2024 Trunk or Treat

 
 
October 13th – starting at 1 PM and ending at 3 PM
 
In our church parking lot.
 
Decorate your vehicle trunk, treat children in our community with candy or games,
dress in costume, and have a fun time.
 
 
 
A sign up sheet will be placed on the stage area to sign up to provide a decorated trunk, candy, or store-bought items for our concession.

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2024 September Mission Trip

Join us for a short-term mission trip as we partner with Dream Center Peoria to assist with one of their Community Nights celebrations on September 20th & 21stWe will depart from Plano Methodist Church at 7 a.m. on Friday. The activities on Friday will include preparing food for the food truck, making decorations, serving at the food truck, assisting with games and community guests, and cleaning up. On Saturday morning, we will help in the community store until 12 p.m., and we expect to return home by late afternoon. Hotel fee will be ~$70 per person

Please contact the church office or Bonnie Wykes if you are interested or have any questions. We are excited to support this ministry!


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2024 Vacation Bible School

Monday, July 8 to Thursday, July 11 – 9am to 11am – “The Great Jungle Journey” 
For all community children Preschool through 8th grade. Donation is $10 per child (includes t-shirt and snacks). Registration form below or pick up in office.

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Nurturing The Garden of Your Soul – Womens Retreat

You are invited to join us for our first Annual District Women’s Conference! Click “Read more …” below for details.
Illinois North District of the
Great Lakes Annual Conference
of the Global Methodist Church
Presents on Saturday, May 4th 2024
Our first Annual Women’s Conference:
“Nurturing The Garden of Your Soul”
8:15 am Doors Open for Breakfast
9 am – 12 pm Women’s Conference
Registration $5
38 seats available, Email Charlotte to hold your spot

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5Qs Bible Study (Discipleship)

Mondays at 6:30 pm to 7:30 starting Jan 22, 2024 will be a discipleship small group and Bible study using the 5Qs method. “Leadership” of the meeting will rotate between members who are attending but there is only 2 things needed to lead. The first (which can/will be provided) is a cheat sheet for the 5 questions. The second is choosing a passage from the Bible to be used as the reading and study focus. You can choose this however you want, maybe it is from your personal devotions, maybe you get it from a reading plan or lectionary, or maybe it was referenced in some book you are reading.
 
Hope to see you there!
 
If you want to know more about the 5Q method, you can find it in this book, “The 5Q Method of Discipleship: 5 Questions That Will Change Your Life” by Dr. Matt Friedeman (Author)

Discipleship in Five Questions (Matt Friedeman)


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2024 Heifer Project

Jan 14 to Mar 1 – The Sunday School have decided to donate 2 water buffalo, 2 pigs, 2 goats, and a flock of chicks for $1000. The children will be accepting donations through March 1, 2024. They need your help in achieving this goal.
Heifer International

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Adult Sunday School – “Preparing the Way, the Intertestament Period”

Join us for 4 weeks for Adult Sunday School at starting January 14 at 9am. We will be discussing the time periods, empires, cultures and influences that God used to set the stage for Jesus’s birth. January 14th’s topic will be the Assyrian and Babylonian captivity, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

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2024 Acts of the Called

Theme for 2024 “Acts of the Called”. We will be studying portions of the book of Acts exploring how the first century church grew through personal and corporate evangelism. Woven in between our study of Acts we will be using portions of the Revised Common Lectionary, as well.
2024 Acts of the Called image

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2023 Operation Christmas Child

Join us  for this years campaign to support Samaritan Purse’s Operation Christmas Child until November 12th, our deadline for dropping off a packed shoebox.

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2023 Veterans Luncheon

Veteran Soup and Sandwich Luncheon is Friday, November 10, 11 am to 1 pm. Veterans and their families are most welcome to a free meal in their honor for their service.

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2023 Vacation Bible School

Please join us for Twist and Turn Vacation Bible School this summer at the United Methodist Church of Plano! We are inviting all children ages preschool through eighth grade to join us from July 10th to July 13th. Vacation Bible School is from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM each day and the suggested donation is $5 per child. You will be able to pre-register your child through
an online form found on our website. If you are unable to, you can also register in person on July 10th at 8:30 AM. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Oleson. Get ready to Twist and Turn with God!
Sign-Up:  

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2022 Operation Christmas Child

Starting tomorrow October 9th, 2022 we begin this years campaign to support Samaritan Purse’s Operation Christmas Child. Join us between then and November 13th, our deadline for dropping off a packed shoebox. Below is this years promotional video and a couple selected testimonial videos.

Promotional Video

Zac’s Story (Fiji)

Delivery via Canoe (Benin, Africa)


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2022 Lent

Char Wyncoop, church family member of the Plano Methodist Church has been wanting to design a labyrinth based on the stained-glass windows at the church for some time. In late February and early March, she designed the labyrinth and then painted it during March into early April until its completion. The labyrinth measures 27’ x 27’ painted on canvas for easy portability and for people to actually walk the labyrinth. The labyrinth has a detailed background, scrollwork edges, a path for people to walk, and Bible verse images. Char designed this labyrinth by taking the beauty of the stained-glass windows, sense of peace and presence as we walk into our church, and the ability to transport the labyrinth to various settings. She feels it is inspirational and will give people a sense of relaxation and focus from their busy and hurried lives, something for people to think about their own life’s path, and the meaning of beauties and difficulties along the way. Char has put in over 120 hours designing and painting this labyrinth and using over 20 various colors of paint. People are invited to explore the path of this inspirational labyrinth on most Sunday mornings before and after the 10 a.m. Worship Service. The beautiful labyrinth lies on the church floor in front of the stained-glass window which it is designed from.

Char Wyncoop painting a scrollwork edge on the labyrinth at the United Methodist Church of Plano.

Labyrinth is designed after this stained glass window depicting a dove, scrollwork, images of Bible verses, and the pattern for walking. The labyrinth was still being painted when this picture was taken.


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