December 2025

Monthly News & Updates

11/29/2025 | Issue 12

MUMC Events

UWF Cookie Walk & Bazaar

Saturday, December 6 9:00 a.m. - Noon

Select home baked cookies by the boxful. Bake Sale and Handmade Items! There will also be cookies sold between services on Sunday, December 7th. Please note: Everyone who is baking cookies for the cookie walk, please place the type of cookies and whether they contain nuts on the container.

Spicy Seniors - Bingo & Snacks

Wednesday, December 17 at 1:00 p.m.

Special Christmas Party - Bingo & Snacks. Sign up in the Atrium or RSVP to mumc@mumc.org or 217-586-2147.

Looking Forward:

Kathy Tock Retirement Celebration

January 4, 2026 Between 1st and 2nd Services

You are invited to express your appreciation to Kathy at any time. On January 4, MUMC will also present a Love Gift in her honor.

Church Calendar

Sunday's Coming

Sunday, December 7 at 9:00 am Service Mahomet High School Madrigals perform

Sunday, December 7 at 7 pm Christmas Concert - Music of the Season

Sunday, December 14 at 2:00 pm Singing at Bridlebrook

Sunday, December 21 at 4:30 pm Blue Christmas Service

Christmas Eve - Wednesday, December 24 - 5:00 pm Family Friendly Service

7:00 pm Traditional Service

Sunday, December 28 at 9:00 am One Service Hymn Sing & Christmas Stories

Get Involved

December Missions - Bags of Joy - for our homebound members. Provide cards & small items (table in atrium) by December 14.

Helping Hands Christmas

In recent years, Mahomet Helping Hands (MHH) has asked our congregation and the other sponsoring organizations in our community to donate $25 gift cards for children of a particular age. This year MHH wants to continue to remember the children, but also to spread a little Christmas cheer to the adults who depend on the Helping Hands Food Pantry each month. Therefore, MHH has asked each of us to consider donating one or more $10 gift cards with the hope that all of the approximately 200 monthly recipients (adults and children) will receive a nice gift.

On Sunday, November 30^th, a large number of ornament tags will be on a tree in the Narthex. Please take one or more as a reminder to purchase a gift card of your choice and return it to the church by Sunday, December 14th, at the latest. Your thoughtfulness will be greatly appreciated!!!

Pictures from November Events and Thank You's

Hanging of the Greens

Thank You From Midwest Missions thanking us for becoming a Monthly Partner

Thank You From Helping Hands thanking us for letting them use fridge space

Recent MUMC Graduates - we will honor them on Sunday, December 7th! Congratulations!

Alexander Michael Donahue graduated from Penn Foster Online High School in October 2025 at the age of 16

Kaitlyn Kenner recently graduated from Mahomet High School

Committee Reports

Finance Committee

October:

Pledged $27,000

Non-Pledged $ 4,000

Unrestricted Income $31,000

Operating Expenses $28,000

Net Operating $3,000 gain

There were a $4,000 expense for windows and a $750 expense for sprinkler pipe repairs paid during the month. These transactions were funded from the restricted Building Repairs fund ($4,295) and Memorial funds ($1,120 Alma Pugh gifts). Utility expenses were over budget once again as we paid 2 months during October. Year to date unrestricted revenue through the end of October was about $302,000 ($249K pledged and $53K non-pledged) versus unrestricted expenses of $305,000. The building insurance cost continues to be way under budget due to refunds from the cancelled 2024 policies, but the other building maintenance accounts are exceeding budget. In restricted funds there remains about $30,460 in the building repair fund. $30K of this remaining balance is a grant restricted for the fire suppression system. MUMC received $10,022 of Faithful Foundations donations as the congregation continued to respond to the capital campaign. In just 3 months the Faithful Foundations gifts total $78,178 thanks to the strong response from our congregation!

Education Committee

The Education Committee met in November. In reviewing the Something On Sunday program, we were pleased to note that the program grew over the course of six weeks, ending with a very large and popular group. As a committee, we have decided to repeat the program February 1^st through March 8th. We debated what programs to offer to the children and are looking closely at a Scouting program. We have decided to table the discussion and make a final decision at our next meeting in January, when we have more information.

Trustees

Trustees did not meet in November

Missions Committee

Hello from the Missions Team! Thank you to everyone who donated to the College Care Packages and to those that wrote the college students letters. We packed them on November 9th, and they will be mailed out before Thanksgiving. We are looking forward to our December Advent calendar mission and Bags of Joy. If you have any questions, please let us know. Thank you from the Missions Team!!!