REACH OUT BARN Reach Out Barn – Our Reach Out Barn is open from May through September. Hours are 4:30-7p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays.Proceeds help clients of Love INC. UNITED WOMEN IN FAITH Foster Closet – We collect items such as books, clothing, blankets for children entering […]
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Music in Worship Many of us wake up every morning to music. We drive to and from work listening to music. At the gym, on a walk, and we go throughout our days we listen to music. And each Sunday as we come and hear music in worship as it frames our services. Music serves
Why are there different colors used in the church? The Christian year has two cycles: the Christmas Cycle (Advent-Christmas-Epiphany) and the Easter Cycle (Lent-Easter-Pentecost). Within each cycle are a preparatory season symbolized by the color purple and a festival season symbolized by the color white. After each cycle there is an ordinary time of growth
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The United Methodist Church is a Protestant movement and traces its roots back to John Wesley, an Anglican priest in the Church of England in the 1700s. John and his brother, Charles, intended to revitalize the Church of England by forming societies of “Methodists”. They were called methodists because the members followed a daily routine
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Apportionments and Church Giving One of the unique and defining factors of the United Methodist Church is that we are Connectional. One way we show this connection is through our apportionments. Apportioned giving is a term which describes how the money you give to your church each week is divided and distributed throughout the United
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