Halleluiah! We’re back in our sanctuary

Many thanks to John Elwood and Sally Burkhart for all their hard work in getting our sanctuary put back together. It took slightly less than three months to complete. The first service in the newly-renovated sanctuary was Sunday, June 27, 2010. Pastor Peggy Ray preached the sermon, “Standing on the Shoulders.” Jean Hamilton -- John’s sister, visiting from Bellingham to visit Win Elwood, 90-year-old mother of Jean and John – sang a solo, “The Holy City,” accompanied by Janet Foley on piano.

Garfield UMC service 6/20/2010

• Pastor Peggy Ray was attending the 6/17-20/2010, Annual Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Methodist Church. It was held at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. The 6/20/2010 sermon, “Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown,” was delivered – partly in song acapella – by Steve Swannack, who farms in Lamont. He was accompanied by his wife, Ann Swannack, a District Conservationist for the USDA-NRCS. Read about the Swannacks in a May 2008 article in The Fig Tree newspaper of Spokane. John Elwood and Sally Burkhart provided special music.
  
  
• We’re almost ready to move back into the renovated sanctuary. Photos here show how the sanctuary looked of the morning of 6/20/2010.

Garfield UMC Vacation Bible School 2010

Vacation Bible School 2010 at Garfield United Methodist Church will beheld July 19-23. All area youth are invited.

There is no registration fee and VBS campers living in Garfield willreceive free bus transporation to and from the church.

Anita Thorsteinson, formerly of Simpson UMC in Pullman and now ofMoscow, Idaho, United Methodist Church, will direct VBS.

"Galactic Blast" is the VBS theme. According to a Garfield UMCrepresentative, VBS campers will "voyage into outer space praisingGod. Through daily missions, we will see space like never before, gaina new appreciation of God's creation, and learn easy 'green' earthtips that can practice at home."

Inside & outside Garfield UMC, 8/13/2010

Jun 6, 2010 update on church renovation