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How Can You Help with the Relief Effort in Haiti?

  • Checks can be made payable to GCFA ADVANCE with “Haiti--Advance #418325” on the memo line and mailed directly to Advance GCFA, PO Box 9067, GPO, New York, NY 10087-9068. If you do mail your check, please note our Conference ID number—614—on the check. You can also place your check in the offering plate on Sunday mornings.
  • To contribute online, press here to go to the UMCOR Online Donation System.
  • You can put together a Health Kit. UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) requests that the following NEW items be placed in a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
  • -1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27") No kitchen towels
  • -1 washcloth
  • -1 comb (large & sturdy, not pocket-sized)
  • -1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
  • -1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
  • -1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, no child-size brushes)
  • -6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
  • -$1.00 to purchase toothpaste
  • (NOTE: Toothpaste is purchased in bulk to be added to health kits to ensure that the product does not expire before they are sent.)
  • -$1.00 to help cover shipping costs

    • Because strict rules govern product entry into international countries, UMCOR requires that the kits contain only the requested items—nothing more. Please bring your kits to the Gathering Place or church office. We will take kits up to Monday morning, February 8.

    CELEBRATION OF SOULFUL HEALING -- Held here at First United Methodist Church-Omaha on Sunday, February 7 from 1:00-6:30 p.m. There will be workshops for adults, youth and children. Spiritual practices of all sorts will be offered in 45-minute segments. They are sacred rumming, sacred dace, Reiki, yoga, singing bowls, centering prayer, and much, much more. Press HERE to view and/or print the flyer.

    Mardi Gras & Pancake Feed -- Friday, February 12, 5:15-9:30 p.m., Cary Hall. The annual pancake feed is 5:15-6:45 p.m. followed by the Mardi Gras Parade and Dance (music provided by Prairie Gators!). All proceeds from the pancake feed will go to the summer youth mission fund.

    HORIZONS OF FAITH -- March 12-14, 2010. Press here to download brochure.

    BUILDING POLICY IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER -- When possible, a decision to not open the building will be rendered by 7:00 a.m. and an announcement recorded on the outgoing voicemail system indicating that the building is closed. Should the prediction of inclement weather occur after the building is already opened, a decision to either close or keep the building open will be made by 3:00 p.m. If the building is to be closed, an announcement will be recorded on the outgoing voicemail system. This can be accessed by calling 556-6262. We will not notify the various groups meeting at First United Methodist Church-Omaha of the building closure.

    PLEDGE CARDS -- Click HERE to submit your pledge card on-line to Susan Morse. To read Jane's letter, go to the "About FUMC" line on the left and click on Stewardship Campaign.

    MARCY ARGUELLO INTERVIEW -- This is the video that Taylor Wilson, reporter with Fox KPTM TV in Omaha, did with Marcy Arguello regarding the Creation Mural she painted in the upstairs Education wing. Click HERE to view the video.

    Pictures of recent events can now be found at www.flickr.com/fumcomaha.

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  • This site last updated February 5, 2010.

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