Herndon United Methodist Church

03/29/2020

March 29 - 10am Online Worship: "Waiting"

Church at Herndon UMC isn't a building. It's a community of people. Worship may look slightly different this morning, but our prayer is that God speaks and unites us through His Word.

03/29/2020

Church at Herndon UMC isn't a building. It's a community of people. Worship may look slightly different this morning, but our prayer is that God speaks and unites us through His Word.

03/23/2020

Neighbors On-Call

Sign up today to help neighbors who can't get out because they are higher risk.

Know someone in need? Have them call 571-306-0540.

During this COVID-19 pandemic, God's Love calls us to be looking out for all our neighbors. Especially those in need of extra support. This might mean that they need someone to go to the store for them, pick up some medications, mow their grass, or want to talk to someone.If you know someone...

03/22/2020

March 22 - 10am Worship @ Herndon UMC!

Church at Herndon UMC isn't a building. It's a community of people. It may look different this morning, but our prayer is that God speaks and unites us through His Word.

03/22/2020

Church at Herndon UMC isn't a building. It's a community of people. While church may look slightly different this morning, our prayer is that God speaks and unites us through His Word.

03/20/2020

Worship from home Sunday at 10 am. Resources and links available at bit.ly/worship0322.

03/20/2020

Continuing to pray Psalm 91.

03/20/2020

Emergency Shelter – Cornerstones

TOMORROW! We have an opportunity to offer support to the Embry Rucker Community Shelter (ERCS). Learn more about ERCS from the Cornerstones through the link below.

HOW TO HELP! Drop off any of the following supplies into bins place outside Herndon UMC's building between 9am and Noon.

Needed items include:
Canned meats (chicken, tuna, salmon),
Canned beans,
Dried beans,
Oatmeal,
Cooking Oil,
Cleaning products (like bleach, 409, Lysol, other disinfectants, empty spray bottles, wipes, laundry pods, and Windex),
Paper towels,
Tissues,
Hand Sanitizer,
Shampoo,
Body Wash, and
Fast Food and Grocery Store and Target Gift Cards.

We’ll be taking precautions around social distancing, so please be patient if there is a crowd when you come.

The Embry Rucker Community Shelter (ERCS) is a 70-bed residential shelter that provides healthy, safe, emergency housing for families and single men and women.

03/19/2020

On Eagle's Wings

Day 4 of 91 Praying Psalm 91, what connections do you make with this Psalm?

Shannon Wise offered in our staff meeting today that it makes her think of the song "On Eagles Wings" by Michael Joncas. The link below allows you to listen to the song as sung by the composer and fellow artists.

As you pray Psalm 91 with us, if you are inspired to create something (i.e.a photo, a sketch, a painting or something else), Julie Albanus would love to share it with our community over our 91 days of prayer. You can send it to her at [email protected]. And it's not too late to send Mallory Hopper a video of you reading it to [email protected].

Here's the Common English Bible link from BibleGateway again, to help you pray it today:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2091&version=CEB

Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America On Eagle's Wings · Marty Haugen Come and Journey (Live) ℗ 1995 GIA Publications, Inc. Released on: 1995-01-01 Artist:...

03/18/2020

Day 3 of 91 -- Praying Psalm 91
(This time in King James Version.)

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

03/17/2020

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03/15/2020

"What to Do When We Don't Know What to Do"

"What to Do When We Don't Know What to Do"

03/15/2020

This morning for worship, text your glory sightings and prayer requests to 571-306-0540.

If you are joining on zoom. Here is the link:
http://zoom.us/j/7039271771

Be sure to click JOIN WITH AUDIO or you will not have sound.

03/14/2020

While Herndon UMC will be closed through March 22, out of love and concern for our neighbors in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, we will be live streaming worship on Sunday at 10 am. Jonathan's message for this week is titled "What to Do When We Don't Know What to Do".

The link bit.ly/worship0315 takes you to our website where you can find more information about joining in worship with us. If you can't make 10 am, a recording will be available afterwards.

