Welcome as we worship online and in person. Share a warm welcome to 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. We ask that you maintain social distancing to keep everyone safe.
World Communion Sunday – October 2
World Communion Sunday is one of The United Methodist Church's Special Sundays and is held on the first Sunday of October. Your donations support racial and ethnic students in achieving their educational goals and transforming communities. Your generosity continues to provide scholarships, grants, mentoring, and training for leadership development.
Join Our Music Program
Choir practice has resumed. Rehearsals are at 6 pm in the sanctuary and last an hour to an hour and a half. Come be part of this wonderful group of dedicated singers who add so much to our services. We are planning to not only sing special anthems for Sunday services but will soon begin rehearsals for a cantata to be presented in December. All are welcome.
We are exploring the possibility of a handbell choir. If you are interested in ringing, please see Cathy King or contact her at cathys.notes@gmail.com. Rehearsal days and times have not yet been determined. No previous ringing experience is necessary - all are welcome.
Hurricane Fiona and United Methodist Commission On Relief
Hurricane Fiona caused catastrophic damage in Puerto Rico and brought torrential rains to the Dominican Republic. It has left millions without power and running water, and only continues to gain strength as it batters Turks and Caicos and heads for Bermuda. UMCOR is in close contact with the disaster response coordinator of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico and awarded an initial solidarity grant to help address immediate needs.
Join us in prayer for the communities that have been affected so far and those still within Fiona’s path. Consider making a gift to support the work of U.S. Disaster Response.
Red Bird Mission Collection
We are collecting for the Red Bird Mission Collection. This is something we did last year with great success. Shoeboxes will be filled with hygiene supplies and small gifts to send to the Red Bird Mission. You may donate supplies or fill a box on your own…the choice is yours.
The items to be packed in each box should be full size and in their original containers. To help items fit in the box, purchase flat bottles and small round cans of shaving cream. Suggested items are:
World Communion Sunday – October 2
World Communion Sunday is one of The United Methodist Church's Special Sundays and is held on the first Sunday of October. Your donations support racial and ethnic students in achieving their educational goals and transforming communities. Your generosity continues to provide scholarships, grants, mentoring, and training for leadership development.
Join Our Music Program
Choir practice has resumed. Rehearsals are at 6 pm in the sanctuary and last an hour to an hour and a half. Come be part of this wonderful group of dedicated singers who add so much to our services. We are planning to not only sing special anthems for Sunday services but will soon begin rehearsals for a cantata to be presented in December. All are welcome.
We are exploring the possibility of a handbell choir. If you are interested in ringing, please see Cathy King or contact her at cathys.notes@gmail.com. Rehearsal days and times have not yet been determined. No previous ringing experience is necessary - all are welcome.
Hurricane Fiona and United Methodist Commission On Relief
Hurricane Fiona caused catastrophic damage in Puerto Rico and brought torrential rains to the Dominican Republic. It has left millions without power and running water, and only continues to gain strength as it batters Turks and Caicos and heads for Bermuda. UMCOR is in close contact with the disaster response coordinator of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico and awarded an initial solidarity grant to help address immediate needs.
Join us in prayer for the communities that have been affected so far and those still within Fiona’s path. Consider making a gift to support the work of U.S. Disaster Response.
Red Bird Mission Collection
We are collecting for the Red Bird Mission Collection. This is something we did last year with great success. Shoeboxes will be filled with hygiene supplies and small gifts to send to the Red Bird Mission. You may donate supplies or fill a box on your own…the choice is yours.
The items to be packed in each box should be full size and in their original containers. To help items fit in the box, purchase flat bottles and small round cans of shaving cream. Suggested items are:
Thank you for your generosity! For more information, please contact Ilah Sisson Walser, 518-885-1275.
Church Building Restoration Fund
The work on the restoration project has been completed! With your very generous support we have met our financial needs and the bill will be paid in full. The tower is now a strong component of our church.
Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program
Our church Food Pantry has been selected to receive $1 from every $2.50 reusable Fight Hunger Bag sold during the month of October 2022 at Hannaford on Trieble Avenue in Ballston Spa. From previous participation in this Program, the Food Pantry has received a total of $336. This is another opportunity to add to that total. Buy a bag and donate…it’s as easy as that!
Did You Know?
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 (https://www.ballstonspaumchurch.org/this-weeks-service.html), which is where the service is posted weekly. This would be spreading the Word of God, as we are told to do in the Bible.
Thrift Shop and Food Pantry
The Thrift Shop is open Tuesdays from 9:30 till noon; the Food Pantry is open on Wednesdays, 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.
Prayer Group
Please consider joining our prayer group. This is an on-line way of praying for each other’s needs and praising God for what is happening in each other’s lives. If you would be interested in being involved, please either call or email the office and you can be set up.
This week's prayer concerns:
Please reach out to people who are alone during this time. A card or phone call will let them know they are not alone or forgotten.
