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Don't forget to register your child for Vacation Bible School this June! Join us as we learn the importance of loving God's Creation - our Earth, our animals, and each other! We are Created + Called!Registration due by Monday, May 27 to guarantee a t-shirt for your child!
Summer Camps 2024 - Worthington United Methodist Church
VBS is offered for kids 3 years through incoming 3rd graders. We start our evening together with dinner each night for your whole family, then the kids are broken into small groups based on age to tra...
Our annual church-wide Spring Fling is THIS Sunday! Come join us in fellowship at Selby Park in Worthington for a cook-out and pot-luck meal! We will have outdoor games, open green space, picnic tables (some will be covered out of the sun!) and a playground that is onsite for kids! There is more info on the site below - if you know you plan to join us, you can RSVP here:forms.gle/rPu6H3p98goTJexj6Any questions - contact Ashley Gerard at ashley@worthingtonumc.com
Photos from Worthington Chamber Orchestra's post
May 1 wrap-up: Gay clergy ban lifted, new retirement plan approved
A source of heated, often painful, division at General Conference for the past 40 years was removed without debate: The denomination’s ban on ordaining “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” has b...
Easter Service
NewsWith the the help of Ministry Matters and the United Methodist Publishing House we are providing an outline of an Easter Service that you can combine with the music on our website or Facebook page, along with the scripture and message for Easter found there or offer your own. If the weather is good by […]
Home Worship for the Vigil of Easter – Saturday Evening
NewsWhile Easter is every Sunday, we have been looking at a trio of services journeying up to the full burst of Easter Celebration. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are like one great annual Sunday and thanks to Ministry Matters we are using these resources for Home Worship during the pandemic. While Easter is […]
Faith in the Midst of Covid-19: A Virtual Prayer Session
NewsWe hope you will join us for this informative and faith-filled session!
Good Friday Worship Resources for Home
NewsGood Friday is our next focus in the trio of services that burst into the resurrection celebration of Easter. This gathering of items to assist you in a family/home worship is an adaptation of materials from Ministry Matters. As you begin this service, place a cross – necklace, picture, drawing, whatever –where everyone can see […]
New Easter hymn written for coronavirus era
NewsPlease see this news from The United Methodist Church website: https://www.umc.org/en/content/new-easter-hymn-written-for-coronavirus-era Just in time for Easter, popular hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has written a new hymn specifically for a season in which the Church and its members are dealing with the coronavirus. “This new hymn,” Gillette writes, “is a prayer to be used in […]
Easter Scriptures and Activities
NewsWe missed having our community Easter Egg Hunt this year, but we want you to have fun with Easter Eggs while at home! Attached is a resource full of Holy Week bible stories that you can go through as a family or on your own. Each story has an image that you can draw on […]