Office Hours Tu/W/Th 10-2 Phone 518-885-6886 Pastor's Phone 518-309-3737
Welcome as we worship online and in person. Share a warm welcome with others. Coffee hour is held in the Connections Café following the service. Coloring sheets, offering envelopes, and mission baskets are located near both entrances to the church.
Welcome as we worship online and in person. Share a warm welcome with others. Coffee hour is held in the Connections Café following the service. Coloring sheets, offering envelopes, and mission baskets are located near both entrances to the church.
UMCOR Sunday is March 19
Humanitarian crises and natural disasters cause pain and devastation; followers of Jesus are called to be the hands and feet of Christ and bring hope and healing to a broken world. The United Methodist Committee on Relief is dedicated to ensuring this work happens, and you can support this mission! On Sunday, March 19 we took up a collection to send to UMCOR to help people cope with these disasters. You can still contribute through the church.
Game Time This Friday
Join us for Game Time this Friday afternoon (March 24) from 1 to 4 pm in the café. If you want to play a game, great! If you aren’t a game person, join us anyway! We have lots of conversation and enjoy everyone’s fellowship. Bring a friend if you choose. Everyone is welcome.
Order Easter Flowers
Flowers for the altar on Easter Sunday may be ordered now. Please complete an order form and place it in the collection plate as you enter or leave the sanctuary. Lilies may be purchased for $15; tulips and hyacinths will be $10.50 each. Include a check made out to Briarwood Florist.
Applebee’s Fundraiser
We are taking orders for Applebee’s gift cards. The cards are for $15, $25 or $50, and you may order as many cards as you would like. In return, we will receive 10% back to the church. This is not limited to church members. Your friends and family may also participate. As an extra incentive, if we sell $5,000 or more in gift cards, we will receive a $500 catering credit! Please contact Sue Cramer to place your orders with payment at 518-598-4544 or bsumc@albany.twcbc.com. This offer will end on March 29.
Coins for Lent
Lent is a good time to commit to giving money to a project that helps those in need. One way to be involved is to collect coins during the season of Lent and then on Easter, donate the money. Follow our Coins for Lent Giving Calendar as a guide. All money donated will go to our Food Pantry. We do ask that you change your coins into a check or paper currency and send it directly to the Food Pantry.
Trip to the Regional Food Bank
We will be heading to Latham to sort the abundance of donations at the Regional Food Bank on April 2nd. Dress comfortably and bring a bag lunch to church. We will gather downstairs after Coffee hour to eat, and then carpool to leave by 12:30. Afterwards we will stop for ice cream and fellowship. All ages are strongly encouraged to help. The sign-up sheet will be in the Connection Café. Contact: Linda Sheeran at 518-885-1729 or lsheeran6@gmail.com.
Fair Trade Coffee or Chocolate
Fair Trade products are available. Chocolate bars (Extra Dark Panama, Sea Salt with Caramel Crunch and Sea Salt with Almonds), and coffees (Regular breakfast blend, Hazelnut, and Decaf) can be purchased by contacting Stan Lockwood at 518-885-1552 or at stosh964@gmail.com. Enjoy some soon!
Support for our Food Pantry
In these times of financial insecurity our Food Pantry has been serving more people. The government has cut back on the amount of aid available, so people are turning to us for help. Chunky peanut butter, brown sugar, baking supplies, snacks, spices, and gluten free items are requested as well as personal care items such as toothbrushes, shave cream, razors, lotion, handwipes, and monthly feminine products. Other items requested are kitchen utensils and puzzles. Your donations may be left in the baskets at the back of the sanctuary. If you would like to donate your time, please see Melody Babcock.
Help for People Affected by Earthquakes
Initial grants to United Methodist Committee On Relief partner International Blue Crescent, which is headquartered in Turkey, and Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue in Syria, are helping to provide tents, heaters, blankets, warm clothes, ready to eat meals and first aid kits to people affected by the devastating earthquakes. Please join the cause by donating and writing UMCOR International Blue Crescent on your check.
Prayer Requests
Please join our prayer group. This is an on-line way of praying for each other and praising God for what is happening in our lives. If you are interested in being involved, please contact the office to be set up.
Thrift Shop and Food Pantry
The Thrift Shop is open Tuesdays from 9:30 till noon; the Food Pantry is open on Wednesdays -- now in its new location in the Fellowship Hall of the church -- also from 9:30 till noon.
