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March 22nd, 2021 - March 28th, 2021

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Pastor's Notes to Wesley

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Hello Wesley,
As a follow up to an earlier message, I have contacted Dignity Funeral Homes and they have provided me with planning guides for you to use as you prepare your family for your homegoing. Each guide has several pages for information and important contacts your family will need to make including people, groups, and vital financial accounts. Having everything in one place would be a godsend to your family. Dignity even provided me with planning guides designed specifically for veterans.

Let us all do our families a favor and get this completed. Come see me if you need some help.

I want to encourage you and let you know that we will be having a new member group this Spring. Anyone interested is invited to attend either in person or join us on zoom. If you are interested, contact Linda Mills 813-924-8804, and she will get you enrolled. Classes will be Sundays after church on April 11,18, and 25, and some of our ministry teams will be having light refreshments for us and letting us know about their ministries. We are also going to record the sessions in case someone has to miss a week. Our new members will join Sunday, May 2 at both services. Remember, May 2 is the first Sunday we go back to the two service schedule with a traditional service at 9 and a modern service at 11:15.

We would love to have a media team at both services starting that week and are looking for help. The new system is very easy to use and we will have training for you. If you would like to be part of the media team, contact Jensen 813-340-8085.

And for our spiritual health, we are planning a full Holy Week experience. Our children will be joining us for Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday communion service at 7 pm, and Easter Sunday. On Good Friday, 7 pm, we will be sharing the seven last words of Jesus and a candlelight experience. It will be an inspiring week.

I love being your pastor,
Ernie
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March 28th, 2021 at 11:15 AM EDT

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Women Celebrating 150 Years by Leaving Our Own Legacies

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ATTENTION!!!

The Women of Ruth Circle invite all ladies of Wesley to a reorganization meeting on Thursday April 1, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. in the overflow area. UMW is celebrating 150 years of dedication to spiritual growth, fellowship, and its mission to women, children, and youth around the world. Please wear your mask and we will be social distancing. We look forward to your smiling face and faithful heart.
Contact: Nancy Blunk or
Jane Edwards Phone: 8136243036
Email: [email protected]
for additional information.

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Pack a Sack
A HUGE thank you to Susan Lamont for presenting Pack a Sack as the preferred charity for the Annual Hawk Walk at Tampa Day School held on March 5th. Susan (Jack and Addie) were instrumental in getting Pack a Sack as the chosen charity for this year's walk. We have been the recipient in the past, so we are overwhelmed by the continued support of the Lamont Family and Tampa Day School. The numbers are still being tallied but we are set to receive a check for
$2100!!!! Please make sure you say thank you to Susan when you see her – she’s been such a big supporter and we are grateful. It’s such a fun day for the kids and they really seem to love the idea that all their hard work goes towards helping a local charity. Great job Tampa Day School.

George and Linda Wieland have been helping us with organizing the food bags and packing. They were able to pack through April 12th, so a BIG THANK YOU to them for always being willing to help.

If you would like to donate food items to Pack a Sack, we are currently accepting:
  • Raisins - small snack size boxes
  • Peanut Butter Cracker or Cheese Crackers
  • Granola Bars – kid-friendly
We are thankful for all your prayers and support of this ministry…
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The Needle Craft Group will resume meeting in the craft room April 1st... Every Thursday 9am-12pm. Please bring any projects from home you would like to work on and we will discuss group projects we might do or new needle crafts you may want to learn. We have 2-3 sewing machines but if you would like to bring your own please do. We enjoy embroidery work, crochet, knitting, sewing projects both hand and machine.
Contact: Nancy Blunk
Phone: 8139661496
Email: [email protected]
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Worship Under The Stars will be a family-friendly, socially distanced event! There will be live worship bands from across Tampa Bay, Prayer Spaces, Ministry tables, and Food Trucks! There will also be a canned food collection for Kaye Prox Food Bank. Save the date!
If you would like to help with this event please contact:
Jensen Bennett: 813-340-8085
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We had 37 people from Wesley attend HOPE's premier event, the Nehemiah Action, last Monday. Over 1800 people gathered virtually, and heard powerful testimonials as well as objective data in support of the proposals we presented to the community leaders in attendance! On the issue of criminal justice reform, State Attorney Andrew Warren,......
Contact: Carol Dittmar
Phone: 813-499-7167
Email: [email protected]
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Contact: Nadia Nunez Wood
Youth Director
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MARCH IS MISSION MONTH
The Missions bulletin this Sunday explains the missions supported both domestically and internationally by our church apportionment and organizations of Wesley. UMCOR which is supported through our conference apportionment celebrated its 50th year in support of relief and comfort. Be proud of the work Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church does in the name of Missions and the Lord.
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If your small group or ministry has praise stories &/or news to share, let the rest of the church know! This is how we all stay connected!

We have TV monitors located in the church for everyone to use to get the good news out about what we are doing in our church as well as in our community.

And if you have news or photos to share on the TV monitors, in this newsletter or both, please click here to submit a request.
If you would like to have an item added to the ANNOUNCEMENTS section, please click on this link: https://wesleymemorial.net/media-request and fill out the form with requested information. On the form, please select 'Other' media and include an description of the announcement.
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Let us pray for you: When viewing the Worship Service, share/type in your prayer requests in the Comment Field. Your prayer requests will be recorded and added to the Prayer Wall in the church's website so that prayer warriors who visit the Prayer Wall can include your requests in their prayer lists.
Please Note: Prayer requests from the previous services have been posted to the Prayer Wall. Please take time to visit it and pray for these requests. Many Thanks!
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You can Text To Tithe your offerings for Wesley Memorial UMC at this contact number - 813-699-4304. Within a few minutes, you’ll be sent a text with a link to register. Click on the link and enter your cardholder name and credit or debit information. Once your registration is complete, you will receive a text verification and a receipt of your donation via email. You can even text “repeat” to make it a recurring donation. Give + Text is one of the fastest and easiest ways to give.
You can also electronically give by visiting our website at: https://wesleymemorial.net/give/
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