Please Join Us on July 18th to Pack Meals!

Mark your calendar for Saturday, July 18, 2020 for the Rise Against Hunger Meal Packing Event! We need you to volunteer and donate! The more donations we collect, the more meals we can pack and the more lives we can change! DUMC has once again committed to packing at least 10,152 meals at a cost of 34 cents per meal or $3,452. Due to Covid-19, Rise Against Hunger is changing the meal packing process to ensure the safety of volunteers, church staff, and Rise Against Hunger staff. These new procedures will ensure safety and still allow us to fill the enormous need to get meals packed for distribution to the most vulnerable parts of the world. Click here to see how the event will be set up, with a maximum of 10 people per shift: https://www.riseagainsthunger.org/eventsafety/. There will be five 1-hour shifts, with 10 volunteers per shift, and 30 minutes between shifts for sanitizing, replenishing stations, shift turnover, and training. The shifts are:

10:00am – 11:00am 11:30am – 12:30am

1:00pm – 2:00pm 2:30pm – 3:30pm 4:00pm – 5:00pm

To register and donate, please use the following web-site: http://events.riseagainsthunger.org/DUMC2020

Get Involved – Make a Difference – Change the World

Compass Online June 25, 2020

DUMC Moving Forward Plan: Green Phase

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

DUMC’s Moving Forward Committee has been prayerfully planning for our building reopening over the last few months. We are pleased to announce that we will be resuming in-person worship beginning on Sunday, July 26th. We will be offering three in-person worship services: Contemporary, Liturgical, and the 11:11 Word and Worship. There will be some new processes and procedures that will be required to allow us to safely convene. We request your patience and understanding as we are working diligently to keep your family, and your neighbor’s family, safe. Please stay tuned for more details to come. Prior to in-person worship on Sunday, July 26th, we will be reopening the building in a deliberate and thoughtful way. We will be utilizing the month of July to learn and refine our safety and cleaning protocols so that we are ready for in-person worship by the end of the month. As such, building usage over the month of July follows:

Week of July 6th: Overholt Hall Opens (for groups of 25 persons or fewer with one group per day)

Week of July 13th: Expanded Room Usage to include:

Room 2 (for groups of 20 persons or fewer)

Room 22 (for groups of 20 persons or fewer)

Overholt Hall (for groups of 60 persons or fewer)

Building usage will be limited to two groups per day with one hour in between groups To book rooms beginning on July 6th, and for the use of our outdoor facilities, please reach out to Gay Brunt Miller: GMiller@DoylestownUMC.com or 215-348-5224. Let us trust in HIS plan for our future and for DUMC. Thank you again for your patience, understanding and support as we reopen our doors.

Health Corner Greetings Friends! We miss you and look forward to getting together soon! We have been praying for you and those affected by the Corona Virus. We have developed procedures to sanitize DUMC and have it be a safe place for us to gather. There are many myths about prevention, and as your Minister of Visitation and an RN, I want to help you protect yourself and your family. COVID is primarily transmitted by respiratory droplets and aerosol particles spread when we talk, cough, sneeze, yell, or sing. That’s why wearing a mask is so important.

You may have heard, “Your mask protects me and my mask protects you.” When wearing a mask/face covering and observing social distance, the chance of transmission is quite low. The second part is washing your hands frequently to prevent transmission via places frequently touched. The two main factors in acquiring COVID are time and distance. The time you have spent talking to an infected person (even one without symptoms) and the distance away from them is directly proportional to the likelihood of you becoming infected. Rate of transmission is highest inside poorly ventilated rooms and lowest outside observing precautions. Please take precautions to protect yourself. We are currently on a plateau with the Corona Virus; it has not gone away. The only “cure” will be a vaccine or proven treatment, both of which are many months away. Please pray God gives us wisdom in eradicating this contagion. For more information, CLICK HERE.

Blessings, Laurie Lewis

Help Us by Sharing!

We are looking forward to introducing our new e-newsletter, Connections, in early July. In preparation for our launch, we would love to hear from you! We will be sharing stories and information to bring us closer to God and to each other. Please email us…

1) Pictures of you and your family during quarantine! We will be putting together a slideshow with music to share. We would love to see and connect with all of you until we can worship again in person.

2) Send us your favorite bible verse and tell us why it is meaningful to you. We will be sharing favorites! 3) Send us stories about how God has moved you and worked in your life. We would love to share your

testimony. Be creative and feel free to send us a video from your phone, record your story in an MP3, or write it down. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please email Shelby at SBuron@DoylestownUMC.com. I can’t wait to hear from you!

If you are a student who has recently completed 7th-12th grade, we hope that you will join us this Sunday evening (June 28) in the church parking lot for our first in-person Elevation since March 8th. This event will go from 6:00-8:00 pm and will include individual meals and drinks, outdoor games which utilize social distancing, and a special recognition for our graduated seniors. We hope to see you there!

