Please join us on Sundays!
Worship at 9:00 am
Learning Hour at 10:30 am
Upcoming Events
Save the Date! D.A.F.F.F.Y. Day is June 10!
Upcoming Events
- May 14: Youth group: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Meet in the Youth Cave. Bring a T-shirt you no longer wear, and/or fabric!
- May 21: Youth group - Valley Church Skate Night. Meet at Wesley at 6:30 p.m. We will return to Wesley by 9:15 p.m.
- May 28: No youth group meeting (Memorial Day)
Around the Corner
- Youth Mission Trip: July 1-6. Eugene, Oregon. This mission trip combines service work, bible study, and fellowship.
- Vacation Bible School: July 29 – August 2. Five-day evening sessions, from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. each night (Sunday through Thursday). Intergenerational. This year’s theme is “Babylon: Daniel’s Courage in Captivity.” Help is needed, all ages!
- UMCOR West trip: Week of August 20. We tentatively have a spot reserved for a week-long trip to the UMCOR depot site in Salt Lake City for the week of August 20, 2012. I need to know if you are able to go, or even if you're interested and if the answer is a "maybe." Please respond either way with an answer by emailing me at scott.klepach@wesleyofyakima.org. Remember! This trip is meant for anyone of any age! Our group size maximum is around 20. There is no minimum.
Hike at Snow Mountain Ranch on May 13th
Hike at Snow Mountain Ranch to see the wildflowers led by Sara Cate, David Huycke and Russell Maier on May 13th.
Easy to more difficult hikes will be available. Families welcome. Hikers will gather at the church at 10:30. Bring a lunch, water, hat and sturdy shoes. RSVP at 248-4382 and tell us whether you need a ride in the van.
Get Ready to Change the World
Think Global / Act Local is more than a bumper sticker. Over the third weekend in May, United Methodists around the world are getting out in the streets to be the hands and feet of Christ while inviting non-church members to team up and make a difference during Change the World Weekend. A project of ReThink Church (www.rethinkchurch.org), this weekend is a way to engage community members with congregations in practical missions work.
Each day of Change the World Weekend, we will roll up our sleeves and invite our neighbors to join us in making a difference in fighting homelessness and hunger in our community through one (or more) of the following mission opportunities we engage in at Wesley United Methodist Church:
FRIDAY 5/18
Feed the Homeless at the Vista Soup Kitchen “Connections” (102 S. Naches Ave) Volunteers needed from 2-6pm and for clean up afterwards. Meet at the church at 1:30pm to carpool together or join us there whenever you are available!
SATURDAY 5/19
Feed our children through the Three Squares Program (at Wesley we call it the Backpack Ministry) at Northwest Harvest. Volunteers meet at the church at 8:30am.
SUNDAY 5/20
Make sandwiches for Sunrise Outreach Center’s daily food delivery program. Volunteers meet in the church kitchen during the learning hour 10:30-11:30am.
Backpack Ministries Would Like Your Help!
Come to the church each 3rd Thursday at 11:45 am and/or the 3rd Saturday at 8:30 am. We will ride together over to NW Harvest to prepare the backpacks for distribution. We can use all the help you are willing to give! Contact Marge Bigham if you have any questions.
Plan ahead and get involved!
June 10th —DAFFY Day (Devotion, Activity, Fellowship, Food, Fun, and You!). To help plan or volunteer for the event, please contact Sue Nelson.
June—Voter Registration. To help plan or volunteer for this outreach, please contact Betty Van Ryder.
June 29 - July 2—UMW Cooperative School of Christian Mission being held on the CWU campus, Ellensburg. Contact Nita Reinmuth or Lois Hines for more information.
Late August/ Early September —Back to School Blessing. To help plan or volunteer for this event, please contact Sara Justo or Scott Klepach.
The Healing Circle: A Service of Caring
Join the Healing Circle on the first and third Tuesday if each month. You are welcome to come pray with others for yourself and those you love at 11:00 am in the sanctuary.
3-H Club (Helping Hands to get Hired)
Wesley's employment outreach ministry, the 3-H Club (Helping Hands to get Hired) will resume meetings in February. Meetings will be on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month from 12:30pm to 2:30pm in the Fellowship Hall.
From the Library Corner
There are lots of wonderful picture books for parents and grandparents to read with children. Please stop by the library and check them out.
- On Noah’s Ark by Jan Brett
- A Pocketful of Kisses by Audrey Penn
- The Butterfly by Anna Helbourne and Cathy Shimmen
- The Rainy Day by Anna Milbourne and Sarah Gill
- It’s Spring by Else Holmelund Minarik
- If Jesus Came to Visit Me by Jill Roman Lord
Adult readers will enjoy these selections:
- Christianity and World Religions by Adam Hamilton
- Take This Bread by Sara Miles
- Great Prayers of the Old Testament by Walter Brueggemann
Directions for check-out procedures are located on the right hand side of the library.
Book Club News
The Afternoon Book Club’s next meeting will be Wednesday, May 16th at 1 p.m. in the Gold Room. We are reading Looking Like the Enemy, a true story by Mary Matsuta Grunewald about her family’s experiences in the internment camps during World War II in western states in our country.
If you would like to join us, please get a copy of this title, read it and come to the meeting. Do come even if you don’t get to finish the book. We look forward to seeing you!
The Evening Book Club will meet Tuesday, May 15th at 7 p.m. in the Library to discuss the book Kitchen House, an historical novel by Kathleen Grissom. The setting is the plantation south during the 1700s. Please join us!
Women’s Coffee Time
All women are invited to come and enjoy some good coffee & fellowship on Thursdays from 9:00-10:30 am. Come for all or part of the time! We hope to see you on Thursdays!
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