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OutreachFirst United Methodist Church in the Wausau Community and WorldClick on the button below to view a list of our church's outreach and mission opportunities...
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![]() Downtown Memory CaféWe are teaming up with the Center for Visual Arts to offer it’s first online Zoom ART PROJECT. Invitations have been mailed and special kits dropped off to participant’s homes. Date: Thursday October 15, 2020 Time: 10:30am-Noon Place: Virtual Event If you know of someone with dementia who might enjoy this unique “social event,” please contact Maggie Schoenfeld at 715-842-9809. This person will likely need assistance with a computer. Kits are available to be dropped off through October 14.
We celebrated five years of outreach ministry in May of this year. We meet the 3rd Thursday of each month. Memory Cafés are for those experiencing early stage dementia, mild memory loss or cognitive impairment – accompanied by their care partners, family or friends. Sing-alongs, programs, conversation, activities and refreshments are offered each month by dementia-trained volunteers. Consider escorting a friend or loved one to a Downtown Memory Café. Free!
For more information, please contact the church office at 715.842.2201; or Maggie Schoenfeld at 715-842- 9809, or memorycafe@fumcwausau.org ![]()
UMW, Making Mission PracticalFair Trade - Equal Exchange Coffee. This is a small gesture you can make to provide fair wages to coffee, tea, and cocoa producers throughout the world. It can be your personal mission project!
Tanzanian Jubilee Coffee and Café’ Salvador are regular drip grind coffee and are the most popular. Decaf, drip grind, organic whole bean and flavored coffees are available also, as are organic hot cocoa mix and herbal/organic tea. Supplies are in the cupboard next to the fireplace in the parlor. Regular ground - $8 Whole bean - $8 Ground flavored - $9 All decaf - $9 All teas - $4 Hot Chocolate - $6 Organic very dark Chocolate bars - $3 To purchase take your product, place the money (check or cash) in a brown envelope (in the cupboard) and put the envelope in the drop slot near the church office. NewsletterWe would like to fill up the pages of our newsletter. If there is an event, celebration or piece of news you would like to share, please call the office at 715-842-2201 or email joan@fumcwausau.org Donations for Warming CenterThank you for the recent donations you have given to the Warming Center. Please take items to the Catholic Charities office at 540 S. Third Ave, Wausau on Wednesdays from 9am-2pm. They can be reached at 715.849.3311, 9am-4pm. Please note that they cannot accept bed linens, blankets, pillows, etc. They welcome donations of hand and foot warmers, warm clean socks, new underwear, and thermal underwear.
News from United Methodist Women:We have volunteered to furnish one meal a month for the Warming Center (2nd Wednesday).
If you are able to help us make our guests welcome by furnishing a hot meal, your help would be appreciated. How? By furnishing ingredients or providing an entre’, salad, or dessert. Checks are also helpful.
For additional information, contact Barbara Ritchie at 1-715-205-4622 or email barbjack57@msn.com. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could commit to TWO meals a month?
![]() UMW Soup SaleA heart-warming Soup Sale is happening--- March 20 & 21 (Sat./Sun.) 2:00-4:00 pm Order a quart or two of your favorite homemade soup, lovingly crafted by our United Methodist Women. We sell our soups so we can support United Methodist missions like Harbor House Crisis Shelter in Superior, Wisconsin. Harbor House provides hospitable shelter, transitional living and services for homeless women and families. WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT AND ENJOY THIS YEAR: By or before March 18...
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Random Thoughtsby Mike Zahn When a Dog Comes Into Your Life But the Angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Luke 2:10-12
Equal Exchange Coffee/Tea UpdateAs the weather now turns cooler, it’s time to put the coffee pot on again. Even though we have not been at church for some time, the Equal Exchange coffee and tea are still available. This is a project of the United Methodist Women which supports our mission projects while supporting small farmers who grow the coffee. “Equal Exchange is an alternative trade organization made up of small farmers, Equal Exchange worker-owners and you! Together we are building supply chains that work for all of us and the planet we share.” (from the website) We have ground regular, ground decaf along with English Breakfast tea, Ginger tea, Black Chai tea, and Roobis tea. There are also still a few bars of chocolate in the dark Lemon ginger flavor and plain milk chocolate. Please stop by and pick up some of these products and enjoy them as you settle down with a good book or quiet time. We thank you as the needs of the world continue and we can play a part in supporting them through this endeavor. |
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