Church Family!  We need your help to welcome our community onto the UCUMC campus for Trunk of Treats on October 25 from 2-4.  

What you need to know now: We will set up tables for you to decorate as close to the end of the worship service as possible.  There will be a piece of paper with your last name or organization on the table.  Please allow time to decorate your table.  We would like for you to be ready to greet families no later than 1:45.  UCUMC provides one large bag of candy (200ish pieces) but you supply the rest.

Click the link below if you are available to help that day! 

The Veterans event is NEXT FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18! The event includes a BBQ dinner, entertainment, and guest speaker John Woodall, director of Camp4Heroes.

Please note that UCUMC has a new mailing address:
University City UMC
PO Box 480021
Charlotte, NC 28269

Budget Gifts Received (9/6/26) - $25,795
MTD Budget Goal - $13,750
MTD Receipts - $25,795
YTD Budget Goals - $552,750
YTD Budget Receipts - $527,966
Reach - $19,669  (Reach new year 11/1/25)

Restore, Renew, Rekindle
Amount Pledged - $416,222
Amount Given - $307,222
Amount Spent - $225,043

Men, you don’t have to carry life alone. Join us every Tuesday at 8:00 AM on Zoom for our Men’s Huddle Up—a simple, honest space to be encouraged, strengthened, and reminded that you have brothers standing with you. We’re currently studying Revelation together, leaning into God’s Word with courage, humility, and hope. Whether you’re winning, worn out, or somewhere in between, there’s a seat for you. Show up as you are, and let’s start the day with purpose, prayer, and momentum. For more information, email Jeff Hargett.

We invite you to join us in praying with and for one another as a community of faith. Each prayer request represents someone in our church family who could use encouragement, support, and the power of prayer.  We are a community, and each of us has something to offer. Whether you are able to pray for a few moments or spend more time in prayer, we encourage you to pray as you feel led and as your time allows.
Our staff also faithfully prays over the entire prayer list each Tuesday morning, lifting each person and request before God.

Thank you for being part of a church family that cares, supports, and prays for one another. Together, let us continue to lift one another up in prayer.

