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Boonton UMC 


May 29, 2022
Seventh Sunday of Easter

Sunday worship at 11:15am -
In-Person and on YouTube
Boonton UMC: A fun, musical, relevant, relational, and compassionate church
where people find hope, healing, and wholeness.
As our bishop stated in a message yesterday regarding the mass shootings in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX, "There are no words."

And, as people who struggle to find words, we create communal spaces where the inexpressible can find room to breathe, process, and grieve.

That being said, all those in our churches and all those throughout Morris County are invited to join countless others at Denville's Town Hall (1 St. Mary's Pl, Denville, NJ 07834) at 6pm TONIGHT (Friday, May 27th) for "An Interfaith Acknowledgement of Grief about Gun Violence."

Come, Holy Spirit, come. Guide us, O Advocate, and help us to know how best to be advocates for peace and justice who effect change where it's most needed. Give us wisdom and courage to move forward from here, mindful of the ways these incidents have shaken communities across our nation, including our own.
Click HERE to Read a Special Message from Bishop Schol Regarding the Recent Mass Shootings
Concluding Our

Sermon Series
This Sunday, we are finishing our sermon series on Ecclesiastes, and, thus, ending our quest toward meaning together. What will we have discovered at the end of our journey? What will be our conclusions, and how different or similar will they be from the Teacher imparting wisdom?

Join us for a meaningful worship service as we not only conclude our sermon series, but as we let peace with justice be at the center of our hearts and at the forefront of our minds as we come together to worship God.

Whether in-person or on YouTube,
 we look forward to seeing you at 11:15am Sunday!
For Sunday Worship
Click HERE to View This Sunday's Bulletin
Click HERE at 11:15am Sunday if Worshiping with us on YouTube
June Calendar
 
Click HERE to View and Download Our June Calendar!

COMING IN TWO WEEKS!:

Church Vision Meeting
All congregants are invited to join us in the church fellowship hall from 9am to 12 noon on Saturday, June 11th for an important gathering where we will dream and vision together, set goals and establish objectives together, as we emerge from the pandemic and into the new landscape of ministry that surrounds us.

Relay for Life
Thank you to all those who came to walk or run with Pastor Donald on May 16th for our all-day fundraiser run. Your crazy clergy ran 80 miles total in 18 1/2 hours and, collectively, we went 140 miles altogether with those who came out to walk or run! As a whole, our team has raised $2500, and more donations are still coming in!

We hope you'll join us for our community Relay For Life event on Saturday, June 11th from 5 to 11pm at the Montville Township High School track and be a part of our church's Relay For Life team. It’s not too late to join if you haven’t yet!
Click HERE to Join Our BUMC/MUMC Relay for Life Team
Click HERE to Donate to Our Team
The theme this year is crazy hats, and we invite you to join us this month and next as we put a cap on cancer together!

Also, are you a cancer survivor? Or are you someone who has lost a family member or close friend to cancer? If so, we invite you to be a part of a special ceremony happening later in the evening at the Relay for Life event on June 11th. We will honor all those who are cancer survivors and those who have died from cancer, and we invite you to consider purchasing a luminary bag in honor of someone at www.relayforlife.org/greatermontvillenj.
Calling All Baseball Related Items
 
This summer, we are taking you out to the ball game each Sunday. And we might even buy you some peanuts and Cracker Jacks (for those not allergic to them)! After delving into Ecclesiastes, we'll be delving into a summer sermon series on the minor prophets, and each of our prophets will play a specific role on the baseball field. Who's on first and where will the rest be? Who knows. But if you have bats, batting gloves, helmets, jerseys and hats (of any team), baseballs or anything related to the sport, we invite you to bring them. We will collect these items and then use them to decorate the sanctuary with when we start the series. Thank you in advance for your help!
Special Giving Opportunity

Thank you to all those who donated to support our Camp Scholarship Fund last week! You can still donate this week if you haven't already.

And this Sunday, in response to the bishop's invitation to all churches made at our Annual Conference, we are taking up another special offering for Ida Hurricane Relief, as A Future with Hope continues to work to alleviate the suffering and rebuild in all the ways that are needed following a hurricane that left even more of a negative impact on communities than Hurricane Sandy.

