Announcements for October 27, 2022

• Youth Group meets today at 10:15 in the recently renovated Youth Room (near the Oceanside entrance - second doorway on the right). Contact Joy Gordy-Stith or Tom Lewis for more info.
• Fall adult groups at Epworth
• See Pastor Vicki's Town Meeting from last Sunday, Oct. 23 during which she announced that our pastors' will perform same-sex weddings at Epworth and that we will offer one blended worship experience live and online Sundays at 10 am starting Nov. 27
• If you missed Bishop Easterling's Setting the Record Straight Town Hall meeting, you can see the recording here
• As election day nears, you may want to generate your own non-partisan voter guide at Vote411, sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund.
• Beebe community volunteer appreciation bonfire - Oct. 25
• Mid Atlantic Symphony Orchestra will present a Woodwind Quintet concert at Epworth 7:00 Friday evening, Oct. 28 at Epworth. Tickets are $35
• Epworth will host a Persian Music presentation with Dr. Galeet Dardshti on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 pm, sponsored by Seaside Jewish Community. Register here
• Speaking Freely: LGBTQ+ Expression in Schools, sponsored by the ACLU, will be held in person and on Zoom on Nov. 1 at 5 pm
• Pastor Vicki will lead our delegation at the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference Nov. 2-4. The
  meeting will be live-streamed. A link to that meeting will be provided on the NEJ website at nejumc.org
• Join us for All Saints Sunday – Nov. 6

• The next Your Neighbors Faith interfaith Zoom gathering is Nov. 10: Reverend Marjorie Belmont-Burns “The Peace and Joy of Forgiveness.” Register here if you have not previously registered

• Interested in joining Epworth? We will host our next Belongings new member orientation experience on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 at Epworth in the Branford Lounge from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Contact our Lay Leader, Mike Tyler

• Our year-end Adopt-a-Highway cleaning is Sat. Nov. 12
• UUSD is hosting a seminar on Energy Efficiencies for Houses of Faith – Thursday, November 14 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
• Plans are being finalized for the Israel trip and Egypt extension in October, 2023. Murray Archibald and David Garret will give a full presentation on the trip for Wednesday, November 16 at 3 pm

• FIRE Friends: please mark Sunday, November 13 at 6:00 pm in the sanctuary as our new movie night to view "Pray Away," a documentary on the failure and harm of conversion therapy

• Southern Delaware Chorale Concert Dec. 4

• This week's food donation focus for our Good Sam Mobile Pantry: Condiments (mayonnaise/ketchup) (Bayside Entrance, Sunday (1-3p), Tuesday (10-noon), and Thursday (2-4p)

• Curative Covid Testing continues at Epworth in November
• Our September-October-November Moments Matter Church newsletter edition is available now
• Volunteer Opportunities - our New Life Thrift Store needs you to help generate funds that help our neighbors in need through LRAC ministries 
• We offer the opportunity to sponsor/dedicate chancel flowers in celebration or in memory of someone during worship - call the church office 302-227-7743
• Church Calendar Link
• Check out our Epworth Preschool Website Epworth Preschool celebrates its 35th year in 2022!
• Stitchers of Love invitation
• Flower Design Ministry invitation
• Our Card Making Ministry meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month – join us
• Safety Team Needs You

Masks are recommended in our facilities

 

We offer two worship experiences each Sunday, a contemporary worship service at 9 am (with ASL interpretation), and a traditional worship service at 11. Find livestreams on YouTube & Facebook

 

Enjoy Coffee, Snacks, & Fellowship in the foyer between our 9 and 11 am worship services

Pray with our Stephen Ministers after the worship service every Sunday

 

Epworth's Giving Kiosk is back online in the foyer/narthex