“In Christ, there is neither Jew nor Gentile, slave nor free.” All means all. All God’s people of every age, race, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or questioning, means, ability or spiritual tradition are welcome here in the name and love of God, to worship, learn and serve. from the Pastor’s Pen… My first pastoral […]
PARISH NEWS – Easter Sunday, Ap...
from the Pastor’s Pen… One summer during my college experience I attended a weeklong event at Methodist College. I’ll always remember my roommate asking me if I was a Christian. Without giving it a second thought I said, “Yes.” But the questioner wasn’t satisfied with my answer. She kept pushing and prodding. What she really wanted to know was if, […]
PARISH NEWS – Palm Sunday, Marc...
JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK EVENTS Thursday, March 29 – Maundy Thursday 6 PM: Fellowship Meal remembering the Last Supper of Jesus; Mediterranean Potluck Dinner – sign up in Aldersgate Room $5 per person to cover the cost of the entree Handwashing and Holy Eucharist Friday, March 30 – Good Friday 6 PM: Service of Tenebrae remembering the betrayal […]
PARISH NEWS – May 18, 2018
JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK EVENTS Sunday, March 25 – Palm Sunday – Pastor Jan preaching 8:30 AM: Worship with Sacrament of Holy Eucharist 11:00 AM: Worship Thursday, March 29 – Maundy Thursday 6 PM: Fellowship Meal remembering the Last Supper of Jesus; Mediterranean Potluck Dinner – sign up in Aldersgate Room $5 per person […]
PARISH NEWS – March 11, 2018
Present Light By: Charles Ghigna If I could hold light in my hand I would give it to you and watch it become your shadow. NEWS & EVENTS BEYOND DENIAL, IN SEARCH OF GRACE Our conversation continues on Sunday, March 18 after Fellowship Hour in Room 102. We will watch a brief video: Why America […]
Parish News, March 4, 2018
Prayer of the Church Walter Brueggemann from Prayers for a Privileged People In your presence and in the company of your good saints, we offer you our praise and thanksgiving, for life and for calling, for the joys of friendship, and for the burden of faith. As we sit in the midst of your many mercies, […]
PARISH NEWS – February 25, 2018
Dear Wesley Memorial Church Family, Rocky and Jerry Shoemaker came to Wesley Memorial in 2008 when they moved from Northern Virginia to Charlottesville. Rocky, an active Associate Pastor and Pastoral Counselor, was in search of a church where she could share in worship and relocate her practice. Then pastor, Elizabeth Foss, welcomed her to our […]
Parish News – February 18, 2018
IN MEMORIAM We extend our deepest sympathy to Miles Vance and his family on the passing of his wife Bonnie on February 7, 2018 Bonnie was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ and a lifelong United Methodist who worshipped with us regularly. We will miss her sweet smile and will always be inspired by her […]
Parish News – February 11, 2018
from the Pastor’s Pen…. This is what Frederick Buechner says about The Transfiguration, our gospel text for the day. “It is as strange a scene as there is in the Gospels. Even without the voice from the cloud to explain it they had no doubt what they were witnessing. It was Jesus of Nazareth all […]
PARISH NEWS – February 4, 2018
from Four Quartets S. Eliot I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you Which shall be the darkness of God. As, in a theatre, The lights are extinguished, for the scene to be changed With a hollow rumble of wings, with a movement of darkness on darkness, And we […]