First United Methodist Church - Henderson, NC

GriefShare will meet every Thursday for 13 weeks from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall beginning August 18th.

All who have lost a loved one are invited to come.

Our UMW Tag Sale Shop is now open from 11 am until 1 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Church member volunteers will be assisting shoppers so that our church staff members may complete their job responsibilities. We encourage you to invite your friends, family, coworkers and others who may not be members of our church to come and shop during those hours.

All proceeds from the Tag Sale ministry (along with the annual bazaar, memorial funds for John Falkner, and UMW candle burning) go to support the missions of United Methodist Women. These missions include: local missions, Hand-in-Hand, UMYF Soup Kitchen, UMYF mission trip, Pinkston Street Elementary weekend packs, Area Christians Together in Service (ACTS), the Boys & Girls Club, Lifeline, Community Partners of Hope, our Good Neighbor Fund, YMCA children's programs, conference missions, the Methodist Home for Children, and United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).

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Updated Covid Protocols. Our Reopening Team met and decided to revise our current protocols, in light of falling Covid rates and current recommended guidelines. Please note that the Reopening Team will continue to review and revise our protocols as needed, based on infection rates and recommendations.

Beginning Sunday February 27th:

*Face masks are optional.

*There will be no check-in or temperature checks at the door

*Seating will continue to be in alternating pews only, to encourage social distancing. Ushers will continue to dismiss worshipers one pew at a time at the end of worship.

*The number of hymns and stanzas of hymns will no longer be limited.

*The full choir will begin singing in morning worship. This is anticipated to begin at Sunday, April 10 worship.

*Worshipers will now come forward to receive Communion, beginning Sunday, March 6. The bread will be in individual pieces and served with tongs. The juice will be served in individual, disposable cups.

*Outside groups will be allowed to use the church facilities provided they understand and agree to abide by our current protocols.

*We will have nursery and childcare during morning worship.