First United Methodist Church - Henderson, NC

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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.
 

Beginning Wednesday, June 1st, we begin a study of the Gospel of John. This study will meet at noon. Please feel free to bring your own bag lunch; drinks will be provided. The study will be led by Jim Burleson, and the text will be Invitation to John by Robert D. Kysar. Here's a brief description of the book:

The invitation from Christ is: "Come and see, Follow me". Experience the magnificent passages in John including the I am statements (I am the truth, the life and the way, I am the living water and more). Revisit stories only told in John's gospel including Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene and the raising of Lazarus.