Monticello United Methodist Church

Remember, worship begins at 9:00am and 10:45am, starting this week.  A fellowship time will take place at 10:00am.  Families can share refreshments and greet each other in fellowship hall.  And, NEW THIS WEEK, our youth in grades 6-12 will have their own fellowship time with Will, our youth director, in the chapel at 10:00am.

For a look at future sermon series, visit our website and click on "Worship" and then "Upcoming Sermon Series" or click here for more...

You won't want miss the Inspiration Singers, a 50 member youth choir that will lead us in!  So for this weekend, both services will be the same format.  The only difference will be a children's message at 10:45am.  Be sure to be here to experience God through the voices of the Inspiration Singers.

Our new site grows each day!  Visit www.getGOD.info for the most up-to-date information.  Come check it out and create a login in the bottom left corner so you can stay up to date!

Here's a quick summary of what is available now...

As a church family, it's important we pray for each other.  Our church family is a place where you can share the joys and concerns in your life and know you will receive care.  When it comes to pastoral care, Pastor Rob wants you to know he is here for you, even 24 hours a day if needed.

Green prayer request cards are available in the pews for you to submit your requests for prayer.  We can also receive these requests via email and phone.  When your card comes in, Pastor Rob reviews each one and offers a prayer for those in need.

But, some of you may have noticed we are no longer reading prayer requests in worship and only rarely emailing them out to the congregation.  Here's why...

Confidentiality is one of the most important aspects of pastoral care.  In the last few weeks, we have had a few wonderful, caring, Christian church members share prayer requests for other people.  Unfortunately, the "other" did not want their request shared in church or by email.  So, while our church family members were just trying to help, the result is we have the potential of sharing private information in a public format.  The good news is the church office stopped the publication of this information before it was emailed out.  

So, in order to respect the confidentiality of each person, Pastor Rob stopped the process of reading and emailing prayer requests until we could ensure proper confidentiality.   Look for a new prayer card coming soon in the pews.  Also, beginning today, we now have an opportunity to share these prayer requests here in the E-Note (see below)!  

Know this congregation will continue to pray for you throughout this transition.  Blessings to you all!!

Please continue to be in prayer for these prayer requests in the Monticello UMC community:

It is our policy at Monticello United Methodist Church to include non-emergency prayer requests in the pastor's weekly E-Note.  Emergency prayer requests that come in during the rest of the week (hospitalization, accident, death, etc.) will be sent out individually.  

But, To protect the privacy and confidentiality of our parishioners, we will only share prayer requests in email or in worship if we have permission of the person needing prayer or have that permission from a family member.  While we will be unable to publish anonymous requests, requests for non-family members, friends, and neighbors, our pastor and care team will still pray for these requests as they come arise.