Welcome to Galt United Methodist Church
Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
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Galt United Methodist Church is a warm welcoming family who WORSHIP, PRAY, LEARN, and LOVE ONE ANOTHER by SERVING OUR COMMUNITY so that everyone can encounter the Risen Lord and experience transformation through God’s Grace.
Worship in Person at 10 a.m. or view weekly sermons on our YouTube page at: www.youtube.com/@galtumc
Worship
We invite you to join us on Sunday mornings at 10 am as we come together in worship. Our services include a blend of traditional hymns, choruses from the 70's, 80's, and 90's, as well as new contemporary worship songs. The service also involves times of congregational prayer, scripture reading, children's moments, communion on the first Sunday of the month and a sermon from Pastor Dave. If you are not able to join us in person but would like to watch one of Pastor Dave's sermons from that Sunday you can go to our YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@galtumc
Pray
In our Sunday morning service we share our joys, the blessings in our lives, and answers to prayer; as well as our concerns, the burdens that weigh heavy on our hearts. If you would like us to pray for you please click on the link below to send your prayer request that will be sent out on our email prayer chain.
Learn
We invite you to join us on Tuesday mornings at 10:45 a.m. where our Worship Leader Lynn Hieb plays a few songs to begin our time together, followed by a time where we join together in the study of the scriptures reflecting on how they relate to our lives today.
Love One Another
Once you are a part of Galt UMC, you are family! We love to spend time together! LUNCH BUNCH meets every month in a local eatery to enjoy each other's company. United Women in Faith meet monthly for fellowship and mission. Every month that has a fifth Sunday we have a Potluck Lunch immediately following Worship. Weekly Quilt Club and Bible Study are also wonderful ways to grow in love for one another!
Serving Our Community
We provide care and support during times of illness and grief, as well as a place to have funerals and weddings. These are offered whether you are a member of Galt UMC or not! The Sunshine Food Pantry & Resource Center, Inc. operates out of our social hall until they have raised enough money to build their own freestanding building on the lot adjacent to our parking lot.
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Things to Know
Sunshine Food Pantry
In 2009, outreach consultants from Galt Elementary School District discovered a need to provide food for low income families in the district. They approached several interested persons. As a result the Sunshine Food Pantry came into existence.
The District provided an unused classroom for a clothes closet and room for dry goods where needy families could come. Several churches of the area, including the Galt United Methodist Church, worked together to operate the pantry. Initial food source was from donations brought in my individual people.
The first months of service helped over 100 families with their food needs.
The numbers of people served showed there was a definite need for the pantry. Soon, needy senior citizens began to appear for food. It was difficult to not turn them away – so they weren’t and the Sunshine Pantry became a true asset to the community. Everyone is welcome, no one is turned away.
With the addition of fresh produce after a year, or so, we could no longer stay at the school. Galt United Methodist Church had the available room and the Pantry was relocated to its present location in June of 2011.
The clientele continued to grow and a source of addition food was needed. It was discovered that Solano/Contra Costa Food Bank was making weekly shipment runs to Elk Grove. We were able to receive not only dry goods but fresh produce as well.
After a year, or two, Sacramento Food Bank took over providing our food supplies. At first, we made biweekly runs to north Sacramento to pick up our orders. Eventually several other food distributers in Galt made a delivery truck feasible and now we receive almost weekly deliveries to Galt.
In addition to Sacramento Food Bank orders, Galt UMC picks up food donations from Raley’s and Save Mart Super Markets six days a week. They are a part of a national organization – Feed America – whereby they are given donation credit.
At this time we have free food distribution to all people who come, and our pantry doors are open from 8:00 to 10:00am on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. We also make food deliveries to 6 senior home facilities, and some of our excess items also go to homeless encampments, and farm worker homes. Our average count, at this time, is 1500+ families per month.