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03/13/2020

COVID-19 Update as of Mar 13 -- Love our neighbors. Pray.

In case you missed it, here is a link to today's COVID-19 UPDATE from Pastor Jonathan.

03/12/2020

COVID-19 Update as of Mar 11 -- Prepared, not Scared

Follow the link to a message from Pastor Jonathan about COVID-19.

The update talks about how we are thinking about and acting on this in our church community.

Please share this message with those who are not on social media or Herndon UMC emails. And, please be in prayer for all those affected by the spread of illness this season.

Pastor Jonathan has issued the following message for those attending Herndon UMC. Friends, Over the last several days and weeks, I’ve been seeing more and more concerns about COVID-19, commonly known as the “coronavirus”, and how it has the potential to impact life in our community. I’m sure...

03/11/2020

Tonight at 6pm, dinner and a show! Enjoy dinner brought to you by the friends of the Herndon UMC Endowment. They are serving ham, green beans and more. There will also be a presentation by the Hands Up for God puppet ministry. All donations go to boost the Endowment Fund.

Once the Endowment fund reaches it's goal of $250 thousand, the income will be available to help support Herndon UMC's missions and ministries. Right now the Endowment fund has around $148 thousand, more than halfway to the goal!

Hope to see you there!

03/01/2020

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02/26/2020

Starting next week! Pastor Lawrence is offering a Wednesday lunchtime study. Learn more at herndonumc.org.

02/26/2020

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02/12/2020

Join us next week for the UPWARD Basketball Coach v. Ref game and dinner. Dinner is at 6pm and the game will start around 7:15pm.

Hope to see you there!

02/03/2020

Interested in enrolling a child in preschool for the 2020-21 school year? Herndon UMC's preschool offers a loving environment for kids to grow, learn, make friends and have fun. Visit Herndon UMC Preschool during their open house today from 6:30-8pm.

Learn more at herndonumcpreschool.com.

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02/01/2020

Interested in a Preschool for the 2020-21 school year? Visit Herndon UMC Preschool during their open house on Monday evening.

Visit their website, https://www.herndonumcpreschool.com/ for more information.

02/01/2020

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01/22/2020

Herndon's United Methodist Women invite everyone to dinner tonight at Herndon UMC. Join us at 6pm in the Fellowship Hall for crockpot dishes and casseroles, mac 'n cheese and chicken nuggets, salad, rolls and, of course, desserts!⁠
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Suggested donations are just $5 per person or $15 per family. Your donations will go to support the UMW & UMW missions. ⁠⁠
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01/22/2020

Herndon's United Methodist Women invite everyone to dinner tonight at Herndon UMC. Join us at 6pm in the Fellowship Hall for crockpot dishes and casseroles, mac 'n cheese and chicken nuggets, salad, rolls and, of course, desserts!

Suggested donations are just $5 per person or $15 per family. Your donations will go to support the UMW & UMW missions.

#herndonumc #herndonumw

01/22/2020

Interested in enrolling a child in preschool for the 2020-21 school year? Herndon UMC's preschool offers a loving environment for kids to grow, learn, make friends and have fun. Visit Herndon UMC Preschool during their open house today from 1-2pm, or on the evening of February 3rd. ⁠
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Learn more at herndonumcpreschool.com.⁠
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#herndonumcpreschool #herndonumc

01/22/2020

Interested in enrolling a child in preschool for the 2020-21 school year? Herndon UMC's preschool offers a loving environment for kids to grow, learn, make friends and have fun. Visit Herndon UMC Preschool during their open house today from 1-2pm, or on the evening of February 3rd.

Learn more at herndonumcpreschool.com.

#herndonumcpreschool #herndonumc

01/17/2020

Ladies Game Night tonight at 6:30pm! Bring a game (if you like) and a snack share. Donations to support the Embry-Rucker Shelter will be collected. Learn more at herndonumc.org.

