Fall is here, the cooler temperatures are here & you are now here at SUMC! Come on and check out all that we have going on for you and your family in the upcoming weeks
Want to know what is going on at SUMC this week? Every Sunday we give out our Sunday Newsletter. It contains all the upcoming events and information.
Click here to download this weeks Sunday Newsletter.
Beyond the Walls Ministry Information:
Season of Compassion has begun! We are supporting over 100 families this holiday season with the very basic needs to support a Christ filled holiday season. Our Thanksgiving offer is underway. Simply fill your large and small grocery bags you got last week and return them to the lobby upstairs anytime before Wednesday, November 17th. Didn’t get a bag? Check in the lobby upstairs and if none are left, please buy a $25 grocery gift card, which we will use to give each family for perishables. You can purchase these on your own or at our table in the lobby each Sunday. Please contact lucyfaxon@bellsouth.net or betsysachais@hotmail.com for any questions.
Season of Compassion Serving Opportunities:
Saturday, November 20 – Serving the homeless under the Bridges with 7 Bridges to Recovery
Saturday, November 20 – Deliver Thanksgiving baskets to a refugee family through World Relief
Saturday, November 20 – Help at Gwinnett County’s America Recycle Day at Coolray Field; home of the Gwinnett Braves.
Tuesday, November 30 – Preparing and Serving Dinner to families in transition at Rainbow Village
Tuesday, December 7th – Packing Operation Christmas Child Shoe boxes
Tuesday, December 21 – Hosting Dinner or Overnight Host for Family Promise families at Grayson UMC Wednesday, December 22 – Visiting and Caroling at Plantation South
For more information regarding these opportunities, please click here
Support the Duluth Coop!!
Receive a Free Chick-Fil-A Sandwich (with any purchase) in exchange for a non-perishable Thanksgiving Food Item
Chick-Fil-A on located on corner of Sugarloaf & Satellite
Wednesday, November 10 from 10:30am – 10PM
Flu shots are still available!
Gwinnett Urgent Care is teaming with Sugarloaf United Methodist Church to stock the shelves of the North Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry’s food pantry.
Free flu shot for a donation of 5 cans of food. (Until supplies last).
ONLY GOOD on Saturday or Sundays during office hours from 10am-6pm ONLY.
Gwinnett Urgent Care
SUWANEE STATION (next to Fresh Market)
1300 Peachtree Industrial Blvd
Suite 4101
Suwanee, GA 30024
770-831-5525
Ladies...Mark your calendars for these awesome events:
December 7th - Christmas Cookie/Ornament Exchange
March 22nd, 2011- Ladies Night Out!
We want to make the Women's Ministry here at SUMC the very best it can be
and we cannot do that without each one of you wonderful ladies at Sugarloaf UMC!
Please join us the 2nd Tuesday of each month for our Monthly Planning Meeting.
Our next meeting will Tuesday, November 9th.
from 7-9pm in the Library.
If you have any questions, contact: Peggy Tarkenton at pftarkenton@bellsouth.net
or Chris Aker at chris@sugarloaf.org
Women's Ministry
2nd Annual
Cookie and Ornament Exchange
Ladies, mark your calendar...
Our Annual Cookie/Ornament Exchange is
Tuesday, December 7th
From 7:00-9:00pm
Located in the Arts Center.
Last year's event was a blast!
Come on & share your favorite cookies and recipes and get others as well.
The ornament exchange is so much fun!
You never know who will "steal" your ornament from you!
Here is how it works. Bring a dozen cookies or your favorite holiday treat to share along with
the recipe. This is a great way to get new recipes for your holiday baking.
Also, bring an wrapped ornament ($10 limit) to exchange.
Please register here so that we can ensure we have enough space/supplies.
Register here
If you have any questions, contact Chris Aker
The Women's Ministry will be selling
Honey Baked Ham Gift Certificates
Sunday November 7th & 14th after
each service downstairs.
Certificate are $10, $15, $25 & $50 each
Order yours on the 7th or 14th & pick up on Nov 21st
if you have any questions.
Come… giving gratitude & thanks for the many blessings God has given us.
Monday, November 15 - 6 pm-8pm
Tuesday, November 16 – 10 am-8pm
Wednesday, November 17 – 10am-8pm
Thursday, November 18 – 10 am-6 pm
Located in the Lodge [within the Family Life & Worship Center]
"Sugarloafers"
Are you 50 or over and looking for a monthly outing, trips and fellowship?
