This Week at WPFUMC

Week of May 5, 2025

Camp Firelight VBS – June 23–26 | 5:30–8:00 PM

This summer, we're welcoming our friends and neighbors PreK through 5th Grade for an exciting adventure at Camp Firelight VBS! From storytelling and games to crafts and science, it's going to be a week full of faith, fun, and friendship, and we need your help to make it happen! Whether you can assist with decorating beforehand, guide campers through rotations, or donate supplies and treats, there’s a role for everyone in our church family.

Interested in volunteering? Join us for a Volunteer Interest Meeting on Wednesday, May 14 at 6:30 PM in the Banquet Room to learn more about how you can be part of this incredible week of ministry.

Let’s come together to shine Christ’s light in the lives of our young campers!

Donate Supplies

Email Pastor Mychal with questions or to Volunteer

INVITE

Wednesday Night Supper

May 7, 6:00 pm

Menu:

Country-Fried Steak,

Creamed Corn, Green Beans,

Salad Bar, Rolls Dessert

Children up to age 12 - $5

Adults - $10

Maximum per household - $30

Join us on Tuesday, May 13, at 12 noon

for good food, funnies, and fellowship with friends! Everyone is invited!

Call the church office to RVSP.

Menu: Chicken Pot Pie, Steamed Broccoli, Grape Salad, Rolls,

Chocolate Pudding Cake

Cost: Only $8

Thursday, May 8 6:00 pm

GROW

Children & Youth Ministry

PreK - 4th graders learn Bible lessons through storytelling and play.

Wednesdays, 5:15PM - 6PM in the Children's classrooms on the 2nd Floor.

5th - 8th graders engage the Bible through activities and storytelling.

Wednesdays, 5:15PM - 6PM in the Children's classrooms on the 2nd Floor.

6th - 12th graders gather for fellowship, games, and Bible study.

Adult Studies

Complimentary copies of the May/June Upper Room Devotional Guides are available in the elevator lobby.

SERVE

The Little Free Pantry supplies

have been restocked.

Monetary donations

are much appreciated!

And as always,

feel free to add non-perishable food items to the pantry

or to pick up extra when

doing your own grocery shopping!

We need Wednesday Night Supper volunteers - both to help set out the food at serving time AND to assist in cleaning up after supper. You can choose one or the other OR BOTH. The rotation would begin in late May, and if we have enough volunteers, you would only need to serve every 4 weeks.

CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE TO SIGN UP!!!

Serve with our Children & Youth!

In the UMC Baptismal Covenant, we are challenged to nurture our kids and students in the life of the Church and the Christian faith. Studies show it takes at least 5 adults beyond their parents to help nurture young people into a lasting relationship with Jesus Christ. Be a part of passing down faith to the next generation by serving with Children or Youth on Sundays and Wednesdays.

Contact Pastor Mychal

We celebrate that we served

45 people last Thursday (May 2)

at Soup Kitchen!

If you would like to serve with one of our Soup Kitchen Teams contact the church office, or Helen here.

In the world we experience,

death is the last thing.

It is the final act of all lives.

In the Christian year, however,

life follows death.

The end of everything is the beginning of unimagined and unexpected newness.

~Diana Butler Bass

A little mercy makes the world less cold and more just.

~Pope Francis

If you would like to add or remove a name from the prayer list,

please contact the church office.

Sarah Auler, Margaret Bartlett, Bentley Bryant, Sharon Cowart, Elmo Emily,

Bill Evans, Robert Gordon, Joe Guntherberg,

Ron Hamilton, Al and Jackie Hammer, George and Diane Hester, Cindy Smith Huff, Jacob Grubbs, Andy Mabrey, Laura Pratesi, Barbara Payne, Lakin Rayfield,

Jim Rouquie, Barbara Ruddick, Lisa Ann Soehnel, George Smith,

Elizabeth Stokes, Nelle Sturdivant, Tracy Vaughn, World Conflicts, Our Country,

Unspoken Requests, Those impacted by earthquakes, storms, and fires