Supporting the humanitarian response in Ukraine
The General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church is deeply troubled by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the ominous implications it has for escalating tensions between Russia and Western nations. They join many Christian leaders and organizations worldwide in deploring the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, and they ardently pray for a redirection of military action toward diplomatic measures to resolve grievances.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the humanitarian relief arm of Global Ministries, is in communication with partners in the region and actively exploring the coordination of humanitarian response in Ukraine. You can support UMCOR’s international disaster response efforts by writing a check with either Advance#982450/Ukraine or UMCOR/Ukraine written in the memo line, or by visiting UMCOR's disaster response webpage.
Purchase Hoffman Car Wash Tickets to Help Ukraine
The Helping Hands/Hoffman car wash site is active if you would like to purchase car wash tickets! BSUMC + Hoffman Car Wash + UMCOR Ukraine. Buy car wash tickets and our church receives 50% of the sale!! 100% of the money BSUMC receives will go to UMCOR Ukraine. WIN - WIN!!! Clean Car and money to help the people of Ukraine. These car wash tickets never expire!! Purchase for teachers, babysitters, newspaper deliverers, gifts, etc.
Click here to purchase on-line and print out your car wash coupons immediately. Make sure the UPC code is showing BEFORE printing.
Adirondack/Albany District Day
"Informed to Transform" is a series of workshops designed to nurture and grow disciples of Jesus Christ. This will be held on October 22 from 8:45 to 3 pm at the Saratoga Springs UMC. Registration begins at 8:15 am. For more information, pick up a flyer from the table outside one of the sanctuary doors.
Upcoming Events
October - Pastor Appreciation Month
October 2 - World Communion Sunday
October 6-8 - Upper New York Annual Conference (virtual)
October 9 - Laity Sunday
October 11 - Church Council, 7 pm via Zoom
October 13 - Staff-Parish Relations Committee, 7 pm
October 22 - Albany/Adirondack District Day, "Informed to Transform"
Celebrations!
If you have a birthday, anniversary, or graduation to celebrate, please send it to the office. We love to celebrate!
One birthday this week: Gary Wilson (10/2). Happy birthday!
There are three anniversaries:
Next week in worship
Sound Mark Warner
Projection Katie Warner
Liturgist Danielle Coffey
Ushers Melody Babcock & George Mallette
Music Cathy King
Coffee Hour Cherrie Sanders & Bill Santmire
If you would like to volunteer to help with Sunday services or Coffee Hour, please contact Ruth Persons.
Community news
The Christ Episcopal Church Youth Group is kicking off again on Wednesday evenings at 6-8 PM and is open to all 6th–12th graders. It is a time to have fun, get together with people their own age, and explore their faith walk. This is a God-following group, which means that we follow the Bible and are open to all denominations. The permission slip is on the flier for guardians to sign before the meeting.
We will be starting off the year doing Tim Tebow’s "Mission Possible" study. It’s about finding your mission and having the right mindset. We will be using a pared-down youth edition.
**The flier, which includes the permission slip, is located on the entrance tables in our church.
Could you use help getting the internet? Then check out the Affordable Connectivity Program. This is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. It provides a discount toward internet service for eligible households and a one-time discount to purchase a computer. For more information click here.
On October 5th the Townley & Wheeler Funeral Home invites you to “Let’s Talk About It Now”, a presentation and conversation about the benefits of planning your final arrangements in advance. Complimentary dinner will be served at 6 pm and seminar will be at 6:30. RSVP required for in person attendance. Please call 518-399-5022, or join virtually by clicking here.
Simpson UMC, 1089 Rock City Rd., Rock City Falls, is having a Soup-to-Go and Bake Sale on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 11 AM to 3 PM. There will be a large variety of homemade soups for sale. Large family-sized container: $12 and medium-sized container: $7. There will also be many homemade baked goods for sale at the event. We urge you to come early before all the goodies are sold out!
Have a blessed week
Church Building Restoration Fund
The work on the restoration project has been completed! With your very generous support we have met our financial needs and the bill will be paid in full. The tower is now a strong component of our church.
Hannaford Fight Hunger Bag Program
Our church Food Pantry has been selected to receive $1 from every $2.50 reusable Fight Hunger Bag sold during the month of October 2022 at Hannaford on Trieble Avenue in Ballston Spa. From previous participation in this Program, the Food Pantry has received a total of $336. This is another opportunity to add to that total. Buy a bag and donate…it’s as easy as that!
Did You Know?
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 (https://www.ballstonspaumchurch.org/this-weeks-service.html), which is where the service is posted weekly. This would be spreading the Word of God, as we are told to do in the Bible.
Thrift Shop and Food Pantry
The Thrift Shop is open Tuesdays from 9:30 till noon; the Food Pantry is open on Wednesdays, 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.
Prayer Group
Please consider joining our prayer group. This is an on-line way of praying for each other’s needs and praising God for what is happening in each other’s lives. If you would be interested in being involved, please either call or email the office and you can be set up.
This week's prayer concerns:
- Abigail is now a big sister! Olivia Blake Adserias was born on Sunday, September 25th. She weighs 9 pounds 3 ounces. Her parents are Carrie and Kyle, and her proud grandparents are Linda and John Sheeran.
