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Please click into our calendar for up to the minute information on the happenings at Gulf Cove UMC.
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Crafty Ladies Open to the Public!

The Crafty Ladies of Gulf Cove United Methodist Church are open to the public.  Their hand-crafted items are available in Oaks Cove, the small building behind the church, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., every Thursday (except holidays). 

Gulf Cove UMC is located at 1100 S. McCall Road in the Gulf Cove area of Port Charlotte, just ¾ mile south of the Myakka River on Route 776. 


The church can be reached at (941) 697-1747 or GulfCoveUMC@gmail.com

Vendors Needed for NotJustA Craft Fair

Vendors and organizations are invited to apply for a spot at the Notjusta Craft Fair at Gulf Cove United Methodist Church.  

The fair will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2024. 

 For more information, call (302) 563-4479.  

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.

 

 

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

Come, Join the Fun!

As part of God’s family, and Gulf Cove’s family, your gifts, talents and time are important to us!  

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. 

FLAMINGO FLOCKING ~ Resumes in September ~ The Youth and Jackie Guerin, our Youth Director, are bringing back this youth fundraiser

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!

 

Closet of Hope Re-Opens!

After a long recovery from Ian, we are happy to be re-opening our Closet of Hope.

We re-open beginning Saturday, 4/6/24!  We will be open the 1st and 3rd Saturdays from 10AM – 1PM.
Also, the Mothers Helping Mothers Relief Trailer will continue to serve on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month.  They are also open from 10AM – 1PM.

Gulf Cove UMC Recovery Update

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

Online Services and Sermons​

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.”