Fairhaven UMC

United Methodist Church

2415 Saw Mill Run Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
Sunday 9:30am Worship

    • Mission Opportunities At Fairhaven

      First Food and Friends
      Join us on the first Saturday of each month at the First United Methodist Church on Centre Avenue to work in the kitchen to provide a hot meal for the 50-100 clients that depend on this soup kitchen each week.

      No food service experience required!

      Arrive around 9:00, and we are done around 12:30.

      You get a free lunch, too!

      Blessing Bags
      Donate small toiletries (sample size), snack bars, cheese and crackers, wet wipes, hand/foot warmers to be placed in plastic bags.

      Then take a couple of the bags to carry with you and give them out to those in need. Place donations in the large white hamper marked Blessing Bags on the First Sunday.

      Completed bags will be available to take each Sunday.

      Support the Carrick Food Pantry
      Bring non-perishable food items No Glass Containers and paper products such as paper towels, toilet paper, tissues, and diapers.

      Bins will be put in the downstairs hallway for this collection on the Second Sunday of the month.

      Take advantage of BOGOs and ten $10 specials at the stores to help those in need.

      Clothing for the Washington City Mission
      This mission serves 80 homeless men and 50 homeless women and children.

      They welcome any clothing and food items we can give. Bring clothing in on the Second Sunday of each month and food donations on the Third Sunday.

      Please be sure all clothing is washed. We have limited storage space, so keep these donations at home until the proper collection days!

      First Food and Friends Shower Facility
      Donate NEW men’s and women’s underwear, shaving cream, disposable razors, wash cloths and bath towels to be used by people who use the showering facility at First Food and Friends.

      Bring these items in on the LAST SUNDAY of each month, and we will deliver them when we go to work at the kitchen.

      Prayer Shawls
      Know of someone who could use some support? Maybe a prayer shawl from a loving congregation would be appreciated!

      See Mary Louise Regan to give a name of someone in need or for details on how to get involved.

      A Month Of Mission Opportunities

      First Saturday

      • Work at First Food and Friends 9:00am – 12:30pm

      First Sunday

      • Items for Blessing Bags

      Second Sunday

      • Clothing for Washington City Mission
      • Food and paper products for Carrick’s food Pantry

      Third Sunday

      • Food for Washington City Mission

      Fourth Sunday

      • Items for Shower Facility at First Food and Friends

      If a fifth Sunday

      • Do something nice for someone!

      Every Sunday

      • Pray for those in need and for God’s guidance in our efforts.

    • The Path Of Grace

      Sunday Service was led by Pastor Matt Price and the Sermon was titled “The Path Of Grace”.

      Welcome to the First Sunday of Lent!

      When most people think of Lent, they think of…

      • Temptation and sorrow, doom and gloom.
      • Giving up chocolates!
      • Giving up pop!
      • And, horror of horror in our house, perhaps even giving up Chipotle!

      Not exactly cheery topics!

      But, there can be joy in Lent too!
      Lent is about…

      • Taking on habits that make us more like Jesus.
      • Giving up habits that make us less like Jesus.
      • Tapping into the grace of Jesus that makes it all possible!

      Taking Something On For Lent

      • Can eating chocolate-covered strawberries each day be a good Lenten discipline? Yes!
      • We all struggle with different sins.
      • For those fighting to see themselves as worthy of God’s love, what a great discipline!

      Other Suggestions for 
Lenten Practices…

      • Practice Gratitude on a Regular Basis.
      • Learn a new way of praying!
      • Read a psalm or a proverb each day.
      • Pray nightly for persecuted Christians around the world, especially the families of those Egyptian Christians recently killed by ISIS.
      • Practice saying ‘no’ to self-defeating thoughts!
      • Take part in our Lenten Bible study!

      What Are you Giving Up for Lent?

      • Why not take Pope Francis’s suggestion and give up “indifference to others” this Lent?
      • Why not give up time for volunteering or visiting one of our sick or shut-in church members?
      • Be creative in what you give up!

    • February 22 – 28

      Sunday, February 22

      • First Sunday in Lent
      • 8:15 am – Trustees Meeting
      • 8:30 am – FREE Kingdom Everlasting Cafe
      • 9:30 am – Worship Service with Pastor Matt Price – Sermon “The Path of Grace”
      • After Church – Outreach/Mission Meeting
        • Anyone with outreach ideas is welcome to attend.
        • Any member who cannot attend is asked to contact Kelly prior to the meeting.

      Monday, February 23

      • 6:00 pm – N A Group

      Tuesday, February 24

      • 7:00 pm – Lent Bible Study at Fairhaven UMC

      Wednesday, February 25

      • 7:00 am – Men’s Fellowship with Pastor Matt at Fairhaven UMC
      • 9:30 am – Walking Group with Pastor Sue at Spencer UMC
      • 12:00 pm – Wednesdays in Lent: Ecumenical Luncheon and Worship
        • Topic: Boldness & Unity
        • Rev. Scott Shutter – First Presbyterian Luncheon
        • Host – St. Winifred Roman Catholic
          • Worship begins at Noon in the sanctuary of Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (935 Pine Avenue)
          • Immediately following, we move to the fellowship hall for a light lunch
          • A Disciple’s Path Lent Bible Study with Pastor Sue Hutchins at 1:00 pm
      • 7:00 pm – Lent Bible Study at Crafton UMC

      Thursday, February 26

      • BEYOND Casual Worship – The Disciples’ Paths 

        Proverbs 4:18 tells us that “the path of the righteous is like the light of the dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.” And yet that path is filled with pit stops, detours, and even times when we’ve completely lost our way. Never fear, though, because God’s word to us in Scripture is a guiding light pointing us back in the right direction!

