Events and News

We are livestreaming ourworship on Sunday morning. You can find our service live on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MiddletownsHealingPool  and our Youtube page:  Bethesda UMCDE – YouTube.  Music begins at 9:15 am, service starts at 9:30 am.

We welcome your masked OR unmasked faces to worship…no judgment on the option that works best for you. You can Give Online using the link above. We offer Communion by intinction as well as still offering the option of receiving Communion using individual pre-packaged elements.  Nursery is also available.

If you are not feeling well, or if you have had a known exposure to Covid, we ask that you join us virtually.

Prayer Room is open for an hour after church on Sunday morning. Please feel free to stop in and pray before you leave to begin your week.

You can access different Bible translations at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/

 

New Adult Sunday School Offerings | Oconee Street UMC

 

~ We meet on Sunday mornings from 8:30-9 am in the Foundation Room in the basement.

 

 

Children & Youth Sunday Activities - The Gathering at Scott Memorial UMC Kids in first to fifth grades will be meeting in the hall for their class, but will begin worship with the congregation in the Sanctuary.  If you have a child in elementary school, we ask that they go with you to the Sanctuary, as opposed to beginning their morning in the Nursery.  

 

Bethesda Choir

Choir meets at 8:30 am on Sunday in the choir room as well as after worship for practice. 

HOLY WEEK EVENTS ‹ First Presbyterian Winter Haven

Our Maundy Thursday service will be on Thursday, March 28th at 7pm – all are welcome to join us.

 

Good Friday 6:00 pm, we are invited to Simpson UMC, 907 Centerville Rd., Wilmington as Pastor Sam preaches on the 7 Last Words – or – to Dale UMC, 143 E Lake St., Middletown

Friday 22nd is “Free Food Friday” at BUMC! Meet our volunteers in the parking lot of Bethesda at 11:45 to help prepare our bags; distribution begins at noon. We’ll be collecting cans of tuna or chicken to supplement our Easter food bags.

 

This spring, Bethesda is participating in a webinar (with an in-person option) in partnership with Easter Seals and The Respite for All Foundation to discuss a program that BUMC will be piloting in the fall in support of caregivers who are caring for someone with an Alzheimer’s or dementia diagnosis.

Easter Seals will be hosting the meeting for us on Monday, March 25th from 9-noon; we’ll be carpooling from BUMC if you would like to ride along! While we’re there , we’ll be touring the building and the resources that Easter Seals offers, so you’re welcome to come just for that!  This opportunity is open to our community, so please encourage your friends and neighbor to join us. Please let Mika know if you are interested in attending; we need both volunteers and caregivers to be a part of this discussion!

The Trustees Committee is hosting their next workday! Join the team on Saturday, April 6th from 8:30-11 as they work to complete jobs around the church. Jobs for all ages will be available; please speak with Bruce Campbell if you have any questions 

 

April 13, 2024

9am-2pm

Enjoy shopping, lunch,

and enter to win raffles

(Please enter though the glass doors)

 

 

Ladies Lunch Bunch!  Join the ladies of BUMC at Ruby Tuesdays on the third Tuesday of the month at 12:30pm. No RSVP is needed.  Come join in for some fellowship time together.  For more information contact Sandy at:  sruschetti@hotmail.com

 

5 Helpful Church Volunteer Resources

Get involved; Volunteer opportunities are always available at BUMC! On Sunday mornings, there’s always an opportunity to serve with our Audio Visual Team,  assist with serving Communion, use your smile as a greeter, donate our altar flowers, sing in the choir, or play with our youngest friends in the Nursery or Sunday school. If you’re short on time, commit to volunteering once a month with our team at Our Daily Bread & The HOPP Pack & Pray and Food Distribution.  Please contact Mika if you have questions.  Experience is not needed and training is available.

Our Little Library on our sidewalk is always accepting non-perishable donations of food- just place your donation directly into the Little Library and know that our neighbors are grateful!

If you would like to donate altar flowers in honor of or in memory of someone on a Sunday morning, or just to honor God, please let Mika know. Flowers are $50, and we just need to know the date that you would like to give them, if there is a specific flower you would like, and what you are giving them for – Mika will handle everything else for you.  If you do not take the flowers after worship they will either be used again or taken to one of our shut-ins so they can enjoy them.  mikab@bethesdaumcde.org