Calendar of Events

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First United Methodist Church of
February 2016 • No. 2
ADULT ACADEMY
February 14, 9:45 am
Germantown
www.fumcog.org
Calendar of Events
Sunday, February 14
Adult Academy - Raji Cook
11am Morning Worship
Bob Coombe preaching
Wednesday, February 17
Lenten Cluster Service
Janes Memorial UMC
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Troop 1719 celebrates Ann Perrone’s
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Sunday, February 21
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RAJIE COOK
Art Activist
internationally known
graphic designer,
photographer and artist.
11am Morning Worship
Miles Hopgood preaching
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MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR BILL BARTON AND
HELEN McCONNELL
Wednesday, February 24
Lenten Cluster Service
Ridge Avenue UMC
Sunday, February 28
11am Morning Worship
Bob Coombe preaching
Music & Meditation
Fairmount String Quartet
4 pm in Turner Chapel
Bishop Peggy Johnson meets the
FUMCOG Confirmation Class
Pastor Bob
Coombe
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the Frank
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Movie
On a day when the wind is perfect,
the sail just needs to open
and the love starts.
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FUMCOG celebrated 26 years as a
Reconciling Congregation
Wednesday, March 2
Lenten Cluster Service
HERE at FUMCOG
Sunday, March 6
Service of Holy Communion
Bob Coombe preaching
Thoughts from Bob’s desk
We know the Christian season of Lent is here when we see the ashes on
the forehead of another; read about Jesus entering the wilderness, and are
asked, “What are you giving up for Lent”
The ashes mark us for our faith and mortality. The wilderness is where we
find ourselves alone, struggling with the interior of ourselves and how we
relate to the world around us. The “giving up” is a discipline that makes
us a little less comfortable than we usually are.
For me, Lent reminds me of the brokenness and suffering in the world. I
have a choice as to when I enter the wilderness and when I come out of
the wilderness.
For people living in poverty, every day is a day in the wilderness of wondering where the next meal will
come from; of children trying to do their homework and reading with hungry stomachs.
The wilderness of Lent helps me connect with a young Palestinian man in an Israeli jail cell without
charges or knowing when he will be released. He is on a hunger strike and near death.
Every day we read/see stories of soldiers, rebels, citizens and innocent people caught up in war or
fleeing war as they risk their lives seeking sanctuary in another country. To them the wilderness of
Lent is very real.
This human brokenness accompanies me to Holy Week and Jesus’ arrest, beatings, imprisonment, and
execution on the cross.
There are so many ways we can sanitize suffering and death, to lessen the emotional impact keep us
from being disturbed more than we are. I seek the humanity of Lent, because so many people are in
a wilderness that seems to have no end.
Over the 40 days of Lent, I see Jesus emptying himself only to struggle with hunger and temptation
at the end. The scriptures have wonderful stories and images of the prophets meeting God in the
wilderness. The wilderness can be a very transforming experience.
This congregation has seen brokenness; felt the sting of injustice; heard the critical, judging comments
of others and the bigger church, and grieved a pastor taken from you.
With all the brokenness, loss, and sacrifice of Lent, we see the wilderness end; the One who was
tempted resisted temptation; the One who was crucified and died, is Risen.
Lent is a time to struggle in the wilderness of our lives and know the transforming power of God’s
spirit for life. I encourage us to embrace this time and one another; and be open to the spirit that
accompanies us.
With you in the journey,
Bob
Dear FUMCOGER’s...
It’s time for a new FUMCOG directory and we
need your help, so for the next three weeks, starting
2/14/16, there will be two or three tables set up in
Pilling so you can check your address, phone#’s etc.
Please look for more information in Hot Topics.
Thank you in advance for your help. Jean Walker and
Wanda Fuller
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A memorial service for
Bill Barton and Helen McConnell
will be held here at FUMCOG
at 1:30 pm on Sunday, February 21
after worship and Linger Lunch
Continuing the Conversation...
From April thru September 2015, FUMCOG’s Conversations on Race group held several events
that allowed us to explore the theme of Living into 2040 with our Children and Grandchildren.
