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SUNDAY SERVICES TAKE PLACE IN-PERSON & ONLINE AT 9:00 AM

Worship Service airs live on our Website , YouTube  and  Facebook at 9 am.

Go to the Worship Page on our Website to find more information about future services.

Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 12, 2024

Methodical Transformation - Rev. 21:1-6a

Methodists believe that the restoration and perfecting of all is broken by sin is already underway. So, we are empowered by The Holy Spirit to not only experience transformed lives but to live in ways that transform the world. Join us as we look at the Social Holiness movement including our newly updated Social Principles.

This week's Bulletin can be found in the Document Center.  

Submit information each week for the Messenger and Bulletin Announcements by WEDNESDAY AT 12 pm for inclusion in these communications. Please use above button or click here for the COMMUNICATIONS submission form -- all requests for communicating an event should be made via this form, including getting items on the calendar and reserving rooms for your event. This form can also be found on the sign-ups page on our website. If you cannot use the submission form please email communications@genevaumc.org. Information sent to this email goes to Carolyn, Lorie and Kimberley, as does the submission form. 

WE NEED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR GRADUATES!



We’d like to extend our congratulations to those who have or will be graduating in 2024 from high school or post-secondary school. If you or a family member is graduating this spring, please send a notice to communications@genevaumc.org, and let us know from which school they are graduating, as well as any future educational, work or other plans.

They will be honored in our service on Sunday, June 2.

Please send your information by May 28.

• United Methodist Men’s Club is pleased to host the 68th Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast and we need help running this great event!
• Please click the button above for the online signup or see Tony Zefron or Bob Weick in Fellowship Hall after worship. 
• Will you help advertise the breakfast by posting a sign in your yard?  Tony will have some in Fellowship Hall after worship.

DIVIDE AND DONATE YOUR PLANTS TO OUR MEMORIAL DAY PLANT SALE!



• We will be having a plant sale in conjunction with the Men's Pancake Breakfast on Memorial Day.
• If you are dividing any plants in your gardens this Spring, please consider potting up your excess plants for our sale.
• Please bring them to the church as early as possible on Memorial Day. We will price them there.
• Our profits will go toward the landscaping around the church.
• If you have any questions please call Nancy Tweed at (630) 262-0857

Do you know someone who would like to work with our youngest children in the nursery on Sunday mornings? We have a paid position of Nursery Assistant available to work with Dr. Greg in managing the nursery care during worship. We anticipate the time commitment to be about 2.5 hrs. every Sunday, and the pay will be minimum wage. This will provide great childcare experience and the ability to develop leadership skills. Click here for a comprehensive job description.

We're on a roll with God! Join us for a fast-paced, food-centered VBS for kids Pre-K thru 5th grade. Baker will be hosting VBS from June 24-28, 9-11:30am, PLUS join us Thur, June 27 for a celebration luncheon following VBS to enjoy games, a bounce house, and the Hippie Gourmet Grilled Cheese food truck (cost not included). Are you excited about this Summer's Vacation Bible School? Do you want to help teach it? VBS is not only a fun and exciting week, but it is also our biggest opportunity to make an impact on young lives in our community. Please help support our Tri-City VBS through equipping us with volunteers!

Click here for a sign-up genius sponsored by Baker Memorial UMC to get willing volunteers to help make this experience a great one for our kids!

BETTER TOGETHER …THE MERGE

         By Carol W Zars (Edited from Step Back in Time by Shirley Anderson)

In 1871, to fill the spiritual needs of the Swedish settlers, the Swedish Methodist Church was founded. Their first church building was on the corner of First and James Streets. As the members became more “Americanized” the church was renamed the Emmanuel Methodist Church. In 1907, they built a new church on the corner of Third and Hamilton.

The merger of the Emmanuel Methodist Church and the First Methodist Church in Geneva was spurred on by the dissolution of the Swedish Conferences in 1942. Swedish Methodist Churches in northern Illinois became members or participants in the Rock River Conference to which the First Methodist Church of Geneva already belonged. The merger conference began in 1948 and a year later the two churches became one. The first regular service took place on July 3, 1949. And so, was born—The Methodist Church of Geneva. The first pastor was Pastor Herbert Rasey who served from 1948-1955.



The Emmanuel Church was renamed Wesley Hall but was forever known as the “red church.” The “red church” became the home for Sunday School classes, social events, and was also rented out for community meetings and functions. The cost of maintaining two historical churches led to the decision to sell the “red church” and add an educational wing to the First Methodist Church. The “red church”, though it has changed hands many times, holds lots of memories for those of us old enough to have attended Sunday School in this historic church.

Early Bird Men’s Fellowship is currently studying seven shorter but important books of the Bible and will continue through May 30. The book

is, “Immersion Bible Studies: James, 1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John and Jude” by Michael E. Williams.

We meet each Thursday at 7:00AM at the Colonial Café in St. Charles at Tyler and East Main Street (Rt. 64). After discussion, breakfast is ordered and we finish about 8:30.

For further information please contact Jim McConnell: mcjamesc@aol.com or David Hood: chichood@aol.com. Join us for fellowship, discussion, and food!

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