Photo taken from http://www.turntogod.com
All are invited to celebrate Easter with us at Ellsworth United Methodist Church on Sunday, April 24th at 11:00AM.
To allow the children to remain in the sanctuary throughout the entire service on this very special Sunday, there will be no Sunday School that morning.
Please join us in the fellowship hall behind the sanctuary for coffee and refreshments before or after the service.
Picture taken from The African American Lectionary website.
Ellsworth United Methodist Church will hold a time of worship on Friday, April 22nd at 7:00PM in observance of Good Friday. Here’s the order of worship for that night:
Worship for Good Friday Service (All hymns and prayers from Red Hymnal)
Gathering Music
Greeting
— Opening Hymn # 292 “What Wondrous Love is This?” —
Psalm # 22 pages 752-753
Prayer # 284 “Good Friday”
— Hymn of Preparation: # 286 “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” —
Old Testament Reading Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (with breaks for silence)
~Instrumental Music~
New Testament # 1: John 18:1-40
— Hymn # 288 “Were You There” —
New Testament Reading # 2: John 19:1-42
# 70 The Gloria
— Closing Hymn # 298 “When I Survey the Cross” —
Exit in Silence
(In silence: as you are leaving the sanctuary, please pause/reflect/pray in passing as you look at the photographs of recent situations and people that are in need of our prayers.)
We hope you can join us for this time of solemnity and reflection.
Worship for Good Friday Service
Ellsworth UMC’s own Chelsea McCown (daughter of former choir members Jim and Cary McCown, now in Virginia) appeared on the local news today, so of course, we have to tell everyone. <grin> She was interviewed at the University of Maine’s annual Job Fair. Chelsea recently graduated from the University with her teaching degree, I believe.
Check out the interview here (Chelsea is on around the 0:46 second mark)
All of us here at Ellsworth United Methodist Church wish her all the best in her career path (and are willing to risk her wrath in exchange for bragging just a bit)!
-Amy B.
Photos are now up online of the Live Nativity staged by the children and adults of Ellsworth United Methodist Church on Christmas Eve. The weather was brutally cold, but it helped us understand a bit better the challenges that Mary and Joseph must’ve faced on that fateful night so long ago. And a little hot chocolate worked wonders for morale, too.
Thanks to our photographer extraordinaire, Luther, for capturing these sweet moments for us that night!
We are pleased to be able to offer our One-Room Sunday Schoolhouse program to children not before worship (as it has been in the past), but during the service.
Starting after the “Time for the Young at Heart” (usually around 11:15-11:20), all children in the congregation are invited to attend Sunday School downstairs in the fellowship hall with one of our teachers. During that time, they will learn about the bible, read stories, create meaningful crafts and enjoy a time of learning and discovery in Christian education together.
The Sunday School teacher will bring them back to the worship service just before the offering, usually around 11:50.
For more information about the program contact Judy Bragg, Sunday School Superintendent, at 667-9046 or jubobragg@myfairpoint.net
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