Service Opportunity: Facilities

Plainfield UMC is looking for 2-4 volunteers each week to clean the North, South, and Main lobbies, the Sanctuary, and the Worship Annex/Clayton Hall area.

Cleaning will take 2-3 hours a week; the more volunteers, the less time it takes. Volunteers can clean on Thursday or Friday.

For more information or to volunteer, please visit pumc.org or the pumc.org kiosk located in the main lobby by the big blue wall.

Carol-A-Thon

Do you love Christmas?
Do you love sing-a-longs?
Are you ready to Deck the Halls, Let it Snow, or exclaim Joy to the World?

If you answered “yes” to any of these, join Plainfield United Methodist Church for the 2021 Carol-A-Thon on Dec. 5, 2021!


You can donate by check (enter the name of your song in the notes line) or online by selecting “Carol-a-Thon” on Secure Give (be sure to enter the name of your favorite song in the message line!)

Men’s Breakfast November 20, 2021

Plainfield UMC’s men, young men, and guests gather at the church on the third Saturday of every month at 8:30 a.m. for food and fellowship.


We meet in Clayton Hall/Worship Annex. Bring an empty stomach, a friend, and your Bible! Be ready to be nourished through delicious food and the word of God! Hope to see you there!

Check our pumc.org or the pumc.org kiosk by the blue wall in the main lobby for more information.

In Memoriam

Members of the Plainfield UMC family that have moved on to the larger life in 2021.

Juanita Stultz
Faith Gallaher
John Martin
Nancy Crider
Don Groninger
Rick Long
Marj Morris
Carol Dudek
Jerry Helser
Phil Cavett
Margaret Hay
Ric McCoy
Dorothy Meyer
Lloyd McDaniel
Floyd Bennett
Geoff Klinger
Bob Howard
Marsha Wright
Kathy Turner
Cora Lee Rosemary
Jay Harbison
Dixie Schmidlin
Steven Linville
Jeanine Maloney
Thelma Brown

Community Thanksgiving Service

The Plainfield Federation of Churches is sponsoring a Community Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 21, 7:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Plainfield (at the corner of Simmons St. and Stafford Rd.). The offering that evening will benefit the Community Food Pantry. All are invited to worship and give thanks at this community service.

Second Saturday Lunch

We invite you to come in and pick up a carry-out meal between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on November 13, 2021. Please come in through door 14 and go to the kitchen, and someone will be there to get your meal. If you know of someone who might need a meal, visit “Ministries” on pumc.org or on the pumc.org kiosk located in the Main Lobby by the big blue wall.

Fall Food Drive

Even though Plainfield UMC has been collecting and delivering food each week in recent months, the Mission Committee planned a special food drive for November 7, 2021, to help emphasize the needs of the local area food pantries during this time of thanksgiving.


On November 7, grocery bags with a list of needed items will be available after the 8:45 and 10:00 a.m. worship services. Bags and lists will also be available in the office during the week of November 7, 2021. Deliveries of the collected donations will happen in the weeks of November 14 and 21.


If you cannot make it to the grocery store during the week of November 7, monetary donations will be gratefully accepted.


Your help to provide food for hungry people is greatly appreciated.

50-Year & New Members since 2020 Consecration Sunday

Every year on Consecration Sunday, Plainfield UMC likes to recognize members celebrating their 50th anniversary of membership and the newest members to the Plainfield UMC congregation.

New 50-year members:

  • Pat Conway
  • Gail Dixon
  • Jane Iles
  • John Hylton
  • Karen Taber

New members:

  • Charity Aton
  • Carol Clem
  • Jack Davis
  • Sarah Denman
  • Rebecca Rhodes
  • Carter Rininger
  • Claire Rininger

Thank you to the members celebrating 50 years and our newest members. We appreciate your faithful in Jesus and all of the gifts you bring to Plainfield UMC.

2021 Angel Tree

The Angel Tree mission provides gifts, cookies, a bible, and a personal message from their parent for children of incarcerated people who cannot get gifts for their children. You can help by choosing a child from the Angel Trees in the Main Lobby, purchasing and wrapping the present (no gift bags, please).
Then return the package to the tree, and a crew of volunteers will sort and distribute the gifts to the children.
Please contact Steve Brizendine (317-965-7623), head of the 2021 Angel Tree mission, if you have questions.

How can you Get involved!

Choose a name and buy a gift.

Choose a name for an Angel tree; there is enough personal information to purchase a gift. Wrap the gift in a box (do not stuff a lot of presents into one package, please).

Volunteer to sort or distribute gifts and cookies.

If you have more time than money, volunteering is a way you can be involved.
Volunteer to sort presents, cookies, or you can play Santa and deliver the gifts. We welcome everyone who wants to help.

Important Angel Tree Dates

November 21, 28, and December 5, 2021.
Angel Trees will be setup in the main lobby and Angels ready to be picked up.

Sunday, December 12, 2021
12:00 p.m. Gifts are due.
1:00 p.m. Gift sorting begins.

Friday, December 17, 2021
5:00 p.m. Cookies are due.
5:30 p.m. The cookie sort begins.

Sunday, December 19, 2021
Gift delivery begins.

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
–2 Corinthians 9:15