Easter Sunday Schedule, April 1, 2018 In Celebration of our Risen Savior we will begin Easter Sunday with a Continental Breakfast at 9 a.m.in the fellowship hall followed by worship at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary. There are no Bible studies or Sunday school classes scheduled that day. After the worship service there will be an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. EFM's 2018 Easter Offering focusing on Nepal will be taken that morning. Prayerfully consider what your part in this offering should be.
Brush the Dust off those White Bucks – Polish those Saddle Oxfords
Get Your 50’s Attire Together – We’re Having a 50’s Sock Hop Party
Friday, April 13th -_ 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
There will be Root Beer floats, silly games and more. Please bring your favorite 50’s finger food to share.
Help our kids go to Twin Rocks Friends Camp! MFC’s Silent Camp Auction – Wednesday, May 16th
Items such as baked goods, handmade items, antiques, collectibles and company donations have sold well in the past. There is plenty of time to get creative! We are looking forward to a great evening of fun, fellowship and raising funds for camp scholarships for our youth.
April – All Church Potluck
We always have a great time of fellowship and good food! Please join us Sunday, April 15th, we’ll meet in the fellowship hall at noon. Please bring a main dish and salad, vegetable or dessert to share.
Friends Women Missionary Fellowship – We will meet on Thursday, April 19th, at 10:30 a.m. at MFC, in the fireside room. All ladies are welcome to join us.
If you are in grades 1-6, plan on attending our movie night on Friday, April 20th at 6:30-8:30. We will have popcorn, root beer floats and a fun move to watch. More information soon!
The Annual Southern Oregon Fellowship & Spring Missions Rally
This year’s theme: “Remembering the Past – Looking to the Future”
Saturday April 28th, at MFC – Meeting Time: 10:30 a.m.
Lunch served at the conclusion of the program
This annual So. OR Area event is sponsored by NWYM Friends Women organization. Watch for event poster to come soon!
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Good Friday & Easter
In Celebration of our Risen Savior
Good Friday Service – March 30th, at 6:30 p.m.
The service will feature reflection, repentance, communion with the elements and a time of open worship.
Easter Sunday Schedule, April 1, 2018
In Celebration of our Risen Savior we will begin Easter Sunday with a Continental Breakfast at 9 a.m.in the fellowship hall followed by worship at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary. There are no Bible studies or Sunday school classes scheduled that day. After the worship service there will be an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids.
EFM's 2018 Easter Offering – This year’s focus is Nepal.
Our library is in need of some tender loving care. The processing of the books will still be done. There are other needs to have the library continue to serve our congregation.
Needs: a person to file the cards from books checked out; shelve books, this would take 2-3 hours per month; a person to file cards in the card catalog; a person to send out overdue notices every two months.
Call the church office if you are interested.
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- Just A Reminder
Sunday, March 11th Daylight Savings Time Begins.
Be sure to set your clocks ahead 1-hour Saturday night, March 10th!
March – All Church Potluck
We always have a great time of fellowship and good food! Please join us Sunday, March 18th, we’ll meet in the fellowship hall at noon. Please bring a main dish and salad, vegetable or dessert to share.
1000 Pairs of Shoes
We are accepting donations of new shoes until Sunday, March 18, 2018
The give-away date will be Saturday, March 24th
from 2 to 4 p.m. at Medford Friends Church
Thank you for your participation in helping us reach our goal and to bless our community!
New Arrival Shoes may be placed on the pew up front on the platform in the sanctuary on Sunday or given to one of the ushers! We want to tally them before they are placed behind the pew.
From the Christian Ed Committee: We will hold an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, April 1st
Your donations of bags of individually wrapped candy that will fit in small plastic eggs are welcome and much appreciated for this fun event and can be brought to the church any time. There is a box in the main hallway to place your candy donations in on Sundays.
Friends Women Missionary Fellowship We will meet on Thursday, March 15th, at 10:30 a.m. at the home of Phebe McManama. Following the meeting there will be a buffet luncheon. All ladies are welcome to join us.