Our goal was to offer an invitation into intentional conversations about how race impacts the
ways we all experience each other. The conversations highlight how it is important now to embrace
the opportunity of living into King’s vision of the Beloved Community as we prepare for the future.
Below is a list of additional opportunities to continue the important conversation:
March 6th - Conversations on Race gathering,
1:00 in the Parlor. We will be discussing an article called
“The Case for Reparations,” by Ta-Nahesi Coates. This
article was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in June
2014. The article appears in the link below:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/thecase-for-reparations/361631/
April 10th – Adult Academy, 9:45 a.m. in the Parlor:
We will view and discuss two video clips, “The Myth of
Race Debunked” (3 minutes) and “Color Blind or Color
Brave” (15 minutes). The first clip explores how race is a
social and political construct, and the second explores how
race will continue to be an uncomfortable topic if we don’t
talk about it.
April 17th – Adult Academy, 9:45 a.m. in the Parlor:
We will view and discuss the video clip “Immaculate
Perception” (14 min.). This video explores the brain research
about Implicit Bias.
April 30th – One Book/One Church Potluck Dinner
and Book Discussion, 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the Dining
Room. We will be discussing the book Between the World
and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, published by Spiegel and
Grau, 2015, 176 pages. Amazon’s review states that Coates’
book, written as a letter to his son, is: “Beautifully woven
from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh,
emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me
clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present,
and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.”
THE MYTH OF RACE DEBUNKED
TA-NEHISI COATES
IMMACULATE
PERCEPTION
COLOR BLIND OR COLOR BRAVE
MELLODY HOBSON
JERRY KANG
UCLA
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MLK Sunday was a memorable day for FUMCOG in many ways, not the least of which was a visit from
Bishop Johnson. Subseqently FUMCOG benefited by being featured in the following coverage on the
Coference website. NIce to know our “Coversations On Race” events are getting wider publicity!
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CHURCH LEADERS TALK ABOUT RACE AND RACISM
Participating in First UMC Germantown’s Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative worship celebration, Jan. 17, were
(from left) the Rev. Robert Coombe, pastor, the Rev. F. Willis Johnson, guest preacher, and Bishop Peggy Johnson.
Churches and groups are continuing to talk about race and racism in the church and society, grappling with an
existential problem that may never be fully solved but nonetheless demands our forthright attention.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in January and Black History Month in February both prompt
yearly celebrations but also inevitable conversations about what Sojourner’s Jim Wallis calls “America’s original
sin.” Are your church members talking about race matters? Are you planning or participating in conversations,
celebrations or other special programs or activities? Please let us know. Send information and photos, if you have
any, to communications@epaumc.org.
Meanwhile, here are some recent and upcoming events where people are indeed talking about this critical
concern and proving that, to them at least, race matters.
FUMCOG welcomes ‘Conversations on Race’
First UMC of Germantown (FUMCOG) in Philadelphia heightened its ongoing exploration of race and racism
as key concerns in the lives and witness of Christians when it welcomed the Rev. F. Willis Johnson, a pastor and
activist in Ferguson, Mo., to address church and community members during Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday
weekend, Jan. 16-17.
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From previous page ... With the theme “Makes Me Wanna Holler,” Johnson, pastor of Wellspring UMC in Ferguson,
spoke and engaged in dialogue about race and reality with about 70 listeners at the church on Saturday night, Jan. 16.
He helped lead efforts to foster peace in the face of tense protests in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014, following the killing of
an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman. Johnson also preached Sunday morning during FUMCOG’s annual
celebration of the life and legacy of martyred national civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
King’s birthday (Jan. 15) is celebrated annually with a national holiday on the third Monday of January.
During its annual worship celebration FUMCOG also bestows a Social and Racial Justice Award on an honoree, which
this year was local teacher and church Boy Scout leader Ann Perrone.
Now First UMC, located at 6001 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, continues its ongoing Conversations on
Race series with more monthly events. On Feb. 7, at 1 PM, it will host a discussion of the book Dear White America:
Letter to a New Minority (City Lights Publishers, 2012), authored by highly regarded anti-racism analyst and advocate
Tim Wise.
