This coming Sunday is going to be an awesome worship experience! In addition to celebrating Communion, we will be reflecting on what it truly means to Worship God. It will be the first of three services devoted to our commitment to Worship God, Grow our Lives, and Serve the World. I hope you will make plans to be here! I really missed being with all of you last week and heard the Missions Service was INCREDIBLE!
Want to know what is going on at SUMC this week?
Click here to download this weeks Sunday Newsletter.
REMINDER
The church offices will be open
Monday - Thursday from 9am - 4pm
Friday from 9am -12pm
Closed on Saturday & Sunday.
Want to know about other classes being offered at SUMC?
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Beyond the Walls Ministry Information:
Mission Sunday.....
Thanks to Grant Haynes, our guest speaker for Mission Sunday, for opening our eyes to God's Heart for the Nations and how we are blessed to be a blessing. If you are feeling led to support one of our missionary's with resources and/or prayer, or if you are feeling led to get involved in the refugee community in Clarkston, please feel free to contact:
Jon & Jenna Wheeler . Serving the refugee community in Clarkston, GA with Global Frontier Missions. They are engaged in church planting among the refugees with the hope of seeing them evangelized and discipled to the point that they can go back to their countries and reach their own people. They are also interested in connecting Sugarloaf individuals, familes and/or small groups to refugees who need friends and partners in getting established and familiar in a country they now call home. jon@globalfrontiermissions.com
Kristina Bettis & Jonathan Herriman. Getting married in the spring and going into full time ministry on the Valdosta State Campus with Campus Outreach. Their ministry is devoted to college students; developing young men and women into kingdom leaders and disciples who are mentored and trained to spread the gospel wherever their lives and professions take them. kristina.bettis@gmail.com.
Join us as we kickoff this year’s Season of Compassion on Sunday, November 7th. Our goal is to provide meals and gifts to over 100 families in our community this holiday season. Grab one of over 750 brown bags and fill with food for the Thanksgiving holiday or one of the over 800 ornaments on the trees that will be up beginning Sunday, November 21st.
It will take all of us to provide these gifts to help these families feel the joy of a Christ filled holiday season! Please contact lucyfaxon@bellsouth.net or betsysachais@hotmail.com for any questions.
Wellspring Living is in need of a weekly volunteer to come to the Wellspring Living Home in Duluth every Wednesday from 9 to 1 to stay with the women residents and act as a stand in coach. Please contact Alisha Santiago, Program Coordinator for more information at 404-427-3100. www.wellspringliving.org.
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:
November 9th - Women's Ministry Planning Meeting
December 7th - Christmas Cookie/Ornament Exchange
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
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Coffee Night with the "Girls" Ok Ladies, it is time to spend a little YOU time.
Come join the SUMC Ladies for our Coffee Night with the "Girls"
Date: Tuesday, November 2nd
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Connections Cafe'
Register here.
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 alwys 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
Next Wednesday and Thursday night, November 10 & 11, we’ll be holding our annual summer 2011 missions informational parent meetings. Each night will be identical in content and will run from 7:00-8:00pm in place of normal SHIFT and ALTÆR. We’ll go over the details of next summer, including all of the who, what, when, where and why questions. We’ll be offering 8 mission trip experiences in 2011, two level 1 mission trips for current 6th and 7th graders, three level 2 mission trips for current 8th graders and above, two level 3 mission trips for current 10th graders and above with previous missions experience, as well as one level 4 mission trip for 11th and 12th graders with previous level 3 experience. We’ll do our best to answer any questions you may have about all of the mission trips at the meeting. Students whose parents attended one of the meetings will be given priority in registration. Space is limited on all of our mission trips this year and will fill on a first-come, first-served basis. We’ll also be giving $100 off of a mission trip to one lucky family each night. We hope you’ll plan on being there!
Click here of our new blog pageSugarloaf Kids Information:
From Lori Cotter, Director of Sugarloaf Kids Ministry
Can you believe it is November 1st already! Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner and plans at SK are well under way for the holidays. On-line registration for Meet us at the Manger opened yesterday. For those who are not familiar with this event at Sugarloaf UMC it is Sugarloaf Kids unique family program to start off advent season. The family festivities include dinner, entertainment, crafts, a "live" nativity, and new this year - a family Christmas "flipbook" all centered around the birth of Jesus!
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.