There is a moment most of us have experienced, standing in the middle of our worst circumstances, wondering whether things will ever turn around. The economy tightens. Relationships fracture. Hope grows thin. In those moments, the question that quietly forms in the back of our minds is one humanity has wrestled with for thousands of years: Is this what we deserve?
It is a deeply human question. And it is one that the ancient world answered with a framework that felt logical, even fair. The idea was simple: bad things happen because of bad choices. Sin produces suffering. Wrongdoing produces consequences. Every misfortune could be traced back to a moral failure somewhere. This was not just folk wisdom. It was theological conviction. And for a long time, it shaped how people understood their relationship with God.
But then came a cedar tree. And everything changed.
The World Ezekiel Lived In
The prophet Ezekiel was a man of his time. He believed, as many did, that suffering was the direct result of human sin. When the nation of Judah fell into ruin under the disastrous leadership of King Zedekiah, a king whose betrayals and failures ultimately brought the armies of Nebuchadnezzar crashing down upon his people, Ezekiel saw a direct line between the sin and the suffering. And to some degree, he was not wrong. Leadership matters. Character matters. The choices of those in power ripple outward and touch everyone around them.
But here is where the story takes a remarkable turn.
In Ezekiel 17, verses 22 through 24, in the very depths of Judah's despair, God does not respond with a verdict. God responds with a vision. God declares that he himself will take a tender shoot from the top of a great cedar and plant it on a high mountain. That small, fragile sprig will grow into something magnificent, a noble cedar so expansive that birds of every kind will nest in its branches and find shelter in its shade. And every tree in the field will look upon it and know that God has done this.
This is not the language of retribution. This is the language of grace.
The Difference Between Retribution and Generosity
Retribution operates on a closed system. You get what you give. Wrong is met with punishment. Failure is met with abandonment. In a world governed purely by retribution, there is no room for second chances, no space for renewal, and certainly no hope for those who have already fallen.
But generosity breaks that system wide open.
When God looked at Judah at its lowest point, the response was not to catalog every failure and deliver a proportional punishment. The response was to plant something new. To reach into the wreckage and introduce the possibility of growth where growth seemed impossible. That is the nature of divine generosity. It does not wait for circumstances to be favorable. It does not require that we have earned it. It moves toward us precisely when we are most broken, most lost, most in need of something we cannot produce for ourselves.
There is a telling observation about people who are consumed by retribution: they are never generous. When someone is wholly focused on getting even, on making sure the score is settled and justice is served on their own terms, they lose the capacity to see the suffering around them. They cannot hear the cries of their own people. They cannot imagine a different future because they are too invested in relitigating the past. Retribution does not just damage the one it targets. It hollows out the one who carries it. There is an old saying that when you set out to get revenge, you should dig two graves.
God refuses that path. Instead, God plants a cedar.
The Cedar and the Cross
This image from Ezekiel finds its fullest expression in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When Jesus looked out at the crowds following him, he did not see people who had earned his attention. He saw people who were like sheep without a shepherd, scattered, vulnerable, and desperate. His response was not judgment. It was compassion. He called for workers to go into the harvest. He went himself.
The cross is the ultimate act of divine generosity. It is God refusing to let human sin have the final word. It is the tender shoot planted in the soil of human brokenness, growing into something that offers shelter and life to everyone who draws near. The resurrection declares what the cedar in Ezekiel's vision declared: God has done this. Death does not win. Retribution does not win. Generosity wins.
The early church captured this in a cry of defiant joy. The apostle Paul, writing in 1 Corinthians 15, poses the triumphant question of where death's sting has gone, declaring that victory belongs to God through Jesus Christ. That victory is not earned. It is given. It is an act of overwhelming, unstoppable generosity.
What This Means for How We Live
If the God we follow is a God of generosity rather than retribution, then we are called to reflect that same generosity in the world. This is not a minor adjustment to our lifestyle. It is a fundamental reorientation of how we see everything: our resources, our relationships, our time, our forgiveness.
Generosity makes possible what seems impossible. It is stronger than death. It is the force that builds communities, restores relationships, and gives hope to people who have run out of reasons to hope. When we choose generosity over retribution, when we choose to plant something new rather than burn down what has failed, we are participating in the very work of God in the world.
The cedar has been planted. The branches are wide. There is room for every kind of bird, every kind of person, every kind of story.
The question is simply this: Will we live as people who know that, and give accordingly?

Where's the Adult? is happening THIS Saturday September 12th from 1-2:30pm @ Concord Mills! All information and rules are on the website, click the button below to see it.

*Parents please remember that students are to be dropped off at the Books a Million entrance so no one sees any of the adults that will be hiding!*

Sunday September 13th Fusion is back starting with dinner at 5:30pm and ending at 7:00pm. 

We still need someone to sign up for next week, September 20th!

Question Sunday is returning! On the third Sunday of every month during Prayer Furnace I will answer student's questions about the church, Christianity, etc. There is a QR code below and also in various places in the Youth room for students to scan and submit their questions. ALL questions submitted using the QR code will be anonymous. Students can also asks questions without submitting them first on the third Sunday!

Video Announcements

Musical Call to Worship:
Blessed Be Your Name/All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Arr. Tornquist)
Alisha Brown, Music Assistant/Accompanist, UCUMC

Welcome: Jeff Hargett,
Celebration Choir, Covenant Keepers Class, Worship Team

Prayer for Worship: Jeff Hargett

Hymn: UMH # 158 Come, Christians, Join to Sing (vs. 1-3)
Matt Guild, Alisha, Choir, Praise Team, Congregation

Message in Music:
As Saints of Old Their First Fruits Brought (Christierson, Vaughan Williams)
Celebration Choir

Family First Moment: Janice Cloninger,
Director of Generational Ministries

Passing the Peace: Janice and Praise Band

Song: Great Things (Wickham, Myrin)
Praise Team, Congregation

Call to Offering: Jeff Hargett

Prayer of Dedication: Jeff Hargett

Offertory: Honey in the Rock (Lake, Ligertwood, Wong)
Maria Guild, Praise Team

Series Video: Stewardship

Scripture: Ezekiel 17:22-24 (NRSV)
Jeff Hargett

Message: Planted; 
Pastor Donnell FitzJefferies, UCUMC

Confession, Assurance, Communion: Pastor Donnell

Communion Music: He Set My Feet Upon the Rock (Marino, Keveren)
Jeff Hargett, Matt Guild, Ed Hyland-trio; Alisha Brown, piano

Song: Take My Life (Underwood) Praise Team, Congregation

Sending Forth: Pastor Donnell

Sending Forth Music: Praise Band

The Church's mailing address has changed:
University City UMC
PO Box 480021
Charlotte, NC 28269

Welcome to this week's calendar - the one place for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next seven days.