Conversations on two books by celebrated author Ta-Nahesi Coates will occur on Sunday, March 6, at 1 PM
(The Case for Reparations) and on Saturday, April 30, from 5 to 8 PM (Between the World and Me). In addition,
FUMCOG’s weekly Adult Academy (Sundays at 9:45 AM) will view and discuss short videos about racial topics April
10 and 17. For more info contact the church at 215-438-3677.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH • FEBRUARY 2016
Richard Allen’s church
celebrates his postage stamp
Valerie Russ, Staff Writer Philly.com, February 04, 2016
An overflow crowd packed the
sanctuary and the balconies
of Mother Bethel AME
Church and the first floor of
its Fellowship Hall Tuesday
for a ceremony celebrating
the new stamp in honor of
Richard Allen, founder of the
historic house of worship.
The stamp’s release coincides with the 200th anniversary
of the 1816 conference of African American Methodist
ministers called by Allen to form a new independent
African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Allen was born into slavery on Feb. 14, 1760 on
an estate owned by Philadelphian Benjamin Chew.
As a young man, Allen and one of his brothers
worked to buy their freedom after their family had been
sold to a plantation owner in Delaware.
Allen became a licensed minister and was asked
to preach to black worshipers at St. George Methodist
Church in Old City.
Allen and his friend the Rev. Absalom Jones
founded Mother Bethel after leading a walkout from
St. George’s when the church began to restrict black
congregations to a rear balcony.
The church’s current building dates to 1888 and is at 419
S. 6th St.
Tuesday’s ceremony began with rousing songs
from the Mother Bethel Church choir and a solo from
Bobby Hill, the 14-year-old who stole the show with his
solo when Pope Francis visited Philadelphia last fall.
After opening remarks from the Rev. Mark Kelly
Tyler, Mother Bethel’s pastor, civil rights leader Vernon
Jordan took to the podium as master of ceremonies.
In the crowded church, which holds 1,500 people,
Meredith Elementary teacher Tamarah Rash brought the
34 members of her third grade class to see the ceremony.
“I teach Social Studies and I’m a proud African
American and I feel that my students should be exposed
to some of our strong black leaders,” Rash said.
“Meredith is only a couple of blocks from here
and some of my students didn’t know the church was
here,” she said.
After Joshua D. Colin, a vice president for the
Postal Service’s Eastern Area, recounted the story of Allen’s
life, he unveiled a huge portrait of the Allen Stamp, which
was greeted by a gentle roar of approval came from the
crowd followed by a standing ovation.
The Postal Service choir then led the packed
church in Kool and the Gang’s secular song “Celebration!”
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Community Needs
for Easter 2016
Rev.Greg Holston, Rev. Bob Coombe, and Bishop Dwayne Royster
POWER's MLK Day
Legislative Assembly
Eight members of FUMCOG gathered at Arch Street United
Methodist Church and were welcomed by Rev. Robin Hynicka.
Mayor Jim Kenney told us that he would make his staff
available to move our agenda forward.
The five strategy teams are as follows:
• Education • Mass Incarceration
• Fundraising • Communications
• Economic Dignity (this team has been meeting at our
church with Lucy Hill and Ray Torres)
The Economic Dignity team has two campaigns, we are
partnering with Earthquaker Action team's Power Green Jobs and
the other one is PA Public Banking Project. We are planning our
own big project of an Anti-Poverty summit in April. The follow
up meeting is February 9th 6 PM at Second Baptist Church.
The new website is www.powerinterfaith.org
For more information and to be involved contact Ray
Torres or Eileen Gilkenson
At Christmas and Easter each year the First United Methodist
Church of Germantown takes up a special offering to fund
projects of nonprofit organizations providing services to
persons in need and/or advancing social and racial justice.
The Church’s Community Needs Committee is now
requesting proposals for funding through the Easter Offering.
Our grants depend on the amount contributed by the
congregation and the needs of the applicants. Usually awards
of $500 to $2500 are given to three or four organizations.