Thank you to the people who donate their time and effort to make all of these offerings possible. There are many clients and they appreciate your help.
Hannaford Helps Our Food Pantry
Our Food Pantry has been selected again to receive $1 from every $2.50 reusable Fight Hunger Bag sold during the month of March 2023 at Hannaford at 11 Trieble Avenue, Ballston Spa. Help us feed others.
BSUMC's Online Presence
Our services are posted to Facebook and on our website. If you Like it on Facebook and share it, it will reach many more people than if it is just on our Facebook page. You can also direct anyone to the This Week's Service page of this site, on the Videos tab (https://www.ballstonspaumchurch.org/this-weeks-service.html), where the service is posted weekly.
BACA 2022 Annual Report
The Ballston Area Clergy Association is an ecumenical ministry of six churches in Ballston Spa. It was established in 2009 to pool our resources and to better serve families in times of financial crisis. In 2022, $13,409.71 was received from churches and individuals. $15,271.39 was disbursed. As of February 21, the balance is just over $600. You can help by donating and writing BACA on the subject line of the check, or by visiting our secure giving page and clicking Donate under the Ballston Area Clergy Association heading.
Upcoming Events
March 22 - Trustee meeting, 6 pm
March 24 - Game Time, Connections Cafe, 1-4 pm
April 2 - Palm Sunday; Regional Food Bank Trip (after church)
April 6 - Maundy Thursday
April 7 - Good Friday
April 9 - Easter Sunday
Celebrations!
We have three birthdays this week:
If you have a birthday, anniversary, or graduation to celebrate, please send it to the office. We love to celebrate!
Volunteers for Next Sunday
Sound Mark Warner
Projection Katie Warner
Liturgist Sue Cramer
Ushers Melody Babcock & George Mallette
Coffee Hour Cherrie Sanders/Bill Santmire/Linda Sheeran
Music Kathy Fisher
Community news
Gateway House of Peace will be holding a Dinner for a Cause at 6 pm on March 24 at the Principessa Elena Society, 10 Oak Street in Saratoga Springs. Tickets are $20 presale or $25 at the door. Tickets may be ordered at WWW.GATEWAYHOUSEOFPEACE.ORG/EVENTSGHP.
The Simpson United Methodist Church at 1089 Rock City Road in Rock City Falls will be having their first annual Easter pie and bake sale. 9” pies are $12 each (choose from apple, blueberry, cherry and peach). You may also choose between baked or frozen. Please order by April 3 by calling 518-885-4794 and leaving your name, phone number and order information. The pick-up dates will be Friday, April 7 from 4 to 7 and Saturday, April 8 from 9 to 2. The bake sale will be on Saturday.
Bikeatoga is a non-profit organization that offers free refurbished bicycles as well as new safety equipment (helmets, locks, lights, training wheels – as available) to anyone who comes, with no questions asked. We also help anyone with bike repairs, and train anyone who wishes in bike repairs. They are in the basement of St. Peter’s Church at 241 Broadway, rear basement entrance, in Saratoga Springs on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 pm, Thursdays from 5 to 8 pm, and Saturdays from 9 am to noon. Volunteers are welcome to help – whether to work on bikes or help in the workshop with other tasks. They may be contacted at 518-290-0746 or by email at info@bikeatoga.org.
On April 1 from 9 am to noon, the Burnt Hills UMC will be having a morning of fellowship and reflection at their women’s event, “Breathe”, led by Pastor Tiffany Lewis. It is an opportunity to disconnect from life and reconnect with God. This includes a continental breakfast, Worship and the Word, and a time for guided artistic reflection. Contact the church office at (518) 399-5144 to learn more.
Have a blessed week
Humanitarian crises and natural disasters cause pain and devastation; followers of Jesus are called to be the hands and feet of Christ and bring hope and healing to a broken world. The United Methodist Committee on Relief is dedicated to ensuring this work happens, and you can support this mission! On Sunday, March 19 we took up a collection to send to UMCOR to help people cope with these disasters. You can still contribute through the church.
Game Time This Friday
Join us for Game Time this Friday afternoon (March 24) from 1 to 4 pm in the café. If you want to play a game, great! If you aren’t a game person, join us anyway! We have lots of conversation and enjoy everyone’s fellowship. Bring a friend if you choose. Everyone is welcome.