Staff Transition

Greg Westerbeck, DUMC Business Administrator, has announced plans to retire,

effective June 30. Greg was hired part-time, a little over two years ago, to help manage the transition of our long-serving senior pastor, Mike Murphy, to our new senior pastor, Sunil Balasundaram. Greg’s strong business background brought a wealth of expertise to his role, a heart after God, and leadership that helped insure continuity through many staff transitions during this time. Greg has been a gift to DUMC, and we pray God’s rich blessings upon him in his retirement.

Calling all families & Chalk Artists! To close our VBS week, join us for a Chalk Art & Ice Cream Event Friday, 4- 5:30 pm, in the Church parking lot, complete with the Sweet Pea Ice Cream Truck! Register Here for the Event

A snapshot of our online VBS. NEW! Digital Kids’ Message delivered to your door (email) weekly!

Check your email on Saturday for a weekly Kids’ message. Through June, the message is from Orange Kids and will include a specific video and parent guide for each of 3 different age groups: Preschool, Elementary (1 – 3rd grades); and Preteen (4- 6th grades). We hope you enjoy them! Please email Amanda (AMandia@DoylestownUMC.com), if you do not receive emails about DUMC Kids.

Join us for Worship!

Live Sunday Service: June 28 at 11am

CLICK HERE or watch the rebroadcast at your convenience.

Live Devotions: Monday, June 29 and Tuesday, June 30 at

9am via Zoom (Please note: we will be taking a hiatus from live devotions for the months of July and August.) CLICK HERE and click on the day of the week.

Daily Devotionals: Monday through Saturday

Pastor Sunil has begun a new series of inspirational messages based on the book of James. CLICK HERE to read them!

The Upper Room devotional guide (July/August edition) is now available. Email Sean Smith to make

arrangements to pick up your copy.

June Mission of the Month: Methodist Services *Celebrating 140 Years of Service*

Serving an average of 2,800 children, women, and families annually, Methodist Services is devoted to the well-being of children in all walks of life. Months ago, as the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Philadelphia, Methodist Services could not have imagined the scenario that unfolded. Help them send a powerful message to their leadership, staff, residents, and program participants! CLICK HERE to contribute to this important mission.

You may also listen to our Live Worship Services or Live Devotions by telephone.

From your phone: Dial 1-929-205-6099, then enter ‘642 371 667 #’, and finally, enter ‘#’ again.

American Red Cross Blood Drive Thursday, July 16, 2020, 12:00-7:00 pm

Doylestown United Methodist Church 320 East Swamp Road Doylestown, PA 18901 Make your appointment today: Visit www.redcrossblood.org and use Sponsor Code:

Doylestownumc Or contact Lisa Ament: (215) 514-3635

No walk-Ins please.

Appointment required. An August blood drive is also being

planned. Watch for a date, to be

announced.

The DUMC Blood Drive will be safe!

Your temperature will be taken upon entering the building. If over 99.5, you will have to skip donating.

Everyone must wear a mask.

All donor areas are 6 feet apart.

All snacks are prepackaged.

Please note: If you gave at the May 20 blood drive, you ARE eligible to give again unless you were a double red donor.

There is a great need for blood.

Please give if you are able.

Additional Ways to Study God’s Word

The Wesley Class Adult Bible Study is meeting LIVE on Zoom every Sunday at 9:30am for fellowship, bible study, and discussion. All are welcome! CLICK HERE to join.

Men’s Ministries are meeting virtually. For general information about men’s ministries CLICK HERE. Or to join a specific group: o CLICK HERE to reach Ken Kugel and join the Doylestown Band of Brothers (DBoB) on Wednesday

evenings. o To join the Friday morning group from 6:15-7:30am, CLICK HERE for the WebEx link or call

877-309-3457 and use meeting number 280 337 516.

Reach Out to Your Church Family

Pray for one another and let us pray for you CLICK HERE to request confidential prayer (with Debbie Schultheiss and Pastor Sunil) or to post requests in a more public way on our website’s Prayer Wall.

Need help with groceries, prescriptions, or other urgent chores? CLICK HERE to reach out to Deb Schultheiss or 215-348-5224, Ext. 103.

Feel free to contact staff members All staff are working remotely, so feel free to contact the church at 215-348-5224 or to email staff. CLICK HERE to access staff email addresses.

In Our Prayer Garden In the Garden

By C. Austin Miles (1868-1946)

I come to the garden alone, While the dew is still on the roses, And the voice I hear, falling on my ear The Son of God discloses. Chorus:

And he walks with me, And he talks with me, And he tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice Is so sweet the birds hush their singing, And the melody that He gave to me Within my heart is ringing. I'd stay in the garden with Him, 'Tho the night around me be falling, But He bids me go; through the voice of

woe His voice to me is calling.