Celebration Sunday

Please bring your completed Estimate of Giving card on Sunday as we conclude the sermon series Defying Gravity. Our very own professional baker Kari Jensen will be making the cakes for our Celebration Sunday Potluck that will follow our single service at 10:45 am this Sunday, October 27th.   Please bring a lunch item to share as…

Interfaith Family Shelter

For the past several years during Advent, our church members have given much-needed items for the Interfaith Family Shelter Welcome and Best Wishes boxes. For those who would like to give specific items, we are asking for towel sets (bath towel, hand towel and washcloth), fever thermometers, good can openers, postage stamps, flash drives. If…

Veteran’s Day

Seeking photos of PAST and PRESENT military loved ones to be used in our Sunday, November 10th worship services. In uniform is a bonus but that’s not required.  Send pictures via email or bring them to the church office to be scanned by Tuesday/November 5th. Thank you.  Please let us know what branch of the…

Orientation/Membership Class Coming Up

Dates being offered are: Thursday, September 12, 19 and 26 at 7:00 PM. Pastor Dan will be offering a class to those who want more information about the UM Church and/or membership.  This is a class for those who want to know more about United Methodism, its beliefs and overview of Stanwood UMC.  It is…

Interfaith Family Shelter Drive

For the past two years during Advent, our church members have given much needed items for the Interfaith Family Shelter Welcome and Best Wishes boxes.  We are again asking our members to provide these essential items for the Welcome Boxes that are given to the homeless families entering the shelter and then for the Best Wishes boxes after they have…

Let’s Build That Ramp!

Craig LeRoy has stepped forward and plans to build a sturdy ramp at Robin Southward’s home. He will be calling on several men of the church to assist him in this project once he gets the materials and plans underway. Lowes Home Center has agreed to give him a discount on the supplies. If you…

Thank you! From the Trustees

Many thanks to all who helped with our spring spruce-up on April 8. We accomplished a great deal and have several other big projects in the pipeline like updating the playground. We couldn’t do it without our hard-working volunteers! Thank you!  

Jars for Jamaa Letu Orphanages!

Local United Methodist churches of the Pacific Northwest Conference are invited to support the orphanages of Jamaa Letu in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As we do every year at this time, please save your pocket change until Annual Conference in June for the orphanages we help support. In June we will accept…

Administrative Council News

Responding to our Congregational Meeting the evening of January 24, the Administrative Council assembled a Mission/Vision Task Force to identify goals and ways to reach them from the 22 areas identified that night. We began by developing a mission statement, which is: “As members of Stanwood United Methodist Church, we count ourselves Disciples of Jesus…