Please note that UCUMC has a new mailing address:
University City UMC
PO Box 480021
Charlotte, NC 28269

Budget Gifts Received (8/30/26) - $5,163
MTD Budget Goal - $60,000
MTD Receipts - $48,730
YTD Budget Goals - $539,000
YTD Budget Receipts - $502,171
Reach - $18,455  (Reach new year 11/1/25)

Restore, Renew, Rekindle
 Amount Pledged - $410,222
Amount Given - $301,222

This Sunday is a Family First Sunday!  We will have our prayground set up in the front right of the sanctuary.  This is a space for children in the sanctuary to feel comfortable during worship.  If your child is using the space and you are not serving during the worship service, you are expected to be in that immediate area.  The staff members who are there are in charge of UC Kids whose parents are serving or on staff.  

September 13th is our official start to UC Kids Zone School Year.  We will start back with our small-group breakout sessions.  We will continue to do Holy Moly curriculum this year.  If your child is in Pre-K(4 yo)-2nd grade they will be picked up in room 100, if your child is in 3rd grade-5th grade they will be picked up in room 102.  Pick up is between 10:20-10:25.

September 13th is also the day that we kick off our semester-long arts program called UC Kids Arts and Little Lambs.  If your child is PK-3 through Kindergarten they can participate in the Little Lambs music program that meets in room 102 from 12:00-12:30.  If your child is in 1st through 5th grades they can participate in UC Kids Arts in the choir room from 12:00-12:30.  All ages can meet in 120 immediately following the worship service for a snack before programming begins.  

Trunk of Treats 10-25-2026 2:00-4:00
Christmas For Everyone 12-04-2026 6:30-8:30

Come explore Romans with us.

Together we'll engage Scripture, wrestle with real-life questions, and discover God's grace in new ways. Wherever you are on your faith journey, you belong here.

Where: UCUMC Cafe 

Book: Participants are asked to purchase their own copy of Immersion Bible Studies: Romans by John Gilbert and Lynn Cohick prior to Session 1 (Oct 13) 
https://www.amazon.com/Immersion-Bible-Studies-Lynn-Cohick/dp/1426709862/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

Schedule:

• Sept 30 Introductory Session via Zoom
• Oct 14 Session 1
• Oct 21 Session 2
• Oct 28 Session 3
• Nov 4 Session 4
• Nov 12 (Thurs) Session 5
• Nov 18 Session 6 

It’s Back-to-School Season!

That means UCUMC’s BackPack Ministry is gearing up for another school year!

On Sunday, September 6, and Sunday, September 13, we’ll be collecting food to fill weekend backpacks for children and families at David Cox Road Elementary School who are experiencing food insecurity.

You can help by bringing items from the list below when you come to church on either Sunday. We’ll have a collection point in front of the Gathering Space beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Items Needed

• 16-ounce canned vegetables
• Boxes of mac and cheese
• Individual-serving fruit cups
• Individual-serving applesauce
• Instant flavored oatmeal packets
• Instant grits packets
• Cereal bars, protein bars, or fruit bars
• Single-serving treats such as Oreos, Rice Krispies Treats, gummies, popcorn, and more

Every item you donate helps us fill a backpack with food for the weekend—and reminds a child and their family that their community cares about them.

Prefer to Give Financially?
You can also make a direct financial donation to support the BackPack Ministry. Enter the amount and select “BackPack Ministry” from the Fund dropdown menu. If you like, you can even set up a regular contribution directly to this specific ministry. Every dollar helps to feed a hungry child.

Thank you for helping us REACH around the corner and make a difference in the lives of children and families in our community!

