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Please mark your calendars! Due to a scheduling change for our District Superintendent, our Church Charge Conference date will be changed from December 6th to Wednesday, December 12th.

November is the time of our annual Stewardship Pledge Drive toward next year’s church budget. A mailing will be coming in the early portion of the month with your pledge card. The theme this year is: Joyful Living, Joyful Giving . We ask you to return your pledge card by the end of November.

The Election Day Bake Sale is Tuesday, November 6th, from 7:00am-1:00pm. You may deliver your baked goods Monday evening, November 5th, from 6:00-7:30pm. Please see the sign up sheet on the Narthex bulletin board. Workers and bakers are needed!

On Sunday, November 4, 2018 our church will have the All Saints Day Remembrance time as we remember loved ones who have died over the past year. The Remembrance will occur at both Sunday worship services.

ATLANTA — The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries is taking applications from young Christian adults who are interested in becoming Global Mission Fellows. Applicants must be ages 20 to 30 and commit to two years of service. Global Mission Fellows work to address the roots of injustice. Early-access deadline is Dec. 3. See application […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — United Methodists remember the Rev. Eugene Peterson, the scholar and Presbyterian pastor whose paraphrase, The Message, helped millions look at the Bible anew. Heather Hahn has the story. Read story here

ZURICH (UMNS) — The United Methodist Church’s top court was urged during an oral hearing to rule in advance on the constitutionality of proposed legislation that will come before the special General Conference in February. Linda Bloom, Kathy L. Gilbert and Sam Hodges report. Read story here

JALINGO, Nigeria (UMNS) — The United Methodist Church in Nigeria is helping women start small businesses to provide for their families. The life-changing Empower Her project operates throughout the four annual conferences in the Nigeria Episcopal Area. The Rev. Ande I. Emmanuel has the story. Read story here

DURHAM, N.C. — What does redemption look like in the age of #MeToo? Theologian L. Gregory Jones, the dean of the United Methodist Duke University Divinity School, talks to Tara Isabella Burton on why “forgiveness should always be a gift.” Read the article here