Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, As you likely know, we are about to enter what we call Holy Week— beginning this Sunday with what we call Palm Sunday and moving through the intense, confounding, mysterious, stirring story of the last week of Jesus’ life. But before we dive into what is happening during worship, let’s […]
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Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, St. Patrick’s Day was a few days ago, but it’s definitely one of those holidays that extends for at least a week before and after the actual day, right? Right?? I hope so because I really enjoy Irish folk music—and especially Irish punk music. I’m still thinking about St. Patrick
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Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, Remember a few weeks ago when we played with the meanings of the common biblical themes salt and light? Our Bishop Dan Schwerin (pictured left) recently offered some thoughts on those themes as well. I encourage you to read the whole letter, but here’s a piece of it: “I have
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Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, Way back in 1787, Sarah Mallet was a preacher in the Methodist Church. She was appointed by no less than John Wesley. (Wesley was a main leader in the movement that would come to be known as Methodist.) Minooka UMC has been led by many incredible female clergy over the
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Dear Minooka UMC Found Family, I just discovered The United Methodist Church released a brand new resource that I think you might very well find helpful and enlightening. It’s called The Handbook of the United Methodist Church. This Handbook is designed to help you understand who we are, how we are connected, and how we
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Christmas Eve at Minooka UMC
Wednesday, Dec. 24
4:00PM featuring Pop-up Pageant
9:00PM featuring Communion
