United Methodist Women

The mission of the United Methodist Women is to know God and experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.

See the UMW page for more information on UMW circles and mission activities.

The Huddle of Downers Grove

Tuesdays, January 22 to April 22

We meet Tuesday Mornings from 6:15-7:20am (or whenever you need to leave. There is a DVD Clip and then a time of discussion that is great to participate in via listening, talking or a little of both!

Some coffeecake/doughnuts/bagels along with plenty of coffee and juice will be provided. We will meet in Fellowship Hall.

For more information please contact Doug Roselieb or John Smoke.

Young at Heart

This is a group of senior adults who get together the second Wednesday of each month for a social activity, fun and fellowship. Some of their activities have included a trolley ride to the Sears homes in Downers Grove, a trip to Starved Rock, Christmas in Chicago, a movie: "Singing in the Rain"; a play in Naperville and a Sing-A-Long. Please contact Marilou Welch.

You may sign up for events in the Parlor on Sunday mornings, or in the Church Office, or call Marilou Welch.

Living in Faith Together

We are a group of younger adults, single or married, who get together for fun activities, conversation, sharing, and community service projects.

Jennifer DiSessa

A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum

April 12, 2008

Join us for Stephen Sondheim's hilarious musical comedy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Saturday, April 12 at 8pm at the College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center. Tickets are $16.00. After the play, we will meet for dessert and a conversation with the play's Director, Alison Henderson. Contact Kent and Lynda Frederick at OnTheTown@dgfumc.org for more details.

"On the Town" is a fun new social group for adults of all ages. Our purpose is to spend time together, get to know each other, and have some fun! We will meet for a social activity approximately every other month. Everyone is welcome!

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Friday Night at the Movies

Come and view a movie in the Safford Theater, with popcorn and soda, followed by a stimulating discussion. A broad range of thought-provoking films are chosen by Carol Lysne each year.

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The Woman to Woman Book Group

9:30am, Wednesdays, starting September 19

Please join us as we will begin meeting again weekly on Wednesdays from 9:30-11am in the Parlor. The book to be discussed this session will be Dinner with a Perfect Stranger, by David Gregory. Anderson's Bookstore on Main St. will have copies available for $12.95 with a 10% discount when you tell them you are a FUMC member.

Sheila Hallmann, our Parish Nurse, and Gayle Ostrander, Rev. Tom's wife, will be leading the group.

Fiction Book Group

Thursday, April 10, 2008 - 7pm

Through the course of the year, the Fiction Book Group will meet every two months, to discuss works of fiction. We seek to find the intersections between our reading and our lives, between the characters we encounter and our own experience. Most of all, we ponder the big questions posed by the book, and the ways in which they inform, or are themselves addressed by, our Christian faith and understanding.

This year, stories by writers from four different continents, set in five different countries, which in various ways explore family relationships, the passage of time, and the struggle to live with integrity with ourselves, and those closest to us. The group will meet on the second Thursday of alternate months, at 7pm in the Parlor. All are always welcome! Led by Jonathan Dean.

April 10: Affliction: by Russell Banks
June 12: Disgrace: by J.M. Coetzee
August 14: An Artist of the Floating World: by Kazuo Ishiguro
October 9: Midnight's Children: by Salman Rushdie
December 11: Rebecca: by Daphne DuMaurier

Copies of the books will be available at Anderson's Bookstore at 10% discount (20% for Anderson’s Book Club members).

Make Wednesdays your Family Church Night!

The first Family Fellowship this year will be on September 19, 2007. Adults will meet for spiritual growth and faith discussions with Rev. Jonathan Dean from 6:30-7:30pm. At the same time, children, Kindergarten through 6th grade, will gather for time of fun activities and learning. Bring your children to choir rehearsal, and then stay for dinner and fellowship.

Professional childcare will be provided for pre-school children starting at 6:00pm.

We hope you will decide to participate in these programs. If you can’t make it for all of them, consider attending any one of the Wednesday evening programs. We look forward to seeing you there.

Family Meal Time

Due to the gym kitchen renovations there is a change in location for the Wednesday family dinners. The dinner will be served in Chapel Hall at 6pm. For the first meal subscription (Sept. 19-Dec. 19) we will be providing sandwiches from Berto’s Deli each week. The choices will be: ham and cheese, turkey and swiss, roast beef, veggie, and peanut butter and jelly. Each meal will also include chips, fruit, cookie and drink.

Parents sign their Kindergarten—5th grade child out following choir rehearsal and proceed to the Chapel Hall for 6:00-6:30 dinner. Dinner tickets are available on a subscription basis or by individual week. Children 3 and under eat free, children 4—10 eat for half price. Ask the church office for prices.

There will be a meal served almost every Wednesday from September 19, 2007 through March 19, 2008. Exceptions are as follows: