Announcements (Page 16)

The next Conversations on Race and Faith will be March 12, 2023 at 1:00PM on zoom. We will look at the control of the narrative on race. As we do this, let’s consider the following: Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past —George Orwell “1984” The control of the narrative has often been a way to push false information about our history as though it was fact. This is often done, not only for…

Please join us this Sunday from 10:15-10:45 a.m. in Cokesbury Hall for Coffee & Conversation. This week our topic is “Open.” DOES PRAYER REALLY HELP? Many of us have experienced situations where we’ve prayed and it felt like God wasn’t listening. And yet other times we’ve prayed or known someone that prayed and the situation changed. Does God answer prayer? Sometimes, but not all the time? Or does God always answer prayer and it’s just that sometimes God says no? Some…

April 2 Palm Sunday One Service 10:00 a.m. – Cantata April 6 Maundy Thursday Service 7:30 p.m. – Holy Communion April 7 Good Friday Tenebrae Service 7:30 p.m. – Service of Shadows April 9 Easter Sunday  7:00 a.m. – Early Morning Service;  9:00 a.m. – Traditional Service; 11:00 a.m. – Contemporary Service

It worked so well before, we figured we’d do it again! The youth will be hosting two more fundraisers in the month of April, and we hope you’ll join us! All proceeds go to support the youth for their mission trip to serve Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Kentucky July 23rd to July 28th. The Last Soup-er We hope you’ll join us for our next dinner, a fantastic pun for Good Friday- the Last Soup-er! On Friday, April 7th from…

New Monday Night Bible Study begins on March 20th on Zoom 7:00-8:30 pm. The Lord’s Prayer:  The Power and Significance of the Prayer Jesus Taught by Adam Hamilton Most Christians know the Lord’s Prayer by heart. We pray it often, at different times and in different settings. We remember it as the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. But do we really understand and appreciate the meaning and power of its words, what we ask of God each time we pray it? …

Please join us this Sunday from 10:15-10:45 a.m. in Cokesbury Hall for Coffee & Conversation. This week our topic is “Name.” Are we so concerned with what others think that we miss out on being who God created us to be? We all compare ourselves to others. We spend our lives wondering what others think and say about us. Some of us even wish we were someone else. We question why we are the way we are and not the…

Easter Celebration on March 25 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. On Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. we will have our Easter Celebration. The children will gather in the sanctuary for an opening of music, jokes and a child friendly video of the Easter Story. They will then move as groups through three stations of egg dyeing, an Easter craft and of course, the egg hunt where they get to not only find the eggs, but hide…

Notes from Special Called Annual Conference Held on February 18, 2023  Pastor Melissa, Kathy Henry (Lay Leader), Joana Arthur (Lay Representative to Annual Conference) and Shea Porter-Miller (Youth Delegate) attended A Special Called Annual Conference session held on February 18, 2023 via Zoom. The Special Called Annual Conference was for the Virginia Annual Conference membership to consider the ratification of 34 local churches seeking to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church over matters of human sexuality using Paragraph 2553 of the Book…

International Women’s Day is March 8, 2023. Women’s day started as a national day in the U.S. in 1909 and was marked as an international day at an international women’s conference in 1911. The United Nations first recognized it in 1975. Today, International Women’s Day is a day to honor women and is celebrated in many countries. In celebration of the day, the NOW Committee will be handing out flowers at the Otterbein Concert Choir on March 8 at 7:00…

Easter Celebration- It’s More Than Just An Egg Hunt. March 25, 2023  10:00am — 11:30am at Franconia UMC Join us for a fun-filled time of egg dyeing, crafts, a video of the Easter Story, singing and dancing and of course, an egg hunt. This egg hunt you get to not only find the eggs, but hide them for others. Volunteers and participants – please sign up at https://vbspro.events/p/events/f7ac9e