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This Sunday in Worship from Pastor Darren:
Stop by and visit our booth at the Indy Pride Festival this Saturday.
Sermon: "Vertically Challenged"
Scripture Readings:
- Luke 19:1-10
- Song of Songs 3:1-5
- Psalm 42
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Upcoming Services:
- 5:30 p.m. Thursday, contemplative prayer, chapel.
- 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, sanctuary.
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Video Link and
Bulletin
The video of Sunday's 11 a.m. service is below:
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Last Sunday's bulletin is here. The bulletin for this Sunday's 11 a.m. service will be posted on the church website as soon as possible.
Please continue to give by making contributions through the "online giving" tab on our website; by mailing them to the church at 3808 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46208; by texting "Give" to 1-(317) 676-2061, or by using one of our offering boxes or collection plates when attending in person.
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Attendance
A total of 46 people attended the 8:30 a.m. service on Sunday, June 2, and 210 people attended the 11 a.m. service. According to YouTube, the livestream of the 11 a.m. service has been viewed 108 times to date.
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Invite Our Intern Out for a Meal
A reminder that Emily Willson, North's Duke Divinity School intern, loves to connect with others, craft, and talk about how God is at work in the world. She's excited to explore Indy and serve at North UMC. Please welcome her warmly.
If you would like to take Emily out for a meal, a cup of coffee, or have her over to your home for a meal, please email her.
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Job Opening
North is accepting applications for the finance director position. For the job listing please click here.
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South Elevator Is Almost Finished
The final state inspection of the south elevator by the community room is scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, June 6. Barring any unforeseen issues, it will be back in service on Sunday.
After this elevator is operating again, work will start on the north elevator by the Gathering Center. It is scheduled to begin next Monday, June 10. During the renovation work the only way to access the second floor of the education wing will be the stairs. Access to the lower level will be either using the stairs or the south elevator by the community room.
Thank you for your continued patience while the work is being completed.
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Prayers
Send us your prayer requests through this email address:
prayers@northchurchindy.
com. Unless the request is marked "clergy only," it will be printed in our daily prayer bulletin, which is issued each Monday. To download this week's prayer bulletin please click here.
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Praying for
Our Parish:
Prayer List:
Throughout the year each church member is prayed for on a monthly rotating list. The list for June is here. Members for this week follow:
- Don Altemeyer
- Bob Jr. & Kristin Altice
- Jack Altice
- Kathleen Altice
- Linda Ambroz
- Kevin & Nancy Armstrong
- Becky Arrensen
- Eric Arrensen
- Leah Arrensen
- Blake Clatterbuck & Bri Beer
- Amy Creecy
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All-Church News
Pride Parade and Festival Is This Saturday, June 8
The Indy Pride Parade and Festival is this Saturday, June 8. We will march with a group of United Methodist churches to show our full witness coming out of General Conference. If you are interested in marching with us but have not yet signed up, please email Eric Galloway ASAP. For details on our part of the parade, click here.
North will also have a booth at the Pride Festival in Military Park. If you are interested in sharing the love of Christ at our booth Saturday afternoon and/or evening and have not yet signed up, please also email Eric. The shifts are 2-4 p.m., 4-6 p.m., and 6-8 p.m. Even if you are not able to work the booth, please come see us in the Vendor Village at booth C13.
If you ordered a North UMC shirt or hat to wear at the parade or festival, they are in. If you have any questions or would like more information on that, please email Amy.
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Farewell for Pastor Sunil Is Next Sunday, June 16
Pastor Sunil’s last Sunday with us will be next Sunday, June 16. On that day there will be a reception in the Gathering Center at 9:30 a.m. and a luncheon in Fellowship Hall at noon. For the lunch, please RSVP. You may make a love gift for Pastor Sunil by sending a check to North UMC with “Sunil” in the memo line.
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Thank You!
Thank you to all who helped with the end-of-the-year picnic on Sunday! We appreciate the hard work that the youth Sunday school class, Lydia Shaw, the Baker family, and the Russell family provided. The rain stopped so we could have a wonderful afternoon of fellowship.
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Mission and Outreach
Justice and Advocacy Team to Meet on June 17
All are invited to a Justice and Advocacy Team (JAT) gathering on Monday, June 17 at 5:30 p.m in North's conference room. Please come and share your ideas for JAT projects. This is an important meeting to share your passions.
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Children and Families Ministry
What's Happening This Sunday?
All kids in elementary school are invited to join us in room 101 for Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. We will talk about forgiveness and how to say that we are sorry. During the 11 a.m. service we will have alternative worship; all kids in grades K-six are welcome to follow the banner out of the sanctuary to room 101. We will talk about the power of our words.
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Church Camp Registration Is Open
This year both elementary and middle school camp will be held at Pine Creek Camp the week of July 7-12. All children who have completed kindergarten are welcome to join Amy for a week of fun, friends, faith, and so much more! If you have a high school student who would like to be a junior counselor, please contact Amy. You can register your kids and youth for camp here. Our scholarship code for assistance that is available to all is North934 (case sensitive, no space). If you have any questions please feel free to contact Amy.
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Youth Group
Mission Trip to Oklahoma Is June 15-22
Spots are filling up quickly for our summer mission trip. On June 15-22 the North Church youth will be in Oklahoma City for their 2024 summer mission. This trip will focus on serving and learning more about the Native American population in Oklahoma. Working in conjunction with the Oklahoma UMC Indiana Missionary Conference, we will spend two days at Skyline Ministries, which serves those affected by generational poverty through food pantries, clothes closets, community gardens, and more. Two other days will be spent learning about the Chickasaw nation and preserved reservation housing, as well as a day at the First Americans Museum. For more info and to sign up use this link.
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Register for Summer Camp Now
Get ready to rock 'n' roll at Pine Creek Camp this summer! From July 7-12 we're diving into a week of pure awesomeness with both elementary and middle school camps in full swing. All sixth to eighth graders are invited to join us for a mega mix of fun, friends, faith, and so much more! And if your high schooler would like to be a junior counselor, contact Amy Sell or Brandon Wallace. Sign up your campers using the link in the article in the "Children and Families Ministry" section, which also contains our scholarship code.
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United Women in Faith (UWF)
Circle Is on Summer Break
The Women of Lydia circle will not meet in June or July, but will gather in August to plan for a busy fall and winter of projects and fellowship.
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Green Team
Green Hint: Recycle, Recycle!
All recyclables should be clean, empty, and dry. You can recycle rigid plastic containers such as bottles and jugs; paper, newspaper, paper bags, magazines, envelopes, flyers, and bagged shredded paper; glass jars and bottles; milk, juice, dairy-free and broth cartons; cardboard, paperboard, and tubes, and metal cans and tins.
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