Spectacular Thursday – September 6, 2012

Buford Street United Methodist Church will host Ann B. Ross, author of The Miss Julia Series, on Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. during the church’s biannual Spectacular Thursday event. Tickets are $10 and the event is open to the public.

For more information, call the church office at 864-489-7183 and send us an email. Visit missjulia.com for more information about Ann Ross and the Miss Julia series.

Holy Week schedule

Holy Week 2012

April 1st – Palm Sunday
Confirmation Class received into church membership during worship.

April 5th – Maundy Thursday Service
7:00 p.m. – Holy Communion

April 6th – Good Friday Service
12 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation on College Drive.

April 7th – Easter Eggstravaganza
10 a.m. – Noon in the Family Life Center
Easter Egg Hunt, crafts, games, snack, and movie.

April 8th – Easter Morning Flower of the Cross
Please join the Eclectic Sunday School Class in the flowering of the cross. You are invited to bring greenery or flowers from your yard to place on the cross near the church sign on Buford Street.

April 8th – Easter Morning Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service

Worship service schedule change

Beginning April 15, 2012 our worship service schedule will change, with the return of an early service on Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m. in the chapel. If you would like to be involved with this service, please contact the church office.

Sunday School will be at 9:30 a.m. and the regular Sunday morning worship service will continue to be at 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary.

Schedule
Early service – 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.
Traditional service – 10:30 a.m.

Please join us!

Dinner and a movie

Everyone is invited to come out on Sunday, April 29 for dinner and a movie in the Family Life Center. We’ll be having a covered dish supper and watching the movie Courageous. Please bring a vegetable or a dessert. The church will be providing the meat, so please sign up so we’ll know how much to buy.

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2012 talent show youth fundraiser

The 2012 talent show Youth fundraiser will be held on Sunday, March 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center.

We need talented people to be in the show, so sign up today to show off your talents and help raise funds for the Youth program. We want singers, dancers, magicians, musicians, comedians, or any other talented people to come out and have fun and help the Youth program.

Dinner will be served and the Youth will be waiting tables. The menu will be hamburger steak, baked potato, salad, dessert, and drink. Tickets are $5. Please purchase your tickets by March 18 to help us estimate a head count for the food.

For more information, call the church office at 489-7183.

Buford Street Family Life Christian Theatre presents ‘Pinocchio’

The Buford Street Family Life Christian Theatre will present its first show, ‘Pinocchio’, on March 1st through 3rd, 2012, at the church’s Family Life Center on the corner of Buford St. and Petty St. in Gaffney, SC.  Each performance will begin at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are priced at $10 for adults and $5 for students and may be purchased in the FLC’s lobby prior to showtime.  No reservations are needed to attend this performance.  For more information about the show, please call the church at (864) 489-7183.

Church News: Week beginning January 23, 2012

This week’s Wednesday night FAD will feature some special guests. The Limestone College Steel Drum Band will be playing from 6:15 p.m. – 7 p.m. Supper starts at 5:45 p.m, so come join us and enjoy some high-energy live entertainment afterwards.

Relay for Life is coming up soon. If you would like to participate, please see Rev. Joseph James.

If you would like to donate a coat or other winter wear to Peach Center Ministries, please bring it to the church office. For more information, contact Vicki Cornmesser.

BSUMC Cookbooks are now on sale for $8 each. Come by the church office if you would like to purchase one.

Spectacular Thursday is on February 23, 2012. Kim Coleman is the guest speaker. Tickets are $10 and are on sale now. Please see Jane Harmon for tickets and more information.

Soup and cornbread lunches return in February

Each Monday in February from 11:30 AM to 1 PM, the church will be offering a lunch that contains a choice of soup (there will be 3 choices), cornbread or crackers, dessert, and a beverage of tea or water. Volunteers are needed for this event. Contact us here or call (864) 489-7183 for more information.

Everyone is welcome, so please invite your family and friends.

Here’s a video from our October event.

Chicken stew fund raiser

Buford Street United Methodist Church will be having a chicken stew fund raiser on Saturday, January 14 from 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. You can eat in or take out, and the stew can also be bought by the gallon. Hot dog plates will also be available.

Tickets are $6 each, or $20 for the family.

We need your help to spread the word and to sell tickets. Please tell all your family, friends, and neighbors. We also need clean gallon milk jugs. If you have any, please drop them off at the church office.

If you would like to sell tickets, please contact Freddie Harmon.

Proceeds will go to the operating budget, the Family Life Center, and the new A/C unit.