SUNDAY WORSHIP INVITATION for those who will be watching on YouTube, Facebook or from the BPUMC website link:
PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SIGN-IN FOR THE ONLINE CONNECTION CARD TO REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR WORSHIP IF YOU ARE COMING TO IN-PERSON WORSHIP IN THE SANCTUARY.
The invitation will include:
- Bulletin link
- Connection Card
- Prayer Requests
- Online Giving
There will be a link to our YouTube page and our Facebook page, where you may watch worship at a time that fits your schedule.
AND, if you lose your invitation email, or this email - REMEMBER, you can go to the BPUMC website and all of the information is also listed there.
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Did you forget your Pledge Card last week? Did the dog or cat eat your mail? That's ok - we have more Pledge Cards available on the Greeting table (or you can contact the church and we will mail one out to you).
If you have questions about pledging, please contact Pastor Katie or our Financial Secretary, Suzanne Dowell.
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Prayer Requests
Prayer life is an essential part of who we are. We want to prayer for you and rejoice with you, especially in these times when things are so topsy-turvy.
You can send your prayer requests to the church brownspointumc@gmail.com or you can fill out the form on our website or there is also a place on the Connection Card which comes in the Invitation to Worship on Saturday.
Prayer requests have been going out on Mondays, but if there is an urgent need, one can be sent at any time.
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You may give online, safely and securely!
Just follow the directions - it's simple, quick, safe and easy. You can give you gift in one of two ways: using a credit/debit card or by bank transfer.
If you choose to cover your fees, then 100% of the gift you give goes to help us in our Mission and Ministries.
You may also write your own check; please mail your donations to the church or if you are already using your banks "Bill Payer" option, please consider adding BPUMC to your list.
A final thought to share with you - if you are giving to a "special" cause such as our Acts 2:45, or the food bank, or whatever, please don't forget to put that in the memo line. And check to see if your bank Bill Pay has a memo line so that your gift goes to the account you have designated.
Just one more way you can help us help others.
Your giving is a blessing to many.
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BPUMC Virtual Giving Tree 2021
The NE Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition looks forward to bringing holiday magic to our community again this year. We are collecting new, unwrapped gifts and gift cards and financial donations to support students at our four local school. Gifts will be handed out by school staff before Christmas in a special, socially distanced, drive through event.
Please sign up to purchase a gift for a student.
The link is here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080545aaae2da1ff2-bpumc1
There is a recommended gift for each student....the items are from Amazon, Kohls and Target. You can purchase the commended gift or a similar item. Gifts can be purchased online and shipped directly to the NE Tacoma Healthy Kids Coalition at the following address: 1520 49th St NE, Tacoma, 98422.
Please be sure to include the student number on the gift receipt or label the gift clearly with the student number if you are dropping it off.
If you would prefer to shop for the gift in a store and then deliver it, please reach out to Jeannie Nist at 260.660.6005 or jeannie.nist@gmail.com to make arrangements.
We are also collecting gift cards to Amazon, Fred Meyer, Target, Visa and Walmart in $30 increments.
Want to make a donation and have a Coalition volunteer do the shopping for you? Visit https://www.brownspointpta.com/shop
MOST IMPORTANT - please be sure the gifts arrive by December 1st.
Thank you! If you have any questions, please contact Jeannie Nist or Amanda Slater, Holiday Help Coordinators at nethealthykidscoalition@gmail.com or 206.660.6005
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I want to send a heart-felt thank you to each and every one of you for supporting our food bank! We served 25 families last night and everyone went home with a turkey (or Cornish game hen) and pie, along with other holiday goodies.
I appreciate you ALL for shopping, donating funds, bringing paper grocery sacks, and generously giving your time to support our community. I know, from the smiles and thank-you’s last night, our families are so grateful.
A special shout-out to Al Meeds for organizing the freezer and refrigerator with all the incoming turkeys and pies this week!
To Constance for standing in the pouring rain with me last night and making our families feel welcome!
To Dave Morrill for going up and down the sidewalk a million times, also in the pouring rain, hauling turkeys and pies AND for driving to QFC last minute to pick up more turkeys and pies when we ran out. THANK YOU DAVE!!
And of course to Pastor Katie for making this all happen. She shopped last minute, worked tirelessly in the kitchen last night, filling grocery bags and taking pie orders, and stayed to clean up. We at BPUMC are so fortunate to have her. She is our calm before and during the storm (literally, last night  ).
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tina
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Our Food Bank in partnership with St. Leo’s Food Connection!
Our distribution dates will remain the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month.
- Set-up begins around 11:30-ish with making boxes
- Families will pick up their boxes between 4pm and 6pm.
Food bank families will remain in their vehicles and we volunteers will bring food to them. I will ask all families and volunteers to wear a mask until further notice.
If you would like to volunteer, please feel free to reach out to Tina with questions.
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Inslee picks advisory board for Washington’s new police accountability office
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced his picks Tuesday for an 11-member panel to oversee the state’s newly created police accountability office with powers to independently investigate cases of law enforcement’s use of deadly force.
Among Inslee’s choices to serve on the advisory board of the new Office of Independent Investigations (OII) are Monica Alexander, the newly appointed executive director of the Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission and retired captain and former spokesperson for the Washington State Patrol; and Monisha Harrell, LGBTQ activist, board chair of Equal Rights Washington and campaign manager and niece of Seattle Mayor-elect Bruce Harrell.
read the entire article:
Congratulations Monica!
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December 13 at 10:00 AM!
Yes, we are meeting again! Please come with a mask.
Please note our December meeting is not our usual 1st Monday, we had to reschedule.
If you've always aspired to be a writer, or just like to jot things down for fun - this may be the place for you!
We will be writing a story about "If I knew then what I know now" story to share in December.
It will be so good to be together again. See you then!
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Hi Bookers,
Our next meeting is December 14, 11:30 a.m. start time for our holiday potluck.
We will be meeting in the home of one of our group and you will get more information as time gets closer, as to parking, phone numbers, what to bring and more! Watch your email and the Enews for updates.
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Need a place for some wonderful conversation with friends about important topics?
Join us as we read some wonderful books and talk about them!
We are going to go on hiatus until mid-November or so.
At that time, we will pick up with the book Pastrix, when we resume.
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We continue to ask for you donation of poems, stories, thoughts, photos and other things that can make us all have a "Joyful Heart".
Please email your submission to Joyful Heart or to the church email.
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Keeping Each Other Safe as we begin Reimagining Our Church Life Together.....
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Please be prepared to stop and sign-in; and please come with your mask on.
- If you are coming to church, please come with a mask on.
- If you need to drop off or pick up something from inside the building, please come during office hours (Wed-Thur. 10am - 1pm). Please come prepared with your mask.
- If you need to be in the building for any other reason, please contact the office in advance.
- Our goal still is to minimize the traffic in the building for everyone's safety.
We will keep you updated with what is happening. Watch your Enews for information when it becomes available.
If you have questions, please contact our Relaunch Committee Chair, Al Meeds.
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Ongoing Life at Browns Point UMC
Church Office Hours --
Sharon Meeds is in the office on Wednesday and Thursdays, 10am till 1pm-ish, to work on what is needed.
The phones and email are being monitored from home.
Mail is being taken care of and the Counters come in once a week to take care of the checks we receive.
Paul Bern, Al Meeds and others are "checking in" on our building and grounds to make sure everything is as it should be.
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If you "lose" this email and still want to do any or all worship services, just remember you can always go to the BPUMC website and on the "Online Sermons" page all of this information is there.
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