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Weather Update: Worship Online This Sunday (January 25)

Due to the weather, all in-person worship services and Sunday activities are canceled this Sunday, January 25, 2025, the Third Sunday after Epiphany.

We will record a worship service and share it online at 10:00 AM, and we invite you to join us from the comfort and safety of home via YouTube or our Facebook page.

Pastor Bruce Johnson will preach on “The Fabric of Our Unity,” offering a message of hope and connection as we worship together—apart, yet united.

If you are able, we invite you to continue supporting the ministry of Pender through online giving at penderumc.org or by mailing your offering. Most importantly, please take care of yourself and one another.

Stay safe, stay warm, and know that you are held in prayer.
We look forward to worshiping together online this Sunday.

“The Fabric of Our Unity”,
January 25, 2026 at 10 am
Online Only

Due to inclement weather, we invite you to join us online for worship this Sunday as Pastor Bruce Johnson preaches “The Fabric of Our Unity.”

In this timely message, we will reflect on how God calls us together—even when we are physically apart—and how faith, grace, and love weave us into one community in Christ. Scripture reminds us that unity is not about sameness, but about being bound together by God’s purpose and call.

Scriptures:
1 Corinthians 1:10–18
Matthew 4:12–23

Though weather may keep us at home, we remain connected through worship, prayer, and the Word. Join us online as we gather virtually to seek God’s guidance and celebrate the unity we share as the body of Christ.

Watch live online and participate from wherever you are—warm, safe, and together in spirit.

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Posted by MaryO on January 23, 2026 in Posts of Interest

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Prayer In Preparation for Pentecost, Week 3

26 May

Lord, Long ago, Jesus’ followers were gathered in a room in Jerusalem; befuddled, lost, and uncertain about what was next. Then You sent a sound like a rushing wind that shook the building, and tongues of fire that danced in their midst. It was Your Holy Spirit, empowering those disciples to proclaim the Good News of the Gospel in the languages of every nation on earth.

You had birthed Your Church in a burst of divine energy that formed confused individuals into the One Body of Christ.

We confess that we are just as befuddled, lost, and uncertain about what is next in a world of Covid-19, prejudice in many forms, poverty, and hopelessness. We have failed to acknowledge the reality of our condition, but no longer.

As we prepare for Pentecost Sunday, we ask that You send Your Holy Spirit in our midst just as powerfully as You did long ago. Rebirth us so that we come alive as One Body that boldly and faithfully proclaims Christ by what we say and, even more importantly, by what we do.

Come, Holy Spirit, come!
Amen.

Be on the lookout NEXT WEEK for a different prayer!

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Posted by MaryO on May 26, 2025 in Holidays, Pender UMC, Pentecost, Posts of Interest

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Prayer In Preparation for Pentecost, Week 2

18 May

Almighty God, on Pentecost you opened the way of heaven to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit: Shed abroad this gift throughout the world through the preaching of the gospel and by acts of mercy and kindness in your name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Be on the lookout NEXT WEEK for a different prayer!

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Posted by MaryO on May 18, 2025 in Holidays, Pender UMC, Pentecost, Posts of Interest

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Prayer In Preparation for Pentecost, Week 1

11 May

Lord of the Harvest, You gave Your disciples the mandate to be Your witnesses around the world and empowered them with Your Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost to accomplish this task.

Today, we ask that You help us to refocus our attention, as we face a task unfinished within our own surroundings. You have blessed us with the power and the gifts of Your Holy Spirit. Help us to use these for ministry and witness. Amen.

Be on the lookout NEXT WEEK for a different prayer!

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Posted by MaryO on May 11, 2025 in Holidays, Pender UMC, Pentecost, Posts of Interest

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Today is National Day of Prayer

01 May

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for our nation. It was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

Since its inception, this day has continually united Americans from all socio-economic, political, and ethnic backgrounds in prayer while also encouraging personal repentance and righteousness in the culture.

The National Day of Prayer belongs to all Americans and is a day that transcends differences, bringing together citizens to celebrate our most beloved freedom; the freedom to humbly come before God and seek His guidance in prayer.