The Annual Southern Oregon
Fellowship and Spring Missions Rally
This year’s theme
“Remembering the Past – Looking to the Future”
Saturday April 28th at MFC
Meeting Time: 10:30 a.m.
Lunch served at the conclusion of the program
This annual So. OR Area event is sponsored by NWYM Friends Women organization. Watch for event poster to come later this month when details are confirmed. Questions may be addressed to Nadine Brood, FW area representative.
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The Right Stuff
I just got back from being fitted for my required uniform to be an official Medford Fire-Rescue Chaplain. I am excited to take this step to serve our community and reach out to those in crisis situations. It is a great chance to connect more with our area and build relationships for God’s kingdom. To do this effectively I need to have the right stuff. I need to get a bag together with all the things I might need on a call. I need to get the uniform. I need to make sure people know who I am and what my heart is for this ministry opportunity.
As Christians we need to get similarly kitted out. We need to get the uniform (Christ’s Righteousness) and have the tools necessary (Holy Spirit as our guide) in order to serve effectively in the Kingdom. These things help people identify us and understand what our purpose is in this world: to know Christ and make Him known. We are representatives of a larger organization, we are in service to it, we are not in charge but are connected to those that are. We need the right stuff to do this well. This season of Lent leading up to Easter is about Jesus and the temptation, denial of self and connection to God. We take our old lives and lay them before Jesus and He provides us with new ones that identify us as part of His Kingdom. I hope that you take time to reflect on what Jesus calls you to and offers you.
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Hopeful Vision
I recently had the opportunity to participate in the mid-year meeting for our region. It was a good time of vision casting for our future together. As we talked together about who we wanted to be the focus on Christ and His mission of redemption for our world was at the forefront. We are a people that thirst for God’s righteousness and are creating a vision together of how we can live that out over the next 10 years. This is a hopeful vision of a vibrant community of believers working together to fulfill the great commission in our region and throughout the world. I am excited to see what it is that God does in our lives over the coming years as we seek to fulfill the vision we have been given.
Here is the report from the Clerks on our time together:
“Northwest Yearly Meeting's Vision Day was held Saturday, January 27th at Sherwood Friends Church with over 200 people in attendance!! All eight areas and 33 of the 44 churches remaining in NWYM were represented. A lot of brainstorming, sharing, and visioning was done throughout the day. Planning Day followed on January 28th when the Task Force met on the George Fox University Campus. This all-day meeting summarized vision statements from the previous day to draft a vision statement of NWYM. Based on the vision, the Task Force began discerning priorities for NWYM in the upcoming months and years.
Within the next week, the clerks will send a more detailed report on the areas of priority that emerged during Vision Day.”
Brad Holton, Presiding Clerk
Debbie Harrison, Assistant Presiding Clerk
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FEBRUARY’S ALL CHURCH POTLUCK to have a Valentine’s Theme!
Please join us Sunday, February 18th, for our all church potluck! We always have a great time of fellowship and good food! We’ll meet in the fellowship hall at noon. Please bring a main dish and salad, vegetable or dessert to share.
1000 Pairs of Shoes
We are accepting donations of new shoes up until Easter time 2018! Please help us reach our goal and bless our community by participating in any way that you can for this shoe drive! New Arrival Shoes may be placed on the pew up front on the platform in the sanctuary on Sunday or given to one of the ushers! We want to tally them before they are placed behind the pew.
In House – Progressive International Dinner
Saturday, February 3rd, at 6 p.m.
If you haven’t signed up for this event, please contact Terrie Ziemann and let her know what you plan to bring to our
In House Progressive International Dinner (held at MFC)! We are asking for Appetizers from Asia, Main Dishes from Central/South America, Soup/Salad from Russia/Europe and Global Desserts/International Sweet Treats.
Please Join Us in the Celebration of
Phebe McManama’s 90th Birthday
The special occasion will take place at
Medford Friends Church
Saturday, February 10, 2018
from 2 to 4 p.m.
No Gifts Please – Cards are Welcome!
A Business Meeting will be held at MFC on Sunday, February 11, 2018 We will meet in the sanctuary after the worship service with Sunday School to follow. The agenda includes: new presiding clerk, new memberships and considering the proposed budget for this year.
