ANNOUNCEMENTS
11
Dec
Pastors/Secretaries Meeting
12:00 pm
11
Dec
Worship Team Meeting
12
Dec
Men's Breakfast
7:00 am - Bucyrus Community Hospital Cafeteria
Guest Speaker - Tom Levenick (Author of "Buckeyes for Life") - Former Ohio State Football Player
Sponsored by Woodlawn UMC
Please Bring a Friend!
13
Dec
Advent Bible Study - Christmas Gifts that Won't Break
5:30 - 7:30 pm - Admin/Outreach Center
4 Week Session led by Pastor Becky - Explore the spirit of Christmas with stories, Scriptures, and thoughts to warm your heart throughout the season as well as devotions and a new fifth Chapter for Christmas Eve/Christmas Day.
14
Dec
CABI
3:00 pm - Admin/Outreach Center
16
Dec
Announcements
- Needed: Red Cross Volunteers: Crawford County! If you or your group would be interested in more information about volunteering for our Red Cross community services, please contact them at jeanine.giracd@redcross.org, by phone at 419-946-2811, or visit redcross.org/volunteer.
- Christmas Yard Signs - The Public Awareness team has just a few signs left (just in time for Christmas) if anyone is interested. Please see Joan Lipscomb.
- Church Key Fob Shortage - If you or your family have more key fobs than you need, please turn them into the church office since we are in short supply. Thanks! If you key fob is no longer working, see Jim Leyda.
16
Dec
Worship Services
8:30 & 10:30 am - Worship Center
3rd Sunday of Advent
16
Dec
Praise Team Practice
11:45 am - Worship center
16
Dec
Life Recovery Bible Study
1:00 - 3:00 pm
23
Dec
Voice of Hope - Baby Bottles
Take home a Baby Bottle Today!! Bucyrus UMC is partnering with Voice of Hope to help change and save lives in our community. You are asked to take home a baby bottle and fill it with loose change, cash, or checks (payable to Voice of Hope) and return to BUMC by December 23. Voice of Hope is a life-affirming organization that promotes the Sanctity of Human Life and educates and equips individuals to make positive choices consistent with God's design for family and sexuality.
24
Dec
Christmas Eve
3:00 pm - Christmas Eve with the Children
7:00 pm - Traditional Candlelight Service
30
Dec
Youth Sunday
Noisy/Quiet Can Offering
Ugly Sweater Sunday! Be sure to wear your Christmas sweater to worship on Sunday, December 30.
6
Jan
Scholarship Deadline
Bucyrus United Methodist Church and Dale & Neva Zeller Scholarship
Active members of Bucyrus United Methodist Church who are college freshman through seniors should apply. You can pick up an application at the church office or after worship in Wesley Hall. For more information, contact the church office or Sally Ruth (419-561-0390) or sallyruth4@gmail.com
Application deadline is January 6, 2019.
Opportunities to Serve
We never run out of opportunities to put God’s Love In Action. Here are some events/projects that need your help.
Volunteers needed for Community Meals the third and last Sunday of each month. Just show up at 3 p.m. at the Administration & Outreach Center. Thank you!
MISSION PROJECTS TO WHICH YOU MAY DONATE ITEMS OR FUNDS
Contributions are accepted at the Worship Center on Sundays or the church office Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thank you for putting God’s Love In Action!
Food Pantry: basic food bag
(approx: $14 for all items, generic brands)
11-18 oz. cereal - box of saltines - 18-28 oz. jar of peanut butter
2 cans of vegetables - 2 cans of fruit or one 24oz. applesauce
box of macaroni and cheese - 1 pound box of spaghetti noodles
26 oz. can of spaghetti sauce - 1 can of tuna - 2 cans of soup
Backpack Program: during school year
Please mark your contributions for the Backpack Program so they are not confused with Food Pantry donations
boxes or cups of macaroni & cheese - Ramen Noodles
cans of ravioli, spaghetti, Beef-a-Roni
cereal (box or individual) - cereal bars - oatmeal - pop tarts
canned fruit - juice boxes, Capri Sun, Gatorade
soups - pasta - pasta sauce (plastic jars)
fruit cups - pudding cups - Jell-o cups
tuna and tuna helper
peanut butter - peanut butter and crackers packages
cheese and crackers packages