e-newsletter March 2 2018

The Moscow United Methodist Church126 Church Street Office Phone: 570-842-7251Moscow, PA 18444 e-newsletter March 2, 2018Bible Study Group begins March 19A six week video-based Bible study and discussion group is forming usingthe helpful resource: You’ll Get Through This, Hope and Help forTurbulent Times, by beloved and NY Times Best-Selling author, MaxLucado. We’ll meet Mondays at MUMC, beginning March 19, 2018 at 6:30pm for an hour of learning and fellowship. Call the church office for moreinformation 570-842-7251. The class is free and open to all – come andbring a friend! Co-led by Pastors Jean Blackie and Betty Reilly.

Church Meetings Coming Up Come to church… & BE THE CHURCH!Thursday, Mar 8 – 6 pm - TrusteesSunday, Mar 18– 12:15 pm – Learning Tree Preschool Board meeting after churchTuesday, Mar 20 – 6 pm – Staff Pastor-Parish Relations Committee (SPRC)Tuesday, Mar 20 – 7 pm – Administrative Council – Snow Date is Mar 25 after churchOther Events in March:Financial Peace U – Mondays, March 5 and 12 – 6 pmNorth Pocono Community Thursday Worship at Moscow UMC – March 15 at 7 pmSky Lake Sunday/Girl Scout Sunday at Moscow UMC – March 18 – Coffee Hour/LunchSt. Mary’s Villa 3rd Sunday Worship – March 18 at 2 pmMonday Night Bible Study – March 19, 26 at 6:30 pmNorth Pocono Ministerium Community Thursday Worship series through Mar 22 - 7pmBreakfast with the Easter Bunny – Saturday, March 24 at 10 amPalm/Passion Sunday – March 25Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) – March 29 – 7 pm Communion at Moscow UMCGood Friday – March 30 – Community Worship at Gouldsboro UMC – 7 pm Possible Way of the Cross at Moscow UMC – TBAHoly Saturday – March 31Easter Sunday – April 1 –Sunday school off – Worship 11 am with Easter Egg Hunt afterward





Grief Support at Wayne Memorial HospitalA free support group designed to help people cope with the grieving process will beoffered at Wayne Memorial Hospital. The six-week session will provide support andfocus on grief as a normal part of an individual’s transition through life. The sessionswill be held Tuesday evenings from 5:30 until 6:30 from April 3rd through May 8th inConference Room #4 on the second floor of Wayne Memorial Hospital. “Grief is experienced by each individual very differently,” explains Social WorkerAnna M. Walsh. “There is no ‘right or wrong’ way to engage in that experience, but theprocess for each person is encountered in different ways. Sharing the experience oftenhelps us understand our own losses more clearly. It makes us aware we are not alone inour feelings.\" Acknowledging that grief is a very individual process, the Support Group willencourage participants to explore their own solutions to the challenges of living withouttheir loved ones and dealing with the many changes that follow a loss. The supportgroup will be facilitated by Rev. Edward K. Erb, Wayne Memorial Hospital and HospiceChaplain, and Hospital and Hospice Social Worker Anna Walsh. The group will providea safe place in which individuals can sort out their feelings and share as they are able andwilling. No one will be required to share. Your experience will be enhanced byattending all sessions; however, it is understandable if you cannot attend some. Youmay enter or exit at any time. Participants are asked to complete a registration form, which can be found atwww.wmh.org More information can be had by e-mailing [email protected].

Start-up Meeting of the MUMC Page Turners Book Club Thursday, April 19, 2018 – All Welcome !! Call 570-842-7251 for more information Like to read? Pick one of the books below (paper or electronic) and join with friends to discuss. Led by Kelly Pulice The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katerina BivaldA New York Times and USA Today Bestseller. A heartwarming tale about literature's powerto transform.\" ― People A reminder of why we are booklovers, this is a sweet, smart storyabout how books find us, change us, and connect us. Once you let a book into your life, themost unexpected things can happen... Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley Sensitive, hilarious, and emotionally rewarding.... The intimacy of pet ownership issweetly suffused throughout this heartwarming autobiographical fiction... In generous helpings of bittersweet humanity, Rowley has written an immensely poignant and touchingly relatable tale that readers (particularly animal lovers) will love.” — Publishers Weekly