Events

Ignite Youth Group meets at 6-8pm in the Open Door Youth Center with snacks at 6:30pm
Ignite is for youth in grades 7-12
Please contact Howie Snyder, Director of Youth Ministries for more information.

It will soon be time to register your child for the First United Methodist Preschool for the 2017-2018 school year. Our preschool is for children who will be either 3 or 4 years old by September 1, 2017. Classes meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings or afternoons from late-August to mid-May.  

What do you buy the person who has everything? How about a goat, a colony of honeybees, or a beautiful handmade craft?

Renew your holiday spirit with a visit to a UMW circle

Thursday, November 17th - 9:00 a.m. - Rachel Circle - room 213

Thursday, November 17th - 12:45 p.m. - Ruth Circle - Chapel Hall

Monday, November 28th - 7:00 p.m. - Sarah Circle - room 213

Wednesday, November 30th - Mary Elizabeth Circle - 1:00 p.m. - Chapel Hall

Tuesday, December 6th - General Meeting - 1:00 p.m. - Fellowship Hall

Thursday, December 15th - Rachel Circle - 9:00 a.m. - room 213

Thursday, December 15th - Ruth Circle - 12:45 p.m. - Chapel Hall

Do you want to keep your mind steady amidst the Christmas shopping fever? Are you struggling to remember what this season is actually about? It can be nuts out there and we hear ya.

Why not take a pause and join the Women’s Bible Study group this December for a four-week Advent study? Beginning Wednesday, November 30, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 213, the group will gather to chat, pray, laugh and remember what Advent is truly about.

Renew your holiday spirit with a visit to a UMW circle

Thursday, November 17th - 9:00 a.m. - Rachel Circle - room 213

Thursday, November 17th - 12:45 p.m. - Ruth Circle - Chapel Hall

Monday, November 28th - 7:00 p.m. - Sarah Circle - room 213

Wednesday, November 30th - Mary Elizabeth Circle - 1:00 p.m. - Chapel Hall

Tuesday, December 6th - General Meeting - 1:00 p.m. - Fellowship Hall

Thursday, December 15th - Rachel Circle - 9:00 a.m. - room 213

Thursday, December 15th - Ruth Circle - 12:45 p.m. - Chapel Hall

What do you buy the person who has everything? How about a goat, a colony of honeybees, or a beautiful handmade craft?

DGFUMC will join with others at an Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church hosted by the Downers Grove Ministerium. At this service we will celebrate being part of a diverse community of faith that can come together in prayer and praise. All are invited.

A Christmas Handbell Concert
Saturday, November 19, 7:00 p.m.

Featuring the Chancel and Westminster Ringers

O Come, All Ye Faithful, Joyful and Triumphant . . .
The Snow Lay on the Ground
Jingle Bell Samba!!!
Cold December Flies Away
Bring a torch, Jeanette Isabella!
“Willie, bring your little drum, Robin bring your fife and come!”

Bring a good pair of scissors.

And bring money for Subway lunch and $5 to help toward the materials purchased.

Please contact Maria Lippert at [email protected] for more information.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Let's Make a Difference the Week Before Thanksgiving

Let's put our faith into action and join together for a one-day S.O.S. mission trip on Saturday, November 19.

Bob and Kathleen Schultz will present My Fellow Americans, a 1996 political comedy starring two of our most beloved actors no longer with us, Jack Lemmon and James Garner. Playing two ex-presidents on opposite sides of the political fence, these two foes become aligned in a struggle for their very survival as they deal with the corrupt current chief executive.