Order Easter Flowers
Flowers for the altar on Easter Sunday may be ordered now. Please complete an order form and place it in the collection plate as you enter or leave the sanctuary. Lilies may be purchased for $15; tulips and hyacinths will be $10.50 each. Include a check made out to Briarwood Florist.
Applebee’s Fundraiser
We are taking orders for Applebee’s gift cards. The cards are for $15, $25 or $50, and you may order as many cards as you would like. In return, we will receive 10% back to the church. This is not limited to church members. Your friends and family may also participate. As an extra incentive, if we sell $5,000 or more in gift cards, we will receive a $500 catering credit! Please contact Sue Cramer to place your orders with payment at 518-598-4544 or bsumc@albany.twcbc.com. This offer will end on March 29.
Coins for Lent
Lent is a good time to commit to giving money to a project that helps those in need. One way to be involved is to collect coins during the season of Lent and then on Easter, donate the money. Follow our Coins for Lent Giving Calendar as a guide. All money donated will go to our Food Pantry. We do ask that you change your coins into a check or paper currency and send it directly to the Food Pantry.
Trip to the Regional Food Bank
We will be heading to Latham to sort the abundance of donations at the Regional Food Bank on April 2nd. Dress comfortably and bring a bag lunch to church. We will gather downstairs after Coffee hour to eat, and then carpool to leave by 12:30. Afterwards we will stop for ice cream and fellowship. All ages are strongly encouraged to help. The sign-up sheet will be in the Connection Café. Contact: Linda Sheeran at 518-885-1729 or lsheeran6@gmail.com.
Fair Trade Coffee or Chocolate
Fair Trade products are available. Chocolate bars (Extra Dark Panama, Sea Salt with Caramel Crunch and Sea Salt with Almonds), and coffees (Regular breakfast blend, Hazelnut, and Decaf) can be purchased by contacting Stan Lockwood at 518-885-1552 or at stosh964@gmail.com. Enjoy some soon!
Support for our Food Pantry
In these times of financial insecurity our Food Pantry has been serving more people. The government has cut back on the amount of aid available, so people are turning to us for help. Chunky peanut butter, brown sugar, baking supplies, snacks, spices, and gluten free items are requested as well as personal care items such as toothbrushes, shave cream, razors, lotion, handwipes, and monthly feminine products. Other items requested are kitchen utensils and puzzles. Your donations may be left in the baskets at the back of the sanctuary. If you would like to donate your time, please see Melody Babcock.
Help for People Affected by Earthquakes
Initial grants to United Methodist Committee On Relief partner International Blue Crescent, which is headquartered in Turkey, and Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue in Syria, are helping to provide tents, heaters, blankets, warm clothes, ready to eat meals and first aid kits to people affected by the devastating earthquakes. Please join the cause by donating and writing UMCOR International Blue Crescent on your check.
Prayer Requests
Please join our prayer group. This is an on-line way of praying for each other and praising God for what is happening in our lives. If you are interested in being involved, please contact the office to be set up.
- Ilah Sisson Walser states that Ron is currently back home. They appreciate your continued prayers for Ron, Kim, and Abby.
- AnnMarie Williams asks for prayers for her daughter for pain relief and an unsaid prayer. She is thankful for God bringing her here to celebrate Jesus. She feels that she has found a home.
- Cherrie Sanders prays for everyone’s safety during the storm and for continued healing for Bill. She is also thankful that Justin is starting a new job, she has found a dress and that the wedding date has been set for October 7.
- Pam Hannan thanks God for the birth of their 5th grandchild. Sawyer Mae was born to their son and his wife, Sean and Francine.
- Terri Knowlton asks for prayers for Kevin Morrissey and his family. Kevin’s brother John passed away this week leaving his wife and two teenaged daughters.
- Terri also asks for prayers for Mike Lawson as he recovers from eye surgery and for Derek Park as he has upcoming gall bladder surgery.
- Also, Terri asks for prayers for a family whose teenaged children are on the Autism spectrum and having difficulties in school. Terri also asks for prayers of thanksgiving for Michelle Wilson who is recovering from shoulder surgery.
- Andrew Baker asks for prayers for not just the homeless but those who struggle to have housing. He is thanking God for having things in his life to be thankful for.
- Mary Drake asks that we keep her nephew Charlie in our prayers. He is receiving extra assistance. She also asks for prayers for Brianna’s puppy Brook who is 1 year old and has epilepsy.
