We invite you to join us after worship on Sunday March 17 for a special St. Patrick’s Day Fellowship Hour! Enjoy green baked goods, fair-trade coffee, Lucky Charms cocoa, and more! To volunteer to provide treats for this (or any) fellowship hour, please contact the church office.
Easter Flowers
Remember to place your order for Easter flowers! If you are interested in purchasing sanctuary flowers for Easter Sunday, please complete our online form. After Easter Sunday, you can either donate your plant(s) or take them home with you. If you donate your plant(s), the Congregational Care Team will deliver those plants to our shut-ins and others struggling during this holiday season. Either way, the Easter flower(s) that you purchase will help brighten our sanctuary through Easter!
The price per plant is $10. Please make check for flowers payable to Wesley Church and write “Easter flowers” on the memo line. As in other years, you may also make a donation to UMCOR (The United Methodist Committee on Relief). Please make check for UMCOR donations payable to Wesley Church and write “UMCOR” on the memo line.
Flower orders are due no later than Palm Sunday, March 24. For more information, please contact Susan Matacavage.
Pancake Breakfast & Easter Egg Hunt
Join us on Sunday March 24 for our annual Pancake Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt!
- 8 AM to 10 AM: Enjoy pancakes in Fellowship Hall
- 10 AM: Celebrate Palm Sunday during our blended worship service
- 11:15 AM: Join us for our annual egg hunt (rain or shine!)
Plan to join in the fun? RSVP here!
Volunteers and donations needed! We need volunteers to help stuff Easter eggs and to help with breakfast set-up, serving, and clean-up. We also need donations including stuckers, bouncy balls, mini erasers, temporary tattoos, or candy. To volunteer to donate, please contact Ms. Deb, our Director of Christian education.
Join us to celebrate spring and new life in Christ!
Garden Team: 2024 Season Begins Soon!
The 2024 growing season for our Wesley Community Garden will soon be underway! Our Garden Team will meet on Wednesday March 6 at 6:30 PM in the church library. All are welcome to attend, even if you’ve never participated in our community garden ministry before. For more information, please contact Christine Bell, our Community Garden Coordinator.
Easter “Baskets of Joy”
Mammy’s Angels and Wesley Church are once again teaming up to provide Easter Baskets of Joy to those who have signed up for the program through Mammy’s Angels. Families will receive all of the fixings for Easter dinner, and those with children will receive baskets filled with children’s Easter goodies. All families in the program are facing some sort of hardship (whether physical or financial) and are in need of a little joy this holiday.
Visit the Easter Tree in the atrium to pick up tag for a Basket of Joy donation item. All items are due to the church by Sunday March 10. Want to help pack baskets? The packing party will take place on Sunday March 10, 2-5 PM. Baskets will be distributed to families during the Mammy’s Angels Easter Party on Sunday March 17, 4-6 PM. If you would like to pack baskets or help at the Easter party, please contact Debbie Ace.
Thank you for your continued support of our holiday gift giving programs!
Lent Madness is Back!
This Lent, Pastor Candy invites you to deepen your faith by discovering the faithful witness of those who have come before us in faith. How can you do that? By joining in “Lent Madness!” Lent Madness is a annual program which features 32 saints in a single-elimination tournament bracket. Lent Madness participants read the stories of these saints, vote online in each daily matchup, and follow the tournament all the way to Holy Week’s “Golden Halo” finale. It’s a way to deepen your faith but also have some fun, as Lent Madness is for Christians who want to take their faith — but not themselves — too seriously.
Lent Madness is a free resource. Visit the website to learn more about the program and to sign up for regular emails throughout the Lenten season. To participate in Wesley Church’s edition of Lent Madness, please contact Pastor Candy. You’ll receive a bracket and information on how to access the “Saintly Scorecard” (a free digital resource which includes background information on each of the 32 saints). Fill out your bracket with your predictions and return it to Pastor Candy by Ash Wednesday, February 14. The individual with the highest-scoring bracket will receive a special prize!