The Progressors School Class will be selling Easter Lilies this year for $15 each. If you would like to purchase a lily In Memory Of or In Honor Of a loved one please complete the enclosed form and return it with your check payable to Progressors Class.
Beginning in January, Texas established large vaccination sites or hubs around the state. The goal of these hubs is to provide more people the vaccine and a simpler way to sign up for an appointment. Providers will focus on vaccinating areas and populations hardest hit by COVID‑19.
Phase 1A , 1B, and 1C individuals are eligible to receive a vaccine at these hubs, regardless of where they reside.
Phase 1A: Front-Line Healthcare workers and residents at long-term care facilities
Phase 1B: People 65+ or people 16+ with a health condition that increases risk of sever COVID-19 illness
If you or someone you know, needs assistance in registering or with transportation for your vaccine, please let the Church office know (972.298.6121) or email OfficeAdmin@fumcd.com. We have generous volunteers who want to help.
Our own Church member, Debbie Smith, receiving her second vaccination! A special note of gratitude to the FUMCD volunteer who assisted Debbie with transportation to the vaccine site. Praise God!!
Holy Week ~ Upcoming Events
Maundy Thursday Online Service - April 1st - 7 p.m.
Good Friday Sanctuary Tenebrae Service— April 2nd—7:00 p.m.
Easter Sunday Sunrise Service—April 4th—7:00 a.m.
(in the Community Garden, please bring your own folding chair)
Easter Sunday Sanctuary & Online Service - April 4th - 10:30 a.m.
IN PERSON BOOK STUDY
Are you ready to return for a small group discussion opportunity? Pastor Abril will lead a willing group in conversation of the book, What Every Christian Needs to Know About Judaism, on Sunday evenings at 6:00, beginning April 18th. To reserve your book, contact the church office at 972-298-6121 or email officeadmin@fumcd.com. Material cost: $18.00.
MISSIONS
Communion Rail Offering for April - Lydia Patterson Institute
Endowment Fund Announces
Funds are Available
to Make Grants during 2021
The year 2020 was a good year for the Endowment Fund. Investments grew significantly during the year and funds have been approved for making grants during the coming year. If you or your Church group have projects/activities that you feel are worthy of being funded with an Endowment grant, you can submit your written grant request for consideration by the Endowment Committee through the Church office or directly to a committee member. The committee will be meeting in late April to consider any requests received. You may present your request to the committee when they meet or have a member of the committee present it for you.
ENDOWMENT FUND GRANT REQUESTS
Endowment Fund grant applications should explain the amount of funds requested with details about the church needs and use of the funds.
Explain the purpose and objective for your project using endowment funds.
Explain the amount of funds requested with details of all items and/or services to be purchased.
Explain how the project will benefit and be relevant for FUMC Duncanville and our mission.
Explain the timetable for use of the funds.
Explain who will benefit from the use of endowment funds.
Add any other information or details that will help to explain your grant request.
Your Endowment Committee
Join us Palm Sunday, March 28, 2021 In-Person/Online Worship Service at 10:30am Sermon: Man of Hope by The Rev. Abril Goforth Scripture Reading: Matthew 21:1-11
Register for In-Person Worship Service
Thursday, March 25 is the deadline for registering for worship on Sunday, March 28, 2021. If you are not comfortable attending worship yet, or if registration is full or closed, our plan is to livestream this service on Facebook at our regular worship time of 10:30 a.m.
We look forward to worshipping with you, no matter how you choose do that! “O come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the God our Maker.” Psalm 95:6
OPEN TABLE Curbside Pick-Up
Every Saturday
Aldersgate Parking Lot
5 pm
Open Table continues to roll out quality food and provide much needed grocery staples to families in the Duncanville area. This past Saturday we served 60 meals, and due to a generous donation we were able to send each person home with food and milk! Another great team effort, and great outreach to the FUMCD community. Thank you all!
The Pantry is low on Cereal, Fruit, Peanut Butter and Mixed Vegetables. Our help is especially important now when individual needs are being relegated to the back burner. If you can't be there in person, another way to help is to donate to our food pantry. A bag of groceries is handed out with the meals. For questions or additional information please contact Alisha Vance at 214-641-5675. Thank you church family!
YOUTH NEWS We continue to gather at 6 p.m. Sundays on Zoom. Contact Bridget@fumcd.com
if you don't have the log in details.
NEWS FOR YOUNG ADULTS Bridget will be contacting you this week about a get together. If you aren't already on the text list please send her your cell phone umber to Bridget@fumcd.com
If you would like have altar flowers in memory/honor of someone special for the church altar, please contact the church office at 972.296.6121
*Flower Arrangements are provided by Posey's N Party's
Our kindergarteners aren't stumped by daylight savings time! Before Spring Break, they learned how to tell time on an analog clock!
Open enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year (ages 1 year - kindergarten) and Summer Fun (ages 1 - exiting 5th grade) began on 3/1/21! If you know a family with young children, please tell them
about our school so they can learn and grow with us!
We are taking extensive measures in accordance with the CDC and the Dallas County Health Department guidelines to make our learning environment as safe as possible. We are learning and growing and happy to see everyone again!
Serving the families of the Best Southwest since 1968!
Pledges, offerings, and memorials for week ending 3/21/21: $10,742
YTD Pledges, offerings, and memorials: $110,731
Expenses for week ending 3/21/21: $9,130
Expenses YTD $130,770 Outstanding balance on Campus Revival TMF Loan: $61,867.42
Most of us make our donations and pledges in the offering plate, and it is an adjustment when we are not meeting together physically to worship. In an effort to simplify giving, there are several options available: 1) the drop box on the south side of the administration building is attended daily; 2) mail - 403 S. Main St., 75116; 3) online – there’s a link on the website –www.fumcd.com; 4) automatic drafts from your bank or other financial institution; or 5) credit card (Just call me at the office with your credit card information. Please do not send this information in an email.) If you need pre-addressed envelopes, call Sharon at 972.298.6121.
If you or someone you know need to be lifted up in prayer please send Prayer Requests to communications@fumcd.com or call the church office 972.298.6121.
If you would like to make a monetary donation in memory/honor of someone special please contact the Church Office at 972.298.6121 or mail in a check to First United Methodist Church Duncanville
FUMCD - Members Celebrating a Birthday in April
(If you have an April birthday and your name is not on this list, please contact the Church office)
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION Saturday, March 27, 2021
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Items Accepted:
Chemical products for home use
Paint and home repair products
Lawn & garden chemicals
Aerosol sprays
Pool chemicals
Craft & hobby supplies
Cleaners & polishes
Batteries of all kinds
Automotive fluids & oil filters
Fluorescent light tubes
Computers, cell phones, small electronics
For information about other Electronics Waste Disposal, please visit the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at www.TCEQ.com
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