Masks required in worship and during the week for safety
We welcome new members to the Epworth community this Sunday!
Dan & Barbara Hoffman
Debra Leiss
Marilyn Pate
Todd & Alicia Popham
Dan Potts
Dorothy Smith
Food and Love Ministry Celebrated Our 500th Sunday of serving love to our neighbors on September 26, 2021
Our Hope Floats Inviting Ministries Livestream this Sunday, 6:30 pm October 10, will help celebrate with an interview and Q&A with Penny MacLennan, Dottie Outland, Dill Patz, and Reber Whitner. Join us!
Wed. Zoom Group Oct. Focus: Find Your Place
We’ll get to hear from ministry leaders each Wednesday focusing on a different area of ministry involvement at Epworth: Inviting, Caring, Connecting, and Belonging. See Epworth.faith for more information.
Epworth's Church calendar is back online after a complete overhaul. Debbie Hunt, our event scheduler, has been working hard to transfer a wealth of information from our old software. Many thanks to Lee Ann Walling for consulting with us to find a solution that has the potential to become an organizing hub for church information. Take a look and let us know what you think!
Did you know...
In 2016 the population of people of color in prison was at 56 percent compared to the US adult black population of about 23%. The population of White people in prison was at 30% compared to the US adult White population of about 60%. (Kendi, Ibram X, How to be an Antiracist, One World Publishing, NY, 2019, Chapter 2)
Racism: the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another. (Oxford Languages)
To say something is wrong about a racial group is to say something is inferior about that racial group. Making such generalizations, rather than evaluating a specific individual’s behavior, is promoting a racist idea. For example, deciding that Black people themselves as a racial group are a problem is a consistent function of a racist idea. (Kendi, Ibram X, How to be an Antiracist, One World Publishing, NY, 2019, Chapter 1)
On Sunday, October 3, Beebe Healthcare gave flu vaccines to over 300 people at Epworth!
Family Promise Event: A Night Without A Bed
Friday October 8 starting 4 pm at the Lewes City Park at the Overfalls, to raise awareness about families experiencing homelessness, spend a "Night Without A Bed", camping on the grounds by the Overfalls or sleeping in your car. Along with food and games, there will be presentations by the Board of Family Promise and by the Board of the Overfalls Foundation. Rain date is October 15th.
WAVE Youth Rally is ON - January 7-9, 2022 at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center Youth from both Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington conferences met in July where they came up with a new name – WAVE – and a new logo! When 45 people can unanimously decide on a name, you know it’s God-inspired! It’s important to know that the event is still youth designed and driven, still held at the Ocean City Convention Center and still focused on connecting youth to Christ and one another in fun and powerful ways.
To register and learn everything about Wave 2022, visit the website: https://waveoc.org
Our new Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling
held a town hall on August 31 outlining what we can expect from our affiliation with the Baltimore Washington Annual Conference, effective September 1, 2021. Follow this link to meet our new Bishop virtually.
All Saint’s List
Here is the list of Epworth members who have passed away from October 16, 2020, through today. We will be honoring them at our All Saints Service, October 31. If you know of a member who is not on this list and meets the date criteria, please call the church office at 302-227-7743.
Joan Conaway
Robert Moore
Signa Souder
Richard Harp
Charlotte Quillen
Michael Morrison
Guy Weidner-Ahorrio
Ginny Refsnider
Thornton Lynam
Al Abrams
James Baxter
Leroy Mitchell
Jean Waters
Golda Brittingham
Paula Simpson
Volunteer Opportunities
Sponsors for Chancel Flowers Needed
Since Epworth is opening up for in-person worship services, we are again able to offer the opportunity to sponsor Chancel Flowers in celebration or in memory of someone. Please contact Barbara Kurtz at 227-7743 x100 or bkurtz@epworth.faith
Flower Deliverers Needed
The Flower Delivery Ministry is in need of volunteers to help deliver flower arrangements one Monday a month. These arrangements are created by our Flower Design Ministry every Sunday by repurposing the Chancel flowers. They are then delivered each Monday to members who are shut-ins, residents in care facilities or others who could use some flowers to brighten their days. If interested in delivering or to receive more information, please email Dee Speck at dspeck206@gmail.com or call/text at 302-853-2305. Thank you!
Seeking Volunteers to remove and transport dead interior plants
We are seeking volunteers to remove and transport dead interior plants to Delaware Solid Waste Authority in Harbeson, DE. Ideally, a truck would be required and the ability to lift heavy plants over 10 lbs. Also, we need volunteers with sharp scissors to trim the peace lilies in the Sanctuary. Trash bags will be provided. Please call or email Gwen Osborne at 443-745-6950 or gosborne@epworth.faith if you can help in any capacity.
The Crucial Role of Caregiving
One of the most important jobs God calls us to is caregiving: loving others in God’s name. Our congregation’s Stephen Ministry is one way we accomplish God’s caring work. If you’re at a place where you feel ready to serve and bless others in this way, explore the possibility of Stephen Ministry by contacting the church office today to find out more about this ministry. A training class will be offered in 2022.
Collecting and Distributing food to our neighbors in need Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays – and rescuing food every day.
Help us deliver food to recently discharged Sussex County residents who are food disadvantaged the second Wed. morning each month (4-5 hour commitment). Contact Carol Woodcock at 302-668-7963 clwoodcock@comcast.net.
Created in 2011, the CRC offers a centralized location where residents in the local community can come when they are facing a crisis.
The New Life Thrift Shop is a major source of funding for the Lewes Rehoboth Association of Churches (LRAC), which gives back 100% of proceeds to the community.
A nonprofit group devoted to helping our older neighbors live independently for as long as possible. Based in Lewes, Milton, and Rehoboth.