upcoming events
There's always something exciting happening at Manchester UMC. Here are just a few of the things we're buzzing about:
Sing Christmas! Ring Christmas!
Sunday, December 21
We celebrate the holidays with spectacular music of the season, complete with “The Many Moods of Christmas” and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.”
Market Day Pie Fundraiser
November
It is Market Day Pie Time again. Just in time for the holidays, MUMC Volunteers in Mission Team will be selling those delicious, delectable and darn good pies. The proceeds from these sales will go towards our next trip to El Ayudante in Leon Nicaragua in March 2009.
Mark your calendars to stop and buy pies to stock up your freezer for the coming year. Pies range in price from $10 - $12. Three new individual indulgences are offered this year.
We will be selling pies during worship services on November 8, 9, 15, and 16. We will have a table with free samples at the Wednesday Connections dinner on November 5. You can also order PIES ONLY at www.marketday.com, account #25312. Deadline to order pies is November 16.
Pies will be available for pick up on November 22 from noon to 2 p.m. We will be in the entrance to the Narthex. Remember our VIM this year as you plan for your holiday gatherings. Pies make great gifts as well.
With further questions please contact Bonnie Lester at 636.391.8108.
Fair Trade Market Volunteers Needed
November 22, 23, 28, and 29
Article by Debbie McWard for the FTM08 Ministry Team
The Fair Trade Market is upon us. Last year gross sales were $88,000 — in just 4 days! The equivalent of 25 artisans and their families enjoyed a year of fair trade wages from the market. In the last five years we grossed $255,000 accumulative, for the equivalent of 73 artisans and their families. Here we go again! Can it be bigger? We got a great boost from Channel 5 and its feature on alternatives to black Friday shopping. That came on the night before the last day of the market. The last day is usually the slowest, but we were so busy we couldn’t keep up. This year the dates are November 22, 23, 28 and 29 with plenty of work necessary beforehand.
What if it STARTS out the way we ended last year? Are you all prepared to meet and greet many, many people who have never set foot in MUMC before? We’ve run the numbers for help needed and it looks like this:
Volunteers- 136 total
4-hour shifts
17 Floor volunteers each shift
2 - Greeters each shift
6 - Cashiers each shift
9 - Sales/stockers each shift
Leadership - 24 total
2 - Floor managers each shift
2 - Volunteer coaches each shift
2 - Entertainment managers each shift
Inventory
6 each time (begins in September. Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings)
Setup - 80 total
Thursday, Nov. 20 and Friday, Nov. 21
4-hour shifts
Breakdown- 20 total
Saturday (we did it all in four hours last year!)
As you can see, we need a lot of volunteers. It will take the support of the whole membership. You’ll be a contributor to introducing MUMC and FairTrade to literally hundreds of people.
We’ll be gathering your pledges to work in the Narthex between services from now until November.
Visit the Fair Trade Market section of the site for up-to-date information.
You may use the form below to volunteer or request additional information!
The Holiday Season at Manchester UMC
Begins November 28
MUMC CHRISTMAS TREE LOT. November 28. Our church Christmas Tree Lot is open everyday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., beginning November 28. Our tree lot is located on the parking lot of the Manchester Athletic Association, 14380 Manchester Road, next to Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Additional volunteer assistance is welcome. Contact Andy Miller at 636.394.9690 or Bill Bergman at 636.227.4586 for more information.
SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS. All December long. Join Rev. Chris in contemporary worship as he looks into ways to manage the stress of the holiday seasons while keeping perspective on what really matters. Learn more.
SING CHRISTMAS! RING CHRISTMAS! December 21. We celebrate the holidays with spectacular music of the season, complete with “The Many Moods of Christmas” and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.”
CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP. December 24. Services held in the sanctuary.
1 p.m. Communion
3 p.m. Children's Programming
5 p.m. Contemporary
7 p.m. Traditional
9 p.m. Traditional
11 p.m. Traditional
The Joy of Music
Through May 2009
Our acclaimed concert series is back with a new season! Starting October 19 with Freedom's Holy Light, we have a great line-up.
Please download, print, and distribute our mailer/brochure. Click here for that.
Here's the schedule. Note that, unless indicated, all shows are at 7 p.m.
Sunday, December 21
SING CHRISTMAS! RING CHRISTMAS!
Chancel Choir, Vesper Bell Choir and Orchestra
We celebrate the holidays with spectacular music of the
season, complete with “The Many Moods of Christmas”
and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.”
Sunday, January 3
In Concert:
THE MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY CHOIR
Brad Holmes, Conductor
Beautiful choral music, talented collegiate voices and a
masterful conductor will make this a great winter evening
in the beautiful setting of the Manchester sanctuary!
Sunday, February 15 7 p.m.
TOCCATAS, TUNES, AND TRUMPETINGS
John Cargile, Organist/Music Associate
As part of the 2009 Year of the Organ celebration, hear music by J.S. Bach, Händel, Vierne and William Albright’s “The King of Instruments” played on the sanctuary organ.
Sunday, March 8 at 9 and 10:30 a.m. 3 p.m.
A TECHNICOLOR PROMISE
Music Makers Choir (Upper Elementary)
Bring the whole family to this humorous and beautiful
fully-staged musical about Noah, featuring a 60-foot ark!
Sunday, April 19
CELEBRATE LIFE!
Chancel Choir, Soloists and Orchestra
Come and experience this timeless musical “pulpit drama” based on the life of Christ. Members of the Chancel Choir will bring this story to life in a concert-staged version of
a classic!
Sunday, May 3 at 3 p.m.
SPRING RING
The Handbell and Handchime Choirs of Manchester
This annual MUMC tradition featuring children, youth and adult ringers sharing great handbell music.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact the music staff at 636.394.7506.
Guitarists Needed
Now!
Manchester UMC’s contemporary praise band, One Voice, is looking for additional musicians to play Sunday mornings. If you are interested sharing your talent with us, please contact the church office at 636.394.7506.
Co-ed Volleyball League
Sign-ups through November 16; play January through March
MUMC’s winter volleyball league is back and we are going to play again this season! All those interested in playing recreational volleyball on Sunday nights at LaSalle Middle School are encouraged to sign up as teams are now being formed.
Play will begin right after the start of the new year and continue for eight Sunday evenings through mid-March. Rules of play are recreational and the teams are co-ed.
The games will begin in early January and end by mid-March. The cost for the use of the gym is targeted at $25 per person for the eight-night season, and may be adjusted downward or upward depending on the number of people that register and sign up.
Sign-ups will continue only through Sunday, November 16 and there are a limited number of spaces available for players.
To register, or for more information, please contact Bill Ahal or by phone at 636.256.9918 or 314.306.7516.
To see what else is going on around MUMC, take a look at the latest Messenger or weekly worship bulletin.