- Melody Babcock asks that you please put Oakly in your prayers. She is a 4 year old having her fourth open heart surgery .
- Please keep Peggy Traver in your prayers. She is recuperating from a fall at the Glens Falls Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 152 Sherman Avenue, Queensbury, NY 12801. Please keep her husband Dick in your prayers as well. He is recovering from Covid.
- Continue prayers for Anne Marie Williams and her daughter.
- Please continue to keep Bob Elbertson, Bill Haege, Marilynn Peterson, and Pat Jones in your prayers.
Please reach out to people who are alone during this time. A card or phone call will let them know they are not alone or forgotten.
Supporting the humanitarian response in Ukraine
The General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church is deeply troubled by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the ominous implications it has for escalating tensions between Russia and Western nations. They join many Christian leaders and organizations worldwide in deploring the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, and they ardently pray for a redirection of military action toward diplomatic measures to resolve grievances.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the humanitarian relief arm of Global Ministries, is in communication with partners in the region and actively exploring the coordination of humanitarian response in Ukraine. You can support UMCOR’s international disaster response efforts by writing a check with either Advance#982450/Ukraine or UMCOR/Ukraine written in the memo line, or by visiting UMCOR's disaster response webpage.
Purchase Hoffman Car Wash Tickets to Help Ukraine
The Helping Hands/Hoffman car wash site is active if you would like to purchase car wash tickets! BSUMC + Hoffman Car Wash + UMCOR Ukraine. Buy car wash tickets and our church receives 50% of the sale!! 100% of the money BSUMC receives will go to UMCOR Ukraine. WIN - WIN!!! Clean Car and money to help the people of Ukraine. These car wash tickets never expire!! Purchase for teachers, babysitters, newspaper deliverers, gifts, etc.
Click here to purchase on-line and print out your car wash coupons immediately. Make sure the UPC code is showing BEFORE printing.
- Exterior only: $13 - Your vehicle enters a modern car wash bay where it receives a soft-cloth wash followed by touch-free air drying.
- Full Service Car wash: $43 - Your vehicle first receives an Exterior Car Wash. Car care attendants then vacuum the carpets, seats and ashtrays and wipe the interior windows, dashboard and doorjambs. Finally, they add an air freshener of your choice, and the exterior of your vehicle is hand dried.
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Adirondack/Albany District Day
"Informed to Transform" is a series of workshops designed to nurture and grow disciples of Jesus Christ. This will be held on October 22 from 8:45 to 3 pm at the Saratoga Springs UMC. Registration begins at 8:15 am. For more information, pick up a flyer from the table outside one of the sanctuary doors.
Upcoming Events
October - Pastor Appreciation Month
October 2 - World Communion Sunday
October 6-8 - Upper New York Annual Conference (virtual)
October 9 - Laity Sunday
October 11 - Church Council, 7 pm via Zoom
October 13 - Staff-Parish Relations Committee, 7 pm
October 22 - Albany/Adirondack District Day, "Informed to Transform"
Celebrations!
If you have a birthday, anniversary, or graduation to celebrate, please send it to the office. We love to celebrate!
One birthday this week: Gary Wilson (10/2). Happy birthday!
There are three anniversaries:
- Janet & George Mallette (10/2)
- Donna & Stan Lockwood (10/4)
- Carey & Kirk Shoen (10/4)
Next week in worship
Sound Mark Warner
Projection Katie Warner
Liturgist Danielle Coffey
Ushers Melody Babcock & George Mallette
Music Cathy King
Coffee Hour Cherrie Sanders & Bill Santmire
If you would like to volunteer to help with Sunday services or Coffee Hour, please contact Ruth Persons.
Community news
The Christ Episcopal Church Youth Group is kicking off again on Wednesday evenings at 6-8 PM and is open to all 6th–12th graders. It is a time to have fun, get together with people their own age, and explore their faith walk. This is a God-following group, which means that we follow the Bible and are open to all denominations. The permission slip is on the flier for guardians to sign before the meeting.
We will be starting off the year doing Tim Tebow’s "Mission Possible" study. It’s about finding your mission and having the right mindset. We will be using a pared-down youth edition.
**The flier, which includes the permission slip, is located on the entrance tables in our church.
Could you use help getting the internet? Then check out the Affordable Connectivity Program. This is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more. It provides a discount toward internet service for eligible households and a one-time discount to purchase a computer. For more information click here.
On October 5th the Townley & Wheeler Funeral Home invites you to “Let’s Talk About It Now”, a presentation and conversation about the benefits of planning your final arrangements in advance. Complimentary dinner will be served at 6 pm and seminar will be at 6:30. RSVP required for in person attendance. Please call 518-399-5022, or join virtually by clicking here.
Simpson UMC, 1089 Rock City Rd., Rock City Falls, is having a Soup-to-Go and Bake Sale on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 11 AM to 3 PM. There will be a large variety of homemade soups for sale. Large family-sized container: $12 and medium-sized container: $7. There will also be many homemade baked goods for sale at the event. We urge you to come early before all the goodies are sold out!
Have a blessed week