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Programs of El Centro FUMC |
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Christian
Education 
We provide diverse opportunities for nurturing and educating all ages. We were glad to see how well our programs are doing, but are strengthening our commitments to our children and adults by working to keep them growing. Our programs include Sunday School, the Nursery, programs for our youth, and VBS. Our children's Sunday School is held during worship. The children return to the sanctuary on Communion Sundays to join their families for communion. We have a dedicated staff of Sunday School teachers who are here each week for our children and adults and provide excellent role models. For babies and toddlers, we have worked to improve our Nursery program so parents would feel confident their children had a safe and caring place to be during worship and other church events. With some notice, our nursery is available for other church functions which young families might attend but need childcare. Can you take part in our "Angel Tree" project? We have the names of 30 children of various ages who live in the Imperial County, who are not part of our congregation and whose parents will not be able to provide gifts at Christmas for their children. We would like everyone from the church to help. These are God's children and He is asking for our help. Please help them have a good Christmas. Angels will be placed on our sanctuary Christmas Tree in December. We also sponsor the Guatemala Project.
Our cluster is a great group of baby boomers who meet on the first Monday of each month. Our interests and topics of discussions are varied as we enjoy fellowship. We are currently involved in a community project to purchase gun locks. These gun locks will be distributed to people who want to protect their children and others by using a gun lock. We are always collecting money to purchase these locks. More information about our project can be obtained at http://www.consumerfed.org
Methodist Women, under different names, have been in existence over 100 years and is the largest educated group of women in the world. We have one Circle, The Seekers. We lunch, study and fellowship. The Circle meets the second Monday of every month at 11:30 a.m.. In February, April, June, September and October, we have special programs planned by our various Mission Coordinators. We only meet at 7:30 p.m. when a speaker is unable to meet with us at 11:30 a.m. We do no meet in July and August. Our local unit has strong women, strong church, and it mostly helps women and children locally and world wide. We pay half the expenses for our nursery. We donate to the pre-school, My Favorite Things, Neighborhood House, the Salvation Army, WomanHaven, Wesley Foundation, Clairmont School of Theology, and buy appliances and other items needed for the church kitchen. The United Methodist Women meet the first Tuesday of every month at 11:30 a.m. for meeting and salad luncheon. Exceptions are October and in December, when they meet at 7:30 p.m. “It’s not about the quilt, it’s all about the prayers.” By now you have probably heard about our newest ministry, Prayers & Squares! We want to promote prayer through the use of quilts. Once the quilts are sewn, heavy threads are used to secure the quilt layers together. The threads are tied into square knots as a silent prayer is said for the need of the recipient. The quilt may be presented to the recipient without all the knots tied so family, friends and caregivers can participate and wrap that person in prayers!
We
meet on the second Saturday and third Tuesdays of each month from 9 a.m. -
noon. We are one of many interfaith
churches in our country and around the world who distributes quilts to the sick
or those in need of care. For more information, check their website at http://www.prayerquilt.org
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