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Chebeague United Methodist Church A Reconciling Congregation

Contact us at chebeagueislandumc@gmail.com or at 207.846.6987 www.chebeagueumc.org Our time as the Chebeague United Methodist Church will soon be at an end. Our next update will be from the Chebeague Community Church! Stay tuned for information! COVID-19 Updates – Currently the Parish House and Sancutary are available to reserve. Contact the church office for details and to schedule use of the space. Our priority is to keep everyone safe and healthy. Sundays at 10 AM, We will be offering a mix of indoor and outdoor worship gatherings. For indoor services, we are asking everyone to wear masks, practice physical distancing, and sanitize hands upon entry. When the sanctuary receives WiFi, we will be offering a remote option for worship as well. More information at www.chebeagueumc.org/worship. Sign up for our enewsletter on our website. Visit our FB (https://www.facebook.com/chebeagueislandumc) for additional information and opportunities. Thursdays at 1 PM , Ever wonder how to address issues like hunger and poverty from a faith perspective? Gloria Brown will be leading a Bible Study based on Bible Study using The Social Justice Bible Challenge by Marek P. Zabriski. Email her at gjbrown58a@ gmail.com for more information! Meeting ID: 232 499 191 Food Pantry Notes and Needs - As summer winds down to an end and you start looking to close up, consider donating your food items to the Food Pantry. This is a great way to help your neighbors as you prep for the next season. Email chebundance@gmail.com or chebeagueislandumc@gmail.com if you have food to drop off. If you are looking for assistance with online groceries, contact Kel Hanley (814) 876-6792 or Polly Wentworth (207) 233-8382 to help you set up Whole Foods or Native Maine Direct. If you are in need or know of someone who is, please contact Denise Hamilton, the Church representative for the Food Pantry, at (207) 838-6107. Special Music and Sunday School – Volunteer Opportunities! This fall, we’re looking for soloists, instrumentalists, or small ensembles to offer their gifts and talents during Sunday worship for special music. Contact Melissa at ml.yosuadavis@gmail.com for more information. We’re also looking for a team to help relaunch our Sunday children’s formation in the fall. Curriculum is provided – we’d love folks companion our kids with crafts, mission projects, and stories. Talk to Melissa for more details. Family Fellowship, Food, and Faith! Look to the fall for new opportunities surrounding food, faith, families, and fellowship – all in the Parish House! We’re keeping an eye on COVID numbers so that we can gather safely for an all-ages-together faith formation experience that incorporates mission, sharing and growing together, connection – and fun!

Chebeague Community Church – We Need You! With the formation of the Chebeague Community Church, we need you to help us be the church of the community and for the community. We have three categories of membership, open to anyone age 13 or older: Full Membership for those who claim the Chebeague Community Church as their home congregation, Associate Membership for those who may have formal church membership elsewhere,

and Friends for those who are supportive of the church and its programs. To become a member or if you’d like to learn more about membership at the Chebeague Community Church, contact Melissa (ml. yosuadavis@gmail.com) or the church office. We’ll be scheduling orientation sessions for those who are interested in membership for all of us to learn about our new church governance, to brush up on the fundamentals of Christian formation, and to discuss more deeply what membership in a church means.

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SEPTEMBER 2021 CHEBEAGUE ISLAND COUNCIL CALENDAR