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We illuminate our community with God’s grace as we lovingly accept, listen to, and serve all in the Spirit of Jesus.

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.

GRATITUDE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2023

We Couldn't Have Done It Without You

The Church is a unique organization, where it takes a collection of people who answer God's call to love God and their neighbor to even exist. Without volunteers there is no church. Join us as we celebrate all the ways we've answered the call to be church together.     

Submit information each week for the Messenger and Bulletin Announcements by WEDNESDAY AT 12 PM for inclusion in these communications. Please click here for the COMMUNICATIONS submission form -- all requests for communicating an event should be made here, 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 send them to communications@genevaumc.org. Information sent to this email goes to Carolyn, Lorie and Kimberley. 

You're invited to the Community Thanksgiving Service and Pie Fellowship!

Our annual ecumenical service is a meaningful gathering of our community; coming together in the spirit of thanksgiving and embracing the rich tapestry of faith traditions that make up our community. Following the service, stay for a time of connection, fellowship, and pie!

This ecumenical service is hosted by Fox Valley Presbyterian Church, Geneva Lutheran Church, St. Peter Catholic Church, Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, & The United Methodist Church of Geneva.

Pub Theology: Beverages, Conversation, and God

Co-Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, Fox Valley Presbyterian Church, and the United Methodist Church of Geneva!

Join Pastor Rob and others for an open and honest conversation about things that matter, at a table where all perspectives are welcome. We aim to dive deeply into topics involving faith, meaning, identity, culture, politics, and more! Bring your questions and your curiosity and respectfully engage with people of varying religious traditions, philosophical perspectives, and life experiences. A good time to be had by all!

November 30, 2023

6:30-8:30pm

Sturdy Shelter Brewing

10 Shumway Ave Batavia, IL 60510

Click here to RSVP

This church is truly serving the Lord, as evident in the activities that are important to us. We serve the homeless and the hungry as well as providing funds to various agencies that are actively serving as the hands and feet of Jesus. We care for the environment and we care for each other. There is so much more our volunteers are committed to doing.

However, we would like for THIS SUNDAY, November 19th to be a day to celebrate each and everyone of you! We will set a table, offer some munchies, and invite you to take time to know that you have been a very important part of what makes UMCG a wonderful place to be. Thank you! Linda Tamlyn

Start the season off with our “Take a Walk through Bethlehem” Advent Service and Tea,

Monday, December 4, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. 

 Pastor Becky’s message will offer ways to make your Advent more meaningful, hopeful, and intentional.  Special music will be featured in the services and during the delicious Tea that follows both.  Invite your friends!  A free-will offering will be collected for Suicide Prevention Services.

Meet friends and build fellowship during this Advent season. Please sign up to volunteer to help with either of the Advent Teas on Monday, December 4, 2023. We are looking for food contributions for a tea such as skewered fruit, savory bites and mini-sandwiches, etc. We also need volunteers to help run both on the day. Set up help, servers, and clean up needed. Artistic? Centerpieces are needed for tables where guests may linger and visit. Many hands make the work go faster.

Sign up sheets are posted in Fellowship Hall.

Thank you, Colleen Fasbender and Jenean Larsen

BAKE EXTRA THIS YEAR AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CANTATA BAKE SALE!

We would love to share in all the goodies made by members of the congregation this holiday season-- so if you could plan on making a little more…. thank you!

This is a free will offering to benefit the mission partners of Haiti: Kids Alive and Rebuilding Haiti Now.

Please deliver the baked items in the kitchen on Saturday, December 16 from 9 am till Noon or Sunday, December 17 before 8:30 am. If you could please label the items for the bake sale and identify the delicious treat!

Any questions please email Sherry Seidel at sherryseidel@att.net

Join us for a fun-filled, family-friendly event called The Whoville Fest, which kicks off our advent season focusing on the classic Dr. Seuss tale. The event, taking place from 2-4 pm on Saturday, December 2, will feature interactive games, crafts, grinch-themed treats, a Photo Booth, a live Grinch in costume, and much, much more! At 3 pm we will offer a public screening of the 1966 original cartoon “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” featuring the voice acting of Boris Karloff.

CAN YOU HELP WITH A FOOD DONATION OR MAKE A SNACK FOR OUR WHOVILLE FEST?



We are getting prepared for our first-ever Grinch Screening Party and Whoville Fest and are looking for help supplying food and making Grinch snacks -- can you help? Get the kids/grandkids involved and have some holiday fun! We are asking that the donations be dropped at the church office by November 29.

 Click here to sign up to contribute -- thanks so much!