Video Announcements

Musical Call to Worship: TBD (Arr.)
Alisha Brown, Music Assistant/Accompanist, UCUMC

Welcome: Tammy Ortiz, Exaltation Ringers, Worship Innovation Team

Prayer for Worship: Tammy Ortiz

Hymn: UMH # 462 ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (vs. 1, 3, 4)
Matt Guild, Alisha, Choir, Praise Team, Congregation

A Modern Affirmation: UMH # 885 Tammy Ortiz and Congregation

Message in Music: God is Here (Drennan)
Celebration Choir, Christa Shephard-Shabazz, solo
 
Generational Ministries Moment:
Janice Cloninger, Director of Generational Ministries;
Kayla Belk, Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries

Passing the Peace: Kayla Belk and Praise Band

Song: Praise (Lake, Moore, Brown, Carnes, Barrett, Furtick)
Praise Team, Congregation

Call to Offering: Tammy Ortiz

Prayer of Dedication and The Lord’s Prayer: Tammy Ortiz

Offertory: Let It Be a Hallelujah (Myrin, Daigle, Busbee)
Praise Team

Series Video: Stewardship

Scripture: Luke 21:1-4 (NRSV)
Tammy Ortiz

Message: Trust
Pastor Donnell FitzJefferies, UCUMC

Altar Call: Pastor Donnell

Song: Trust in God (Lake, Brown, Wong, Furtick)
Praise Team, Congregation

Sending Forth: Pastor Donnell

Sending Forth Music: Praise Band

You are invited to learn more about UCUMC and become a deeper part of a community of believers who are committed to making a difference in the world and living out our faith by Blessing Others, Belonging in Community, and Believing in Jesus.

The Church's mailing address has changed:
University City UMC
PO Box 480021
Charlotte, NC 28269

Welcome to this week's calendar - the one place for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next seven days.

Please note that UCUMC has a new mailing address:
University City UMC
PO Box 480021
Charlotte, NC 28269

Budget Gifts Received (8/23/26) - $6,843
MTD Budget Goal - $48,000
MTD Receipts - $43,567
YTD Budget Goals - $527,000
YTD Budget Receipts - $497,008
Reach - $18,355  (Reach new year 11/1/25)

Restore, Renew, Rekindle
Amount Pledged - $410,112
Amount Given - $301,112
Amount Spent - $225,043

Staff Birthdays and Anniversaries
September Birthdays
Shannon Long – Sept. 5
Pastor Donnell FitzJefferies – Sept. 27  
Please join us in wishing Shannon and Pastor Donnell a wonderful birthday!

September Anniversaries 
Brian Bingham – Sept. 1 - 24 years  as Technical Director
Alisha Springer – Sept 15 – 21 years as Music Assistant and Accompanist
Shannon Long – Sept. 17 – 5 years as WDS director
Laura Jones – Sept 21 – 28 years as Nursery Coordinator

Thank you all for supporting the life of UCUMC with your dedication.
We will be honoring Shannon’s milestone anniversary during the service on Sept 20th.
 
Upcoming Board of Stewards Meetings/Minutes
All church members are invited to attend Open Session parts of meetings. Due to time constraints, only invited guests or those who have requested time to speak beforehand on a particular topic will be provided time to share with the board. Please contact the board at BoS@ucumc.org to request time on the agenda. All meetings are held via Zoom and the link is provided below.

For September, the Board of Stewards is meeting on the following days:

Regular scheduled Meeting – Thursday Sept  10th  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Regular scheduled Meeting – Thursday Sept 24th  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Click below to attend the Open Session parts of Board of Stewards meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84476033871  

Officer Amanda Huffman from the University City Division of the CMPD will speak on the topic "All about scams and other important Information to keep you safe" at our September 24 Common Ground luncheon at 11:30. Bring a side dish or dessert to share and learn how to stay safe in your own home!

Starting September 13, Fusion Youth’s Sunday School, Prayer Furnace, is getting a fresh new look!

We’ll still have time for prayer and announcements, but the heart of our time together will be community. This will be a space for students to hang out, connect with one another, and build relationships in a relaxed environment.

There will be snacks and drinks provided, and if students are up for it, we can head into the gym to play and have some fun together!

We’re excited to make Prayer Furnace a place where students can connect, belong, and grow together. We can’t wait to see you on September 13!