Valentine Bake Event
Heart Shaped Delightful Delectable Delicacies are Coming Your Way! Sunday, February 11th is the first of four 2018 Bake Events offered by FW in support of our NWYM Friends Serving Abroad.
Friends Women Missionary Fellowship
We will meet on Thursday, February 15th at 10:30 a.m. in the fireside room at MFC. Following the meeting we will have lunch at Wendy’s. All ladies are welcome to join us.
The Annual Southern Oregon Fellowship and Spring Missions Rally is on the calendar for Saturday April 28th at MFC, time to be determined. This event is an opportunity for the whole congregation to participate in the commission Jesus gave to take the gospel into all the world (Mark 15:16). This year’s theme is “Remembering the Past – Looking to the Future”. Projected speakers are Johann and Judy Mauer, Russia, confirmed and Hal and Nancy Thomas, Bolivia. Offering project will be to help with the publication of the NWYM/Bolivian history project, now in it’s 5th and final year.
If you would like to help with the detail preparation of this event contact Nadine Brood.
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Friends Women Missionary Fellowship
Our regular monthly meetings resume January 18th at 10:30 a.m. in the fireside room at MFC. The meeting will conclude with a buffet lunch at noon. All ladies are welcome to join us.
Spring Missions Rally – Mark your calendars for Saturday April 28th. Watch for more details coming soon!
Baked Potato Fun – All Church Potluck
Please join us Sunday, January 21st, for our all church potluck! We always have a great time of fellowship and good food! We’ll meet in the fellowship hall at noon. Bring potato toppings and salad or dessert to share.
Seniors You Are Invited to Join Strong Friends!
Flexibility, strength and balance become more challenging as we age. If you've enjoyed watching children learn to walk you know it is a complicated set of skills. Falling many times is part of the process.
Wanting to pass on that part, we follow a program devised by Tuft's University and as STRONG FRIENDS meet M-W-F from 9 to 10. We exercise at the church and you are welcome to join us any time. I lead the class as a volunteer and there is no fee for doing the exercises that have kept us more flexible, stronger and less likely to fall. The group has been meeting since 2006. Curious if this would work for you or have questions, stop in and see Teddie Hight!
1000 Pairs of Shoes
We are accepting donations of new shoes up until Easter time 2018! 268 is the current pairs of shoes collected! Please help us reach our goal and bless our community by participating in any way that you can for this shoe drive! New Arrival Shoes may be placed on the pew up front on the platform in the sanctuary on Sunday or given to one of the ushers! We want to tally them before they are placed behind the pew.
It’s time to update our birthday file and directory information.
If you are new to MFC within the last year we would like to have the birth dates of those in your family. Please list the month & day on the back of your Information Sheet. (Adults are not required to list the year, however it is helpful for children!) Directory information…if you have moved or have new phone numbers or a new email address please fill out the top of the Information Sheet and place it in the box on the table in the foyer. Thank you.
Thank You from Jesse Davis, the Wilson, Garrett and Taylor families for the cards, gifts and the cash gifts shared with us throughout the Christmas season.
We are thankful for God’s generous provision to us and for the ways that everyone contributes to the ministries of Medford Friends. It is a joy to serve Jesus with all of you, our church family.
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New Year
New Beginnings. A fresh start. A clean slate. These are what we long for in a new year. 2017 is over. 2018 is just beginning and has that New Year sense of hope. We hope that this year will be better than the last one. That we won’t face as much trial or struggle. We hope for something new.
As Christians we are offered this not just one day a year but every day. Christ offers us new life each morning. Scripture tells us “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Cor. 5:17) The offering of Christ is Newness. We come to Him with an old and battered life, hard used and worn, and He gives us a new life bursting with opportunity and love. I hope that this New Year you accept Christ’s New Life for you each day.
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Annual Ladies Ornament Exchange – Friday, December 8th
Ladies, please join us at 6:30 p.m. at MFC for a celebration of Christ’s Birth. Share in the joy and laughter as we fellowship together, interact with the story of the First Christmas, and exchange ornaments. Bring the special women in your life, a wrapped ornament, and a favorite holiday treat to share.
