Opportunities for learning, mission and worship

Thank you to everyone that donated goods during our Blessing of 3 Meals a Day Food Drive.

Your participation will help keep SAFE’s shelves stocked for those in need.

A Praise& Worship Benefit Concert for SAFE will be

held at First United Methodist in Elon on May 30th from 3 to 5 p.m. Come

and join us in song and in worship as churches of all denominations from across

Alamance and Guilford Counties come together to support SAFE, a Family

Empowerment Center that serves neighbors in Alamance, Guilford, and Orange

Counties. In 2025, SAFE served 8,000 families at its three locations, providing

meals, a nursing clinic, resource connections, social work services, and many

more programs. A Love Offering to benefit SAFE will be collected during the

service.

Belong Groups willmeet on July 21st at 10 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Belong is a group spiritual

practice that strengthens relationships through communal discernment. Groups

last an hour or less and newcomers are welcome!

 The Story ScholarshipCommittee will meet this afternoon at 3 p.m.

Summer Feeding Program for Children: For the last two years, GUMC has offered a summer feeding

program with support from SAFE. This year, we will instead be a partner in

SAFE’s summer feeding program for children, serving as a pick-up location to

make it easy for families with ties to the church to get their food each

week. The program runs from the week of June 1 through the week of August

17, with each child receiving 14 meals per week. Families who want to

participate need to register through SAFE, using the QR code. If you want to

pick up your food at the church, please note GUMC where it asks for the

address. We do not know yet what day of the week GUMC will offer food pick

up. Once we do, we will need a few volunteers each week to help distribute the

food to families. Let Michelle Rash or Jane Deaton know if you have any

questions.