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We illuminate our community with God’s grace as we lovingly accept, listen to, and serve all in the Spirit of Jesus.

SUNDAY SERVICES TAKE PLACE IN-PERSON & ONLINE AT 9:00 AM

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.

THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT, MARCH 3, 2024

"Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread," - Pastor Mary Zajac

Guest Pastor Mary Zajac continues our series on prayer by focusing on our dependence on God and how Jesus shows us how to focus our prayer life so that we rely on God for our daily needs. 

View a message from Pastor Rob about our out of order elevator!

Submit information each week for the Messenger and Bulletin Announcements by WEDNESDAY AT 12 pm for inclusion in these communications. Please use above button or click here for the COMMUNICATIONS submission form -- all requests for communicating an event should be made here, including getting items on the calendar and reserving rooms for your event. This form can also be found on the sign-ups page on our website. If you cannot use the submission form please send them to communications@genevaumc.org. Information sent to this email goes to Carolyn, Lorie and Kimberley, as does the submission form. 

JOIN US NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 10 AFTER WORSHIP FOR A FINANCE REPORT AND UPDATE

Join Jim Alderfer, Chair of Finance, for a report on the current state of our church's finances after worship on March 10 in the sanctuary.



Feel free to bring your coffee for this short twenty-minute presentation on how 2023 ended on a high note and the momentum we are bringing in to 2024.

Only 5 people have signed up to give blood on March 14. 

We really need to have twenty spots filled to meet our minimum. 

The need for blood is dire, please consider taking time out of your

busy schedule to give blood at our blood drive!

GET YOUR NEW NAME TAGS!

Our new name tags have been printed and they are located on magnetic boards on the North wall of Fellowship Hall on each end. Please pick up your new name tag at any time. The first part of the alphabet will be on the West side and the 2nd half of the alphabet will be on the East Side. If you don't see a name tag, please contact the office.

We also have blank name tags for people to write in their name temporarily. If you would like to return your old name tag, we will have a basket available to drop them off.

WATCH A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR ROB ABOUT OUR NEW NAMETAGS

EASTER GARDEN 2024

The Worship Arts Committee invites your participation in expressing the joy of the resurrection with flowers placed in our sanctuary on Easter Sunday, March 31. In addition to the order form in this Sunday's Bulletin, you can use this online order form to help us purchase the Spring flowers that will decorate the church Easter Sunday. Please place your orders by March 11, 2024.

PLEASE JOIN US: United Women in Faith Annual Cluster Luncheon

Baker Memorial UMC

307 Cedar Ave, St. Charles

March 9, 2024

Registration 11:00am, Lunch at 11:30am

"Hope Lives Here,"-- Speaker: Simone Halpin

Co-founder and Executive Director of Naomi's House

They will be collecting a free will offering for Naomi's House or you could bring Amazon gift cards. 

If you would like to attend, please contact Joan Hansen at (630) 251-4628.

Yoga and/or Crystal Bowls Mediation

March 28, 2024 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

$20.00 registration (break week)

Kathleen will be joining Colleen’s Thursday morning yoga class to offer a sound meditation, an experience where you’re immersed in deep sound vibrations creating a greater sense of deep relaxation. If you would prefer

to just come for the sound meditation, please join us for the last 30 minutes of class. You will need a yoga mat and blanket.

Please contact Colleen for registration information or any questions at yogafas@icloud.com or

(630)715-9012.

Pictured: Christine Donovan and Lily Cooper

Would your child like to be an Acolyte?

We will soon be starting up the Acolytes for our 9 AM, worship service in the near future.  We would like to invite our children in grades fourth through eighth, to volunteer to help us out each Sunday. High schoolers are also welcome to serve as acolytes, as well. 

The job of the Acolyte is to light the two candles at the beginning of the service during the prelude, and then extinguish them during the last hymn of the service.  It is a very important and sacred part of our service, and has always has been a tradition in our church to have one or two young people participate. 

If you think your child would be interested in helping to be an Acolyte, please let me know. 

I will  be in the Fellowship hall this Sunday, after the church service, if you would like to talk with me in person. You can also talk with Dr. Greg Coates, Minister of Next Gen on Sunday mornings during Sunday school or contact him via his email: greg@genevaumc.org

Thank you,

Christine Donovan

ckd5@sbcglobal.net

(630)698-0021

Join other Tri-City Methodist Families

 This Spring at Baker Memorial UMC

This year's Road to Easter event will be hosted at Baker Memorial UMC in St. Charles on March 29, 2024 from 10:30-12 pm in Wiley Hall and on the outside lawn. The event will include a combination of faith, food, and fun. Possible activities might include a science experiment, craft/take home craft, fun lesson, book reading, egg hunt on lawn with scavenger hunt (weather permitting), and will conclude with a free lunch of sandwiches. Children and teens of all ages are invited, along with their families.

Details and Registration here. 

UMCG's 2024 Scholarship information and application is now available on the church website, click button to right.

Deadline is May 3, 2024

UMCG Memorial Giving



Memorial gifts, given in remembrance of a loved one or in honor of someone living, come in two types. Designated gifts are directed to a specific church fund, program, or special project as requested by the donor or family. Undesignated gifts are allocated for items not covered in the church budget. These are requested by staff or committee members to enhance the ministries of the church.

In recent years, your Undesignated gifts have enabled UMCG to acquire a range of items, including a conference table and chairs, handicap parking signs, reusable welcome bags, a sofa, reupholstered chairs, baptism books, and melamine dishes, along with items used in worship.

The UMCG Memorial Committee would like to thank all those who have generously given in memory and in honor of loved ones. Your contributions, welcome at any time, truly make a difference in the life of our church! For further information or if you have an idea or project that might benefit from memorial funds, please contact Suzanne Zefron.

I want to express my deepest gratitude for the overwhelming support and prayers I have received from the congregation during my recent foot surgery. The prayers, visits, and messages of encouragement have truly uplifted my spirits and helped me through a challenging time. 

The thoughtfulness and kindness my church family has given me has touched me deeply, and I feel blessed to have that support as I recover.

Thank you once again for your prayers, support, and love. May God bless each of you abundantly.

With sincere appreciation,

- Alison Bolvin

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