All are invited to attend a Pumpkin Patch Storytelling and Movie Night!
What better way to celebrate the season than with some story telling and a viewing of Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin? Feel free to wear your costume and join us for this fun event. Bring your own chair to the DGFUMC Pumpkin Patch at 6:00 pm on October 23.
No need to sign up, just come!
All are invited to attend the Pumpkin Patch Fellowship & Movie Night! Bring your own chair to the DGFUMC Pumpkin Patch in the North parking lot at 6:00 p.m. on October 23.
Be prepared to sing songs and enjoy refreshments, and watch the classic favorite, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
Feel free to wear your costume for this fun family event. No need to sign up, just come!
Our Confirmation preparatory program for 7th & 8th grade students meets on Sundays in person this fall. We will add in-person service projects, fellowship events, and worship experiences as the coronavirus situation improves.
CLASSES
7th Grade Class meets from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
8th Grade Class meets from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
SERVICE
Assist our pastors during Sunday 10:00 a.m. worship by signing up for acolyte responsibilites. SIgn up here.
CROP Hunger Walk Sign up
Join our church's team and help Deacon Wes earn more than Pastor John Smoke. If he doesn't earn more, Deacon Wes has to wear a Bears jersey during the walk! Click on this link to walk with the DGFUMC team and to get started raising funds and awareness!
CONFIRMATION RETREAT
November 5 - 6 at Reynolds Wood in DIxon, Illinois
CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
May 2, 2022
Please contact Deacon Wesley Door at wesley@dgfumc.org for more information about Confirmation classes, CROPWalk, the retreat, and more!
Are you looking for a new way to get involved at church?
S.O.S. - Share Our Skills meets on the THIRD Saturday of each month to tackle fix-it projects around the church. The group meets at 8:30 a.m. for coffee and then works from 9:00 to Noon.
Only have an hour that day? No problem, just stop in and stay as long as you can. Many hands make light work.
For more details, contact Don Dunham at don@dgfumc.org.
Our Confirmation preparatory program for 7th & 8th grade students meets on Sundays in person this fall. We will add in-person service projects, fellowship events, and worship experiences as the coronavirus situation improves.
CLASSES
7th Grade Class meets from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
8th Grade Class meets from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
SERVICE
Assist our pastors during Sunday 10:00 a.m. worship by signing up for acolyte responsibilites. SIgn up here.
CROP Hunger Walk Sign up
Join our church's team and help Deacon Wes earn more than Pastor John Smoke. If he doesn't earn more, Deacon Wes has to wear a Bears jersey during the walk! Click on this link to walk with the DGFUMC team and to get started raising funds and awareness!
CONFIRMATION RETREAT
November 5 - 6 at Reynolds Wood in DIxon, Illinois
CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
May 2, 2022
Please contact Deacon Wesley Door at wesley@dgfumc.org for more information about Confirmation classes, CROPWalk, the retreat, and more!
In observation of Thanksgiving, the church office will be closed on Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26. If you need assistance during this time, please contact Pastor Claude at 630.297.8574.
In observation of Thanksgiving, the church office will be closed on Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26. If you need assistance during this time, please contact Pastor Claude at 630.297.8574.
Our Confirmation preparatory program for 7th & 8th grade students meets on Sundays in person this fall. We will add in-person service projects, fellowship events, and worship experiences as the coronavirus situation improves.
CLASSES
7th Grade Class meets from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
8th Grade Class meets from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
SERVICE
Assist our pastors during Sunday 10:00 a.m. worship by signing up for acolyte responsibilites. SIgn up here.
CROP Hunger Walk Sign up
Join our church's team and help Deacon Wes earn more than Pastor John Smoke. If he doesn't earn more, Deacon Wes has to wear a Bears jersey during the walk! Click on this link to walk with the DGFUMC team and to get started raising funds and awareness!
CONFIRMATION RETREAT
November 5 - 6 at Reynolds Wood in DIxon, Illinois
CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
May 2, 2022
Please contact Deacon Wesley Door at wesley@dgfumc.org for more information about Confirmation classes, CROPWalk, the retreat, and more!
Our office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The building doors are locked at all times. Please call first to ensure that a staff member will be available.
Masks are once again required in the church and during worship according to recent CDC and State of Illinois Health Department updates, even for those who are fully vaccinated. For those who have not received a complete COVID-19 vaccine yet, please maintain six feet of social distance. We will not be checking vaccination records, so we ask people to honor these requirements.
To make meeting arrangements, please contact Don Dunham at don@dgfumc.org.
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