Update April 25th, 2024

This coming Sunday, we will be celebrating the fifth Sunday of Easter

Hello John Wesley, 

Greetings from Charlotte, NC. We have began our General Conference with many calls to keep the unity in the United Methodist Church. We spent the first day in worship. It was a wonderful worship experience where we also heard a passionate message from Bishop Thomas Bickerton, bishop of the NY Annual Conference. Following worship, we took time to amend the rules of order. Today, Wednesday, Bishop Jonathan Holston of the South Carolina Annual Conference, began our day with the Episcopal Address, in which he recounted the good work that United Methodists have done across the globe since we last met in 2019. I will try to share some more updates later. PR

 If you are interested in watching the livestream of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church, taking place now in Charlotte, NC, please click this link: https://www.resourceumc.org/en/churchwide/general-conference-2020/live-stream

Blessings, 

Pastor Rene

Changing Our World for April- Changing our World for the month of April we’re collecting change for Allison who’s doing mission work in the Middle East. She is coming to visit us in April.

Save the Date for the SPRING PLANT SALE on Friday, May 24 & Saturday, May 25 with set-up on Thursday, May 23! 

This weekend the Falmouth Chorale performs For the Beauty of the Earth🌏 Concert including Paul Winter’s Missa Gaia Earth Mass selections at John Wesley Church Sat. @ 4 & Sun. @ 3 (270 Gifford St. Falmouth).  Tickets are $30 at the door, $25 from Chorale members or $18 for if purchased by this Friday from Anne Tupper (2annetupper@gmail.com) or Michelle Lowry (mjlowry5@yahoo.com).



Enjoy “The Beatitudes” movement below!

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Book Study:

Acts by Matthew Skinner with Betty Smith will start Tuesday April 30th and continue until Tuesday June 4th. It will be held in the Fitzgerald Room.

This Saturday, join us for a fun event! A screen of the Award winning documentary A Still Small Voice! Tickets are free. Click the link below to get your tickets today!

A Still Small Voice follows chaplain Mati as she completes a year-long hospital residency, the movie explores her journey of learning how to offer spiritual support to individuals facing significant life transitions. We learn new insights on the value of genuine connection and the agony of its absence through Mati's experiences with her patients, her battle with professional burnout, and her own spiritual exploration.

A panel discussion and questions from the audience will take place after the film. The panelists include Rev. Saramaria Allenby, chaplain of Falmouth Hospital, Rev. Peter Feltman-Mahan of the Church of Messiah, and Marney Rathburn, chaplain of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Come see the Bridge to Harmony Concert: A Fusion of Chinese and Western Folk Song!

Saturday May 4th 3PM-4PM

On May 4^th, together with the Congregational Church in Waquoit, we will host the Boston Eastern Heritage Chorus.

The chorus will sing from 3PM-4PM. We will be serving coffee, tea and desserts after the event.

We are in need of desserts. There may be more than 100 people. 30 of whom will be singing. If people could make desserts even if they do not plan on attending the event it would be appreciated.

Hospitality is very important to the Asian culture. We want to welcome the singers and their guests!! The Waquoit church will also reach out to their members.

Christine and Maryellen will prepare the set up with the help of those who can set up tables.

We will also need help cleaning up.

Tables can remain set up for coffee hour on Sunday.

Also, if anyone is available to take photo’s that would be wonderful as well!!! If you do take photos kindly submit the to Lyndsey. She would like to get them on Facebook and new pictures for the directory.

jwumcfalmouth@comcast.net

Grateful,

Christine & Maryellen

JW GARDEN

GARDEN PLOTS AVAILABLE

$20 EACH

It’s not to early to start thinking of gardening. Are you interested in having a garden plot?  

They are approximately 12’ x 8’. We have it rototilled for you and it is fenced in with lots of sun for great produce. We have tools available to use. You can plant whatever you want and keep what you need and/or donate any excess to the church. All we ask is that you keep it neat and weeded. If you had a plot last year, please let me know if you want to continue with the same one. Thank you.

Contact Sharon

At (508) 457-0950, 508-274-9127 or smulcahy1@comcast.net

Sneaker Donation

Did you know that your gently worn sneakers could help John Wesley? Well, they can and here’s how: We are starting a fundraiser where all we need is your support and your gently worn, used, or new sneakers! Start in you & your family’s closets & gather as many pairs of sneakers that you no longer want; maybe you’ve out-grown them, they’re out of style, or out of season. The sneakers that we all collect will help raise money to support our church AND will help our environment by keeping sneakers out of landfills. Drop off your sneakers in the labeled cardboard box in the office.

The collection for the Food Pantry is still needed. The most needed items are Apple Juice, Canned Tuna, Canned Chicken, Chicken Noodle Soup, Italian Dressing, Ranch Dressing, Ketchup and Garlic Powder (3-4 OZ). 

Thank you all for your continued support for our neighbors in need. 

Stewardship Ministry Team:

We’re adding more videos every month! Please visit The Stewardship in

Action webpage on the John Wesley website. Just click on “Info Videos” at the top right of the home page. We have already completed nine of the 22 videos planned. All the titles are listed on the page. The completed ones are featured in the color red. The others are black and have a (coming

soon) line beneath them. We hope that these videos will be useful to our parishioners who may be wondering about a particular event or ministry team. And we hope they will be informative to our website visitors who may be searching for a church home. On the third Sunday of each month, Pastor will feature a video in our Sunday services. Last Sunday he introduced our

Contemporary Service video. Please have a look by clicking the link below.