Weekly Wakeup for the week of April 13, 2025

AA meets at our church every Mon, Tues, Wed, and Thu nights between the hours of 6:30 - 8:00 PM. The meetings are closed so please respect their privacy - which they take seriously. If you have a need to contact/communicate with them please contact Erik Jacobson, Lead Trustee, 518-703-3902 or erik11.jacobson@gmail.com . Erik is the designated church liaison.

No Choir Rehearsal on Wednesday

Food Pantry We will be collecting for the food pantry this week.

Scotia UMC will be hosting a Maundy Thursday Dinner Worship on April 17th, beginning at 6pm.  Please let us know if you would like to attend and look for the food signup sheets to ensure we have plenty of food for all.

Good Friday service will be hosted by Alplaus UMC at 6:30 pm.

The Rummage Sale will be Friday, May 2nd from 9-3 and Sat., May 3rd- 9-1.  Volunteers are needed to start sorting and do set-up on Thursday, April 24th through Saturday, the 26th, and Monday, the 28th, through Thursday, May 1st.  Sign-up sheets will be posted on the hall bulletin board.  PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LISTS! Also, church folk can now bring their donations.  Please put them in Classroom 1.

Sunday School this week - This Sunday we will be talking about Jesus, his great gift to us, his sacrifice and the empty tomb.  We will also make a sweet Easter treat

to illustrate His resurrection

Our directory is out of date! If everyone could please provide an updated email address, phone number and home address for each member of your family. Please put this information either on a note and drop it off in the workroom or the Loomis Room on Sunday after church, or email scotiaumoffice@gmail.com.

The SUMC Church & Society Social Justice Group will meet every 3rd Wednesday at 1:30PM from now until May. Summer meetings to be determined at a later date. See upcoming dates: April 16, May 21.

CROP Walk- Schenectady’s CROP Walk is set for Sunday, May 4th at St. Kateri Tekakwitha School, 1801 Union Street, Schenectady, 12309.  There is a way for everyone to participate in fighting hunger. Each year Crop Walk collects funds to help the hungry locally and around the world. Please support your church CROP Walk this year by signing up to walk or sponsor an individual walker. See our display after church to sign up or sponsor a person. If you would like to sign up and donate, online go to events.crophungerwalk.org and search for ScotiaUMC Circuit Riders. Or you can scan this QR code.  If you decide to donate to Crop Walk through the offering plate, please make the check out to Scotia UMC and note "Crop Walk" on the memo line.  If you are donating through one of our "walkers" checks should be made out to "CWS/CROP" For more info, please see Susan Van Vorst after church.

Please consider volunteering for any of the various needs to help support Scotia UMC. Sign up lists are located on the bulletin board across from the elevator in the hallway outside of the sanctuary.

June is Pride Month and will be here before we know it.  Burnt Hills UMC would appreciate our participation in making bracelets again this year.  For the next couple of months, we will continue to make bracelets for Pride Month.  There are kits available to take home and to make while you are watching TV. They are fun to make! Ask Carole Jacobson for one! We will also continue to talk about upcoming events and how we are going to move forward as a group to address important issues in our community.  See Carole at Church on Sunday and pick up a kit, you can contact Carole at misscarole4h@gmail.com or text 518-207-7686. 

Faith UMC’s Ladies Banquet, Saturday, May 10.  Join us as we learn more about Beatrix Potter and her animal friends. Please advise the office if you are going.

Fight Hunger Bag Program until April 30th from Sycamore Collaborative they are

this month’s partner for Hannaford’s Fight Hunger Bag Program! For every $2.50 spent on a Fight Hunger Bag, $1 will be donated to them. Head on over to Hannaford at 262 Saratoga Road, Route 50, Glenville, NY, to participate!

If anyone is interested in working with our Sunday School in the fall, and has not previously attended a Safe Sanctuary Training, below are all the 2025 Safe Sanctuaries Training Dates with Registration Links.  Please be sure to attend one of these training sessions. 

Thank you.

Saturday, May 3, 2025, 9am - 12:30pm Registration Opens April 1, 2025@ Midnight & Closes April 30, 2025 @ Midnight (no exceptions)

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/fXDXvR9GKsMMmkrA9

Saturday, August 2, 2025 9am - 12:30pm Registration Opens July 1, 2025@ Midnight & Closes July 30, 2025 @ Midnight (no exceptions)

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/NZbjx91525fEw5629

 Saturday, November 1, 2025 9am - 12:30pm Registration Opens October 1, 2025@ Midnight & Closes October 29, 2025 @ Midnight (no exceptions)

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/c7vuv36VFcT2315F7

Please continue to keep the family and friends of Ann Chatterton in your prayers. Ann, 81, died on February 20. She was married to the Rev. Richard Chatterton, who served as the Albany District Superintendent from 1990-1998 and several churches in the former Troy Conference, including Cobleskill UMC and Saranac Lake: First UMC. A Celebration of Life is planned for Saturday, April 26 beginning at 10 a.m. at Burnt Hills UMC, located at 816 NY Route 50 in Burnt Hills. You can watch a livestream of the service here. Click here to read Ann's obituary. 

Eastern Parkway UMC invites us to a special event: A visit with Missionary Rev. Charles Mulemema.  At EPUMC, Monday, May 19 at 6pm. Rev.  Mulemena, a dedicated missionary serving with the General Board of Global Ministries, is a pastor and trainer for the MCCA Belize Honduras District, The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas, and has an inspiring story of service that spans continents. Mulemena will share his experiences and the impact of his ministries in Belize. This is a unique opportunity to hear firsthand about the work of the UMC in the Caribbean and the Americas and learn how the global church is making a difference in communities far and wide.