Sunday, April 26

Announcements

• Children's Connections: Sign up to participate in a weekly video message board through Flipgrid. It is widely used by preschoolers through high school students across the country. This is fun and SAFE for the whole family. Each class has its own “grid.” CLICK HERE to learn how to your kids become a part of an age-specific Children's FlipGrid group.

• Fellowship Group Starting: Are you interested in getting to know others at King Avenue Church better? There is a NEW 5-week Fellowship Group (offered online through ZOOM) starting on Monday, May 4, 7:00-8:30 pm and meeting each week through Monday, June 1. If you would like to participate, please email colleen@kingave.org OR text 614.774.0956 to indicate your interest.

• Small Cooking Crew Needed: If you are interested in helping to prepare a hot meal for persons who are fed through The Open Shelter and are available to help on Tuesday morning, 9am-noon May 5, please contact colleen@kingave.org OR text 614.774.0956 for more details. In order to preserve social distancing guidelines, there is a limited number of persons who can work together in the kitchen and only 3-4 people are needed. Wearing masks is a must.

• Community Contemplations: This Monday (4/27) from 7-7:45pm, we will be hosting a Zoom meeting for people to contemplate together upon the questions below. What have you noticed this week that has been significant? Whom do you love because of God's saving presence in your life? How do you love them? How do you talk about God's love? Meeting ID: 838 6222 2702

• High School Graduate? If you have a graduating high school senior in your family, please let Erin Kendall (erin@kingave.org) know by May 15th, so we can include them in our High School Graduation Recognition activities in May!

• College Graduate? We plan to honor graduating undergraduate or graduate/professional programs. If you are graduating, and have not been contacted already, please email colleen@kingave.org so we can celebrate this significant event with you.

• Church Gardeners Needed: If you are able to plant and care for a portion of King Avenue UMC’s landscaping, please contact Office Manager Amy Ashburn, amy@kingave.org, to sign-up and be assigned a plot. Thank you for helping keep our church beautiful.

• Planning for Re-opening: We do not know yet when we will re-open for in-person worship services, but the staff is working on plans to do so safely when it is permitted. We do know that asking persons to wear cloth masks is likely to be part of the plan. We will need cloth masks to distribute. If you are able to help provide these, please respond through the welcome card.

• American Ministries Sunday serves to remind United Methodists of the gifts and contributions made by Native Americans to our society. With more than 20,000 Native Americans within the denomination, this special Sunday helps to ensure that Native American United Methodist leaders are recognized. The special offering is to develop and strengthen Native American ministries in the Annual Conferences, Native American rural, urban, reservation ministries and communities relating to the General Board of Global Ministries. It also provides scholarships for Native Americans attending United Methodist schools of theology distributed by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Please give in addition to your regular offering.

• Upper Room Devotionals: Upper Room Devotionals for May/June are available for pickup at the west and ramp doors.