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Sugar River Mission Statement:
Connect, Grow, and Serve in our relationship with God and others!
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Join us for Worship
in person or online!
Sunday, October 4, 2026
Empower by Grace
Pastor Mike Weigand
Colossians 3:8-14
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Online Worship
We offer a Sunday service livestream at 9:30 am on YouTube.
Click the button below to join us!
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Church Conference
October 4, after worship
Join us on Sunday, October 4, 2026, for our annual church conference. A time for us to reflect on our ministry together and look ahead to where God is leading us. We encourage all members to be part of this important time in the life of our church. We hope to see you there!
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SRUMC Grief Group
Begins October 7, 6:30pm
Individuals and communities within our society are uncomfortable with grief. We are taught grief is something that we must get through in a linear and timely manner. And, if we do not, we are told that we will get stuck in our grief. We often begin to believe there is something wrong with us and the way we grieve. In reality, none of this is true. We grieve for all kinds of reasons, the loss of a loved one, health, a relationship, a job, hope for what might have been in the future. And everyone’s experience with grief is unique and follows its own timeline and process. Yet, one commonality that holds true for most is that support and care from others can help reduce the suffering that is experienced during grief.
Because of this, Sugar River will be offering a Grief Support Group facilitated by Pastor Erin beginning in October. The group is open to anyone who is grieving and looking for support and care from others. It will be a place to share your experience of grief, connect with others, and find some tools and strategies along the way that might help reduce suffering that so often accompanies grief.
The group will meet every other week on Wednesdays at Sugar River from 630pm to 745pm. The first meeting will be Wednesday, October 7th. Meeting dates are:
October 7 and 21
November 4 and 18
December 2 and 16
January 6 and 20
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Grow - Children
Questions or Ideas? Contact Pastor Erin
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Trunk or Treat
October 25, 10:30am
Our annual Sugar River Trunk or Treat will be October 25th after worship in our beautifully resurfaced parking lot. This great event is open to all Sugar River Families as well as to all members of the Verona area community. Mark your calendars, start preparing those trunk designs and costumes and prepare for some fun. You won't want to miss it!
Interested in decorating your trunk? Be sure to let Pastor Erin or Marilen Driscoll know! You can provide your own decorations. Or, we can provide both the decorations and treats for the trunk too!
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Serve
Click here for our monthly serve sign ups including Fellowship Hosting, Connection Desk and Greeting.
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BPNN Birthday Bags
BPNN is short birthday bags for the children of families who come to the food pantry. Can we help provide them with more? Yes, we can! Each birthday bag should be 8"x4.25"x10.5" so that they fit on the storage shelf at BPNN. You can provide your own bag or use one from the serve table. Each bag should include the following. The soda is used in the cake recipe that will be included in the bag, This allows for the cake to be made without any eggs or cooking oil.
- one cake mix, any flavor
- one can of prepared frosting, any flavor
- 12 oz can of Sprite, Coke, or strawberry Fanta
- one package of cake candles or 12 candles in a small ziplock bag
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Blessing Bag Rice Meal Recap
Saturday, September 26 we helped to fill almost 5000 rice meal bags!! It could have been more, but we had a supply issue. Despite that, it was a great day filled with music, smiles and good deeds done by hundreds of people. There were members from 10 different churches from around the area present and 165 volunteer roles filled throughout the day. Sugar River you were 75 of those volunteer roles!! Way to show up to support this mission. We helped to feed 30,000 people, Thank you for your time and commitment to the 2026 Blessing Bag Rice Meal packing event.
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Share N Care
Along with the 5000 rice meals, Sugar River and Share N Care sent:
131 one handled bags
22 Drawstring bags
94 day pads
24 night pads
12 Receiving blankets
4 Quilts
1 treadle sewing machine
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- October 1, 6:30pm - Building Beloved Community
- October 4, 10:45am - Church Conference
- October 7, 10:00am - Blood Drive
- October 7, 6:30pm - Grief Group
- October 8, 6:30pm - Building Beloved Community
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Tuesdays, 9:30am - LOL Women's Group. Contact Laura Flood for more information.
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Wednesdays, 9:00am - Share and Care Group. Contact Sharon Billmeyer for more information.
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Thursdays, 6:45am - Men's Online Morning Group Contact Mike Polk for more information.
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Fridays, 9:00am - Wellness Walking Group meets at Verona Library parking lot (or 9:45am at Cheesecake Factory in West Towne Mall in poor weather). Contact Arlys Nilles for more information.
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Sundays, 6:30pm - Middle and High School Youth Group. Contact Tammi Hagensick for more information.
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Curious about what's going on in the UMC this week?
Find all the latest happening in the Wisconsin Conference right HERE.
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QR Code
Check out the SRUMC QR Code! Here you'll be able to give, check out the website and socials, see the current source, and guests can fill out a connection card.
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YOU ARE WELCOME HERE
No matter where you've come from or are going;
No matter what you believe or doubt;
No matter what you’re feeling or just not feeling;
No matter what you have or don’t have;
and no matter where you are in your loving relationship with God and your neighbors
All of who you are is welcomed here
by a God who loves you,
knows you by name
and wants a personal relationship with you.
Thanks be to God. Amen!
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Sugar River United Methodist Church | sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org | 608.845.5855
Office Hours are typically 9:00 am to 2:00pm, Monday-Thursday.
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