SEEKING 3- 8x8 canopy tents

 for our upcoming Whoville Fest!

Do you have a tent we can borrow to use for our

Grinch Watch Party and Whoville Fest on December 2?

If so, please contact Dr. Greg at greg@genevaumc.org

NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 17

“WHY THIS JUBILEE? ADVENT REFLECTIONS ON SONGS

OF THE SEASON,” BY JAMES HOWELL

LED BY PASTOR BECKY NICOL

Music is an important part of our Advent and Christmas traditions and celebrations. Join us in a study of reflections on well-known carols and Christmas songs, like O Little Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night, Away in a Manger, The Christmas Song, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and more! We’ll explore the meaning of phrases from these songs and relate them to our daily lives.

Join us for Adult Sunday School classes at 10:30am, November 26-December 17 in the Parlor. Invite someone to attend with you! This series will be available via Zoom -- click the link below.

Books are recommended as there are daily reflections in the book. The book is available used through Abe Books, Cokesbury, Amazon, and others. 

Email Jim McConnell or Pastor Becky Nicol for more information.

Wing & A Prayer Wellness resumes on ZOOM, Mondays, 11am - 12:15 pm 

Nourish body and soul through movement, balance, breathing, laughter, fellowship, and inspirational readings.  Create ease in your body, mind, heart, and spirit and practice flexibility, strength, balance & stability.  Practice at your own comfort level—on a mat, on or off a chair.  It’s good for the body and the soul. Click here for more information and the Newsletter. 

For Information & to register, contact Jane at:  (630) 715-8590 or jsiarny@att.net

MONTHLY MEN'S CLUB BREAKFAST

It is that time again for us all to meet and have some breakfast and chat. To help plan the right amount of food we ask you to RSVP your attendance by signing up here ASAP.

Please note on the sign up we still need a volunteer for the devotion.

Date: 12/02/2023

Time: 8:00AM

Location: Parlor

Church in Society is coordinating the following sharing opportunities this holiday season:

• Salvation Army Angel Tree

• Gift Card collection to benefit persons served by the Salvation Army, Kane County CASA, and the 2 homeless shelters we support – Lazarus House and Hesed House

Gift cards (especially for the teens) are always appreciated and needed by the organizations listed that provide services to those in need in our community. A box is located in Fellowship Hall on Sundays or in the Church office during the week.

If you’d like to donate toward the purchase of gift cards – please make check payable to “UMCG” and note gift cards and place in the box. Suggested amounts are $15-$25 per gift card. Suggestions for cards are gas cards, Aldi, Target, Walmart, fast food restaurants or movie theaters.

Angel Tree is a program through the Tri-City Salvation Army (St. Charles) where parents of children the S.A. serves register for Christmas gifts.

We have 50 Tags available in Fellowship Hall with suggested items and sizes. Stop by the table in Fellowship Hall and sign-up for an Angel Tag and go shopping!



Unwrapped gifts with Angel Tree Tag attached should be returned to church not later than December 6.

Thank you for sharing the gift and hope of Christmas!

The Committee on Church in Society

Can you help make dinners for Lazarus House?

They are feeding more people than ever and need 4 casseroles/dinner for 50 every night and we have pledged UMCG to provide on the first and third Tuesdays of every month in 2024.

Pair up with someone else to provide the 4, make all 4 yourself, or purchase pre-packaged/restaurant meals for 50. Our sign up sheet is here -- please help fill out our commitment for the year! Please contact Gwen Powell at bgatpow@yahoo.com or call (479) 899-1779 with questions. Thank you to all who have helped this ministry with meals and prayers.

Salvation Army Food Pantry needs for November are especially great this month:

•pasta sauce

•canned fruits and vegetables (except green)

•canned meats

•cereals

•mustard

•ketchup

•diapers and hygiene items

Kane Senior Council (KSC) is looking for volunteers to help deliver meals to seniors in the Geneva area. KSC is a proud member of Meals on Wheels America, delivering nutritious, ready-to-eat meals to homebound seniors in Kane County Mondays-Fridays. In 2022, KSC delivered more than 4,000 meals to seniors in Geneva.

As this number of seniors in need of our services continues to grow, so does our need for volunteers. Volunteers in Geneva pick up meals from our site located at UMCG. Anyone interested in volunteering can visit our website at kaneseniorcouncil.org/get-involved/

Prairie Central eNews is here.

The NIC weekly eNews is here.

Download the NIC Reporter here.

United Methodist Communications has created a video series The Recap to help us gain a better understanding of what is going on in The United Methodist Church, find inspiration in stories of ministry, and learn how our denomination is transforming the world.

Find All of the Episodes Here