Chronic Pain Support Group Forming—Are you suffering from pain? Let’s band together and support each other with stories, prayer, lectures etc. Contact the church at 610-692-5190 for more info.

Men's Bible Study - Join us every Friday morning at 6:30AM in the Church Lounge for one hour.

Youth Ministry — Click here to learn more. Child/Youth Safety Clearances are now required for all members of the congregation who work with children and youth in any capacity. Every child and youth worker will be required to complete and submit a State Police Clearance and a Child Abuse Clearance form immediately. The church will pay for the clearances ($10 each), and will gratefully accept donations from those willing to help defray the cost. See Jo or Cory to obtain the required forms.

Serve with Us - Service Opportunities

The United Methodist Children's Center continues to be extremely grateful to be a ministry of the church. The staff, children and their families benefit from the church's generosity on a daily basis. To show our appreciation we are pleased to be able to present the church with a defibrillator, a new TV Cart, 27" TV and DVD/VCR player. In addition the families wanted to show their gratitude by contributing to the capital campaign with a donation of $500.00. We thank the Church for your prayers and support. 

The West Chester Afghan is available again for sale. All proceeds will go to the building fund. Contact Lauren or Carol Meiswinkel. 

Free Psychological First Aid Training for the Faith-Based Community Thurs., June 5 in Philadelphia or Thurs. June 12 in Fort Washington from 9AM-3:30PM. Sponsored by the American Red Cross and SEPA VOAD. Learn skills needed to support members of your congregation and community after a disaster. Register by May 29 (Tania Clinger: sepavoad@redcross-philly.org. For more info check blue bulletin board in gathering place. 

Dedication of our habitat homes on Saturday, June 14 at 10 a.m. on Poplar St at Barnard. Celebrate with volunteers and sponsors as we present the newest homeowners with the keys to their new homes. Home tours & refreshments will follow. 

IHAC Seeking Mentors-Interfaith Housing Assistance Corporation, a non-profit organization that supports families with dependent children to prevent homelessness in Chester County, is seeking mentors to work with the organization's clients. This involves direct contact with the family on a monthly basis and regular communication with IHAC's case mangers. Please contact John Herr at 610-692-7459 or jwherr@veizon.net for more info. 

We Need help heading up Wednesday Night Out- Planning for the Fall will begin shortly. Can you commit yourself to this important ministry of hospitality? Write WNO on the tear-off for more info. 

The Outreach Team is collecting boxes of cereal to help Doris Haley feed the 125 pre-school age through third grade children who benefit from the Summer Enrichment Program. The Enrichment Program provides two healthy meals daily, a safe, nurturing environment for the summer, and expanded learning opportunities for these children who could not otherwise afford these benefits. The collection box will be in the Gathering Area during the month of June. Thank you for your support of this local ministry.

Finishing up by June! Help finish off our neighborhood Habitat House. Check out our church website blog: http://umc-wc-habitat. blogspot.com/"habitat" on your tear-off. 

Have You Made a habit of Habitat? We need fresh volunteers! See our folks at work on our church website blog: http://umc-wc-habitat.blogspot.com/. Check out the Habitat web page to learn more and to contact the Volunteer Coordinators. 

Prayerlink - Join our email prayer chain. This is a ministry of prayer, praying for immediate, emergency need sent in by our congregation. Interested? Send a note to RevTBrooks@yahoo.com.

PRAYER SHAWL MINISTRY - This ministry is always looking for additional willing hands to knit prayer shawls for distribution to those who are experiencing both happy times (new baby) or sad times (illness/problems, etc.).are held at 11:30am-1:00pm each first and third Wednesday of the month in the Church Chapel.is available or bring your own.of yarn are also welcomed.If you have questions, call Jean Jackson (484-653-1758) or Margie Gettings (610-696-2118). 

Food Cupboard - Volunteers will be meeting on Wed., June xx at 7 pm in the basement area to pack the bags of food. Deliveries will be made on Saturday, June cc, meeting at 8:30 am in the rear parking lot of the church. 

Wanted” Acme Receipts – United Methodist Women are collecting Acme Grocery receipts for which they will receive 1% of the total purchase. Proceeds benefit mission activities of UMW. Since we also purchase gift cards from Acme we cannot use any receipt that is paid in total by one of these gift cards. A collection basket can be found on the Food Cupboard table.

Tutoring Ministry - If you are able to tutor high school and/or college students, contact John McGinley at 610-431-7805 or JFMCG@comcast.net. 

Library Team Forming - Help make our library a thriving, growing ministry. Librarything.com will be used to organize our books and videos. Contact Eva Thomas or write library on tear-off. 

Nothing But Nets Campaign-The NBA and our UMC have partnered to help eradicate malaria in Africa through the purchase of $10 mosquito nets for the poor. View a podcast of one of our bishops talking about this new ministry.

