Help us prepare for Christmas!

Saturday, November 28th from 10am to 2pm please join us for Decoration Saturday where we decorate the church for Advent and Christmas. Chili will be served for lunch and it will be a wonderful time of transforming the church into a festive atmosphere in preparation of the celebration of Christ's birth.

Sunday, November 29th we invite you to attend a very special worship service that will be presented in both the 8:45am and 11am worship services. The Hanging of the Greens Service shows us the meaning of various traditional Christmas decorations presented to us by families within our church.

2009 Cluster Charge Conference

Sequoyah UMC's annual Charge Conference will be held Sunday, Nov. 15th at 2-4pm, at Farmington UMC. This is the Northwest District's first time to "cluster". Everyone is welcomed to attend, while members of the Charge Conference (same as members of AdCouncil) are expected. We will meet at Sequoyah at 1:30 to carpool.
In addition to the usual business of the church, we will join 10 other congregations in some time of celebration. Rev. Mackey Yokem, our District Superintendent, will bring th emessage "No longer business as usual". There will also be a session called "How do we "catch 'em?" presented by Rob Willisnas, a New Church Start pastor assigned to Siloam Springs, in which he will discuss the evangelism strategy based on Bill Hybells book, Walk Across the Room. Finally we will hear a presentation called "What difference has it made?" which will include three personal stories from: a new disciple of Jesus, a person who has recently returned to Christian Discipleship, and a witness to the joy of Tithing.

Sequoyah Women's Spiritual Retreat

October 23-24, 16 women joined together at the Ackerson's beautiful mountaintop farm in Madison county to be inspired by the message of 'Peace by Piece' in the study developed and presented by Terri Bressler.

The day included insight into the meaning of peace through scripture and the writings of past and present inspirational authors, signs of peace and their development, how to achieve peace and how to share it.

We created a group 'Peace Quilt' where each one contributed a piece of the whole. We experienced origami cranes, a labyrinth, a spiritual approach to yoga, God's beautiful fall weather and colors, and much more.

It was an event to remember and we look forward to the next opportunity to spend time in this type of Christian growth and fellowship.