Our Faith In Action

From the UMW

Craft night: October 15, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. We will be making jars of things to bake, and the buyers will just have to add the wet ingredients when they purchase them. Great little Christmas gift!!!

Hope to see you all there. We are making these for our church fair November 7th from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. 

Don’t forget goodies for the silent auction!! Talk to the stores that you do your shopping in. I’m sure they will help. If you need a copy of our tax exemption number let me know. We did well with this last year and let’s do better this year!!!

The money we raise with the fair helps with the church’s year-end bills. 

Finances: The year is quickly coming to a close. The heat will be on soon and the rates are going to be much higher this year. The Conference fees (Mission shares) keep going up, and we want those paid in full this year. They are higher now than they have  ever since I have been treasurer. This keeps us in good standings with the conference. Weekly giving has been down the last few months. Let’s all try to keep our weekly offering up-to-date!!!

Thanksgiving is getting closer too!!! I will be collecting money to purchase turkeys for our community center. Allison, the director, told me that they would not have been able to provide Thanksgiving dinners for everyone who requested help without our doing so. She has been the director for 16 years and we have been doing this all the years she has been there and probably even more!! ! Let’s do our best this year!!! 

We will be filling Operation Christmas Child boxes in November. Start shopping now. The list of do’s and don’ts is in fellowship hall. I ordered 100 boxes. Let’s see if we can fill them all!!!

  Gail Ilvonen

Halloween Kid’s Club

FREE

When: October 17th

Time:  10-1:00 p.m.

What: There will be games, crafts, pumpkin decorating, story time, lunch, and treat bags to go.

Costumes are welcome but not necessary. Parents may drop off or stay to play and fellowship.

All ages welcome! Bring a friend!! Fun for everyone!!!

Whittier Farms Invites you to: 

 Tract or Treat

When: October 30th

  :  4-7:00 p.m.

Where: Whittier Farm 90 Douglas Rd., Sutton MA

What: Trick or treat around big farm tractors. Admission is FREE

  for all ages.

Check out their website for other events at https//www.whittiers.com

      Turkey Dinner at the 

Oxford United Methodist Church

    465 Main St., Oxford, MA

When: October 24th

Time:  5-6:30 p.m.

Cost:  $15.00 per adult, $6.00 per     child

Quinsigamond Village Clean-up Day

When:  October 24th

Time:  9:30 a.m.-12:00 noon

Meet at The Journey Church on Greenwood St. for instructions, assignments, and supplies.

Return to the church at noon to fellowship with a pizza lunch from the Village pizza.

This is hopefully the first of many collaborative events planned by the newly-formed committee, Quinsigamond Village Neighborhood Connection. See Robin, Gail, or Alice for more details.

Leona's closet is accepting donations of clothing for all ages, and sizes. The next shipment will be sent to Liberia early in December. Items may be left at the church office, during our hours.

Thomas's Clinic and School are still in need of donations an are collected in our fellowship hall.

The clinic needs items such as gauze, Band-Aids, cotton balls, etc..

The school needs pens, pencils, notebooks, erasers and such.

If you would like to make a donation in memory of Clair Judd the family asks for money to be sent to the church at QUMC for Mission Activity (Outreach, Evangelism, or mission shares). The family is grateful for any and all that is given in the name of their daughter.  

Other ways to help:

Consider in 2026 where your talents can best help out with the work of the church. Perhaps you could sing with the praise team, teach the children's church, volunteer in the nursery or sensory room. If you like to cook, bake, or buy goodies to feed people, join the food and fellowship teams. How about being a counter? Or perhaps a liturgist or an usher. Have you ever run a projector, help out Marie. Have you run a video camera, help out Michael. or Gail. Do you know how to upload photos to the website, help out Robin. 

 So much goes on each Sunday and behind the scenes. We could sure use some more hands to get things done. Help us to lighten the load for everyone. .