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Pastors Patty and Andy Frick will lead this study at 4PM on Tuesdays, November 26, December 3, 10, & 17.
The book – Experiencing Christmas: Christ in the Sights and Sounds of Advent by Matt Rawle, will be used; get your book for $15 with a check payable to Gulf Cove UMC or cash.
Read the first chapter before class starts.
There is a YouTube Video by the author that explains the class – click on the link below to watch:
https://youtu.be/Cc0Dk-sGMYQ?si=sIi_IjkScD3p61HZ
Sign-Up in the back of the sanctuary by Sunday, November 10th.
Alfred is cooking, and we need some supporting characters.
Help Wanted!
EVENT MANAGER(S) -VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR(S)
This person is the Chief-In-Charge, and this position can be shared between two people.
Time commitment includes all day Thanksgiving Day, as well as time needed to organize and recruit volunteers, and meet with other coordinators. You will have final say.
These are the requirements we are asking to be performed:
The office will help with any PR or printing needed.
Please call the office at 941.697.1747, if you can fill one of these positions. We will help as much as possible.
Vendors and organizations are invited to apply for a spot at the Notjusta Craft Fair at Gulf Cove United Methodist Church. Â
The fair will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2024.Â
 For more information, call (302) 563-4479. Â
GCUMC is located at 1100 South McCall Road in the Gulf Cove area of Port Charlotte, 3/4 of a mile south of the Myakka River on Route 776.
Please click button below for Vendor Application.
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Come join us for a friendly game of Mahjongg at 10:00 am on Monday mornings at Gulf Cove UMC.Â
 All skill levels are welcome, come to refresh your skills or learn the game. Bring your 2024 card if you have one or we can provide one.Â
Dinner for Six
Whether making new friends or digging deeper with old friends, meeting over a meal binds people in special ways. “Dinner for Six” is a simple meal program of rotating companions, locations, and responsibilities each month.
This rotation will be held in September, October and November.
Questions? Call Kathy Mortensen at 530.210.6149
As part of God’s family, and Gulf Cove’s family, your gifts, talents and time are important to us! Â
We have lots of opportunities to be involved on the attached form. Please consider these needs and your gifts prayerfully and join the fun.
This is a great way to meet people, plug into your passions and grow our ministry.
Just fill out the form and drop it in the offering plate on Sunday or drop by the office Monday through Thursday.
Don’t hesitate to ask questions. Remember, you can sign up and treat it like a trial period.Â
FLAMINGO FLOCKINGÂ ~ Resumes in September ~ The Youth and Jackie Guerin, our Youth Director, are bringing back this youth fundraiser.Â
This is such a fun way to help support our youth. You don’t have to be a church member to be a flocker or a flockee!
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After a long recovery from Ian, we are happy to be re-opening our Closet of Hope.
July 2024
We are once again the “Church with the Blue Roof”! By next week, the final walk-around after a few gutter touch ups, will be complete and the extra materials picked up.
Leadership is currently in the process of securing bids for power-washing the Narthex Gable and removing the debris of Portable A. The plan is for this work to be completed by mid-August or before.
Gulf Cove documentation is in a long FEMA queue for one of the last reviews necessary to establish the financial obligation for our project. We have no control over this time period. We are working with BC Peabody Consultants to do what we can to expedite the process while ensuring their understanding and coordination of our Johns Eastern Insurance payout is accurate.
We are in communication with our UMC Insurance (Johns Eastern) representative regarding additional costs for building repairs and contents deemed ineligible under FEMA.  We are awaiting a decision presently regarding the cost of the roof.
We are considering submitting a Public Notice for General Contractor, but doing this prior to FEMA obligation could be a bit risky. The benefit would be that this lengthy process which requires bids from at least 3 contractors, would be started.  There are not a lot of local contractors interested in working on FEMA projects due to their requirements which create extra costs for General Contractors.  Hence, we may need to place the Public Notice in multiple newspapers in Tampa, Orlando and the East Coast.
THE GOOD NEWS IS: Leadership is suggesting a PRESSURE WASHING/ PAINTING PARTY Friday and Saturday NOVEMBER 22 & 23!  We would pressure wash on Friday and paint on Saturday. The exterior will then be clean and attractive as we welcome our Seasonal Residents, Thanksgiving Dinner guests and birth of Christ!
Thank you for all your help and patience and prayers through this interminable process!
Joan Priest – GCUMC Leadership Board Chair
We all know that feeling when you realize the Pastor’s sermon is talking about what you are going through. As Pastor Mike starts his sermons…”may the words that come from the tip of my tongue be words we need to hear today.”
