Included in this issue/Save-the-Date:

• March Mission of the Month: DISCOVERY SERVICE PROJECTS - Give
• Pastor's Corner (March)
• No Fusion, youth are encouraged to join their families for Worship, Sun., March 2
• New Studies: Unfiltered (Sun., 3/2), Pastor Sunil's Wednesday Morning Bible Study (Wed., 3/5), Wed. Night Men's Group (Wed., 3/5)
• Lent and Easter schedule posted below, nursery available
• 12 hours of Prayer sign-up, Wednesday, March 5, 7:00 am - 7:00 pm
• Soup Supper (volunteer sign-up), Wednesday, March 5, 6:00 - 7:00 pm
• Ash Wednesday, Wednesday, March 5, 7:00 pm
• Daylight Saving Time begins (spring forward 1 hr): Sunday, March 9
• GriefShare new semester (now Wednesdays), Wed., March 12, 7:00 pm
• Sounds of Faith Concert, Saturday, March 15, 7:00 pm
• Caring for Friends, Wednesday, March 19, 12:45 pm
• Book Group, Sunday, March 23, 4:00 pm
• Easter flowers available to order - deadline Sunday, April 6
• Easter Eggstravaganza, Saturday, April 12, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Philadelphia Bronze, Saturday, June 7, 4:00 pm
• VBS registration now open: Mon., July 14 - Thur., July 17, 9 - 11:30 am, Fri., July 18, 5:30 pm
• COMING SOON - New DUMC app and database
• Our NEW Website is Ready!
• Online Worship engagement
• Suggestions for DUMC
• GLOW Party and Taco Tuesday recaps
• Feed My Sheep - help wanted
• DUMC Playerz video
• Celebration of Life details for Doris Charles

9:00 am

Uplifting Worship*

Wesley Class

Nursery

No Fusion

Sunday School

  10:10 am

Liturgical Worship*

Nursery

11:11 am

Word & Worship*

Nursery

Kids' Word

*Live broadcast

For links:

DoylestownUMC.com

GLOW Party - Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Glow Party on February 21st! Your participation truly illuminated the evening, and we hope that each of you felt the radiant presence of God's spirit shining through as we jumped, played, and crafted together. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the incredible volunteers whose dedication and hard work made this event not only possible but truly unforgettable. Let us continue to engage with one another and grow together in faith and fellowship as we look forward to more exciting events in the future!

Thanks!!!

Wendy 

Taco Tuesday Re-cap

Thank you to DUMC for hosting Taco Tuesday for Discovery Service Projects (DSP). A festive time was had by all! $1,140 was raised for a DSP domestic project.

Help Wanted

Since November, Feed My Sheep volunteers at DUMC have been collecting leftover Wawa breakfast sandwiches each Wednesday and delivering them to the New Britain Food Pantry. We are a small group who rotate our one-month commitment to collect on Wednesday mornings. Would you like to help? Do you have an hour on Wednesday AM to collect? It is from the Wawa on North Easton Road. It is a relatively easy process. Contact Lisa Pitts at (267) 261-6683 to get more information or to be involved.

Our NEW Website is Ready!

Same address, new look

Exciting news: we’ve moved from Realm to Subsplash! Online giving will be easier than ever and allow the church to save money. We are grateful for your continued support and partnership in ministry!

In the next couple weeks, you will receive an email with instructions on how to sign in to Subsplash and manage your account and giving. Your Realm account will be accessible until we are fully converted to Subsplash.

Click here to learn how to give online. Check out our new and improved website!

We Want to Hear From You!

Send suggestions for:

-Themes you'd like to hear the pastors preach on

-Quotes you'd like to see in the 12 hours of Prayer e-mails

-Bible studies you'd like to engage in

Email Ask@doylestownumc.com

Help Make Online Worship More Engaging at Doylestown UMC

Over the last year, the staff and leadership of Doylestown UMC have been focusing on three key ministry priorities that drive everything we do as a church: being inclusive and welcoming, spiritual development, and outreach & service.

As the staff member overseeing our first priority, I’ve been reading books, attending online trainings, and learning from other churches about how to foster radical hospitality. As an added bonus, our church just completed an All-Church Study that had one week devoted to radical hospitality.

In The Art of Hospitality, Debi Nixon suggests that “Our hospitality can be a bridge that draws people in and encourages them to take a next step of faith, or it can be the barrier where individuals quickly decide to disengage” (p. 12). Yvonne Gentile, also in The Art of Hospitality, asks an important question: “How can we intentionally move online worship from a passive experience (‘watching’ worship that’s happening elsewhere) to a fully engaged experience?” (p. 73).

Read more....

COMING SOON!

New DUMC App and Database (all will include more giving options)

We are currently in the process of transitioning our databases and creating an app to a new user-friendly system that will also provide more giving options. We will keep you posted when each piece launches and is ready for use. We will operate under our current databases until everything has been transitioned over fully and all of the bugs have been worked out. The new app will be more user friendly and track all of our content in one place. You will be able to track your groups, giving, and areas of service all in one convenient place. Stay tuned for more details.

DUMC is hosting a concert featuring our very own uplifting worship team, Sounds of Faith. Save the date and join us!

Sounds of Faith Concert

Saturday, March 15 at 7:00 pm, DUMC Worship Center

(Freewill offering)

Next Caring for Friends meal assembly:

Wednesday, March 19 at 12:45 pm

in the DUMC kitchen. CLICK HERE for more details. Instructional guide for preparing meals at home.

