A celebration of Bob Maledy’s life will be held at 1:00pm this Sunday in the Sanctuary.  The family will welcome church family beginning at 11:30 in the library and the public visitation will be from 12:00 to 1:00.  The family requests rather than sending  flowers memorials may be made to Salem United Methodist Church or to the Salem Public Library. There will be no public graveside service.  Thanks to everyone for their prayers and support.

Here ya go, folks!  Here’s the News you may have missed.  Enjoy!

CLICK HERE to download: SUMC_NewsDigest_20100825 (You may also pick up a paper copy at the office or at the Wonderful Wednesday meal!

NOTE: If you know somebody that would like a copy, but can’t get it for some reason YOU CAN HELP!  You can print them or take them a copy OR let us know so we can make arrangements. Thanks!

Your Salem UMC Trustees have been busy and wanted you to know what all the work’s been about, so…

• New windows installed. Don’t you think it gives the church a much more modern look?
• New insulated dropped ceilings have been installed in four rooms of the education wing.  This will help how much the A/C runs – more comfy!

In the works:

• We’re going to put a new ceiling in the UMW room and the two bathrooms that are next to the U.M.W. rooms and the Fellowship Hall.
• We’re going to fix is the slow hot water in all four restrooms in the original building – the two by the Sanctuary and the two by the UMW room & Fellowship hall.  It’s a long way from the water heater, so we’ve purchased mini- heaters to be installed under the sink. This will make the hot water at the sink in about three seconds rather than three minutes as it does now. (Cool.. uh Hot!)

Lobby coffee tables: Thanks to all that provided input – both positive and concerns. We can make a much better plan if we hear about the issues you’ve seen at other churches. Always better to learn from others’ mistakes!  So, after much consideration, we are going forward with the refreshment/welcome area. One of the compelling reasons is because the present refreshment/ welcome area is nowhere close to either worship area. A newcomer is unlikely to search for where it is at present.  If  our mission is to reach the un-churched, we must be open to their needs. We hope this will be a step in the right direction. It will be all of our job to help the new comers to use the new refreshment/ welcome area. I know we will do well at that.

Thank You,   John M. (trustees@salemmoumc.com)

One of the outreach and support ministries that Salem UMC participates in is the Festival of Sharing. It’s a powerful way that you can impact the lives of people through the region.

Festival of Sharing workers

Thank you to so much to the person/persons who left the baby items at the South Entrance displays, they will be put to good use.   Both Displays have some kits that have been started and only need couple items to finish. More than one person can fill a kit.  You can also get a list of kit contents at www.umocm.com/festival.htm.

Everything is greatly appreciated.  Thanks a million, Bonnie Graves

For those that have been receiving the Salem UMC daily updates in your email, there’s going to be a minor change over the next week or so.  You probably won’t even notice it.

We’ve been using a 3rd-party service to check our site for new entries and send out emails. Your web ministry crew has been working hard to bring this function under the website itself.  This will make it easier for the church office to manage the email subscriptions.  If you don’t receive the normal daily email this week, email communications@salemmoumc.com.  Thanks!