Evangelical United Methodist Church
Good News for Middletown
Our final community dinner for the first half of 2024 will be on May 18. The meal will be served from 4:30 PM-6PM (or until sold out). The dinner will include baked chicken, cheesy potatoes, green beans, dessert, and a beverage (dine in only). You can dine in or do take out with the meal. It is 12 dollars for adults and 5 dollars for children. An elevator is available at our accessible entrance. Contact us for more information.
We are hungry for a sense of purpose, direction, and calling in our lives. That’s as basic an ingredient to the human experience as they come. We want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to participate in something that has eternal merit and lasting impact. We do not want to live a shallow, hollow existence. We yearn for deeper meaning, for deeper purpose within our lives. We want to be more than we are.
In On Purpose: Finding God’s Voice in Your Passion, authors Magrey deVega, Sam McGlothlin, Jevon Caldwell-Gross, and Susan Robb help us see God’s purpose for our lives, how to open ourselves to God’s voice, and how to take the first or next step to follow God’s call. Reading this book and exploring life choices alongside others, individuals will learn how to channel their passions, hear God’s voice, and live the life they were meant to live.[1]
Participants should pick up a copy of the book On Purpose: Finding God’s Voice in Your Passion. If you would like the church to order a copy of the book for you, please contact the church office . The cost of the book is $10.50. If the cost of the book will be a problem, please talk to Pastor Andrew. If you would like to order through the church, please let us know by Sunday, May 12th.
Contact us for Zoom Information or to order the book through the church office
[1] From book’s promotional materials
Did Jesus laugh? Was there humor in Jesus’ voice when he said things like, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God” (Matthew 10:25, NRSV)? Did the Apostle Paul have a smile on his face as he dictated his famous letters to the early Christian churches? Join Pastor Andrew for a Bible Study this May as we wrestle with humor hidden in the Bible.
Each study will be on Zoon and in-person on most Mondays in Lent. We will start at 7 PM for each class. The schedule is below. All are welcome.
This letter is truly the most important piece in the New Testament. It is purest Gospel. It is well worth a Christian’s while not only to memorize it word for word but also to occupy himself with it daily, as though it were the daily bread of the soul. It is impossible to read or to meditate on this letter too much or too well. The more one deals with it, the more precious it becomes and the better it tastes
From Preface to Romans by Martin Luther
In the fall of 2022, Pastor Andrew led a Bible study on the first part of Romans. This April, we will look at the rest of the book of Romans. We will wrestle with questions like: what does a life in the Spirit look like? How do we live out our faith? Who all is included in God’s gift of salvation? How do we stay united in Christ when we disagree fundamentally as Christians?
The class is being offered in-person or on Zoom. All sessions will be on Monday nights at 7 PM. Whether you participated in our first Bible study on Romans or have never read the book of Romans in your life, you are invited to join us as we explore Paul’s words to the Romans together.