The Committee is composed of members of the
congregation, which selects among the applicants by
consensus. Priority is given to organizations in or affecting
the Germantown/Northwest Philadelphia area. All proposals
submitted are reviewed.
All applicants will be notified by letter of acceptance
or rejection. The organizations selected to receive grants from
the offerings may be asked to send a representative to make
a brief presentation to the congregation during worship on a
Sunday before the offering, and they will receive a check in
late April or early May.
Organizations selected can expect to receive a check
about four weeks after the collection. A short written report
about the outcome of the funded project is requested in six to
twelve months so that we can share it with the congregation
via the church newsletter, Tidings. That report will be
considered in connection with any future funding requests
from the organization.
Application forms are available on the FUMCOG
website at www.fumcog.org. or by calling the church office
at 215-438-3677
Deadline for forms to be returned to the church
office this cycle is noon on February 26, 2016.
6001 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144
office@fumcog.org
Applications received after the committee has met will not be
considered until the next cycle.
Nick Claxton, Bill Ewing, Co-Chairs Community Needs Committee
SAVE THE DATE!
The Rover opens Friday, April 8
Fridays and Saturdays April 8 to 23
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MUSIC at FUMCOG
February 28, 2016 – 4:00pm
String Quartet
Concert
The Fairmount String Quartet
performs in Turner Chapel
J.S. Bach - Excerpts from
“The Art of the Fugue”
Shostakovich - String Quartet #8
Harrison - String Quartet Set
Sunday, March 27, 11am
Easter at FUMCOG
Fairmount Chamber Ensemble
FUMCOG Chancel Choir
Jonathan Sills, baritone
Five Mystical Songs,
Ralph Vaughan Williams
movements from
Handel’s Messiah
Sunday, April 17, 1-5am
Annual Hymn-a-thon
fundraiser
Sunday, May 2, 3pm
Youth Choir of
Settlement Music School
Rae-Ann Anderson, director
Sunday, June 5, 4pm
a concert of remembrance
in memory of Nancy Pigford, Jane
Ballard and Libby Pethick
Faure Requiem
and Will Todd
‘Mass in Blue’
FUMCOG Chancel Choir
Mark Laubach, organ
Raquel Garcia and Kevin O’Malia,
co-directors
with jazz combo
Justin Gonzalez, tenor solos
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FUMCOG will host the Midweek Lenten Service on Wednesday, March 2, of the Northwest Philadelphia UMC cluster.
Dinner will be at 6pm. Worship at 7pm. Volunteers are needed to cook lasagna(s), bring salads and desserts. Please contact
Celeste Zappala to offer assistance: 215-248-5384 or czappala1@yahoo.com. Also, those willing to welcome our Cluster
Church friends (beginning at 5:30pm) or serve as ushers or greeters for the 7pm service, should contact Bob Coombe
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Ash Wednesday Service @ 7:00 P.M.
Dinner @ 6:00 P.M.
Location:Grace UMC
7101 N. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19138
Preacher: Rev. Dr. William Gary George
Lenten Service @ 7:00 P.M. (Dinner @ 6:00 P.M.)
Location:FUMCOG
6001 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19144
Preacher: Rev. Bob Coombe
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Lenten Service @ 7:00 P.M. (Dinner at 6:00 P.M.)
Location: Servants of Christ UMC
5213 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144
Preacher: Rev. Margaret Trice
Lenten Service @ 7:00 P.M. (Dinner @ 6:00 P.M.)
Location: Janes Memorial UMC
47 E. Haines Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Andrew L. Foster, III
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Lenten Service @ 7:00 P.M. (Dinner @ 6:00 P.M.)
Location: - Ridge Avenue UMC
7811 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19128
Preacher: Pastor Debra Coulbourn
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Location: Green Lane UMC
470 Green Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19128
Preacher: Rev. Steven Pittman
Maundy Thursday Service @ 7:00 P.M.
(Dinner @ 6:00 P.M.)
Location: Bickley’s New Beginning UMC
N, 6th Street & W. Chelten Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19126
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During Holy Week FUMCOG will be hosting the
T-shirt display provided by Heeding God’s Call.