Do we have a group for YOU!
The Sugarloafers are fun, full of energy and always looking to make new friends.
For more information about upcoming Sugarloafer events,
contact Penny Griffin at hpytravlr@juno.com or Karen Wargo at 770-495-9839.
Special Guest Speaker Pat Nagle
Tuesday, November 30th
2:00pm in the Rec Center
The Sugarloafers are honored to host special guest speaker Pat Nagle, whose father was the last man to leave the USS Arizona when it was bombed and sank on December 7th 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
Lieutenant Commander Sam Fuqua was awarded the Medal of Honor by Franklin Roosevelt and later promoted to Admiral.Mrs. Nagle will take you behind the scenes and tell you about her father’s experiences before, during and after the bombing of the USS Arizona. We would like to invite everyone from the congregation to listen to Pat's talk, as it will be of interest to everyone interested in the history of the beginning of World War 11.
Everyone is invited to attend. Please register here so that we can ensure we have enough space/supplies.
If you have any questions about this event contact Karen Wargo at kwargo@bellsouth.net
Click here to see upcoming Sugarloafer events.
Student Life Information:
From Aaron Young, Director of Student Life Ministry
How are you doing? This week is missions week as we prepare for this Wednesday and Thursday nights’ parents informational meetings. I hope you are planning on attending one of these meetings. Our mission trips are one of our most powerful and effective tools in taking “every student deeper”! We’ll go over a lot of important details at these meetings, plus those who show up will have a chance to win $100 off of a mission trip, as well as get priority in registering for the limited spots on each trip. We’re excited for what God has in store for our students next summer and hope you are getting excited as well. Each meeting will be identical in content and will run from 7:00-8:00pm. We’ll see you there!!
Click here of our new blog page
Sugarloaf Kids Information:
From Lori Cotter, Director of Sugarloaf Kids Ministry
Our Meet us at the Manger registration is off to a great start. If you haven’t registered yet please do soon on-line on our NEW WEBSITE – www.sugarloaf.org. This event always fills up. We have noticed that many families who have registered already are not taking advantage of the Christmas Flip Book activity we are offering this year. We want you to know that SK Kids or SUMC will not make any money off of the flip books. We are bringing them in because we think they are a really fun and special keepsake. Please consider making a flip book for $10 while you are registering. If you come that night and want to make one we may not be able to fit you in (but will try). If you have registered already but want to make this keepsake please email Stephanie Nolan at stephanie@sugarloaf.org.
Click here for our new blog page for this weeks "What's Happening".
Worship Arts Information:
“Start Spreading the News!”
Your Sugarloaf Choir is going to sing in a world premier Christmas musical in Carnegie Hall November of 2011! They will be doing some fundraisers around the church to help fun this NYC trip! Please support your choir by ordering pies and buying casseroles in November (see below)! For more information, contact Kendra Marzen at kendra@sugarloaf.org or 678-684-6006
Sugarloaf Band:
Do you play an instrument proficiently?
How about lending your talents to the Sugarlaof Band?
Rehersal Schedule: Thursday 7:30 - 9:00pm and Sundays at 7:30am
Performance Times: Sundays, 9:30am & 11:00am
Contact: Kendra Marzen at kendra@sugarloaf.org
We would love to have you join our Usher Team!
Our ushers assist everyone in finding a place to sit, hand out Sunday Newsletters and help the team by collecting the offering on Sunday mornings.
The Ushers serve once a month either the 9:30am or 11:00am Service.
If you are interested in serving contact Kendra Marzen at kendra@sugarlaof.org
Volunteer Opportunities:
(Coffee) EMERGENCY!
NEED 6 (six) volunteers to come in early, make coffee (easy!)
and fill pump thermos’ (easier!).
It is truly a COFFEE EMERGENCY. Please don’t wait to volunteer. We need you now. HELP! Please contact Bev Manson: bev@sugarloaf.org. ASAP if you can help!!!
Help Needed! Looking for one person who can pick up Coffee pots from the adult classes each Sunday morning between 12:00 & 12:15pm. Contact Bev Manson at bev@sugarlaof.org if you can help.
Needed: A volunteer to serve with Bev Manson each Sunday morning for about 5 minutes before the service and 5 minutes after the service turning on/off lights and computers. Please email Bev at bev@sugarloaf.org if you can serve for this short amount of time each Sunday.