- Mary also thanks God that there are 59 days until the baby is born.
- Jonathan Warner asks for prayers for his neighbor’s dad who has been in the hospital and for prayers for one of his staff whose dad fell.
- Ruth Persons asks for prayers for her mom and husband Gary who need prayers for their health.
- Prayers for the Carter family.
- Bill Santmire asks for prayers of healing following a procedure.
Thrift Shop and Food Pantry
The Thrift Shop is open Tuesdays from 9:30 till noon; the Food Pantry is open on Wednesdays -- now in its new location in the Fellowship Hall of the church -- also from 9:30 till noon.
Thank you to the people who donate their time and effort to make all of these offerings possible. There are many clients and they appreciate your help.
Hannaford Helps Our Food Pantry
Our Food Pantry has been selected again to receive $1 from every $2.50 reusable Fight Hunger Bag sold during the month of March 2023 at Hannaford at 11 Trieble Avenue, Ballston Spa. Help us feed others.
BSUMC's Online Presence
Our services are posted to Facebook and on our website. If you Like it on Facebook and share it, it will reach many more people than if it is just on our Facebook page. You can also direct anyone to the This Week's Service page of this site, on the Videos tab (https://www.ballstonspaumchurch.org/this-weeks-service.html), where the service is posted weekly.
BACA 2022 Annual Report
The Ballston Area Clergy Association is an ecumenical ministry of six churches in Ballston Spa. It was established in 2009 to pool our resources and to better serve families in times of financial crisis. In 2022, $13,409.71 was received from churches and individuals. $15,271.39 was disbursed. As of February 21, the balance is just over $600. You can help by donating and writing BACA on the subject line of the check, or by visiting our secure giving page and clicking Donate under the Ballston Area Clergy Association heading.
Upcoming Events
March 22 - Trustee meeting, 6 pm
March 24 - Game Time, Connections Cafe, 1-4 pm
April 2 - Palm Sunday; Regional Food Bank Trip (after church)
April 6 - Maundy Thursday
April 7 - Good Friday
April 9 - Easter Sunday
Celebrations!
We have three birthdays this week:
- Aliliana Litchfield (3/21)
- John Sheeran(3/24)
- Ryder Skillings(3/25)
If you have a birthday, anniversary, or graduation to celebrate, please send it to the office. We love to celebrate!
Volunteers for Next Sunday
Sound Mark Warner
Projection Katie Warner
Liturgist Sue Cramer
Ushers Melody Babcock & George Mallette
Coffee Hour Cherrie Sanders/Bill Santmire/Linda Sheeran
Music Kathy Fisher
Community news
Gateway House of Peace will be holding a Dinner for a Cause at 6 pm on March 24 at the Principessa Elena Society, 10 Oak Street in Saratoga Springs. Tickets are $20 presale or $25 at the door. Tickets may be ordered at WWW.GATEWAYHOUSEOFPEACE.ORG/EVENTSGHP.
The Simpson United Methodist Church at 1089 Rock City Road in Rock City Falls will be having their first annual Easter pie and bake sale. 9” pies are $12 each (choose from apple, blueberry, cherry and peach). You may also choose between baked or frozen. Please order by April 3 by calling 518-885-4794 and leaving your name, phone number and order information. The pick-up dates will be Friday, April 7 from 4 to 7 and Saturday, April 8 from 9 to 2. The bake sale will be on Saturday.
Bikeatoga is a non-profit organization that offers free refurbished bicycles as well as new safety equipment (helmets, locks, lights, training wheels – as available) to anyone who comes, with no questions asked. We also help anyone with bike repairs, and train anyone who wishes in bike repairs. They are in the basement of St. Peter’s Church at 241 Broadway, rear basement entrance, in Saratoga Springs on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 pm, Thursdays from 5 to 8 pm, and Saturdays from 9 am to noon. Volunteers are welcome to help – whether to work on bikes or help in the workshop with other tasks. They may be contacted at 518-290-0746 or by email at info@bikeatoga.org.
On April 1 from 9 am to noon, the Burnt Hills UMC will be having a morning of fellowship and reflection at their women’s event, “Breathe”, led by Pastor Tiffany Lewis. It is an opportunity to disconnect from life and reconnect with God. This includes a continental breakfast, Worship and the Word, and a time for guided artistic reflection. Contact the church office at (518) 399-5144 to learn more.
Have a blessed week