Each shirt represents a person who died from gunfire in Philadelphia. The display
will be placed on the grounds in front of FUMCOG as a witness in our community.
After the Good Friday service there will be a walking pilgrimage to sites in
Germantown where some of these deaths happened. Volunteers will be needed to
help set up the site and accompany the tour. Please see Bob Coombe or call the
church office to be part of this important witness.
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Thank you for the shoes!
Boy Scout Troop 1719 would like to thank all of you who donated to our shoe
drive. With your sneakers, boots, flip-flops, dress shoes, and sandals, as well
as those from several workplaces we were able to collect over a TON of shoes.
That’s right, we bagged and tagged 2,600 pounds of shoes!
This resulted in a check from Funds2Orgs for $1,070.40 which will be
used, along with a grant from City Councilwoman Cindy Bass, to underwrite
advanced training courses for Scouts and leaders, purchase equipment, and pay
the Summer Camp deposits of all troop families. We received an additional
check through the efforts of a local young lady who also collected shoes but
was not able to receive monetary payment for a community service project. She
agreed to allow the money to come to the Troop. Combining her 43 bags of
shoes with ours Funds2Orgs sent an additional $478.00.
As a joint effort, it was far more challenging than we expected, and the
church was very patient in allowing the Scouts to store all of that footwear. It
was all hands on deck the day the truck arrived, and we didn’t even realize how
much we’d collected until the final tally.
The 17 boys in Troop 1719 and their families appreciate your support.
Ann Perrone
Scoutmaster, Troop 1719
The Philadelphia Quarterstaff Scouts
News from FUMCOG Book Group
On Tuesday, March 5, FUMCOG’s book discussion will
be on the book Clay’s Quilt by Silas House; 7:30 at Linda
Yetter’s home. Call Linda at 607-341-8018 for directions.
Authentic and moving, Clay’s Quilt is both the story of a
young man’s journey and of Appalachian people struggling
to hold on to their heritage. A deep love for home suffuses
this heartfelt, well-crafted debut novel set in the Kentucky
hills. Clay Sizemore, a young coal miner from a big family
and a small town, never doubts that he will live out his life
in the place where he was born.
April 19, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah; at the Ross’ home,
May 24, The Pearl that Broke its Shell by Nadia Hashimi; at
Ruth & Barbara’s home,
June 28, The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi (Author),
Jonathan Wright (Translator), TBA, and
To read in the summer, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson.
Call Ruth Thornton (215-280-2686) if you have any questions.
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Leo Waynick,
Boy Preacher
Leo Waynick and his wife Betty were members of
FUMCOG in the ‘70s & ‘80s. He was a close friend of Bill
Ramsden, Roberta Millard and Bruce McNeel. He went on
to become Director of Stewardship for the Northern Illinois
Conference of the UMC,
and lived in Naperville, Ill.
He then retired and moved
to Florida until last year,
when he and Betty moved
back to IL to be with family.
Congratulations, Leo,
on your book!
Leo says: Most of my friends
do not know that I started
preaching when I was 11
and pastored my first church
at 15. At the urging of our
daughter and her husband I have written a book about that
experience. You can view it on amazon.com by typing in
boy preacher. More details are there. It is available in kindle
or print. Pass the news along to anyone who wonders what
happens to “boy preachers.”
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Haiti Christmas Fundraiser
Steadfast Hope Course
sends $2,300 to Fondwa, Haiti March 2 - April 20, 2016
The Haiti Committee is pleased to announce that the annual alternative
Christmas gift-giving fundraiser raised $2,300 and it will be sent to the
Peasant Association of Fondwa. FUMCOG has been twinned with the
Peasant Association of Fondwa (APF) for over 20 years, and this past summer
a delegation from FUMCOG visited Fondwa to reconnect with our friends
there and offer support. The APF recently received a grant from the Julia
Morgan Fund which will be used to finance a Veterinary Clinic training
program, and the Haiti Committee is completing the funding of this project
as well as other APF programs and services. As a rural community largely
supported through agriculture, Fondwa is in great need of this type of clinic
in order to maintain the health and well-being of the animals being raised
and cared for by regional farmers. The Haiti Committee would like to thank
all who bought cards and special thanks to David Fonda for his photography
and donating the beautiful holiday cards.
