Three United Methodist churches that serve the Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn areas will merge into one by the end of the year, with a member of the merger committee saying the new church will be stronger and better able to serve the community. The Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn and Baybrook United Methodist churches will merge and be based out of the Brooklyn Heights church on Townsend Avenue, said Don Gwaltney, a member of the Brooklyn church. The new church will be called the Brooklyn Community United Methodist Church, he said.
HUNTINGTON - You won't hear members of Community of Grace United Methodist Church call it a merger. Mergers seldom work and sound too business-like, they say.
Two United Methodist churches in the North Hills have voted to merge into a single congregation with two locations. We want to offer a small-church feel with big-church amenities," said Rev. Dwayne Burfield, pastor at Dutilh United Methodist Church in Cranberry.
RUMFORD ? Carol Stevens felt she had been called for years to do something in God's service. She wasn't sure what it would be, but after a series of mission projects and discussions with her local Methodist pastors, she changed one form of a healing vocation into another. The former 30-year lab technician earned her master's degree in divinity from Bangor Theological Seminary in 2005.
It's a marriage of sorts, and the people involved are asking for God's guidance. Four United Methodist churches with declining congregations are becoming one. Two others have decided to try to remain on their own.
Many hands make light work. Some Churchland Girl Scouts are putting that thought into practice with a donation drive for the Portsmouth Humane Society. The society is moving into new digs next month and the drive will provide needed items for the animals. Several local organizations are hosting an angel tree, which includes dog and cat ornaments made by the girls. The angel tag is a picture of a humane society dog or cat on one side and a list of requested supplies on the other. Needs include Petway dog and cat food, Dawn dish detergent, 55-gallon trash bags and paper towels. A complete list is at portsmouthhumanesociety.org. Drop-off sites are Kroger, Western Branch Intermediate, the Girl Scout store on Cedar Road in Chesapeake, St. Mark and Aldersgate United Methodist churches and Pam...
SEARSPORT The first time Lois Malisk walked into a church sanctuary instead of going to Sunday school, Onward Christian Soldiers was being played by the organist. Malisk, 86, of Stockton Springs sang the hymn again Sunday at a combined service of the Searsport and North Searsport United Methodist churches.
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With 53 years of experience between them, this husband-and-wife team now serves five United Methodist churches. The Rev. Eileen Dumire is pastor of Asbury in Charleston, and Darlington and St. John, both in South Charleston. The Rev. James Dumire serves as minister of St. John's in Rand as well as Malden United Methodist.
The First United Methodist congregation welcomed their longtime next door neighbors at First Presbyterian Church to the newly renovated John R. Pepper Building for a shared Ash Wednesday worship service on Feb. 17. First Church senior pastor Rev. Scott Alford and First Pres senior pastor Rev. Bo Scarborough led this annual joint service.
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