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Announcements for Sunday, November 9, 2025

by Bo Gordy-Stith | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

  • * Give to UMCOR relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Melissa damage in Jamaica and the Caribbean
  • Throughout October, 82 Epworth Food Team volunteers spent 272 hours distributing 4800 pounds of food to 1255 of our neighbors! Check out the Food Ministry Mail Call!
  • * UMC Bishops finish Canvassing of Amendments; All Four are Ratified
  • * See the UMC Council of Bishops’ Call to Action regarding the Government Shutdown and hunger
  • * Delaware Governor Matt Meyer has declared a state of emergency to continue supplemental nutrition funding for 120,000 Delawareans
  • * We will distribute free Thanksgiving Dinner Kits Nov. 20, 23, and 25 – fill out and return this registration form or email the info here
  • * Drive Away Hunger Golf Outing Raises $16,0000
  • * Christmas Joy Events! Mark Your Calendar
  • * Youth Group Updates
  • * David Hagelin has released Epworth’s September 2025 Financial Review
  • * Winter Clothing Drive to support CRC on Nov. 9, 16, and 23 – sponsored by Social Justice Ministry
  • * Epworth Skate Park Taco Takeover Wed., Nov. 12 from 5-8 PM at Toco Reho – AND a Taco Reho Dine & Donate 15% fundraiser from 5-9 PM Tues., Nov. 25. Taco Reco is collecting cans of food for Epworth’s food ministry in November!
  • * Register for the Code Purple Volunteer information session from 6:30 to 8 PM Monday, Nov. 11, at St. Jude the Apostle Parish Life Center
  • * SOAH Dance Party for Youth Scholarships 6-9 pm Fri. Nov. 14 at the Listening Booth
  • * Opportunity to testify for affordable housing on Nov. 17, 1 pm public hearing of the DE State Housing Authority in Dover. Interested?

    * Estate Planning & Elder Law Seminar here at noon Wednesday, Nov. 19. Free – Register by email or phone, 302-628-4140

  • * Epworth’s annual worship theme for September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2026 is Ubuntu: I AM because we are
  • * Use the hashtag #epworthrb to post to our Instagram page
  • * You may use our Prayer Request Form
  • * Hearing Assistance Available at Epworth!
  • * LGBTQ+ experts on how to protect your peace right now (recommended by Pastor Vicki)
  • * The First Bell: Young People Starting School and Rise in Anxiety – from the Caring Congregation Blog (find it on our Devotional Practices page)
  • * Rabbi Irwin Keller’s Prayers before and after exposure to the news
  • * See a copy of the clergy letter (Faith Without Fear—An Invitation to Love Over Violence) Pastor Vicki mentioned in her September 21, 2025 sermon
  • * The story of Seth Concklin from William Still’s 1871 book The Underground Railroad that Pastor Bo mentioned in his October 12, 2025 sermon
  • Volunteer opportunity: Mentoring Programs – Cape Henlopen School District
  • * Youth Group enjoys pumpkins and Pecometh
  • * We give thanks for our Mission Team after a week of loving support for neighbors in Wilmington, NC – see the pictures!
  • * Linda Rooney Takes Up Painting Again at 92!
  • * Epworth Social Justice Committee Updates: Survey SAYS
  • * See Immigration Rights info on the Baltimore Washington Conference site
  • * Immigration Law & Justice Network News

    1 Comment

    1. Clella Harp
      Clella Harp on November 6, 2025 at 1:17 pm

      Will there still be a Craft Show at Epworth on November 22?

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