WORSHIP TIMES
Traditional Service of Worship is held each Sunday from 10:00- 11:00 AM in the Sanctuary with additional seating for live-stream in Spirit Hall and broadcast on 93.9FM for those listening in from the Parking Lot.
Celebration of Holy Communion typically occurs on the 1st Sunday of each month, Christmas Eve, Holy Thursday evening, & Easter sunrise. We practice an open Table which is open to all who love Jesus, repent of their sin & seek to live in peace with one another.
LENT and easter special services
Easter Sunday Sunrise Service will be held in memory garden beginning with special music, a resurrection message and the celebration of Holy Communion. A free Easter Breakfast is included.
Shrove Tuesday Pancakes are served in Spirit Hall on the Tuesday before Lent begins as our last “feasting” before the days of Lenten “fasting.” The cost of this supper is by donation and is sponsored by The United Methodist Women.
We then begin the 40 day penitential season of Lent with an Ash Wednesday Service where we acknowledge our sin and receive the ashes of our mortality.
Sacred Silence is offered each of the 6 Wednesdays of Lent from 11am-11:30am in the sanctuary. Time together begins with a brief devotional and prayer and then scattered participants sit in silence before God for 20 minutes, listening…surrendering…being and close with Holy Communion.
Holy Week is observed beginning with Passion/Palm Sunday worship as Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem is remembered, ending with the Passion reading from one of the four Gospels.
Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday is held around tables in Spirit Hall as we remember Jesus’ last Supper, his time spent in the Garden of Gethsemane, his arrest and trial. Images, music and scriptures will guide our reflections. Holy Communion will be shared around the tables.
The death of Jesus will be observed on Good Friday at the cross in memory garden. A somber service acknowledging the price Jesus paid to take away the sin of the world.
advent and christmas special services
On the 4th Sunday before Christmas, we usher in the season of Advent beginning with
The Hanging of the Greens Service of song, explanation, scripture and decoration as the sanctuary and our hearts are prepared for the Lord’s coming as a babe and the Lord’s second coming in final victory.
Candlelight Christmas Eve Service with Holy Communion is held each year on December 24 in the sanctuary.
MACedONIA CHOIR & HANDBELLS
Chancel choir practices each Wednesday from 7-8:30pm in the choir room in order to lead Sunday worship hymns and share anthems. The choir also shares special music during Lent & Easter, special evening services (ex. Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Christmas Eve) and a Christmas Cantata. “Macedonia Ringers” handbell choir also shares in worship from time to time.
MEMORY GARDEN & COLUMBARIUM
Established in 2016, envisioned and constructed by Richard Blackwelder along with Doris Blackwelder, and Evelyn and Earl Parks. Memory Garden contains replicas of Christ’s empty tomb, Golgotha’s hill and the Bethlehem manger. Serving as the worship setting for Easter sunrise, Memory Garden has also served as our Drive-In Church location. Niches in the columbarium are available for purchase by Macedonia members.