Small Groups Team looking for leaders to support the spring church-wide study, "Finding Wisdom in the Book of Job." Contact Carol McGinley at 610-431-7805, or Fred Crotchfelt at 610-399-3770 if interested in the following responsibilities: Program leader; Publicity, Sign-up, Prayer, or Schedule Coordinators, or Hosts. See table in the gathering place for more information and sign-up. 

Student Ministries (grades 6-12) is looking for female and male small group leaders. This a 3 hour commitment almost every Sunday evening and it will have a life-changing impact on you and the teenagers you mentor. Contact Cory Smith at csmith@westchesterumc.com or 610-692-5190 x106.

Do you have a few hours to spare each week to help with general office duties, answer phones at the Welcome Desk, or do some general maintenance in the building? Let Pastor Truman, Pastor Carolene or Carolyn Ferguson know. Call the church office at 610-692-5190.

Have you purchased a Grocery Gift Card lately? You may purchase a gift card for Acme, Giant or Shop Rite in increments of $25, $50 or $100 at the Coffee Table. You use the card like cash, the youth get 5% of the value of each card returned to help with their Mission Trip. Win-win! See the circular table in the Gathering Area for more information. More info ...

Million Voices for Darfur – Become one of the Million Voices for Darfur by signing a postcard to President Bush calling for the United States to take a leadership roll in a stronger multi-national force to protect the victims of genocide. Postcards and a collection box can be found in the Gathering Area. More information can be found at www.savedarfur.org and www.millionvoicesfordarfur.org.

Clean Sweep – Okay, so we don’t want your miles but … we are circling around those other little goodies you frequent flyer folks collect – those tiny bottles of shampoo, hand cream, body wash, bars of soap, talc and shower caps. There is now a box in the Gathering Area marked “Clean Sweep”. We’d be delighted to have you treasures for one of our area shelters.

Good Neighbors ... typically meets the 3rd Saturday of each month at 8:30 AM at Good Works to repair a house until the job is finished, If you plan to help, please call Gary Specht at 610-960-8887. Help is needed to: 1) Redo the angle on the eaves. 2) Redo the surface of the driveway with professionals. 3) Pour concrete. 4) Clean yard. 5) Paint siding. 6) Finish siding. 7) Redo water downspouts. 8) Re-surface the chimney and re-support it. 9) Redo the wood behind the eaves.

Youth Leaders Needed! —Do you have a heart for teenagers? The youth ministry is currently looking for leaders for this church year (especially female leadership). If you feel called, or think you might feel called, or feel like calling, call Cory at 610-692-5190.

Sermons on CD: We are looking for a volunteer(s) to coordinate a new ministry – Recording sermons on CD’s so people can borrow them. If you are interested, please contact Mike Muzzo at 610-692-5190.Volunteers Needed

Volunteers Needed to help in the church office during business hours, Monday – Thursday. We are looking for people to answer phones, greet people and assist the staff with special projects. Please contact Carolyn in the church office at 610-692-5190 if you’re interested in volunteering.

Christ Servant Ministries
Lay Methodists have a long and distinguished tradition of serving. In 1997 the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference officially adopted the name, Christ Servant Ministry to describe these lay servants. The Christ Servant Ministries’ program is responsible for providing opportunities that promote serving, training, and recognition of laity who lead, speak and care about others. More information is available here. 

Mission Offering: Blanket Sunday
This month we are supporting the Blanket Sunday, which supports the purchase of blankets and shelter for refugees and the homeless., through our mission offering.  Learn more about the missions that West Chester Church supports.  

The church is looking for volunteers to help change filters on the heating/air conditioning system. The filters need to be replaced regularly so we would like to recruit several people that would be willing to help with this project. Please contact Bill Johnston in the church office (610-692-5190) if you would be able to volunteer.

Share with Us - Faith Sharing Opportunities

Summer Camp Booklets are in the Gathering Area. Great fun. Great Spirit. Great growth opportunity. Children learn and grow within an intentional Christian community. We offer over 120 summer camp opportunities through 4 Eastern PA UMC camps. Dr. Brooks directs a week at Gretna Glen for children in grades 3-6, July 13-19.

Take home a Bible Study bookmark available in your pew rack. Use it to study a different scripture each day or share it with a friend. Thank you to Lillian Kent & Ann Sheetz for preparing and placing them.

Did you know… Rev. Brooks has been appointed to the newly formed Human Relations Commission in the Borough? Please keep him in your prayers as he faithfully serves the community.

Reminder...If you have an article for our monthly Newsletter, the deadline for turning it in is the 5th of each month. Please give it to Carolyn in the church office.

Invite Your Friends and Neighbors to all that our church has to offer, and invite those unable to attend to listen to our weekly worship broadcast at 11 AM on Sunday on WCHE (1520 AM).

Read Rev. Brooks’ religion column, Reflections, two Fridays a month in the Daily Local News. If you have any suggestions for column topics, please let him know.