Just a reminder that Fusion Youth starts back on September 13! We’re looking forward to getting back into our regular Sunday evening rhythm and spending time together each week.
One of the biggest changes this year is that we’ll be back to having dinner every Sunday night!
- Dinner: 5:30 PM
- Programming: 6:00–7:00 PM

Fusion is for students in 6th–12th grade, visitors and friends are always welcome!

Throughout the year, we’ll have opportunities to connect, grow in faith, have fun through special events and outings, and serve together in our church and community.

We’re excited for another great year of Fusion and can’t wait to see everyone on September 13!

As in past years Matt Guild will be offering two ensembles for the Fusion Youth to be a part of. No experience is needed, just a willingness to learn!

Joybells-  6th-12th grade beginning-intermediate handbell ensemble, Sundays 4-4:45 pm in room 110 (handbell room) lower level of the worship center.

Renovation Youth Choir- 6th-12th grade, Sundays 4:45-5:30 PM in room 112 (choir room) lower level of the worship center.


After Renovation Youth Choir Matt will walk students over to the Fellowship Center to join the rest of the youth for Fusion!

Growing Together: Generosity, Judgment, and the Wisdom of the Wheat and the Weeds

There is a parable tucked into the thirteenth chapter of Matthew that feels almost uncomfortably relevant to the world we are living in right now. It is the story of a farmer who plants good seed in his field, only to discover that an enemy has crept in under cover of darkness and scattered weeds among the wheat. When his workers discover what has happened, their instinct is immediate and practical: let us go pull the weeds out. The farmer's response stops them cold. Not yet. If you pull the weeds now, you will uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until the harvest.
It is a story about patience. It is a story about judgment and who holds the right to render it. And perhaps most surprisingly, it is a story about generosity.

The World We Are Growing Up In

We live in a time of extraordinary connection and extraordinary confusion. Information travels faster than ever before. We can reach thousands of people in seconds, share ideas across continents, and access more voices than any previous generation could have imagined. And yet, something strange has happened alongside all of that connectivity. The easier it has become to communicate, the harder it has become to trust.
Opinions circulate freely, dressed up in the language of certainty. Theories get shared as facts. Ideas that have no grounding in evidence travel just as far and just as fast as ideas that do. And in that swirling noise, something quietly suffers. Generosity suffers. Because generosity requires trust, and trust requires a foundation.
When we do not know what is true, when we cannot tell the reliable voice from the unreliable one, we pull back. We protect ourselves. We stop giving the benefit of the doubt. We stop extending grace. We become guarded, suspicious, and small in our dealings with one another. And in doing so, we lose something essential about what it means to live in community.

The Weed That Looks Like Wheat

The particular weed in Jesus' parable was known as bearded darnel. What made it so insidious was not just that it was harmful, though it was. Bearded darnel was poisonous, even narcotic in its effects. What made it truly dangerous was that it was nearly indistinguishable from wheat in its early stages. The two plants looked so alike when young that even a careful eye could be fooled. And by the time the difference became visible, the roots had grown so deeply intertwined that pulling one up meant pulling up the other.
This is not simply an agricultural observation. It is a profound statement about the nature of human community. There is no such thing as a community without complexity. There is no family, no church, no neighborhood, no friendship that is made up entirely of the straightforward and the uncomplicated. The good and the difficult grow up together. Their roots become intertwined. And the person who is absolutely certain they can identify which is which, and who appoints themselves to do the separating, is the most dangerous person in the field.
This is a hard word for those of us who like clarity. We want to know who the good people are and who the bad people are. We want categories. We want the ability to sort. But the parable pushes back against that impulse with quiet firmness. You do not have the capacity to see into the heart of another person. You may think you are pulling up a weed and you are ripping out wheat. The work of final judgment belongs to someone else.

What Generosity Actually Looks Like

If judgment is not our work, then what is? The answer is generosity. And not a thin, conditional generosity that we extend only when it is easy or when we are certain the other person deserves it. The generosity being called for here is deeper and more demanding than that.
It begins with refusing to make snap judgments about one another. It means holding open the possibility that the person who appears to be going down the wrong road may be the very one God is drawing close. It means acknowledging that the person who looks polished and upright on the outside may be carrying something we know nothing about. We simply cannot see what God sees. And knowing that, we are freed from the exhausting and ultimately futile work of trying to sort everyone around us into categories of worthy and unworthy.
Generosity also looks like patience. Not giving up on people even when we cannot change them, even when relationships become strained or broken, even when the distance between us grows wide. We do not stop praying. We do not stop treating one another as people of worth and dignity. We do not let the brokenness of the world become an excuse to abandon kindness.
This is not naive. It does not mean pretending that harm is not harm or that wrong is not wrong. It means trusting that the harvest will come, that the One who knows will bring the judgment, and that our job in the meantime is to keep showing up with open hands.

