March 2026

Monthly News & Updates

2/26/2026 | Issue 15

MUMC Events

SOS "Something on Sundays"

Something On Sundays at 5:30 p.m. (ends March 8th). SOS features the small group study, a quick meal, Middle/High School Youth Activities, and bible study for elementary children.

Wooden it Be Lovely Work Day

Tuesday, March 10 at 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm

Spicy Seniors

Wednesday, March 25 at 1:00 p.m.

Boy Scouts Spaghetti Dinner

Saturday, March 28th 4:00 - 8:00 pm

at MUMC. Tickets will be sold at the church on a Sunday morning March 15th. $10 per person.

Looking Forward:

Church in the Wild

There are eight events in this series starting in April - East Bay Workday, Arthur trip, Kummler UMC Garden, The Hive workshop, Sola Gratia Farm, Native American Fellowship in East Peoria and the final mission to Teter Organic Farms in Indiana.

Vacation Bible School - Snowball Mountain Challenge

Monday, June 22 - June 26 9:00 - 11:30 am

We are snowbound for VBS 2026 - Mark your calendars! At Snowball Mountain Challenge, embark on a snowy winter sports adventure centered around Philippians 4:13. Join us for an amazing week of Bible stories, games, crafts, and fun!

Register now by visiting https://www.myvbs.org/mahomet-united-methodist-vbs-2026. For any questions, feel free to drop an email at mumc@mumc.org or give us a call at 217-586-2147.

Church Calendar

Sunday's Coming

March Sermon Series - Walking

Participate by following the Lent 2026 Calendar (below) - collect coins on weekdays for the MAYC - Mahomet Area Youth Club Foundation and Walk on the Weekends. Get the whole family involved and have fun! Take a walk & meet Pastor Lori at the Koi Pond at Lake of the Woods on Saturday, February 28th at 1 pm.

Palm Sunday

Sunday, March 29 @ 9:00 and 10:30 am

Maundy Thursday

Thursday, April 2 @ 7:00 pm

Good Friday Service

Friday, April 3 available online

Easter Sunday

Sunday, April 5 @ 9:00 and 10:30 am

Egg Hunt Between Services

Note: Candy donations (small candy) needed starting March 23rd.

Mark your calendars: Volunteers needed to stuff eggs on April 1st at 10:00 am.

Get Involved

Cunningham Children's Home Festival of Quilts

April 10th & 11th

Volunteer sign-ups are open for the Festival of Quilts. There are many ways to help throughout the event, including greeting guests, supporting quilt rooms, assisting with the bake sale and gift shop, check-out, and more.

Festival of Quilts volunteer roles and sign up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0844ADA628A0FBC61-61456839-22nd#/

Vacation Bible School Donations

Sheryl Drake would like for the church members to collect large glass jars with wide mouths. No lids are necessary. She's the VBS Science teacher and needs about fifty of these for an experiment at the end of June.

Pictures from February Events and Thank You's

-"Thank you for everything. We really appreciate it" - from Tink, John and Julie Vaughn for Bonnie Vaughn's funeral

Photos from the ODIM Guatemala Mission Trip. Pastor Lori, David, Joy & Greg Duitsman and the ODIM team built 16 stoves the week they were in Guatemala.

Committee Reports

Finance Committee

January:

Pledged $47,000

Non-Pledged $3,000 non-pledged

Unrestricted Income $50,000

Operating Expenses $22,000

Net Operating $28,000 gain

Personnel and Admin expenses were fairly normal, but Building expenses were only about $500. An invoice for $49,700 was received during the month from MATCO for the fire suppression system project. This invoice was funded $14,000 from the building repair fund (Fellheimer grant money) and $35,700 from the building fund (Faithful Foundations donations). The building repair restricted fund now has a balance of about $26,000 with $25K of this balance representing the Fellheimer grant designated for the parking lot. After these funds are expended the remaining costs of the projects will be charged to the building fund where Faithful Foundations gifts are being deposited. Memorial funds received $1,080 in gifts during the month.

Education Committee

The Education Committee met last week on February 19th to discuss several key initiatives for our upcoming seasonal programming. Our conversation focused primarily on the children's programming for Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, initial planning for Vacation Bible School, and the structure for Children's Church starting next fall.

I will follow up soon with more specific details and any required next steps resulting from these discussions. Please let me know if you have any immediate questions regarding these topics. - Joan Kling

Trustees

Trustees met February 19. Matco finished the fire suppression system upgrade on February 20th- volunteers retouched up the painting on the top pipe in the atrium and sanctuary. Also, light bulbs have been changed in the atrium and sanctuary. A few of the lights will need to be looked at by another electric company. We reviewed the bids on the parking lot, a decision has yet to be made regarding the bids - going to review the bids further.