Announcements

Please also see Volunteer Opportunities for more announcements.

Parking Lot

Please follow these steps for your safety:

lock your car doors
park in well-lit areas
leave valuable items at home
put personal items out of sight, leave them at home, or bring them into the church with you (GPS, MP3 players, laptops, etc.)

If you see someone tampering with a vehicle in the parking lot, report it to a pastor or usher immediately. If you would like to be part of our parking lot ministry team, please contact Bill Young.

Please Don't Sit in the Last Row of Pews

We are encouraging our church members to be welcoming and supportive, and reserve the last row of pews for our guests, parents of young children, and those with special needs requiring them to be near the exit doors.

Office Policy

Office hours are 9:00 a.m. - noon and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. The office doors will normally be unlocked during those hours. However, the other doors to the church will remain locked. We ask anyone entering the church, including those who have keys, to enter through the office so that staff will know who is in the church.

One staff member will be present during the noon hour and will answer phones between noon and 1:00 p.m, although the door will be locked. If you need to visit the office during the noon hour for church business, please call ahead.

Worship Service Videos

Videos of our worship services are available, if you would like to borrow them.

Green Resolutions

Now is the time to end your dependence on plastic bags by bringing reusable bags to the store. Target and Dillons even give you .05 back for each bag you bring in. You can pick up an Aldersgate Methodist Church reusable bag at the Welcome Center for just a few dollars.

Aluminum Cans

Aldersgate collects aluminum cans to help support its environmental projects. You can help too by dropping off your cans in the receptacles at the far end of the parking lot (near the Boy Scout shed). Every can counts!

BYO-Mug

The environmental committee is encouraging those who attend classes or meetings to bring their own mug instead of using a disposable cup.

Recycling Projects

Aldersgate has several recycling projects. There are containers available for print cartridges, aluminum cans, Klothes Kloset, Campbell's soup labels, General Mills education box tops, Tyson A+ for education, plastic bags, and other mission collections. Compact florescent light bulbs are picked up for recycling every first Sunday in the office.

UM Open Door Klothes Kloset

The Klothes Kloset serves an average of 16,571 families, with an average of 3.4 members in each, for a total of 55,694 people per month. Your generosity permits the Klothes Kloset to server the needy without expense to them. Donation bins are located in the Sanctuary lobby.

The Klothes Kloset is currently running very low on winter clothing for infants, children, and men. We also need all kinds of bedding.

Community Food Ministry

The Community Food Ministry, at 1611 North Mosley, is in need of paper and plastic grocery bags.

Leftovers

If your group has any food left over from a meal you have served at Aldersgate, please consider donating it to the United Methodist Open Door Drop In Center. They serve meals to the homeless Monday through Friday at 353 N. Market. The phone number is 269-4250. Please don't leave food in the kitchen unless you have contacted the group your are donating the food to.

Church @ The Well

The new church start UMC @ The Well, a daughter congregation being born from our congregation, is moving into a new phase of their nesting period here at Aldersgate. The Saturday night worship service, formerly known as "Awakening", is now called "Saturday's @ The Well". The United Methodist Church @ The Well is expected to launch in their own facility in the fall of 2012.

For more information, please see the UMC @ The Well website or contact Pastor Mike Gadde.

Collect Those Box Tops

You can drop your box tops in the blue collection box located in the hallway outside the office. All funds raised from our box tops collection are donated to the McCurdy School in New Mexico.

Hospital Visits

In order that you or your loved one receive a visit from one of our pastors during your hospital stay, we ask that you contact the church office or one of the clergy with the information. Hospitals are no longer calling when members are admitted.

Prayer Requests

There are now Prayer Request Cards in the pews. If you would like to submit a Prayer Request to the AUMC Prayer Request Team, please place the cards in the wooden Prayer Request box at the Welcome Booth.

There is also a number from the Upper Room that you can call to speak to someone and request prayers: 1-800-251-2468.

Cross Training Pick-Up

Make sure you send one parent only to pick up your Cross Trainers. Each child under 5th grade needs to be checked out of their classroom.

Aldersgate Food Pantry

There is a food pantry located with the other mission items. It will be stocked with non-perishable foods, and is open to anyone in need.

Office Depot Rebate

Aldersgate earns 5% cash back on purchases made at Office Depot. If you do not already give the points to another organization, just give them our phone number (722-8504), and they will credit our account.

Grocery Certificates

If you shop at Dillons or Food for Less, did you know that you could maintain your grocery budget and help Aldersgate at the same time? Aldersgate offers grocery certificates and gift cards for Dillons, and cards for Food for Less. The certificates and cards are purchased by the church at a discount, and then you purchase them at face value. Stop by the Welcome Booth on Sunday morning or the church office during office hours.

Please Don't Park on the Street

There is a problem on Sunday mornings when people park on the street. The visibility is limited both on entering and exiting.

Mission Work

If your group takes part in a Mission Opportunity, please let the church office know. We would like to recognize all of the mission work that takes place here at Aldersgate.

Caregivers

The Caregivers and church office would like to be able to respond to those of you who are hospitalized, have a new birth, experience an illness or death in the family, or just need prayers. If you find yourself in any of these situations, please let us know so that we can be of assistance to you.

NIV - The Listener's Bible Audio

All 66 books of the Bible, in a set of 50 disks of the Old Testament and 16 of the New Testament, are narrated by Max McLean. You can find this in our church library. McLean is committed to recapturing the early oral tradition of telling the Bible story with expression and understanding that makes the listening to his reading of the Bible a joyous experience.

History Committee Wants Your Pictures

The History Committee documents the events of Aldersgate in the church scrapbook. If your Sunday School class, committee, Bible study, or group has an event, please send any copies of pictures you may have to the church office, along with a brief narrative about the who, what, where, when, and why. Pictures will not be returned.

Pastor on Call

February 4-5: Pastor Butch

February 11-12: Pastor Kim

February 18-19: Pastor Rick

February 25-26: Pastor Butch

Butch 706-6473(c)

Kim 773-4832(h) 253-5718(c)

Rick 734-8220(c)

If you change any of your contact information, please notify the office at:
chrchad.aldersgate@sbcglobal.net.

Please send information or changes about meetings or events to the website administrator at:
webmaster@aldersgatechurch.org.

24-Hour Prayer Vigil

Sign up at the Welcome Booth to participate in the 24-Hour Prayer Vigil, held from 6:00 p.m. Friday through 6:00 p.m. Saturday every third weekend of the month.