FWMF will not hold a regular meeting in December. The next meeting will be Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at MFC in the fireside room.
Sunday, December 24th, Join us at 9 a.m. for a Fellowship Time
with Christmas Worship Service at 10 a.m.
Our Christmas Celebration will include special guest
Rich Swingle performing his one man play
“Views of the Manger”
No Sunday School that day.
Please bring a favorite finger food to share at the
morning fellowship time.
No Christmas eve service this year so please be sure to join us in the morning activities.
Pray for the Garrett Family
Please be praying for Brett and Cindi Garrett and their family following the death of their son Christopher, who died in a work-related truck accident on December 5, 2017. Please also keep Christopher's wife Karla in your prayers, that God may grant all of their family/families with His comfort in these difficult days. While we deeply mourn Christopher's passing, we take comfort in knowing that He is in heaven with Jesus. There will be a memorial service for Christopher later in December, most likely during the days following Christmas.
Vera Wisely has been in declining health in recent days and she was called home to be with Jesus on December 7, 2017, at the age of 104. There will be a service at a later date and we will announce that when we know. Please keep Marilyn Johnston and all of their family in your prayers.
Love Offering
In response to the passing of Pastor Jesse's mom in Kansas, we are collecting a love offering to provide Jesse with airfare to be used for him to visit his father at a later date or for him to fly his father out for a visit. Pastors can't always get away to support their families as they would like so this gift will allow Pastor Jesse the opportunity to minister to his father in the months to come. If you would like to contribute to this love offering please designate your gift "airfare." Thank you!
EFM Christmas Catalog for 2017
We have an opportunity to make a difference and help with family needs in a way you might not thought of before! Can be found on the usher’s table in the foyer or go online to friendsmission.com/christmas.
New Year’s Eve White Elephant Gift Exchange – Welcome in the New Year!
Everyone is invited to join us at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall for a fun time. Bring a wrapped white elephant gift for the exchange game, board games and finger foods to share. (If you plan to stay late bring extra munchie foods!)
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Wednesday, November 1st at 7 p.m. Vision Meeting at MFC
Talent FWMF ladies are holding their Annual Christmas Bazaar & Bake Sale Saturday, November 4th, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Talent Friends Church, 50 Talent Avenue. Everyone is invited.
Sunday, November 5th Daylight Savings Time Ends! Be sure to set your clocks back 1 hour Saturday night, November 4th.
Tom Walker will be 90 on November 12th! The family will have birthday cake to celebrate the occasion! Please join us during the fellowship time that Sunday and feel free to bring a birthday card to honor Tom being 90!
FWMF November Monthly Meeting all ladies are invited to join us on Thursday, November 16th, at the home of Phebe McManama. The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. with a luncheon to follow.
FWMF – November 19th will be the
Pre-Thanksgiving/Holiday Baked Goods Event
Look for ladies in the fellowship hall on Sunday, November 19th between services and following Sunday School. In addition to the usual cookies, cupcakes, brownies etc. they plan to have pies, sweet breads, yeast breads & rolls, holiday cookies & candy etc. If you would like to be sure to get a homemade pie you can reserve one by contacting Nadine Brood, choices are: pumpkin, apple or cherry!
All Church Thanksgiving Potluck
Sunday, November 19th
Please join us for a time of celebration, fellowship and good food! We will meet in the fellowship hall following the Sunday School & Bible Study hour. The church will provide the Turkey and Ham. Please bring Thanksgiving side dishes and desserts to share.
1000 Pairs of Shoes We are accepting donations of new shoes up until Easter time of next year! At this time, there are 199 pairs of shoes accounted for! New Arrival Shoes may be placed on the pew up front on the platform in the sanctuary on Sunday or given to one of the ushers! We want to tally them before they are placed behind the pew. So far we have collected 224 pairs!
Walnuts for Sale!!
Donna Hansen has walnuts in the shell for sale $1.50 per pound. Look for her on Sunday morning, or contact her at home.
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