Opportunities for
Ministry and Service Monday, August 15th Finance Committee @ Antioch—7:30 PM Thursday, August 18th Bible Study @ Audrey Smith’s (Acts 25-28)—10:00 AM Sunday, August 21st 3rd
Sunday Lunch @ Williams—12:30 PM Pastor-Parrish Relations Committee @ Williams—1:15
PM Pastor-Parrish
Relations Committee (PPRC) The PPRC will be meeting next Sunday, August 21st at 1:15 at
Williams Church. All PPRC members
are strongly encouraged to attend and are welcome to join the Williams
community for lunch! Quilting for Foster
Children Many thanks to those of you who have stepped
forward to create twin-sized quilts for children and youth in foster care. Joy needs
to receive these quilts by August 23rd at the latest! Please talk with her if you have any
questions. Outreach
Opportunities! · Next Sunday, August 21st, we will focus our
monthly outreach service on the call of Jesus to feed the hungry and will
be talking about the drought and
famine occurring now in the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia). Come prepared to grow in your
understanding of our call to care for the hungry and to give to the work of
the United Methodist Committee on Relief in the Horn of Africa! · A one day trip to the Glouchester
area to assist in repair to homes has been scheduled for August 27th. Are
you interested in assisting your fellow Virginians in restoring normalcy to
their lives after the tornadoes? Houses are ready for repair and are in
need of skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled helpers. If interested
contact Dan Armstrong at 434-774-7394 or armstrongdn@yahoo.com by August
19th. · Throughout the rest of the summer, the Southside
Gleaning Network will be in the fields gleaning food for the hungry in our
community. We only receive notice a
day or two in advance, so if you
are interested in being notified when a gleaning opportunity arises, talk
to Pastor Andrew or email Martha Reed at Martha.Reed@southside.edu. :
Rev.
Andrew Book, Pastor Church
Office and Parsonage — (434) 676-2314 Sunday
Worship Services Williams
UMC 9:30 am Antioch
UMC 11:00 am