Upcoming Events & Announcements
Fun Pasta Fundraiser
A new Fun Pasta fundraiser is live now! There are new fall items in this campaign plus many of the ones we sold before. This is an online fundraiser with the items being shipped directly to your home. They come within just a few days after you place your order. The church will earn 40% from each sale. You may order from any device using this URL: https://www.funpastafundraising.com/shop/carrollton-first-united-methodist-church_1627658084062.
There are paper brochures available at both locations, also, and Cindy (our wonderful secretary) will place your order online if you would rather have her do it. Our fundraiser will end on Oct. 10th. I can say from experience that the pasta is delicious and it makes good presents. I’ve been polling my grandchildren whom all received a bag last year for Christmas! Thank you for your help!
Ellyn Dunlap, mission coordinator
Pumpkin Sale
Summit Groups
Summit Groups are specially designed small groups developed around our UP, IN, and OUT discipleship culture. UP in our relationship with God while encouraging and supporting others in their walk with Christ. IN-to fellowship and support with one another. OUT missionally into the world by sharing Christ through our words and deeds.
Summit groups are a small group of believers at all stages of their walk, that come together for the purpose of being transformed fuller into the image of Christ as we help one another through life and faith. One can expect to enter into a warm and hospitable environment where the Word of God is read and reflected upon for personal implications and applications, prayers are raised, support and compassion is shared, and hope, peace, and encouragement is found.
Groups will seek to meet 10 weeks each semester. There will be three semester per year.
- Semester 1: Week of Sept.12 – week of Nov.14
- Semester 2: Week of Jan. 9 – week of Mar. 13
- Semester 3: Week of April 24 – week of June 26
Summit Groups are not only where faith and relationships are deepened, but where the church is grown through multiplication. We hope you will connect with us on for the journey ahead. Please sign-up on the sheets outside the worship space and one of our leaders will be in touch.
"The Experience"
Would you like to experience God in a new way? Do you ever find yourself in need of a midweek pick-me-up? Join us for a new weekly video series called “The Experience” launching Thursday, October 7. Join Pastor Kimberly virtually as she visits businesses in Carroll County and gives a compelling message each week! Each episode also includes worship music and challenge/discussion questions. The series will premiere on Facebook and YouTube, and will be available to rewatch any time.
You’re also invited to join the Experience Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cfumc.experience/ where we can connect with one another and discuss each week’s episode. This series provides a flexible way for you to get involved!
Please continue to watch for additional details!
Operation Christmas Child
Our church will be participating in Operation Christmas Child, again, this year. We will begin collecting boxes on November 14th.
Fundraiser for Africa University
Please help us raise money for Africa University by using the Shop with Scrip/Raise Right mobile app to purchase gift cards! You purchase gift cards to either give to others or spend yourself and the church receives a certain percentage of your spendings. We will put all funds earned towards the Africa University Women’s Dorm! Watch the tutorial on the left to see how it works.
**ENROLLMENT CODE in the video is not valid. Please contact the church office for the current code.
Shop with Scrip website: https://www.shopwithscrip.com/
Community Prayer
The second Wednesday of each month there is a time of community prayer from 6-7:30 at various churches throughout the county. This time of prayer is specifically designated for prayer targeted at revival and needs of our county and Village of Carrollton. Everyone is encouraged to attend and praying out loud is not required. June and July will be at Wesley Community Church on 12th Street.
Bible Reading Plan
For more info, see: www.yellowbrickchurch.org/reading-plan
Access, download, and/or print a PDF of the reading plan by using the button below!
Grief Support Group
The Grief Support Group will be meeting the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at Yellow Brick Church. The 1st Tuesday meeting will be at 10am; the 3rd Tuesday meeting will be at 6:30pm.
Please join with the understanding that grief does not just come from the passing of a loved one – grief can be an emotion we feel from the loss of a job, family pet, moving to a new location, change in life circumstances, etc. This group will assist us in our mutual healing.
*This group is open to everyone in the community; please share if you know of someone who may benefit from joining us. Social Distancing and Masks will be required
Weekly Prayer Time via Zoom
CFUMC is holding weekly prayer times online via Zoom. Please join us to pray or reflect silently! Weekly prayer times will resume Tuesday, September 1st at 8:30am.
Join Zoom Meeting Below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/255277174?pwd=M3JrU3ZtNzJzcTlzcTF4S2RhU1Vzdz09
Meeting ID: 255 277 174
Passcode: 103254
One tap mobile
1-929-205-6099 US (New York)
E-Devotions
SIGN UP NOW TO RECEIVE OUR E-DEVOTIONS! Beginning on June 8th, there will be Tuesday and Thursday devotions designed to take Sunday’s message into your week. We are prayerful these devotions will Expose more of the message, lead to Encounters with God, and Encourage your faith. You can sign up to receive these devotions by using this link http://eepurl.com/g4szH5 or by calling the church office.
Africa University
Africa University is the first and only fully-accredited institution of higher learning established on the African continent by action of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1992 in Mutare, Zimbabwe, at the request of African Bishops who wanted a university for the whole of Africa to foster intellectual, moral, ethical, and spiritual growth in its students. Because of the lack of on-campus housing, many students walk very far every day in remote areas to come to Africa University. Female students become targets for human trafficking and prostitution.