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Goal

To make and distribute 175 handmade quilts to members of our community who are in need or in distress

When

By November 1, 2011

How

By giving quilts to private and community organizations who work with those in need.

What You Can Do

1. Make a crib, child or lap quilt to donate to the project (download pattern below)
2. Make a quilt top that SSQ can finish - Tops must be finished by September 4, 2011 (download guidelines below)
3. Donate quilting cotton or batting to SSQ
4. Donate 6 1/2 inch quilting cotton squares to SSQ
5. Contribute toward the purchase of fabric and batting

Contact Kay Frank or Julie Stone if you have any questions. Donations may be dropped off at the church office.

Welcome to the new DGFUMC website. It has been redesigned to create an online community in a way that the old website couldn't. We invite all church members to join us by creating their own accounts using the menu links on the left. You can then add your own comments to news articles, blog entries, and event postings, giving us your own thoughts on what is happening in our church.

Please use your real name as your user name (with spaces; e.g., Jane Doe), to keep spammers out. Your email will not be displayed publicly but, if you choose, you can allow other people to contact you using an online form, without revealing your address.

You can still view event archives and old photo albums by clicking on the links on the left. If you find any problems (missing pages, confusing links, inaccurate content) or have any other comments about how to improve the website, please let us know.

Please join in and stay connected as we enter our 175th anniversary year. Wishing you a blessed Christmas season and God's peace in the New Year.

We know that this is the time of year when everyorganization is asking for donations. Well the DGFUMC college scholarship fund is doing the same thing. What is the scholarship fund and who is helped by it? Three separate funds were started over 20 years ago and those gifts have now been used up, however we continue to want to help college students. In August, we present small gifts to 4 students who have been active in ministries of DGFUMC. If each family would give $5 in honor of each of their children now and $5 on that child’s birthday, we would have thousands of dollars to give out each year. Please consider giving to this fund.

It may be difficult to start thinking about Lent when Advent hasn’t yet begun, but the Adult Education Work Area is thinking about it. We are preparing a Lenten devotional for the congregation to use during Lent.

We are seeking submissions from the congregation for this “Upper Room”-style devotional. Please include a prayer and scripture to accompany your meditation. While we don’t seek to limit your meditation, please keep it to 400 words or less.

We want to hear from a wide variety of people in the congregation. Ask God to guide your thinking and let the Spirit speak through you.

This is the last opportunity to submit a devotional. Please contact the Church Office with your submissions.