Enclosed in the bulletin this Sunday morning is an offering envelope for the United Voices for Children - Fifth Sunday Appeal. UVC is a coalition of groups and individuals within the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church. Your gift will help with the work of ChildServ, United Methodist Youth Services, Marcy-Newberry Association and Rosecrance Health Network.

For more advocacy information, check out the web site at: http://www.umvoices4kids.org.

Singers who want to join the Chancel Choir Spring Cantata should plan to attend rehearsals at 8:30pm, beginning on Thursday, February 23rd.

The cantata program will include "A Little Jazz Mass" by Bob Chilcott and "Songs of Faith" by Paul Basler.

Wanted: Ten Brave Christians

For One Month:

Join in Wesley's Great Experiment during Lent!

Interested parties will be divided into groups of ten based on their meeting time availability.
The meeting times are:

• Sunday mornings at 9:00am
• Tuesday mornings at 10:30am
• Tuesday evenings at 7:00pm
• Thursday afternoons at 1:00pm

Groups will begin to meet after the beginning of Lent - the first group to meet will be the Sunday morning group on February 26th.

Once you are in a group you will meet once a week at that time to pray and share with the other members of your group during Lent.

This is a unique opportunity to connect with other people and grow spiritually and personally.

Contact Terry in the office or at terry@dgfumc.org for more information.

The youth will be baking and decorating cupcakes and heart shaped cakes for Valentine's Day to help raise money for Youth Activities.

The cost of a cake is $14 and cupcakes are $4. Cakes and cupcakes are available in both white and red velvet with your choice of butter cream or cream cheese frosting in either red or pink.

Your cake will be ready for pick up on Sunday, February 12th. Order forms are available to download by clicking the link below or in the parlor on Sundays and in the church office anytime.

Order forms are due to the church office by Wednesday, February 8th.

If you have any questions, please contact JJ at 248.219.8598 or jj.mannschreck@garrett.edu

Sarah Circle is having a February Diaper Drive. Peoples Resource Center in Westmont is in desperate need of diapers for children and adults. Families who acquire weekly supplies at PRC are allocated a handful of diapers at a time.

Donations will be accepted throughout the month at the PRC bin located outside the church office and in a red labelled box located in the church parlor. Please consider helping out with this worthwhile initiative.