We will have breakfast snacks provided during the 8:15 and 9:30 worship services, with a full blown, “old fashioned” Methodist pot luck after the 11:00 service.
Our ministry areas and cluster leads will be on hand to answer questions and greet our guests.
It is our hope you will join us, with a friend, to make a difference on Back To Church Sunday on September 8th!
Come and invite a friend for a spectacular day of food, fellowship, new faces and ministry opportunities!
We return to a part of our heritage as Methodists, the Campmeeting. It will be a time to sing the old hymns, enjoy the upbeat worship and hear the Gospel preached that will help those who are lost and wandering in our community.
Sermon on August 11: LOST Coin – Luke 15:8-10
A lost coin can mean a lot or not anything at all these days. Who stoops down to even retrieve a penny anymore? Yet the coin mentioned here has GREAT worth. What would you do to find it? Let’s see what happens when we lose something because of carelessness.
“And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
At 8:15, 9:30 and 11:00AM
Events from other Methodist churches around the area:
Sun., June 30, 10:30 AM – Doc Elma Jocson (surgeon from Liberia) Guest Speaker, Charles Wesley UMC, McLean
Mon., Jul. 8-Fri., Jul. 12, 6:30-8:30 PM – KIM (Kids in Mission), Annandale UMC Register online.
Mon., July 8-Fri., July 12, 9 AM – 1 PM – Treasurer Hunters Summer Camp, Wesley UMC, 8412 Richmond Ave., Alexandria
Sat. July 13, 7-9 PM – Labyrinth Walk, Charles Wesley UMC, 6817 Dean Dr., McLean
Mon., July 15, 7 PM – Voices of Youth Choir Concert, Burke UMC , 6200 Burke Center Parkway, Burke (free)
Mon., July 15-Fri., July 19 – VBS, St. John’s UMC, Springfield. Register in advance online at www.stjohnsumc.org.
Mon., July 22-Fri., July 26, 9 AM-1 PM – Silly Science Summer Camp, Wesley UMC, 8412 Richmond Ave., Alexandria
Mon., Aug. 5-Fri., Aug., 9, 9 AM-1 PM – Water Park Summer Camp, Wesley UMC, 8412 Richmond Ave., Alexandria
On-Going:
Mondays (7-8:30 PM) – Young Adults Small Group Experience, Herndon UMC. Contact Kris for more information.
Tuesdays (7-8:30 PM) – Bi-District Young Adults Study, St. Luke’s UMC, Falls Church
Mondays (7-9 PM) – DivorceCare, Centreville UMC. Child care provided.
2nd Tuesdays (12 Noon) – The Legends 55+ Club. Meet at Arcola UMC in Dulles for lunch, stories, activities. For all aged 55 and over. Go to www.arcolachurch.org for more information.
Tuesdays (7:30 PM) – Zumba Exercise Class, Arlington Forest UMC, Arlington (walk ins welcome, $6 per class, 5 for $25)
1st Wednesday (7 PM) – Alive! Worship Service for Youth and Young Adults, Faith Campus of Woodlawn-Faith UMC, Alexandria.
Wednesdays (6 PM) – Centering Prayer @ Trinity UMC, Alexandria
Wednesdays (7 PM) – DivorceCare, Burke UMC
Thursdays (7 PM) – Bi-District Young Adult Bible Study/Discussion, St. Matthew’s UMC, Annandale
Thursdays (7-9 PM) – June 6-Sept. 5 – Divorce Care,Floris UMC, Herndon.
Last Thursdays, (7-8:30 PM) – Living with Cancer Support Group, Christ UMC, Fairfax Station (703-690-4301, X113)
By action of the 2012 General Conference, there are currently forty-six Heritage Landmarks of The United Methodist Church. Five new Heritage Landmarks were designated by the General Conference with three outside the United States. These are in the Philippines, Zimbabwe, and Liberia. The Book of Discipline defines a Heritage Landmark as “a building, location, or structure specifically related to significant events, developments, or personalities in the overall history of The United Methodist Church or its antecedents.”
The Heritage Landmarks of United Methodism remind us of those people and events that have shaped our history. They are tangible reminders of our heritage and their preservation helps keep our denominational legacy alive. For further information about the forty-six Heritage Landmarks or to learn how a place becomes so designated, please contact the General Secretary, General Commission on Archives and History, P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940 or email rwilliams@gcah.org.
Material in this guide may be copied by local churches, Heritage Landmarks, and other agencies of The United Methodist Church without further approval.
Introduction: Look to the rock from which you were hewn… The United Methodist Story in its Heritage Landmarks
Heritage Landmarks:
ALABAMA
Asbury Manual Labor School/Mission, Fort Mitchell
DELAWARE
Barratt’s Chapel and Museum, Frederica
FLORIDA
Bethune-Cookman College/Foundation, Daytona Beach
GEORGIA
Town of Oxford, Oxford
John Wesley’s American Parish, Savannah
St. Simons Island, St. Simons Island
Wesleyan College Cluster, Macon
ILLINOIS
Peter Cartwright Church, Pleasant Plains
Wesley Foundation, University of Illinois, Champaign
KENTUCKY
Site of the Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Louisville
MAINE
Cox Memorial United Methodist Church, Hallowell
MARYLAND
Old Otterbein Church, Baltimore
Robert Strawbridge House, New Windsor
Cokesbury College Site, Abingdon
Lovely Lane Meetinghouse Site, Baltimore
United Brethren Founding Sites Cluster, Frederick and Washington Counties
MASSACHUSETTS
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston
MISSOURI
Old McKendree Chapel, near Jackson
NEW YORK
John Street Church, New York City
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn
NORTH CAROLINA
Green Hill House, Louisburg
Whitaker’s Chapel, Enfield
OHIO
Bishop John Seybert/Flat Rock Cluster, near Flat Rock
Hanby House, Westerville
Wyandott Indian Mission, Upper Sandusky
OKLAHOMA
Newtown Indian United Methodist Church, Okmulgee
OREGON
Willamette Mission Site, near Salem
PENNSYLVANIA
Albright Chapel, Kleinfeltersville
Boehm’s Chapel, Willow Street
First Church Building and Publishing House, Evangelical Association, New Berlin
First United Methodist Church, Johnstown
Isaac Long’s Barn, Landis Valley, Lititz
St. George’s Church, Philadelphia
Simpson House “Olde Main Building,” Philadelphia
Zoar United Methodist Church, Philadelphia
SOUTH DAKOTA
Deadwood Cluster, Deadwood
TENNESSEE
Acuff’s Chapel, Blountville
Edward Cox House, Bluff City
TEXAS
McMahan Chapel, San Augustine
Rutersville Cluster, Rutersville
VIRGINIA
Keywood Marker, Glade Spring
Old Stone Church Site, Leesburg
WEST VIRGINIA
Rehoboth Church and Museum, Union
LIBERIA
College of West Africa, Monrovia
PHILIPPINES
Mary Johnston Hospital, Manila
ZIMBABWE
Old Mutare Mission
UNITED METHODIST HISTORIC SITES
Save The Date
Feb. 22-23 Youth Participate in World Vision 30 Hour Famine
March 1 Youth Ski Trip
March 3 Sing ‘n Celebrate and Healing Service
March 16 Mulch Delivery
March 23 Arlington District Methodist Men’s Executive Board Meeting
March 24 Palm Sunday
March 27 Easter Story Time and Egg Hunt
March 28 Holy Thursday Service
March 29 Good Friday Service
March 31 Easter Sunday Services ~ Sunrise, 8:00 am, 9:30 am, 11:00 am
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