“Christmas is not just something that happens to us. It happens through us.”

                                                               

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

Tonight at 7:30 p.m. - Christmas Eve service with candle lighting.  Come and receive the spirit of Christmas, and bring a friend!

 

January 5^th – the choir will be singing the Christmas Cantata that was postponed in December due to the snow.  Also, we will be having our Christmas luncheon after the worship service.  Come and invite a friend.

“It gives me a deep, comforting sense that things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal.”

                                                                --Helen Keller

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is:   Luke 1: 26-38

Do you believe in angels? Are they real or are they make believe? Come and hear another perspective.

 

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

The Christmas Eve service with candlelighting and manger scene will be at 7:30pm on December 24th.  Bring a friend and share the good news of our savior’s birth!

“Methodist leaders were prominent among the prophets who refused to bow to the false god of Apartheid”

                                                                                                                        --Nelson Mandela

Scripture for this Sunday:  Mark 1: 1-8

 

Announcements and Coming Events!

1. Tonight – Come to the Community Dinner at 6:00pm in the Parish Hall.  The doors will open at 5:30pm.
2. On Sunday, December 15^th come hear the Choir sing the Christmas Cantata during the worship service and stay for the Christmas Luncheon afterwards.  A ham dinner with macaroni & cheese and other yummy side dishes will be served.  Please bring a dessert to share if you are able.  All are welcome!!

“If you want to be holy, be kind.”

                                    --Frederick Buechner

Scripture for this Sunday:   Luke 1: 39-56

What does this say about God?

 

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

Community Dinner next Wednesday evening, December 11^th at 6:00pm.  The doors will open at 5:30pm.  Call the church office to reserve your seat.  781-893-9595. The menu will be pasta and meatballs, salad, garlic bread, and chocolate cherry cobbler for dessert. $5 donation per person.  All are welcome!!

On Sunday, December 15^th come hear the Choir sing the Christmas Cantata during the worship service and stay for the Christmas Luncheon afterwards.  A ham dinner with macaroni & cheese and other yummy side dishes will be served.  Please bring a dessert to share if you are able. All are welcome!!

“God gave you the gift of 86,400 seconds today.

Have you used one to say ‘thank- you’?”

                                                                         --William Arthur ward

“God gave you the gift of 86,400 seconds today.

Have you used one to say ‘thank- you’?”

                                                  --William Arthur Ward

Scripture for this Sunday’s service is:   Matthew 2: 19-23

 

What do you know about Nazareth?

What does the choosing of Nazareth as the town where Jesus grew up say about God?

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

1. Community Meal – Wednesday, Dec 11th at 6:00 pm. Doors open at 5:30 pm.   All are invited.  $5 donation per person. Please call the church office to make your reservation.  781-893-9595.
2. Join us for an Advent study of Bethlehem these next four Sunday evenings in the Parlor. We will begin with a light supper at 5:00 pm and conclude by 7:00 pm. We will be using James Moore’s Finding Bethlehem in the Midst of Bedlam.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

“When in doubt, err on the side of generosity.”

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is:   Psalm 42: 1-5  and  John 15: 9-17

“If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.”

--Rodney Dangerfield

           

Scripture for this Sunday’s service is:   Mark 12: 28-34

“Why should I care about future generations? What have they ever done for me?”

--Groucho Marx

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is:  Mark 14: 27-31

Question to think about:  Have you ever denied God?

Our own Bob Hout dressed as a mosquito at the Imagine No Malaria event at Gillette Stadium
http://www.neumc.org/pages/detail/928

This November the Elementary Class will be finishing their Judges to Prophets series. Our stories will include Elisha and Elijah. Debbie Armstrong is leading the class for age 4 through 4^th grade.

Our Youth Class has a new curriculum! Carole Kerr is  facilitating the other class for 5^th grade upward. Our new curriculum is a version more appropriate for our older students but is still in the Grow Proclaim Serve series.

Diane Olsen provides excellent nursery care for our little ones up to age 4. The nursery is available for the entire worship service. Sunday School age children  leave the worship service after Children’s Moment for their Sunday Schools.

 We look forward to seeing you each Sunday.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”

--Abraham Lincoln

 The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is: Luke 19:  1-10

 
Announcements and Upcoming Events!

1.    Covered Dish supper followed by program on John Wesley’s England with slides by the Kerr’s this Saturday at 6:00pm in Parish Hall.
 
2.       The Nicaragua Dinner/Auction originally scheduled for Nov. 2^nd is being postponed until next year.

The Pumpkins Have Arrived

The pumpkins have arrived.  On October 5^th, hundreds and hundreds of pumpkins were delivered to the church at 377 North Avenue (Rt. 117 at Conant Road).  Pumpkins will be on sale daily until Halloween.  The pumpkins come from the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico.  Monies raised from the sale will go to support both the Navajos and the local mission work by the church.

