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We serve dinner and breakfast at Grace Episcopal Church on the fourth weekend of even months. If you are interested in helping contact Chuck L. at 608-244-0868.

What is that gold cart doing in our Fellowship Hall? We collect funds and food items for Bashford United Methodist Church’s food pantry. Feel free to leave any non-perishable items in the cart. Our neighbors will appreciate the help!

Reverend Hart and Cyndy Hoffman began and concurred the possibility of adopting a school through the Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools’ Adopt-a-School Program. We met with the Principal, Carlettra Stanford, and other members of her leadership team on Friday, March 24, 2017 to finalize this partnership with Mendota Community School, located at 4002 School Road off Northport Drive – which was recently designated one of two Community Schools in the Madison Metropolitan School District.

The Adopt-a-School partners generally provide a combination of human, material, and financial resources to the school they’ve adopted, with human resources being the most valued. Here are some of the many ways in which we can participate:

• Work with students (possibilities include academic tutoring, mentoring, serving as a Breakfast Buddy or Lunch Buddy, serving as a Pen Pal, leading a Spoken Word Club).
• Participate in “Done in a Day” activities (possibilities include participating in evening Open School House activities, assisting with the establishment of a school Food Pantry (in the Fall 2017/2018), supporting Staff Appreciation activities scheduled for May 1-5, 2017, assisting with the Community Block Party on August 26, 2017).
• School volunteer (serving as a classroom guest speaker, participating in production of the Lion King, assist with planning and executing after school programming, supporting service learning projects).
• Jesse Tree in which we supplied school supplies and snacks for the students and then the staff as well.
• Saving the Box Tops for Kids rewards program, collecting gently used books, donating tickets to athletic events).

We support the Wisconsin United Methodist Church In-Gathering each year. Our 2016 project was 30 Health Kits, each containing:

• 1 hand towel (no kitchen, cleaning or microfiber towels)
• 1 washcloth
• 1 comb
• 1 metal nail file or fingernail clipper (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
• 1 bar of soap (3 oz. or larger)
• 1 adult-sized toothbrush in original wrapper
• 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages (3/4-1” size, wrapped in rubber band)

Jabez Elementary & Junior High School and Trauma Counseling Center is a project envisioned and coordinated by Rev. Jakes Voker, a former Pastor of Sherman Avenue UMC. The school is located in Ganta City, Liberia, West Africa. The vision of the school is to break the cycle of violence caused by Liberia’s long Civil War, and transform lives through Christ centered primary education.

Sherman Avenue provides financial support for over 20 students who are unable to pay tuition. We have also donated to building projects, such as the library, student desks and bricks for the second building. Members of SAUMC have travelled to Ganta, Liberia to participate in Mission trips to help with construction and maintenance of the buildings.

Please make donations payable to Sherman Avenue UMC-Jabez School. Donations to this outreach project are tax-deductible.

Dinner with Rev. David met on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Parsonage.

Early Adult Sunday School meets at 8:30 am on Sundays.

Wednesdays at 4:30pm. This is an ongoing study of the New Testament.

The United Methodist Women focuses on missions and activities that support the needs of women, children, and youth. The SAUMC UMW gives yearly donations to Church Women United, Bashford Food Pantry, Food for the Homeless Shelter, UMW District Pledge, church music, and also takes care of the pest control for our church. UMW meetings are usually the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM.

The Men’s Group meets the first Saturday of each month at 5:00 P.M. We meet to grow closer in our relationship with each other, closer in our relationship with the church, and closer in our relation-ship with God.

All men and teenage boys are welcome. Come join us for a good time. If you have questions, contact Matt Acheson.

Women of the church interested in crafting gather one Wednesday evening a month at home around 6:00 pm for a supper and craft activity evening. Among laughs and camaraderie we might work on a needlework project we haven’t found time otherwise to finish on our own. We share ideas of things we can make and sell at the church bazaar or rummage sale for fundraising. Interested? Contact saumcall@gmail.com.

Women’s Week 2020, “The Bird, the Bird, the Bird is the Word,” will be Friday, Augut 14 to Wednesday, August 19th! Applications and health forms will be available at reunion Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Sherman Avenue United Methodist Church on Martin Luther King weekend.

Our Girl Scout troop has tenth graders; we meet periodically at the church. Our troop started meeting at SAUMC as kindergartens! The girls recently earned their car care badge, they changed a flat, checked for fluids and more. They’ve also planned life as adults with potential jobs, rent/mortgage, major bills and possible college costs. The girls did a badge on how society sees girls. They planned and met with the East High principal and then made posters for East. A few of the girls will do 80 hour service projects to earn their Gold Awards. For more info on Girl Scouts, please contact Sheila Lenius at 608-243-1193.

Mondays; 6:30 pm

Thursdays; 6:30 pm

St. Peter’s Church

Paul Hughes 244-9844