What’s Going On

General Announcements - July 2, 2025

Healing Service: Please join us for a Healing Service on the 1st Sunday of each quarter at 7 pm in the Sanctuary. Next Healing Service will be July 6th.

ASP Thank You Luncheon: Please join us for an ASP Thank You Luncheon after the late service on Sunday, July 14th at 12:15pm. Sign up in the narthex if attending so we can prepare enough food. 

VBS: If you are interested in helping with VBS this year please contact Larisa Thomas. VBS – True North will be August 3 – 7, 2025.   Registration is open! Register at: https://www.centrevillemethodist.org/vbs

We need donations, please check the welcome table in the narthex to see what is needed.

Congratulations to Linda Pullen: Linda has been volunteering at Talisman Therapeutic Riding for almost 7 years. She was just inducted into their Century Club! To join this club the combined age of the rider and the horse have to equal 100 and perform a series of tests. Congratulations Linda and Tumbleweed (her horse) for making it into the Century Club! 

Baptisms by Immersion: Please join us on Sunday, July 20th at 1pm for several Baptisms at Camp Pecometh. We will meet at the outdoor chapel.

Outdoor Movie Night: We have several FREE Outdoor Family Movie Nights coming up… All movies start at dust (8pm). July 5th – Ratatouille, July 26th – Moana 2, and August 23rd – Lilo & Stitch. Free popcorn and treats! Bring a drink and chair/blanket. Rain or Shine (movie will be shown indoors in case of rain)

Soldier Morale:  Rev Amor Del Rosario is a local Maryland National Guard chaplain and wife of our church family member, Scott Woolsey. Amor is currently deployed in the Middle East. There have been cutbacks in morale related items and benefits for the soldiers. This is where we can step in and help fill the gap for our soldiers. There is a donation box in the narthex with a list of items that soldiers request. Please consider donating some of these items. There is not a cut off date… just bring the items in and put in the donation box when you can and Scott Woolsey will mail out the care packages to the soldiers monthly.

Community Church Prayer: Please join us in praying for other churches in our area. We will lift up a church (some in our denomination and others that are not) in prayer during our worship service and in our intercessory prayer time and we want to encourage you to pray throughout the week. This week we will be praying for Grace Fellowship Church. 

Outreach Ministries

NEW CMC Helping Hands: Attention CMC Congregation – Do you need assistance with tasks, e.g. changing light bulbs or smoke alarm batteries? Need leaves raked? Need transportation to appointments? Or need temporary meals while convalescing or being a caregiver? If the answer is yes to any of these needs, CMC Helping Hands are willing and able to assist. Simply complete your request with your name, phone number and specific task required and drop in the Helping Hands box located in the narthex. Someone will call you to discuss your specific needs. A helping hands volunteer will be identified, and help will be on the way.   If you have any questions, please contact Joyce Stevenson, 410-490-8607 or Larisa Thomas, 240-994-5042.

Food Pantry: CMC's Food Pantry is open on the first and third Wednesdays of every month from 10 AM to 12 PM. The summer months are usually a time of limited donations as food drives by schools and organizations don't ramp up again until fall. At the current time we could use spaghetti noodles and other forms of pasta, canned fruit of any kind, applesauce, crunchy peanut butter, canned chicken, ketchup, mustard, pancake syrup, cake and brownie mixes, canned icing, jelly, bars of soap, toothpaste, and deodorant. We appreciate any and all donations. We are open from 10 a.m.-1 2 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Members of the congregation are always welcome to stop by and see our pantry in action. Contact Allan Stevenson at astevenson44@verizon.net for more information.  

Backpack Program: We will need plastic grocery bags when we resume with the backpack program in the fall. Please drop off in the church office.

Methodist Men: The Methodist Men meet for breakfast every Wednesday morning at 8:30am. We will meet at the Creamery in Centreville.  All men are invited to join us. 

Methodist Women: The Methodist Women will not meet during the summer months. See you in September!

Sewing Ministry: The Sewing group will not meet during the summer.  See you in September!

Coat Drive: Now accepting coats for our bi-annual Coat Drive that will be held on Oct. 4, 2025. There is always a great need for children/youth coats and jackets. Pick up is available by calling Beth Covington at 410-490-2118.

Service Opportunities

Altar Guild: We need volunteers to help care for the altar. Duties include changing linens, candles, and vessels to prepare for worship services. If interested, please contact Beth Covington at 410-490-2118.

Usher/Greeter Sign Up: If you are interested in becoming an Usher/Greeter at the 11 am worship service, there is a signup sheet in the narthex. 

Prayer & Worship Opportunities

Worship & Intercession: 1st Monday of the Month at 6:30 PM and every Tuesday morning at 10 am in the Prayer Chapel.

Healing Prayer Team: The Healing Prayer Team are available at the conclusion of every service in the Prayer Chapel and by request. If you would like to join the Healing Prayer Team, or if you have questions concerning the prayer ministry, please contact Dale Becraft at 410-829-1131 or dale.becraft@gmail.com

Corsica Hills Worship: We will have worship services once a month at Corsica Hills. The next service will be July 27 at 2pm.   If you are interested in helping, please contact Royce Herman at raherman1@verizon.net. 

Learning and Growing Opportunities

Adult Sunday School Classes: Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM in Double Classroom led by Jerry Thomas continuing through the summer, or

 9:50 AM in the Pentecost Room, led by Janie Nickle which will pick up again in September studying Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

Children’s Sunday School: Children’s Sunday school will  resume in September. Sunday’s at 9:50 am. Ages Pre-K and up. 

Youth Group: Centreville Youth Ministry (CYM) meets the 2nd and 4th Sunday every month at 5:30 PM. All youths in the 6-12 grade are invited! We will have a modified schedule during the Summer. Stay tuned for updates in the weekly announcements.

Young Adults Gathering: We have a group of young adults (18-35ish) who gather for dinner, conversation, and often play games once a month. All young adults are welcome to join us.  

Iron Sharpens Iron Men’s Fellowship: This group meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30pm in the Pentecost room in the Sunday School wing.  Open to all men This group will continue to meet during the Summer!

Beauty for Ashes Women’s Fellowship: This group meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at 6:30pm in the Yellow Room. All ladies are welcome to join us.   We will take off in July and August and resume meeting again in September.