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We are HIRING! We are searching for a new Executive Director of the Creative Play Center. Please see the link below to see if you qualify and apply today! worthingtonumc.com/were-hiring-cpc-director-needed/Please share with anyone you feel might be interested! :)
Wandering Heart: Songs of loudest praiseartwork is "Then They Remembered" by Lisle Gwynn Garrityinspired by John 12:12-16“They didn’t understand at first, but then they remembered. This image attempts to visualize these two locations in time and space. On the left, Peter looks out from the palm procession—his eyes glazed over as he watches Jesus riding into the city where he will surely meet his death. As the crowds sing “hosanna!” for a new, soon-to-be-killed-king, the dissonance of the scene causes Peter to tremble—like a guitar string snapped suddenly mid-tune. In the top right is Peter’s mirror image. In this mirage, we glimpse the future. Peter stands aghast at the empty tomb, waves of hope and relief rushing through him like a river of grace, the remembering happening all at once—like a childhood song plucked from memory, like the refrain of a chorus that won’t let you go: it’s true, it’s true, thank God it’s true.”For the full artist statement, please see worthingtonumc.com/then-they-remembered-by-lisle-gwynn-garrity/A Sanctified Art LLC
Holy Week & Easter Worship SchedulePalm/Passion Sunday: Sunday, March 24 at 9 and 10am. Our theme will be “Songs of Loudest Praise.” This will take place during our typical worship times and places - 9am in the Potter Chapel; 10am in the Sanctuary & Livestreamed.Holy Week Morning Praise and Prayer: Monday-Saturday March 25-30 at 7:30am in the Dixon Lounge. Pastor Dom will lead a brief (15-minute) service of prayer, silence, and scripture reading each day of Holy Week.Maundy Thursday: Thursday, March 28 at 7pm in Potter Chapel. Our theme will be “Streams of Mercy.” This service will feature music, communion, a brief sermon, and a ritual of cleansing.Good Friday Community Service: Friday, March 29 at 12pm on the Village Green. This moving liturgy will begin by Worthington Presbyterian Church and will travel between the churches on the Green.Good Friday Evening Service: Friday, March 29 at 7pm in the Sanctuary and on livestream. Our theme will be “Prone to Leave the God I Love.” This service will focus on telling the Passion narrative through scripture reading and song.Easter Sunday: Sunday, March 31 at 9 and 10am. Our theme will be “And I Hope.” This will take place during our typical worship times and places - 9am in the Potter Chapel; 10am in the Sanctuary & Livestreamed.
This past Sunday we had another great year of our annual Easter Egg Hunt! With many enthusiastic kids and their families, we had a great day of fun on the front lawn that was covered in Easter eggs to collect, fun outdoor games to enjoy after, and live music from one of our congregation members, Jake Shafer. Afterwards, we had a packed house in the Fellowship Hall to end the evening with a meal together. Thank you to those who helped volunteer to cook and serve in the kitchen, those who helped hide eggs, and to everyone who joined in on the fun so we could create memories together!Looking forward to next year!
The fifth Sunday in LentWandering Heart: Teach meartwork is "Seventy-seven Times" by Lauren Wright Pittmaninspired by Matthew 18:15-22“In this mandala, I wanted to follow a person through the process of reproval, forgiveness, reconciliation, and restoration as Jesus describes in Matthew 18.When I was drawing the figures from the center out, it began to look like a dance. Is this the picture that grace paints? Forgiveness cannot happen in isolation and certainly neither can reconciliation nor restoration. The movement toward wholeness is the movement toward one another.”For more of the artist summary, please see worthingtonumc.com/seventy-seven-times-by-lauren-wright-pittman/
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 […]
Maundy Thursday Worship Resources
NewsHoly Thursday, or Maundy Thursday as we often call it is the beginning of 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. The Holy Communion liturgy online from Palm Sunday can be […]
Dear Community of Faith at Worthington UMC,
NewsWe are beginning an adventure that few, if any of us, have experienced before; and none of us desired. As sporting challenges are cancelled, stores full as if for holiday buying, schools for K-12 closed for at least three weeks, and older students attending online as their professors scramble to figure how that will work, […]
Worthington UMC Update – March 11 2020
NewsHello all Worthington UMC Members and friends, Please see the attached file for a letter from Pastor Cyndy Garn and the church staff regarding the current health concerns. As of now, we are continuing all regular church programming. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at (614)-885-5365 or at […]