Hungry to Whole
 

Inspired by “The Daniel Plan” book and John Wesley’s Holy Clubs, Hungry to Whole is grounded in Psalm 107:9 – “God satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things” (NIV). Our prayer is that those who come hungry each week would leave whole in more than one way.
 

Join us for our next Dinner Gathering (potluck style)
Wednesday, June 1st, 6:30-8pm at MUMC

Bring a dish to share and invite a friend, neighbor, or co-worker! Dr. Frank and John Michaud from New Pathway will be our guest speakers and will be sharing with us about Bioregulation Therapy (BRT), one of the newest innovations in the therapy world, which, in a sense, helps to minister to and bring healing to our bodies at a cellular level, using the body's own electrical and magnetic field signals to help calm and stabilize the nervous system, balance and energize the body, and restore natural wellbeing.

We will also meet Wed., June 15th and Wed., June 29th.
Parents Night Out

at Montville UMC

Friday, June 24th, 5-9pm
Know any couples with kids looking for a night out? Send them over to Montville UMC next Friday for their first ever "Parents Night Out!" Click HERE to register.
Wednesday Bible Study

Join us every Wednesday at 11am in the narthex as we journey through a study of Proverbs called "Practical Wisdom."
And if you can't join us in-person, know that you're welcome to join us via Zoom at the following link: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8537182720?pwd=bmdLSEhCOGVOdzNSU0J2azcvM1QvZz09
Small Group Study 
at Montville UMC

Every Tuesday at 10am

Join our friends over at Montville UMC any Tuesday at 10am in their church fellowship hall for meaningful discussion and community as they delve into what's next together.

All are welcome and they'll be reading Rick Warren's book,
"What On Earth Am I Here For?"
Click HERE to Read This Week's GNJ Digest with Helpful Information and Resources from Our Conference
PRAYER
Have prayer requests you'd like us to lift up?
Just click below and fill out the online prayer request form!
Click HERE to Submit any Joys or Concerns you have for the week
GIVING

For tithes and offerings you have for this Sunday, we invite you to bring them with you and drop them off in the offering plates in the back of the sanctuary.

You are also welcome to continue giving in the following ways:

1) Give online by clicking the following link:

OR

2) Mail in your offering to the church:
Boonton UMC
626 Lathrop Ave.,
Boonton, NJ 07005
What's Going on in the

Neighborhood?
THIS WEEK!:

Memorial Day Service

Monday, May 30th at 11am
in front of Boonton Town Hall
(100 Washington St., Boonton)
May is Mental Health Month!

What are you doing to take care of your mental health these days? Here are some important things to remember as you help yourself experience health and wholeness in this important aspect of your overall wellness!
Montville Kiwanis
Father's Day Pancake Breakfast

Sunday, June 19th, 8am-12noon

You can stop by before Sunday worship!

The event will take place on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19th, 8:00 AM until 12 Noon at the Montville Senior House located at 356 Main Road, Montville NJ 07045.

Pancakes, bacon or sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee, and juice will be served. Tickets are $10 per person, $25 per family and are available at the door, or by contacting Joe O’Dowd at 973-476-2845. Reservations are requested for families of five or more.

All proceeds from the breakfast will go to Kiwanis projects and activities that benefit the youth of our community, most noteworthy, the annual scholarships they give to Key Club students.
Use Amazon Smile for an Easy Way to Raise Money for Our Church!
People can support our church with the Amazon shopping app on their phone! Simply follow these instructions to do so:
  1. Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device
  2. Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into 'Settings'
  3. Tap 'AmazonSmile' and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process
If you do not have the latest version of the Amazon Shopping app, you'll need to update your app. Click here for instructions on how to do that.
Or if using your computer instead of the app,
just make sure to go to https://smile.amazon.com/ch/22-2136351 and select United Methodist Church of Boonton for your charity, to ensure 0.5% of any Amazon purchase made goes to our church.

Thank you in advance!
Boonton United Methodist Church

626 Lathrop Ave., Boonton, NJ 07005
 






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