Church Announcements

Thank you to all who gave to the Christmas Giving Tree. After the fees for the Christmas gifts and the food baskets were paid off we were able to take the remaining blessing which was $1,088.78 and donate it to the Help and Hope Ministry in Pastor Bill Thielking's memory. Courtney and I cannot express enough our gratitude to all who adopted families, gave donations, delivered gifts, and prayed. Special thanks to Wanda for keeping everything organized! We are so blessed to part of this loving church family who cares so deeply for their community.
God Bless! Tina Benishek and Courtney Ayres

To My Friends At First United Methodist Church,
Thank you for your kind generosity at Christmas time and for your thoughts and prayers during my time of health issues.
Pastor John Mitchell

A huge thanks goes out to the overwhelming response from the congregation at First United Methodist for their continuous support and love of the youth that participate in SHINE Ministries:
Approximately 60 gift cards were received and issued to our very thankful youth over the Christmas holiday. A special thank you to all that participated and gave generously.
Six SHINE families were recipients of the Christmas Basket thanks to the First Church Christmas Basket Program, thanks to all that participated.

In addition to our First Church Family; we would like to thank:
AMCOR Industries and HR Manager Pam Shapiro, the company sponsored two SHINE families with Trees, Dinner and gifts for the entire family.

Delsea Diner for sponsoring two SHINE families for a complete Christmas Diner and gifts for the children.

The Green Flag Committee at the New Jersey Motorsports Park for sponsoring SHINE and the center City Neighborhood park to participate in the Meischke Winter Wonderland at the racetrack.
SHINE Ministries is blessed to have the support of our faithful congregation as we played an integral role in being the place for children to experience the Advent Season and to Glorify God by Sharing the the Reason for the Season: CHRIST.
Thanks be to God, Mr. Keith