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Welcome Kit for Immigrant Family: Donations NeededEarlier this year, Worthington UMC and St. John’s Episcopal Church partnered with Community Refugee and Immigrant Services to welcome an immigrant or refugee family to Columbus. This past week, we were informed that an eight-person extended family of three generations, ranging in age from 58 years-old to 2 years-old, will be arriving on Tuesday December 3 from El Salvador. It is our responsibility to collect items to prepare their new home.If you are able, please consider donating items to this Welcome Kit. Items can be delivered to WUMC Monday-Thursday, 9-3 pm or by special arrangement with Pastor Dom (dominic@worthingtonumc.com). Please view needed items and sign up to donate using this link: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FA9AE23A7F8C70-53199292-wumcst. Please share this information with anyone you think might be willing to donate. Thank you in advance for your generosity toward our newest neighbors as a reflection of Christ’s hospitality!
The Leadership Board will be hosting listening sessions on areas in ministry where we’d like to intentionally direct our energy, resources, and presence to make a positive impact in our community. These listening sessions will take place this Sunday, November 17 at 9:30 am in the Browning Lounge and Sunday, December 8 after 10:00 worship in Potter Chapel. See the link below for more information!
Mission Foci Listening Sessions - Worthington United Methodist Church
For the last year, we as a church have been on a journey of discernment as to how we can best care for the spiritual and material needs of our neighbors in need. We’ve hosted studies of housing inse...
All Saints Memory TableOn Sunday, November 3, 2024, Worthington UMC will celebrate All Saints Sunday. On this day, we will remember all those who have revealed the love of God to us and who now rest in God’s eternal embrace. You are invited to bring a photograph or object that represents a person who has passed away to place on the memorial table that will be in Dixon Lounge. In doing so, we will represent and celebrate the “great cloud of witnesses” that continues to surround us. Objects can represent people who died recently or a long time ago – the purpose is to provide a space to acknowledge those who have impacted our lives so dearly and are no longer on this side of eternity. Please remember to take the object home with you before you leave.
Reminder that tomorrow (October 27) is Commitment Sunday. Please submit your commitment form online or bring it to the church during worship services. You can find both paper and online forms on our webpage:
Stewardship Campaign 2025 - Worthington United Methodist Church
Our missions and outreach at Worthington United Methodist—a kind hand to the underserved, to our communities, to the larger world, and even to our own in the congregation—reflect Christ’s love t...
Have you signed up for Trunk or Treat yet? It's only 2 weeks away, and we are in need of more folks willing to be a trunk! Even if you'd rather not have to decorate your trunk, we would still love for you to grab your lawn chairs to sit by your car, and bring a bag of candy to be a "stop" for our kids to trick-or-treat to! The more "stops" we have, the more fun for our kids! RSVP to bring your family or to be a trunk at the site below! forms.gle/xzmD4TR7frq2Ydx89For questions, please contact Ashley Gerard at ashley@worthingtonumc.com
Sunday, October 27th at 4pm! 3:45pm: Trunk Set-up // 4:00pm: Trunk or Treating will begin! Each year, we invite church members, friends in the community, and families to decorate a trunk and hand out ...
“Just Mercy” viewing and discussion
News“Just Mercy” tells the true story of lawyer Bryan Stevenson as he appeals the 1988 murder conviction of an innocent Black man, Walter McMillian. It is based on Stevenson’s book “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption”. While this movie made it’s debut in 2019, it is seeing a revival of sorts as we […]
Join us for a VIRTUAL PRIDE
NewsAlthough the Columbus Pride celebration has been postponed due to COVID-19, we will gather together VIRTUALLY for our Pride Worship Service. Join the Reconciling Ministries Network Churches/Communities and its allies to celebrate God’s grace, love, and inclusion for ALL! Mark your calendars for Friday, June 19 at 7:00pm. Clergy and lay persons from Central Ohio […]
Bishop Ough’s statement on the death of George Floyd
NewsMay 27, 2020 Bishop Bruce R. Ough issued the following statement following the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a Black man, died May 25 in the custody of Minneapolis police after an officer was shown pinning him down while he struggled to breathe. There is more than one pandemic ravaging Minnesota and our country at […]
Message from Bishop Palmer on George Floyd, Racism, and the Church
NewsDear friends in Jesus Christ: What a season we have been through and what a week we are in. The angst and pain are palpable. I need you to know I share that pain and I see me in some way shape or form every time I see video clips from Minneapolis and around the […]
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