Join us this Sunday during worship when we will have the Back to School blessing for all students, teachers and school support staff.

Students will be given a backpack tags and school supplies.

The Children's Ministry team will be painting the large Sunday school room this Friday morning at 10:30a.m. We will be moving all of the furniture and painting. All are invited to help out! Please contact Brittany Link if you have any questions at brittany.l@Maplewoodumc.org.

“Lunch’n learn"

with Mona Candea

Associate director of NextGen ministries

Aug 27 12:30 - 1:30 

Lunch provided 

Join Rev Mona after worship on August 27th! She will be available to answer questions and share information and guidance about ministry with children and youth including reaching out to children, youth and families in a post-pandemic world, choosing curriculum, and the best ways to offer training and support for people who serve in children and youth ministry.

Saving Grace will meet on Saturday mornings, 10 – 11:30 a.m. from August 26 through September 30. Register by calling the church office 314-781-5902, on the church website: www.maplewoodumc.org or sign up on the easel at the rear of the sanctuary.

Saving Grace is an interactive six-part financial wellness series providing useful financial information, activities, and resources to help you live your best life. Finances aren’t just financial, after all; money plays a role in almost every part of our lives, from our eating habits to our relationships to our emotional and spiritual well- being. 

MUMC Kids are collecting items for Festival of Sharing Paper Products Kits.

You are invited to bring the following items to church by Sunday, October 1;

** 4-pack or 6 pack of mega/double rolls of toilet paper.

** Large rectangular box of tissues.

** Paper Towels- package or 1 or 2 (Good Quality)

This Sunday we will welcome guest preacher, Rev. Robin Bell, the Superintendent for the/our Northeast District of for the Missouri Annual Conference!

Rev. Robin M. (Roderick) Bell finds great inspiration in being a District Superintendent. “The stories of what is happening in people, churches, communities — is often amazing. When things are a bit tough, learning to work through tension is a way to learn and grow for all of us. My personal vision statement is to create enthusiasm for the living and the learning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and I’m grateful for this season of ministry.” Rev. Robin is a graduate of St. Paul School of Theology, has won various awards, and served on district and conference teams. She found it a profound privilege to serve as a jurisdictional conference delegate and then in 2012 as a general and jurisdictional conference delegate for Missouri. She looks forward to continuing to learn of people and places with the new alignment. She has a grown daughter who lives in Kansas City. While she cringes when people ask if she has any hobbies, still loves The Big Bang Theory and to be in water — pools, sprinklers, lakes, oceans — and trying to keep up with her beloved Bernadette, a two-year-old Rottweiler, and her cats, Penny and Sheldon.

Note from Pastor Kim:

I will be on Study Leave from Wednesday August 16 until Saturday, September 16. During this time I will be not be at the church and will not be available by phone, text, or email.

If you are in need of pastoral care, please reach out to Rev. Steve Wall-Smith at 314) 369-7952 or swallsmith@aol.com; Kathy Schmid (314) 503-1101; Mary Kunce (314) 283-6953; or from September 1 – September 15, Rev. Sharon Kichline at (314) 566-0332.

For other church matters or if you are unable to reach a pastoral care provider, reach out to Brittany Link at the office 314-781-5902 or by email: Brittany.l@maplewoodumc.org.

I am excited to share who is coming to preach on the Sundays I am away:

**  Sunday, August 20: Rev. Robin Bell, the District Superintendent for the Northeast District of the Missouri Annual Conference

**  Sunday, August 27: Rev. Mona Candea, the Associate Director of NextGen Ministries of the Missouri Annual Conference

** Sunday, September 3: Rev. Steve Wall-Smith

**  Sunday, September 10: Scott Walker, the President and CEO of LifewiseSt

I will be praying for you and ask that you pray for me while I am on study leave.

Blessings,

Pastor Kim

Christmas in July results....

Thank you! Thank you for your amazing generosity toward “A Very Merry Christmas in July!”

Twenty-nine gift cards plus $335 and gift wrap were given toward the Giving Tree.

The items requested for Build A Gift have been donated along with $100 for additional supplies. Thank you people of Maplewood UMC for your amazing generosity!