A documentary film about the APF, entitled: Father Joseph is coming
out later this year. The trailer can be seen at www.floatingworldpictures.com
Registration is open
for the Steadfast Hope course
at Unitarian Society of Germantown
6511 Lincoln Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19119
JOIN us for learning, discussion, and hope
for Israel-Palestine in 2016.
7 Wednesdays, 7:00- 8:30 pm,
March 2 through April 20th
(no class on March 23rd, Holy Week)
Steadfast Hope is a social justice curriculum taught
by Christian-Jewish Allies, which challenges
common myths and perceptions about the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. It is based on a framework
of human rights and international law, and
explores possibilities for working toward peace. A
recommended reading in preparation for the course
is The Lemon Tree, by Sandy Tolan.
The course fee is $25 per person
to cover books and materials.
TO REGISTER Go to this link and fill in your
name, email, and phone number: http://usguu.org/
page/steadfast-hope.
The Germantown
Artists Roundtable
Please Join This Important Conversation
We need to hear from our artists and those who support
the arts in Germantown. Four years ago many G-town
artists and art lovers met and laid out a vision for numerous
things a Germantown Artist network could do to support
and develop the artistic community in our midst. We are
thrilled to report many of those goals have been achieved
through the great talents and generosity of so many of
you. Now it is critical that we gather together to share the
challenges and opportunities facing us in 2016. Based on
your input, we will decide what our next steps will be.
The Germantown Artists Roundtable is an all volunteer
network of artists, art educators, art lovers.
With your input.....we can continue to be
informed and inspired by those who believe that the arts
can transform & heal.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 7-9 PM
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
35 W. Chelten Avenue
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Deadline Information
Submissions made simple: just email bulletin announcements
and Tidings articles to publications@fumcog.org by the following
deadlines:
Wednesdays, 5:00 pm: Deadline for the next Sunday’s Bulletin,
and “This week at FUMCOG.” Please limit bulletin announcements
to 9 or 10 lines. Send to publications@fumcog.org
Each Month under Tidings Schedule is the deadline for the next
month’s issue of Tidings. Tidings will be published once a month.
Send to publications@fumcog.org
Items may be submitted via e-mail, either as a WORD or TEXT
document, to the address above or mailed to TIDINGS, c/o FUMCOG,
6001 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19144; or even handdelivered to the Church Office. However, emailed articles are preferred.
Got Late-breaking News? Post up-to-date FUMCOG event info
on the FUMCOG website by emailing webmaster@fumcog.org.
Contact Us
To reach the church office from Monday
through Friday from 9 am to 4:30 pm, call
215-438-3677. You may leave a voicemail after hours. Visit our web site at www.fumcog.
org. In case of emergency or after hours need
for pastoral care, the staff may be reached
through the Church Office voicemail. To
schedule use of the church building, contact
the office during regular business hours.
To whom do I send
my announcements?
We have several avenues of “getting the word out” to
FUMCOGers. For Hot Topics email Kevin O’Malia
at omalia@fumcog.org or Wanda Fuller at office@fumcog.org. For all hard copy publications email Bruce
McNeel at publications@fumcog.org. For calendar updates and room reserves please contact the office.
Our Mission
The First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG) is a diverse, urban
community of faith that seeks to experience
and worship God through Jesus’ message of
love and inclusion and the mystery of grace
expressed through his life. We affirm our
commitment by working together, taking
risks for social justice and peace in our community, our city, our nation and our world.
FUMCOG
First United
Methodist Church
of Germantown
6001 Germantown Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19144
Tidings Schedule:
Tidings is on a monthly schedule.
An Advent issue will be published by March 8
The deadline for submissions is Feb 29
Earlier is always appreciated.
E-mail
Bob Coombe
coombe@fumcog.org
Miles Hopgood:
hopgood@fumcog.org
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