{"id":12,"date":"2016-05-15T14:33:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T14:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/messiahunitedmethodist.com\/new\/current-events\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T21:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T01:32:53","slug":"current-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/messiahunitedmethodist.com\/new\/current-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come join us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Messiah1989umc\/?ref=http:\/\/www.messiahunitedmethodist.com\">Facebook<\/a> for the latest from Messiah<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/messiahunitedmethodist.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/food_closet2.gif\" width=\"51\" height=\"84\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><i><b><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><b>The Food Pantry\u00a0 &#8211; <\/b><\/i><em>T<\/em><i>he food pantry ministry collects non-perishable, non-breakable items to donate to the local food back.\u00a0 Place your donated items in the bucket in the narthex.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Messiah Book Club<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; We meet the second Monday of every month to discuss a different book.\u00a0 The books are both fiction and non-fiction that relate to Christian themes.\u00a0 They are short and easy to read; in fact you are welcome to come and join in the conversation even if you didn&#8217;t read the book.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/\/messiahunitedmethodist.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/acolyte.gif\" alt=\"Acolytes\" width=\"102\" height=\"118\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em><b>Acolytes Needed! &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><\/em>We are looking to expand our Acolyte Family!\u00a0 If you have never been an acolyte before we welcome you to come and speak with Karla Waltner at church.\u00a0 Signups are in the Narthex.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><i>Messiah Mission Women<\/i><\/b> &#8211; The purpose of the Messiah Mission Women is to create a fellowship that supports our church family, community outreach programs and global missions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><b>Tuesday Ladies&#8217; Bible Study &#8211;<\/b><\/i> The Tuesday morning ladies&#8217; bible study group meets at Panera, at the Great Bridge shopping center, the first and third Tuesday of each month at 10:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"width: 240px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-12-1\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" loop autoplay preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/messiahunitedmethodist.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thankyougif.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/messiahunitedmethodist.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thankyougif.mp4\">http:\/\/messiahunitedmethodist.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thankyougif.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><i>Thank You Messiah\u00a0Congregation!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Thanks to those who contribute to Messiah Missions.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Thanks to those who donate their time! To all the youth volunteers, Sunday school teachers, praise team, grounds crew, etc.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; If we left you out&#8230; Thank you for making Messiah United Methodist Church a loving and caring place to fellowship and practice &#8216;Christ Centered Hospitality&#8217;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come join us on Facebook for the latest from Messiah The Food Pantry\u00a0 &#8211; The food pantry ministry collects non-perishable, non-breakable items to donate to the local food back.\u00a0 Place your donated items in the bucket in the narthex. 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