Adventures in Faith Begins February 18th

Come join us during this six week series to learn, develop relationships, and grow in your faith life. We will gather at 6:00 pm for a light shared supper and fellowship. At 6:30, we will share a devotion and prayer. From 6:45-8:00 pm, you can choose to participate in one small group faith adventure. This winter, the four choices are:

1. Bible Study: The New Testament
2. Book Study: The Externally Focused Church
3. Exploring Prayer
4. Crafts and things (bring your knitting, crocheting, or other crafts and visit while you make beautiful things together)

Childcare will be provided.
Sign up now by calling the church office at 771-9214, speak to a Pastor, or sign up during worship.

All Church Celebration - Sunday Jan. 31st

Join us on Sunday January 31st during Fellowship Time after the 10am Worship Service for a shared meal of hot soup and bread. Our meal will be followed by a celebration of our ministries in 2009 and a conversation about our direction for 2010. All Invited!

Stewardship Banner!

"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of he least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." - Matthew 25:40 (NIV)

On January 17 the Stewardship Committee will introduce to the congregation a new concept in keeping track of our commitment to the many ministries that we support locally, nationally and throughout the world. The WCDANS have made a wonderful banner that will be displayed in the Sanctuary. This will serve as a visual reminder to the congregation of how faithful and committed we are to our many ministries.

The banner has a tree without foliage. Every time 2% of the funds for covering our portion of the cost to support these ministries is achieved, a leaf will be added. It will also serve as a testament to anyone who enters our Sanctuary that we are "...a church without walls, creating a visible sign of Christ's presence in our urban community and beyond."

Our prayer is that this tree will be full of leaves before Advent 2010.

Photos of LPUMC at Christmas

Lafayette Park UMC participated in the 2009 Lafayette Square Holiday Parlor Tour. One of our guests took some great photos of the church and the jazz band that was entertaining. Our thanks to Crystal Rolfe.



View all the photos . . .

Family Fun Night - International Winter Holdiay - Jan 16th

This will be our first "Family Fun Night". The theme for this event will be "International Holiday Celebrations". Come learn about different cultures and how they celebrate the holidays. Bring your favorite dish or family traditional dish to share. This is a potluck with the event starting at 6 p.m. with dinner.

• Do you know where the tradition of the Christmas tree originated?
• Do you know how Christmas/Holiday cards came to be a normal item in the fabric of our lives? NO it was not Hallmark!
• What about your own family traditions. do you know why you do certain things, or was it something your parents/grandparents always did?

Join us on Saturday evening January 16th to find our the answers to these questions and so much more.

Schnucks eScrip Community Card = $600

That’s right; purchases at Schnucks in 2008 have resulted in over $600 for LPUMC! Thanks to members and friends taking advantage of the Schnucks eScrip Community Card to raise money for LPUMC.

In case you have missed out on the opportunity to help LPUMC, here is how it works. Schnucks has setup the program to benefit schools, churches and other non-profits. At no cost to you or LPUMC; Schnucks will automatically rebate a percent of your purchases back to LPUMC. All you need to do is present a registered Schnucks eScrip Community Card when you check out. It is that simple.

Here is what you need to do:

1. Pickup a Schnucks eScrip Community Card at the Schnucks Service Desk or the LPUMC church office.
2. Register the Card at http://www.escrip.com/merchants/identity/schnucks/community_stl.jsp or call (800) 931-6258 (8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., CST, Monday-Friday). Indicate Lafayette Park United Methodist Church – Group ID# 500005538 as your organization.
3. Show the Card When You Checkout. Remember anyone can pick up a card and designate LPUMC as the charity of their choice! Also, if you already have a card and have designated another organization, you can split your purchases or change the organization by visiting www.escrip.com.

If you have any questions, please see Chris Finley or check out www.escrip.com