donated 6,128.74 pounds of food and personal care items to help the needy in the community. Thank you for your ongoing and generous support of WFCM.
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Spring is a time for renewal, growth, and expansion.
At Western Fairfax Christian Ministries, we have seen significant growth this past year and we continue to meet the growing needs due to your generosity and many others like you! Your support of our Annual Spring Appeal enables us to continue to expand and assist our neighbors who require help with basic necessities.
Your gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to $35,000 by a family who believes that no individual or family should be concerned with where their next meal will come from. They believe everyone should have access to fresh foods such as dairy, meat and produce that contribute to a well-balanced meal.
Please consider an online donation, or mailing a check, before June 30th for our 2022 Spring Appeal so that we can continue to expand our services.
Checks can be mailed to: PO Box 220802, Chantilly, VA 20153
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Pender is an open and welcoming church. We accept and embrace all persons, period. All people are blessed children of God. Pender is a caring and praying church community; we believe as Christians that we are called to follow and practice the ways of Jesus Christ, who is our ever present and living God.
Our mission is to practice and embrace, providing unconditional love and acceptance of all of God's children as He loves and accepts all of us.
We do not discriminate based on age, mental, physical, or intellectual ability, culture, gender, race, religious belief or unbelief, or sexual orientation.
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May 30, the Church Office is closed for Memorial Day
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June 5, Pentecost
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June 5, Graduation Sunday
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June 12, Music Appreciation Sunday
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June 20, VBS (Vacation Bible School). Register here.
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July 9, Summer Cycle Ministry
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June 12, Book Lovers Group
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June 20, Memorial Concert
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June 26, Juvenile Detention Center (JDC). Learn More
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July 17, One Combined Worship Service at 11:15am, luncheon to follow in the Gathering Place
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July 17, Send-Off for Philippi
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July 22, Missions Trip to Philippi, WVa
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August 7, United Methodists Stand Against Racism and Ice Cream Social event at 4pm
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September 18, Fall Kick Off
Every Sunday - In Person and Streaming Services.
- Traditional at 9:00 am
- Common Ground Contemporary at 11:15 am
Weekly Events
- Sunday
- The Cornerstone Class meets at 10:00 am.
- Children's Sunday School Class meets at 10:00 am.
- Connections Video and Discussion meets at 10:00 a
- Youth Sunday School Class meets at 10:00 am.
- The Seeker Sunday School Class meets at 10:15 am.
- The Turning Point Youth Group at 4:00 pm
- Monday
- Mary Martha Circle, in person and online
- Boy Scout Troop 1530 meets in-person at 7:00 pm
- Tuesday
- Staff Meeting at 11:00 am.
- Carillon Ringers at 6:45 pm
- Joy Ringers at 7:30 pm
- Wednesday
- Ruth Circle meets on Zoom at 10 am
- Thursday
- AV and Worship Team Rehearsals in-person at 6:00 pm
- Choir Rehearsal at 7:30 pm
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