01/16/2020

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01/16/2020

If you have a preschooler that you want to enroll in a preschool next Fall, now is the time to register. Please take a look at Herndon UMC Preschool. Our Preschool offers kids opportunities to play and learn, to be curious creatively and to feel success through achievement in an atmosphere of faith, hope and love.

01/10/2020

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01/10/2020

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01/08/2020

The Herndon UMC building is OPEN for evening activities today, January 8. Although the sidewalks were treated earlier, please be cautious and park around front, as there will be ice forming in spots (particularly around back) as temperatures drop.⁠
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Hope to see you at the GIFT dinner, choir rehearsals or UPWARD practices this evening!⁠
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01/07/2020

Per the winter weather policy, Herndon UMC will be closed this evening starting at 2pm. All activities are cancelled. Stay safe and warm and enjoy the gift of time!

01/04/2020

Pastor Jonathan's Response to Today's Press Release by the United Methodist Church

Friends,

Earlier today, a group of leaders in the United Methodist Church released a joint proposal about the future of our denomination. These participating leaders represent a wide variety of theological and geographical perspectives. If you haven't had a chance to read the proposal, you can do so here:

https://www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/united-methodist-traditionalists-centrists-progressives-bishops-sign-agreement-aimed-at-separation-13133654

I will be discussing this proposal this weekend in worship briefly, but for now, I would offer two thoughts to you:

This is a proposal, not a defined action. There are more steps to come that would allow something like this to be implemented, to include action by the General Conference that will convene in May of this year. Any conversation that happens prior to General Conference is just that -- a conversation. Action will follow based on the will of those gathered as representatives in Minneapolis this May.

Herndon UMC has a wide range of perspectives in our population. Some of us will read this proposal and have a sense of hope, others might read it and have a tinge of worry, and even others might have both or neither of those feelings. No matter what your perspective is, know that I love you, God loves you, and it is great to be doing church together. Over the coming months, we will have a lot to discern together. I believe in both of those words. Discernment, to me, means seeking God's will. How can we be the kind of church God desires for our community? And together, to me, means no one is left out. It is important that the diversity of perspectives in our community be represented well in the conversations we will need to have in the coming months. When we discern together, I believe we have the opportunity to hear the voice of God with clarity and perhaps in new and unexpected ways.

I encourage you to pray for the United Methodist Church, for Herndon UMC, and for the opportunities God is giving us to live into our core values that God's love is real, God's love is active, and God's love is for everyone.

I can't wait to worship with you this weekend and to see how God might be leading our church and community in the weeks and months to come.

Blessings,
Pastor Jonathan

01/03/2020

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12/26/2019

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12/26/2019

Merry Christmas! It was a great joy to have so many come together to share the Christmas story on Christmas Eve.

If you wanted another chance to answer what you pray God might do in our community in the coming year? The survey is still open at slido.com. Enter the code M197.

12/26/2019

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12/24/2019

It's Christmas Eve! Kids of all ages are invited to join in the pick up pageant at our first worship service today at 4pm!

The other services are at 5, 9, and 11pm.
Learn more at HerndonUMC.org.

12/24/2019

Do you prefer e-versions to paper? Do you use the Bible App? Find the bulletins for Herndon UMC's 4 different Christmas Eve services on the Bible App.

4PM -- http://bible.com/events/4546741
5PM -- https://bible.com/events/6826700
9PM -- https://bible.com/events/6831273
11PM -- https://bible.com/events/6860846

Four different worship experiences; one church family.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

12/24/2019

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12/18/2019

If the holidays are hard, join us for a Blue Christmas worship service, tomorrow at 7pm.

12/13/2019

Tomorrow, December 14 at 7pm, the Herndon UMC Music Ministry is delighted to offer an opportunity to hear the Herndon High School Madrigals and then sing-along with the Christmas Messiah. (But, you are allowed to come and just enjoy the experience, if you prefer.)⁠

This concert is FREE and open to the public.
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