The Potter and the Clay

There is an image from the book of Jeremiah that speaks to all of this with remarkable tenderness. Jeremiah 18 describes God sending the prophet to watch a potter at work. The potter is shaping clay on a wheel when something goes wrong. There is a flaw in the vessel. But rather than discarding the clay, the potter simply gathers it back up, smooths it out, and begins again.
God asks Jeremiah whether the same might be true of people. Whether the same patient, unhurried, undefeated creativity might be at work in us. The answer, woven through the whole of scripture, is yes. We are not thrown out when we are flawed. We are reshaped. We are begun again.
That is the foundation on which generosity rests. Not in our own certainty or our own goodness, but in the reality that we are held by a love that does not give up. A love that keeps working, keeps reshaping, keeps beginning new things even when the old ones have gone sideways.
In a world full of noise and confusion and mistrust, that love is the one steady thing. And from that steadiness, we can afford to be generous. We can afford to be patient. We can afford to let the wheat and the weeds grow together, trusting that the harvest is in better hands than ours.

Video Announcements

Musical Call to Worship: The Church’s One Foundation (Arr. Purifoy)
Alisha Brown, Music Assistant/Accompanist, UCUMC

Welcome: Linda Long,
Pastoral Care Team, Welcoming Team, Usher

Prayer for Worship: Linda Long

Hymn: UMH # 694 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (vs. 1, 2, 4)
Matt Guild, Alisha, Choir, Praise Team, Congregation

The Apostle’s Creed (Ecumenical): UMH # 882
Linda Long and Congregation

Message in Music: I Will Sing Praises (Arr. Thomas)
Celebration Choir, Christa Shephard-Shabazz, solo

Generational Ministries Moment: Women’s Prayer and Praise Bible Study;
Sharon Weynand

Passing the Peace: Matt Guild and Praise Band

Song: House of the Lord (Wickham, Smith) Praise Team, Congregation

Call to Offering: Linda Long

Prayer of Dedication and The Lord’s Prayer: Linda Long

Offertory: Firm Foundation (Carnes, Davis, Moore)
Praise Team

Series Video: Stewardship

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30 (NRSV) Linda Long

Message: Under Good Management 
Pastor Donnell FitzJefferies, UCUMC

Celebration of Holy Baptism: Liza Joy Hawke; Pastor Donnell

Song: Build My Life (Younker, Martin, Kaple, Redman, Barrett)
Praise Team, Congregation

Sending Forth: Pastor Donnell

Sending Forth Music: Praise Band

You are invited to learn more about UCUMC and become a deeper part of a community of believers who are committed to making a difference in the world and living out our faith by Blessing Others, Belonging in Community, and Believing in Jesus.

Welcome to this week's calendar - the one place for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next seven days.

An evening of gratitude, fellowship, and honor for active-duty military personnel, veterans, their families, and all who support them. Enjoy a complimentary dinner, special music, and an inspiring guest speaker. Free to attend, but registration is required by September 16. Seating is limited.

Budget Gifts Received (8/16/26) - $5,606
MTD Budget Goal - $36,000
MTD Receipts - $36,724
YTD Budget Goals - $515,000
YTD Budget Receipts - $490,165
Reach $18,055  (Reach new year 11/1/25)

Restore, Renew, Rekindle
Amount Pledged - $410,062
Amount Given - $301,062
Amount Spent - $225,043

Come and kick off the fall at our Tailgate and Trivia Night hosted by the Celebration Choir on Monday, October 12, 6-8 PM in the Cafe. Tailgate favorites like hamburgers, hot dogs, wings, sides, and desserts will be served. Our entertainment will be a fun-filled trivia contest led by a Trivia Master! The event is free, but seating is limited, and registration is required by Sunday, October 11.