OCTOBER-NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2025 ISSUE
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(check back mid-November for December birthdays)
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Flu Shots
Wednesday, Oct. 1st
4-6 p.m.
11th Street Gym
yOUTH & CHILDREN'S WORSHIP SUNDAY
Join us on Sunday, October 19, 2025, at Central UMC as our youth and children lead our 10 o’clock Worship Service.
OCTOBER 26, 2025
4:30-6:00 P.M.
CENTRAL UMC
[10TH ST. BETWEEN 22ND & 23RD AVE.]
Please mark your calendars for this exciting event. This is one of Central’s favorite church-family/community events for all ages. If you would like to donate candy or treats, please leave them at the “Trunk or Treat” display in the Crossing.
If you would like to sponsor a “non-scary” theme for your trunk, we kindly ask that you provide the treats.
(Register your trunk below by clicking the green mask.)
If you would like to volunteer in any other way, please click the green mask below or contact Sabrina at [sabrina@cumcmdn.org].
daylight saving - november 2nd
all saints' sunday
In the United Methodist Church, All Saints’ Sunday is observed on the first Sunday in November to remember deceased members of the local church congregation. At Central UMC, on Sunday, November 2nd, during our 10 o’clock Worship Service, we will remember the members of our Central “family” who have departed since last year’s All Saints’ Sunday.
Our Deceased Saints: Joan Bartik, Danny Broadfoot, John Cope, Edwin Downer, Virginia Haguewood,
Rex Hiatt, Richard James, Emmett Murray, Vaughan Rush, and Chip Slayton
RISE AGAINST HUNGER PACKING EVENT
RISE AGAINST HUNGER Fundraiser
Support a great cause this holiday season!
Our youth are selling Christmas ornaments to raise money for RISE AGAINST HUNGER. All proceeds will go toward this event.
[Sample ornaments and order forms are in the Crossing.]
JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 19, 2025
COME EAT, FELLOWSHIP, & WORSHIP
Meal 5:00 p.m. (Fellowship Hall)
[Reservations required for the meal]
Service 6:00 p.m. (Sanctuary)
DECORATING THE CHURCH
It’s almost time to start decorating the church for Christmas...well, not quite. This is a reminder to mark your calendars for November 23rd & 24th to join in on the decorating fun!
Watch the Central Updates
for more information.
Central's Advent Fair
November 30th - 4-6 p.m.
Fellowship Hall [2nd Floor]
This yearly event that is loved by people of ALL ages will be happening soon! We will come together to celebrate the beginning of the Advent season by making Advent/Christmas crafts as we enjoy food and fellowship! We will have crafts for all ages! Look for more information in the upcoming Central Updates! We will need VOLUNTEERS for this event. If you would like to volunteer, we will have sign-up options available online and in the Crossing by mid-October! If you have any questions, you may contact Sabrina Williams at (601) 479-2178.
SPECIAL NEEDS ADVENT FAIR
DECEMBER 1ST
5:30-7:00 P.M.
FELLOWSHIP HALL [2nd floor]
ADVENT FAIR
for hope village
DATE: TBD
TIME: 5:00-6:30 P.M.
location: Hope Village
Join us as we open our doors to the community during the Christmas parade, on Saturday, December 6th, at 6 p.m. Our doors will open at 5:30 p.m. We will serve hot cocoa and treats. We will have an area in the Fellowship Hall (near the windows) for our friends with special needs to view and enjoy the parade.
If you would like to help serve, greet, or help in any way, please contact Sabrina Williams at
Presented by the Sanctuary Choir
December 14th
10:00 a.m. Worship Service
[There will be a potluck meal in the Fellowship Hall following the morning service.]
Carols/Communion/Candlelight
Worship Service at Central UMC
December 24th
1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
(In the Sanctuary)
NOVEMBER 27/CLOSED
NOVEMBER 28/CLOSED
DECEMBER 24/CLOSE AT NOON
DECEMBER 25/CLOSED
DECEMBER 26/CLOSED
DECEMBER 31/CLOSE AT NOON
JANUARY 1/CLOSED
JANUARY 2/CLOSED
mark your calendars for
night to shine
february 13, 2026
To register Guests (Caregivers) and Volunteers, CLICK HERE.
To order T-shirts, CLICK HERE.
