Grace UMC Burnsville Worship
Grace United Methodist Church
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
To serve and unite those we touch with the Grace of God
 

Welcome to
Grace United Methodist Church!
To serve and unite those we touch with the Grace of God
Serving the Twin Cities South Metro area


Sunday Worship

8 AM - Early Worship in the sanctuary. This service is informal service lasting approximately 45 minutes.

9 AM - Fellowship Time and Adult Education Hour. Coffee and time for reconnecting with one another is offered at this time.

10 AM - Worship with the choirs providing music. Children will go to worship and stay with their families until Children’s Time, when they will be dismissed to attend Sunday School.

 

 

 UMVIM-NCJ logoHaiti Relief
Grace Burnsville UMC Responds

Thank you to all who contributed to last week's special offering for Haiti.  Grace members and friends gave $1,919.15 for Haiti Earthquake Relief on Sunday, January 17.  This money will be sent to United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).  100% of your gifts will go directly to Haiti.  There are no administrative costs taken out of this gift!  UMCOR was given an A+ rating as a worthy charity for disaster relief.  The church is very responsible in making sure your offerings go to where they will do the most good.
 
Sunday, March 14, is One Great Hour of Sharing.  We will be receiving a special offering for UMCOR which underwrites their work as an agency of the church, so that special offerings similar to the one we just received, can be used totally for the disaster relief! 
 
In addition, $50 was given for health care kits on January 17th.  These funds will be used to underwrite shipping costs and the purchase of additional items to fill the kits.
 
IT IS STILL NOT TOO LATE TO GIVE TO HAITI RELIEF.  We will continue to receive offerings for Haiti throughout the month of January.  You may write a check to Grace UMC.  Please note on it that it is for Haiti Relief.
 

 

 

United Methodists have had a long-standing relationship with Haiti through the Methodist Church of Haiti. The strong ties between the Methodist Church of Haiti and The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) helped in facilitating the opening of the UMCOR Haiti field office in 2005.

You can give online at the UMCOR website or send your check to Grace UMC noting Haiti relief.  100% of donations go to Haiti relief.

Thank you 

Note:  The American Institute of Philanthropy, a charity watchdog group, gave UMCOR an A+ rating for its Haiti recovery ministry for its accountability and efficient use of donations.

 

People who give to UMCOR and other charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti can claim these donations on the tax return they are completing this season, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their 2009 return qualify for this special tax relief provision, enacted Jan. 22. Only cash contributions made after Jan. 11, 2010, and before March 1, 2010, are eligible. This includes contributions made by text message, check, credit card or debit card. The new law only applies to cash (as opposed to property) contributions. The contributions must be made specifically for the relief of victims in areas affected by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. Taxpayers have the option of deducting these contributions on either their 2009 or 2010 returns, but not both.

 

How else can you help? Provide UMCOR Health Kits.  Grace UMC is collecting health kits. 

Click here for 1 page directions                    UMCOR Health Kits


 
 
 
Wednesday Night Activities  
6:00 PM           God's Kids Choir
6:15 PM           Confirmation
6:30 PM           Youth Choir
7:15 PM           Adult Choir
7:15 PM           Youth Group

From the office of Bishop Sally Dyck
Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
122 W. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404

January 13, 2010

Dear Minnesota United Methodists:

Like me, you may have a heavy heart as you learn about the earthquake that hit the struggling nation of Haiti yesterday.

The Associated Press is reporting that the magnitude 7.0 earthquake has killed thousands. The country is still recovering from hurricanes of previous years. National Public Radio reports United Nations’ estimates that four out of five Haitians live below the poverty line, on less than $2 a day. More than half the population is considered to live in "abject poverty," or on less than a dollar a day.

United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) leaders were already in Haiti as part of an UMCOR team visit with the church in Haiti.  UMCOR is awaiting word on the safety of these leaders. The United Methodist Council of Bishops learned that the Michigan, Western North Carolina, and Dakotas conferences all had Volunteers in Mission in Haiti at the time of the earthquake, but all of their VIMs have reported in and are fine. 

The people of Haiti desperately need our prayers and assistance. United Methodists are well positioned to provide direct aid efficiently, as the United Methodist Church has a long-standing relationship with Haiti through the Methodist Church of Haiti. The strong ties between the Methodist Church of Haiti and UMCOR helped in facilitating the opening of the UMCOR Haiti field office in 2005.

Please take an offering in your church in the next few weeks. You can provide direct help by giving to the UMCOR Advance 418325, Haiti Emergency. Remember, one hundred percent of your donation will be used to assist those in Haiti who are in greatest need. Not all aid organizations can promise that. This is the safest way to ensure your donation will assist those in need. Further, UMCOR will remain in Haiti for a long time to come, well after other organizations have left.

To learn more about what the United Methodist Church is doing to respond to our Haitian neighbors in great, need, visit www.umc.org. You may also visit www.umcor.org. Please note that the UMCOR web site has been overloaded with concerned visitors and you may not be able to access the site immediately.

This year, we Minnesota United Methodists are exploring the question "Who is my neighbor?" The answer at this moment is clear. We have an urgent opportunity to be neighbor to the people of Haiti. I encourage you to give generously to this Advance.

And please keep the people of Haiti in your prayers.

In Christ's love,

 

Bishop Sally Dyck
Minnesota Area, The United Methodist Church
 
 
Join in conversation with Bishop Dyck and other Minnesota United Methodists.  Visit Bishop Dyck's blog, "WDYT (What do you think?)" at bishopsallydyck.blogspot.com. 

What Song Would You Sing?

Like you, I was following the rescue efforts in Haiti. I know two of the three United Methodist Committee on Relief personnel who were trapped under the Montana Hotel: Sam Dixon and Clint Rabb. They're not close friends, but I've had conversations and dinners on occasion over the years with Sam. Clint Rabb has been here in Minnesota in the last few years. When I heard that they were missing, I had the experience of "praying without ceasing." I thought and prayed for them all the time; they were on my heart and mind.
My thoughts and prayers were with those I knew and now with those who were rescued even as they yet recover from their physical, emotional and spiritual injuries. Now my thoughts and prayers are centered on the Haitians who have experienced generations of misery and suffering, and now this. Why, God, would this happen to a people who are already in such dire need? We pray and then we respond. I hope you will give to UMCOR through your church or online.

See Bishop Dyck's reflections at www.minnesotaumc.org

 
 
 

        Grace UMC is an Unidos en Cristo Affiliated Church