The Source | October 9

Connect

Questions or Ideas? Contact Tina Carlson

Join us for Worship

in person or online!

Sunday, October 12, 2025

American Dream Vs. American Nightmare of Affluenza and Greeditis

Pastor Michael Weigand

1 Timothy 6:6-10

Online Worship

We offer a Sunday service livestream at 9:30 am on YouTube.

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Around the River

Pastor Appreciation Month

October is Pastor Appreciation Month! Starting this Sunday, October 12, we will have a table with blank Thank You cards for Pastor Mike and Pastor Erin available in the church lobby. We encourage you to fill out a card and place it in the special bags (one for each Pastor). On Sunday, October 19, we will present these cards to them during the service.

Grow - Adult

Questions or Ideas? Contact Pastor Mike

Grief Support Group

1st and 3rd Thursdays, 7:00pm

Pastor Erin will be facilitating a grief support group from September through December. The group is open to anyone who is grieving a loss and is seeking a supportive community as they move along their grief journey. Individuals who participated in the grief support group in the spring are invited to participate again. New members are also welcome. The group will meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month from 7-8:30pm through December. (Note one exception- group will meet on Thursday, October 30^th instead of Thursday, November 6th.) Please reach out to Pastor Erin if you have questions. 

Grow - Children

Questions or Ideas? Contact Erin Ford

Serve

Questions or Ideas? Contact Tina Carlson

Blessing Bag Rice Meal Packing Event Results

Wow did we get the job done on Saturday, October 4!! We surpassed our goal of 5000 bags. We bagged 5080 bags total and we were still done early. Looks like next year there will need to be more…. We also surpassed our financial goal. The numbers are not all in and final but it looks like we made the $12,000 goal so we have money to start for next year. None of this would have been possible if all of you did not show for all the fundraising events and the work on Saturday. Thanks to all of you 30,480 people will be fed. Well done Sugar River Family!!!!

Blood Drive

October 22, 10am-3:00pm

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Did you know that about six blood products are needed every minute to help someone going through cancer treatment? It’s important to have a strong blood supply for those fighting cancer and others relying on lifesaving transfusions.

Fall into donating! Those who come to give Sept. 22-Oct. 19, 2025, will receive a $10 Amazon.com Gift Card by email.

For details, visit RedCrossBlood.org/Fall

Link to appointment schedule: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=VeronaWI

Click here to see how your blood donation can help UW Madison earn $1Million toward school or community health.

Meadowridge Snack Attack

October 15, 5:00pm

The Thursday Morning Men’s Group will fix sandwiches and deliver snacks on Wednesday, October 15th. Donations for sandwich-making and other snack items are available. Here is the link for details and the sign-up. Items are due by Tuesday, October 15th at 5PM. You can also donate money to support if you prefer. The signups are also accessible by our website at: https://www.sugarriverumc.org/about-5, or by navigating to the SERVE dropdown. We post the new signups there monthly. 

Upcoming Events

• October 15, 5:00pm - Meadowridge Snack Attack
• October 16, 7:00pm -Grief Support Group
• October 18, 8:00am - FSSF Meal Prep
• October 19, 10:45am - The Village Table
• October 22, 10:00am - Blood Drive
• October 26, 10:30am - Trunk or Treat

• Tuesdays, 9:30am - LOL Women's Group. Contact Laura Flood for more information.
• Wednesdays, 9:00am - Share and Care Group. Contact Sharon Billmeyer for more information.
• Thursdays, 6:45am - Men's Online Morning Group Contact Mike Polk for more information.
• 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.
• Sundays, after church - Sugar River Pedalers. Contact Sarah Greenlaw for more information.

Curious about what's going on in the UMC this week?

Find all the latest happening in the Wisconsin Conference right HERE.

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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