Hope UMC Chicken & Noodles Dinner will be held in Hanby Hall on Saturday, March 13^th. Pre-sale tickets are available before and after worship and are important to dinner success. (Tickets also available at the door) Adults $6 & kids $4. Carryout is available. Bring your friends!!

The Hope ‘Ways and Means’ team is selling Anthony Thomas "Hope is Where the Heart is" candy bars for just $1. They are currently available in caramel and crunch and we could use your help is the buying and selling starting this Sunday. Thanks!

Cheryl Hilliard is holding a Bible study in her home at 4225 Mason Rd. in Canal Winchester on Thursdays from 7:00-8:00 pm using the study, “Spiritual Warfare,” by Chip Ingram. A daytime study on Thursday mornings from 10:30-11:30 will be starting in a few weeks. Men, women, couples, friends and neighbors are all welcome. Contact Cheryl at 833-1542 or Rockncher@gmail.com for more info or to sign up.

* This year the Canal Winchester Relay For Life will be on June 11th and 12th

* Hope United Methodist Church will again sponsor a team and anyone   interested in joining please see Joy

* This year Canal Winchester Relay For Life will be enrolling people ages 30-65 in a Cancer Prevention Study (CPS-3)

church directories have been produced and copied and are available on the usher's table at the back of the sanctuary. Special thanks to Tom Helber for their production and thanks to Tom and all those who helped with maintaining of our current membership list.

The Women of Hope have adopted a mission to help our local food pantry by providing Birthday Bags for the patrons of the food pantry.  These include paper plates, cups, napkins, candles, cake mix, frosting mix and a small package of party favors and whatever else you would like to add to make a birthday special for a family in need.  This opportunity is available to all of our Hope Church family and will be collected by the Women of Hope.  Please see Karen Morrison or Joy Brooks for more details. 

The following items are desperately needed: Personal items; shampoo, deodorant, laundry soap, dish soap and toilet paper. Canned fruit and meat are also in need. What they have plenty of for now is peanut butter, canned pasta products and macaroni and cheese. Any and all donations are welcome, as are volunteers to help out!

Pastor Craig will be holding a new member class for 2010. If you are not a current member of Hope United Methodist and desire to be or just want to know what membership is all about, please see Pastor Craig or email the office. Hopeumc@ameritech.net

If not, make sure to email the office with your name and current email address. Remember, mailed newsletters stopped in May. Have anything to contribute, ideas for an article or questions on how to help out??