Everyone needs on pumpkin on the porch before the trick-or-treaters arrive.   Buy your pumpkin and support a good cause.

For more information, visit www.westonunitedmethodist.org

“The ABC’s of spiritual growth: Adversity Builds Character”

Scripture for this Sunday’s service is:   Isaiah 42: 5-9

Research has determined that the shelf life of fruitcake is longer than the life of a shelf.

Scripture for this Sunday:   Luke 7:  11-17

How many resurrections are there in the gospels?

“If you have grown because of someone, help someone grow because of you.”

                                                                                                                   --Contributed by Rod Geer  

Scripture for this Sunday’s service is Luke 19: 1-10

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”

--Wayne Gretsky

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is: Mark 5:  21-24, 35-43

“One of the secrets in life is making stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.”

--Jack Penn

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is: John 5: 1-9a

“Sometimes questions are more important than answers.”                  

   --Nancy Willard

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is:   Luke 13:  10-17

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."                        

                                --Archbishop Desmond Tutu

 

The scripture for this Sunday’s worship service is: Matthew 25: 31-46

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

Please mark your calendars! 

• This Sunday, Sept. 1 - Steve and Sandy will be talking about the trip to Nicaragua during the Sermon.
• Sept. 8 – Worship Service and Sunday School will begin at 10:30 am.
• Sept. 15 – There will be a church BBQ after the service.  All are invited!
• Saturday, Sept. 28 – We will be having a church yard sale and fun festival from 9am – 2pm. More information coming soon.

"Smile; you're designed to"       

                                                     Sign seen in NYC

 The scripture for this Sunday's service is:  1 Corinthians  1: 8-12

"Think of five things you are grateful for today...Now, how do you feel?"  
                                                                                                    -- Tim Sanders

The scripture for this Sunday's service:
Matthew 18:1-5 and 19:13-15

God's Love for You

This message of hope to share with YOU appeared in my thoughts this morning.
Grace and Peace,
 Brother Bob
 Lay Servant, Weston UMC

I pray that you in every way
will feel Christ's love pervade your day.
Reach out to Him, and as you pray,
your fears he'll melt, tears dry away.

"Better to do something imperfectly than do nothing flawlessly."   

                                                                                  --Robert Schuller

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

The next Bristol Lodge serving day is this Monday, August 12. With many in our congregation away on vacation, your help is needed more than ever this week.  If you are able to contribute one or more food items, or assist with serving the meal at 5pm in Waltham, please sign up on the bulletin board in the Narthex.  Please keep in your prayers this outreach ministry and all those who it touches.

 

Volunteers are needed:

a.     Altar flowers are needed for the weeks of August 18 and 25.

b.    Fellowship hosts are needed for August 25.

If you are able to help out please sign up on the bulletin board in the narthex or call the church office 781-893-9595.

"T.G.I.F.   Thank God I'm Forgiven!"

Scripture for this Sunday:  Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Announcement:

 

Our new bishop, Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar, will be visiting our church on Tuesday, August 6, from 9:30 am to 10:00 am and all are invited to come meet him.

 

Thought for the Week:

 

"While you were at the beach cooling off during our recent heat wave, guess what? The WUMC Vision One Team has been sweating it out in the church parlor, working hard on some new initiatives based on input from you all in our recent surveys and focus groups. We have lots of exciting, spirit-filled ideas we can't wait to share with you starting in September!"
                                                                                       -- Anne Gehrenbeck- Shim

 

Scripture for this Sunday's service:  Joshua 2:  1-16

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”

--Jim Carrey

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is: Genesis 27: 1-10, 18, 19, 27-29

 

How would you feel if someone stole something valuable that was to be given to you?

Thought for the week

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.”

--Corrie ten Boom

Scripture for this Sunday’s service:  Genesis 2: 4b-8, 15-25

                                                           Genesis 1: 1-5, 26-28, 31

What differences do you see in these two accounts of creation?

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

1.      Family Bible Camp will be held next week, July 15 – 19 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. The cost for the week is just $5 per person, or $15 per family.  If you haven’t already signed up, be sure to do so in the Narthex, or by emailing or calling the church office.  781-893-9595,   wumc1@verizon.net    The four countries we will be visiting during Family Bible Camp week are  Nicaragua, Japan, Uganda, and South Africa.  We are in need of decorative items that represent these countries. If you have anything that we could borrow for the week please call Debbie Armstrong at 978-273-7741 or the church office.  Thank you.

Thought for the Week

“Within any adversity, lies a slumbering possibility.”

                                                --- Robert Schuler

Scripture for Sunday:   Romans 5:1-5

How do you view your troubles?

Are they an opportunity or a detriment?
 

