Here’s another opportunity for you to come to PVUMC and work on your Christmas Shopping! On Friday evening, November 18th, we will be hosting a Pampered Chef Cooking Show. There will be free give aways and some half-priced cookware items as well. Our demonstrator will prepared some delicious food items using Pampered Chef products and recipes AND there will be plenty to share! Spread the news to your friends, family, and neighbors and come join us for a fun evening.

The doors will open at 6:30pm and the program will begin at 7pm. For more information, contact Angela Root at 860-542-7068.

All proceeds will benefit our financially strapped church.

Truly this morning our cup overflows! It was a pleasure to see our Texas friends, Ray and Beth, in our worship service this morning. It’s been awhile since they’ve been east and we were delighted they wanted to spend their Sunday morning with us.

In addition, we welcomed a beautiful little girl into our church family. The baptism of Aleah Grace was witnessed by lots of her family and friends and she was warmly welcomed into our community of faith. May she be blessed and grow in wisdom and strength in the Lord.

Our church houses the Community Food Bank for the towns of Barkhamsted and New Hartford. The days and times that the Food Bank is open, and the information about food donations, is listed on the calendar below. If you have any questions regarding the Food Bank, you can leave a message for Pat on voice mail by calling 860-379-0346 and she will return your call.

We’ve harvested our pumpkin patch in preparation for our annual visit by the kindergarten and first grade children from the local school. Each year the children come for their first ‘field trip’ of the year to share some stories, enjoy a healthy snack, and take home a small pumpkin! Our sincere thanks to John Baum for planting, cultivating, and harvesting the pumpkin patch for us! We’ve got 40 little pumpkin beauties to share!!

The final Bean Hole Bean Supper for 2016 will be held on Saturday, October 1st. Details for reservations are found on the flyer pictured below. For more information about our suppers, including the menu, click on the Bean Hole tab at the top of this page. Please come and enjoy a hearty meal with us….we look for ward to seeing you!!

Our church houses the Community Food Bank for the towns of Barkhamsted and New Hartford. The days and times that the Food Bank is open, and the information about food donations, is listed on the calendar below. If you have any questions regarding the Food Bank, you can leave a message on our church voice mail by calling 860-379-2157 and someone will return your call.

Each month we will publish the list of volunteer helpers who assist in the worship service, clean our sanctuary, or host coffee hour. To view the list for this month, click on the Helpers tab at the top of the page and follow the link. We want to thank all those who offer their time to make our worship service more comfortable and welcoming!

Our church will be hosting a tag sale on Saturday, August 27th from 9am – 2pm. Here’s a great opportunity to find that special “something” that will just make your summer-tag-sale-hunts perfect! We might have just what you’re looking for! If you’d like to donate items, please contact the church at 860-379-2157 and leave a message on our answering machine. We hope to see you!

The August edition of our church newsletter, The Link, is now available on-line. Click on the Link tab at the top of the page and follow the links to see what’s happening in our neck of the woods.