2025 Lenten Soup Suppers

Back by popular demand! Dig out those recipes and get ready to simmer. We are asking for donations of bread, cornbread, fresh cut fruit, or canned fruit, in addition to soups (no sweets/desserts out of respect for Christ's sacrifice). The first supper will be on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Sign-up sheets will be available in the lobby starting Sunday, February 16.

Please SIGN UP below or in the lobby if you can volunteer time -OR- DONATE electronically through Realm if you're unable to attend, but would like to help in some way.

All proceeds will go to supporting our Vacation Bible School.

Sunday, April 13

Palm/Passion Sunday

Easter Flowers

Would you like to remember or honor a loved one with a beautiful Easter flower? Or simply help to beautify the Sanctuary to the glory of God?

*All remembrances will be acknowledged in the April 20 Easter edition of the Connections eNewsletter.

6” White Easter Lilies - $12.00 (4 – 7 blooms)

6” Tulips - $10.00 (5 – 6 blooms)

6” Daffodils - $10.00 (5 – 6 blooms) 

Fill out form ONLINE -or- PRINT/FILL OUT form and drop off/email to the church office.

Order deadline: SUNDAY, APRIL 6

Easter Sunday - April 20

"Journey to the Cross"

*7:30 / 9:00 / 10:10 / 11:11 am



*Early morning Easter Celebration in the outdoor chapel

7:30 am (weather permitting)

United Methodist Scholarships - Submissions due Monday, March 31

Are you aware that the United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry has low-interest loans and scholarships to help students further their education? There are more than 70 scholarships available that cover undergraduate and graduate-level studies. Applications are open through Monday, March 31, 2025.

Unfiltered

Women's Bible Study

Sundays, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Room 14/15

 

"The No Homework Women's Bible Study: Group Hug" by Christine Tate

Began February 16

Newcomers always welcome!

Email Wendy Arnott for more information.

Wednesday Night Men's Group

Wednesdays, 7:30 - 8:30 pm, Room 10

"A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World"

by Paul Miller

(Began 2/26)

Newcomers always welcome! Email Ken Kugel or Randy Hume for more information.

Pastor Sunil's Bible Study

Wednesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 am, Room 2

"Questions I Dared Ask The Pastor"

(Began February 19)

Here is a list of the dates/topics we'll be discussing: 2/19: Why do I find it difficult to forgive myself even though I am confident that God has forgiven me? How is it possible to leave my past sin and guilt behind?, 2/26: What is the destiny of people outside the Christian Faith but who have a sincere belief in God (even if different from ours)?, 3/5: Why do I need to pray when God, being God, already knows what I need and what is best for me? What does it mean to pray “in God’s Will”?, 3/12: Why do people choose hate when the Great Commandment tells us to “love the Lord your God…” and to “love your neighbor as yourself”? How can we love someone who believes (apart from the Apostles' Creed) the exact opposite of what we believe?, 3/19: Why does God “permit” the suffering of the innocent?).

You can sign up in the lobby or email Pastor Sunil to let us know you're coming. Everyone is welcome, including newcomers!

Email Pastor Sunil for more information.

Praying for our Congregation,

Community, and World

Praise & Thanks: Youth Sunday, fun Glow Party, hope in the Lord, getting engaged, warmer weather, meal packing, new dentures, spring training, Caring for Friends 220 meals

Health & Healing: Allison, Lola, Pope Francis, Mary Lou, Amy, my mom, Ashley, hope & success, Joanne, Juliette, baby Conklin, Joe, Kim & Eda, Loretta, Gabby, Steve, Matt, Mike, Bert, Bill, Ginny, Bob, Lily, Chris, Pam, Mike, Oliver, Lenae, Liz, Bill, Paul, Andrea, Maggie, my son, Loraine, Artie, Kathy & Elizabeth, Jim, Andre, Jerry

Guidance: Clarity & direction, Diana, Julie, Amy, to follow Jesus, peace, love & unity, Harper, Isabella, Patty, hostages and their families, changes happening in government, Sean, a friend, at-risk immigrants, President Trump, Cabinet, Congress, Erika to find a home, Ellen, sale of house, environmental issues, Marie & family, Carolyn, my sons, Takara & Cody, Ambre & Christopher, for food to get to where it's needed, those serving abroad, Olivia, Lain, Clark, our church family

Hospice: Bonnie, Doris, Elaine, Jack, Evi

Grief: Charles family, Robert Cote's family, family & friends of David McClain 

"... we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:3-4

~Laurie Lewis and the Congregational Care Team

Our Next 12 Hours of Prayer:

Wednesday, March 5

7:00 am to 7:00 pm

 

Sign up now to tap into the power of prayer...linked to your DUMC sisters and brothers! Let's cover the ministries in a solid twelve hours--and see what God wants to do in, through, and among you!

Winter weather is upon us....

Before you venture out when the weather is bad, please:

Check our church website at DoylestownUMC.com; "DUMC" Facebook page

- or -

Call the Worship Service Hotline

(267-245-7870)

*Opt in for text updates

We will have the closings or service changes on all three. A determination will be made by 6:00 pm on Saturday evening for Sunday morning services.

During weekdays, we will generally follow the lead of Central Bucks School District regarding cancellations. Any additional evening closures will be decided by 4:00 pm.