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

1.       Beginning this Sunday, the worship service moves to 9:30am and will continue through Labor Day Sunday.

2.       Family Bible Camp will be held the week of July 15 – 19 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. The cost for the week is just $5 per person, or $15 per family.  If you haven’t already signed up, be sure to do so in the Narthex, or by emailing or calling the church office.  781-893-9595,    wumc1@verizon.net

3.       The four countries being represented during Family Bible Camp week are Nicaragua, Japan, Uganda, and South Africa.  We are in need of decorative items that represent these countries. If you have anything that we could borrow for the week please call Carole Kerr 205-305-9674 or the church office.  Thank you.

Bristol Lodge Serving Days - Monday, July 8th and August 12th

Bristol Lodge Serving Days - Monday, July 8th and August 12th

Our hungry brothers and sisters who come to the Bristol Lodge Soup Kitchen in Waltham are so grateful that God and you care about them!  Please continue to lift up them and their needs and concerns to God in prayer.

*** Especially lift up Wendy and her family. I've spoken with Wendy before, and in June I spoke to her together with Sandy Melius. Wendy's family is looking for a place to live. Several family members have substance abuse issues, and Wendy's been a crime victim. She has difficulty sleeping at night due to nightmares, and ended up in the hospital. Fortunately for Wendy, she found the nurses at Newton Wellesley Hospital to be wonderful. Wendy's concerned about her daughter; she no longer knows her daughter's whereabouts.

 

Thank-you for praying for Wendy and her family! She's very grateful that we pray for her, and she has asked for YOUR prayers.  ***

“Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.”

---Thoreau

Scripture for Sunday:   Psalm 121

Do you like being dependent on God?

 

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

1.   Family Bible Camp is coming soon!

• July 15 – 19th      5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.  starting with supper at 5:30pm
• Cost for the week:  $5 per person or $15 per family
• There is a registration form on the children’s table in the Narthex.  Also you can call the church office  781-893-9595 or email to  wumc1@verizon.net to register.

2.  Summer Sermons:  If you’d like to hear Rev. Melius  preach about a topic or scripture of your choice during the month of July, please get your requests into him this week.

3.  Summer Worship:  Summer worship hours and Sunday School move to 9:30am beginning on July 7^th and continue through Labor Day weekend, September 1.

To know Jesus Christ and to make Jesus Christ known

Weston United Methodist Church

"Have you ever noticed that wrong numbers are never busy?"

 

The scripture for this Sunday's service is:   Psalm 23

What is your relationship with God?

 

 Announcements and Upcoming Events!

1.  Summer Worship - Beginning Sunday July 7th and continuing through labor day Sunday, the worship service and Sunday School will begin at 9:30am.

2.  Vacation Bible Camp is coming in July!  Mark your calendars now for the dates:  July 15 - 19th.  We are holding a family vacation bible camp in the evenings from 5:30pm - 7:30pm starting with dinner.  There will be activities for both the children and the adults.  Look for the flyer in the narthex for more information.  The cost will be $5 per person or $15 per family.  Register by signing up at church or emailing the church office at wumc1@verizon.net.

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To know Jesus Christ and to make Jesus Christ known

 

Weston United MethodistChurch

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”

--Rev. Theodore Hesburgh

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is: Matthew 24:  42-44

 

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

1.    The Nicaragua dinner scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed. Our Nicaragua friends (Roger and Fanny Amador and Evelyn Forbes) will be in church this Sunday.

 

2.    Save the date:  The week of July 15^th we will be having a family vacation bible school in the evenings from 5:30 -7:30pm.  Look for more information coming soon!

 

3.    We are looking for fellowship hosts for the summer months.   Fellowship hour is held in the Narthex and is simplified – punch and cookies as an example.  Please sign up in the Narthex if you can host a week during the summer. 

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To know Jesus Christ and to make Jesus Christ known

Weston United Methodist Church

“Procrastination is my sin. It brings me naught but sorrow.

I know that I should stop it. In fact, I will...tomorrow.”

--Anonymous

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is: Matthew 25:  31-40

Are we doing what Jesus is saying?

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

1.    Nicaragua Dinner on Saturday, June 15^th at  6:00pm in the Fellowship Hall

        $12 per person / $25 per family      Children under 5 eat free

2.    Church Picnic – after church this Sunday, June 9th.  Please bring a side dish to share. 

3.    Save the date:  The week of July 15^th we will be having a family vacation bible school in the evenings from 5:30 -7:30pm.  Look for more information coming soon!

“I never think of the future, it comes soon enough.”  

          -- Albert Einstein

The scripture for Sunday’s worship service is:   II Timothy  4:9-22.

 Questions to ponder about the scripture:

·         Are you good at procrastinating?
·         Did you ever disappoint someone because you procrastinated?

Announcements and Upcoming Events!

During the month of July, Steve will be choosing his sermon topics from your suggestions.  If you have a scripture or a subject that you would like him to preach about, please write it down and put it in the offering plate each Sunday during the month of June, or email the church office at wumc1@verizon.net.

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To know Jesus Christ and to make Jesus Christ known

Weston United Methodist Church

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