SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE LAST SUNDAY Worship: 8:15 = 51, 9:30 = 127, 11:00 = 164, Total = 342 Sunday School: 25 Teachers, 73 Students, 1 Visitor, 2 Nursery; Total = 101 th Sun. 28 8:15 am 9:30 am 9:30 am 11:00 am 5:00 pm Mon. 6:30 pm Sat. 10:00 am 11:00 am rd Sun. 3 8:15 am 9:30 am 9:30 am 11:00 am 6:00 pm THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR Traditional Worship – Sanctuary Informal Worship – Bowker Hall NO Sunday School classes Traditional Worship – Sanctuary Sr. High After-Christmas Party Dominican Republic Mission Info – Bowker Hall Visitation with family of Grace Haines followed by Memorial Service Traditional Worship – Sanctuary Informal Worship – Bowker Hall Sunday School for all ages Traditional Worship – Sanctuary Club 35, Jr.& Sr. High Youth Groups ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 28th also available on the church website, medfordumc.org YEAR-END GIFTS TO THE CHURCH - For those with IRA's and over age 70½ . . . H.R. 5771 just passed last week, allowing individuals to make a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from an IRA. You can satisfy the current year’s required minimum distributions while supporting your church and excluding the IRA distribution from income entirely for tax purposes. There’s just enough time left to complete a QCD before year end. Please contact your IRA custodian ASAP for more information. OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE CALLING MISSION-MINDED ADULTS! A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MISSION INFORMATION MEETING will be held on Monday, December 29, 6:30-8:00 pm (light supper included) in Bowker Hall. Come and hear more about this amazing home-construction project in Los Cocos, DR from experienced mission trip leaders from Haddonfield UMC, and how YOU can be a member of a team. Contact Pastor Kathleen for more info. WORSHIP & STUDY OPPORTUNITIES NEW WORSHIP SERIES - JANUARY 11 – FEBRUARY 8: It’s the greatest irony of modern life: we are more directly connected to more people than at any point in history, and yet so many of us feel lonely and isolated. We are so deeply divided about almost everything, including faith, that sometimes it’s hard to talk about anything that really matters. We long for connection, a community where we are known and loved. How can the church be that place? Come found out on Sundays beginning January 11 at 8:15, 9:30 or 11:00 am. MUMC CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS: Visitors to the Dickens’ Festival who stopped by our Live Nativity received an ornament that features the nativity scene and our church contact information, along with an invite to our Christmas concerts and Christmas Eve services. A limited number of ornaments are available from the church office at a donation of $5.00 to help offset the costs of this opportunity to witness to our neighbors. We encourage each family to pick up an ornament, available in the narthex. DO YOU FEEL GOD HAS BEEN "NUDGING YOU" LATELY TO ASSIST THE PASTORS IN THESE AREAS OF COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT? You may be skilled or not - we will train. We need you! Here are possible areas where you can serve: Listening Ministry New Mom Support Prayer Ministry Card Ministry Hospital Visitation Phone Ministry Homebound Visitation Meal Providers Grief Support Ministry Flower Delivery Please contact Pastor Kathleen at 609/654-8111. Training begins Monday, February 2, 2015 at 2:00 pm. An evening training session is planned after Easter. GALLON CONTAINERS OF APPLE CIDER are available for a free will donation. See Bill Frame in the kitchen if you are interested. FOR OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK IN CARE FACILITIES: Juanita Urbach, Caroline Trostel, Lois Baessler, Debbie Bunning, Helen Glass HOSPITAL: Sue Raynor, Care One at Evesham; Kay Smith, The Voorhees Care & Rehab Center; Avis Bombay, Care One at Evesham; Charlie Haines, Medford Care Center SYMPATHY is expressed to Charlie Haines, Linda Scholz and family in the passing of wife, mother and grandmother, Grace Haines. REQUESTS THIS WEEK: Jerry Mountford REQUESTS LAST WEEK: Gail Bozzo, Nicole Rowe, Caroline Trostel CONTINUING REQUESTS: Congregation Alan Bruce, Ron Marino, Maria Wolfe, Irene Allen, Chris Whitebread, Beth LaRocca, Heather Tunbridge, Linda Bunning, George Ballinger, Sr., Betty Bunning, those unemployed or under-employed, those suffering & coping with depression, Mike Reilly, Bob Hagmaier, Noemie Anderson, Leigh Seeger, Ebola victims, families & caregivers, Jake Fryland, Holly Spruill, David Eaton, Dawn Richards, Katie Lloyd Paetzold CONTINUING REQUESTS: Beyond our Congregation Jeremy Zahorik Fred Hall Noah Jones Mary Smith Caroline Gazzara JoAnn Snow Caitlin Kress Steve Fagan Bob Edwards Gail Bozzo Cyrus Eaton Joy Eaton Jim Santarpio Janice Cunningham Daniel Potenta Jim & Carol Resnick Betty Lou Albright Matthew Kugler Lisa Henriksen HOMEBOUND TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK: Coty Sizemore 191 Nahma Trail, Medford Lakes NJ 08055 PRAYER REQUESTS: To use our Prayer Chain call Ann Wills at 609/654-2686, send an email to office@medfordumc.org or go to medfordumc.org and click on “prayer request.”