        That’s why this Lent for Beyond, fitting in with our Lenten theme of following “A Disciple’s Path,” we’ll be looking at the diverse paths traveled by God’s people in the Bible.  From Joseph and Ruth in the Old Testament to Mary and Paul in the New, the path of the righteous is never easy. But we serve a God who uses even the bumps in the road as a means of shaping us into the faithful women and men God created us to be. So come on out for Beyond each Thursday during Lent and join us as we continue our journey of faith together! 

        • 6:15 pm – Light Dinner
        • 7:00 pm – Worship Service

      FUTURE DATES

      March 7 – Turn clocks ahead one hour

      March 8 – 8:15 am Worship Committee Meeting

      March 22 – Pick-up Easter Candy

      March 29 – Palm Sunday

      April 2 – Maundy Thursday

      April 3 – Good Friday

      April 5 – Easter Sunday

      April 12 – 8:15 am Worship Committee Meeting

      April 18 – Baby Shower

      April 25 – Women’s Club of Overbrook Card Party

      May 10 – Mother’s Day

      May 11 – 7:00 pm SHP Quarterly Meeting at Crafton UMC

      May 19 – Election Day Food Sale

      May 24 – Pentecost Sunday

      June 14 – Pastor Matt’s Ordination at Buckhannon, WV

      June 21 – Father’s Day

      July 6 – 7:00 pm SHP Quarterly Meeting at Spencer UMC

      October 5 – 7:00 pm SHP Quarterly Meeting at Carnegie UMC

      November 14 – Mabel Speicher Friends of Fairhaven Gala at South Hills Country Club

       

    • Room Rentals at Crafton UMC

      craftonumc

      43 Belvidere Street Crafton PA 15205

      The Gymnasium and Rooms are available to rent for sports, dancing, baby/wedding showers, birthday parties, card parties, meetings, etc.

      Please call the church for more information at 412-937-4446.

    • Ash Wednesday

      Ash Wednesday

      View The Presentation

      Blessing of the Ashes

      O God, our maker and judge, you have created us from the dust of the earth and, because of our sin, we must return to dust: Grant that through the imposition of these ashes we may be bright to an awareness of our mortality, to true repentance, and trust in your life-giving grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      Amen.

      Prayer of Confession

      L: God, you are Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer.

      P: You formed us from the earth and breathed life into our bodies. You walk among us and offer us your life. You call us together and breathe your Spirit through us.

      L: You have made us in your image.

      P: Now remind us that still, we are not God. For we confess that we have forgotten.

      L: We have forgotten that it is your kingdom, not ours.
We have forgotten to listen for your voice, so often drowned out by our own. We have forgotten that you call all creation to life and relationship, not rules and regulations.

      ~silence~

      L: We pray “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done”
and yet we confess, O Lord, that we are very attached to our own wills.

      P: We ask your forgiveness for the times we think we have all the answers. We confess that we have slammed the door, keeping others out, we have stood in the doorway monitoring who comes and goes, and sometimes we have barged right through others’ doors, caring little for the consequences. Forgive us, O God, and turn us again to your way. Fill us with your steadfast love, and lead us into life.

      ~silence~

      L: You call, O Lord, sometimes in a storm and sometimes in a silence, through your word written and proclaimed, through the voice of stranger and enemy and friend.

      P: I confess that I have not always been an eager student of your word; I have talked more than I have listened in prayer, and that I might not recognize your voice in a crowd. I admit that I have followed other voices, and that my own voice has often been louder than yours. I have stood by the door, but not walked through. I have stood by the door, and kept others from walking through. I have stood by the door, calling people to walk my way rather than yours. Forgive me, O God, and turn me again to your way. Fill me with your steadfast love, and lead me into life.

      ~silence~

      L: You, Lord, are Healer, making wholeness where once there was brokenness. You offer a way of life that carries hope for all the world.

      P: Yet we turn our eyes from a dying creation, ignoring your call to care. We admit that we choose what is easy, at the expense of the people and the planet you have created. We confess that we want the green pastures and still waters for ourselves, and we have set up systems in which some waste away while we simply waste. When our doors are unmarked, so only those in the know may enter, when our hearts are firmly locked against anything new, when our habits are closed and therefore shut others out, forgive us, O God, and turn us again to your way. Fill us with your steadfast love, and lead us into life.

      ~silence~

      L: We stand at the threshold of community; of grief; of hope; of repentance; of possibility; of fear; of forgiveness; of life.

      ~silence~

      Every day is filled with opportunities both missed and taken—
to speak up, to speak out, to keep silent, to listen…
 to hope, to despair, to heal, to hurt, to help…
to come in and to go out and to find pasture.

      ~silence~

      Act of Absolution

      L: According to the sure promises of the Gospel, I declare unto
      you that your sins are forgiven, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
      Amen.

      P: According to the sure promises of the Gospel, we declare unto you that your sins are forgiven, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
      Amen.