Message from Katie (Lorenz) Fetty & family
My parents, Byrdie and Stan Lorenz, my brother Joe, and I thank you for your loving support for us with your calls, text messages, cards, and prayers while my husband Andy was in the hospital critical care unit and afterwards. We know that your prayers helped us sense God's presence throughout the ordeal. On the evening of the tenth day, Andy spoke briefly for the first time. He assured me that all would be okay and that we would meet again. The next morning, he died peacefully. We are so grateful for your love and prayers.
Sincerely, Katie (Lorenz) Fetty and family
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Room 210 in the church is now available as a hybrid meeting space
If you or your committee/organization would like to learn more about the hybrid meeting technology in the room, please feel free to reach out. Matthew is more than happy to set up a time to show you how the system works and to get the room scheduled for your meetings through Stephanie, our office coordinator at office@linworthumc.org. If you and your committee prefer to continue exclusively on Zoom for now, we can come back to discuss this at another time. As a side note, please remember that masks are still needed in the building during an in-person meeting.
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Meet a Pastor in the Park
Pastor in the Park has moved to Fridays
You are invited to meet Pastor Sara on Fridays at 10 am October 15 (today!) and 22nd.
Meet at Linworth Road Community Park, South entrance at 10 a.m. on the following Friday mornings (weather permitting).
Linworth Road Community Park is located at 5971 Linworth Rd, Worthington, OH 43085. All are welcome - invite a friend!
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New
Third & Fourth Grade Bible Sunday
On Sunday, October 24 at the 9 and 10:30 services, Linworth UMC is blessed with the opportunity to share our love and care for our 3rd and 4th graders as we gift them with their very own Bible. Do you have a student in 3rd or 4th grade? If so, we please fill out the digital registration form by Sunday, October 17.
Please note, we recognize you may not be able to join us that day. We still want to include your student and would love to get a Bible out to them early so we can include pictures of them with their Bible in worship.
If you have questions, please reach out to Pastor Brooke.
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New
Trunk or Treat for all Ages! October 24, 3-5pm
Rain Date October 31, 3-5p
Masks, strongly encouraged. 
Trunk-or-Treat is just not for kids and families. At LUMC, it is so much more than kids dressing up and collecting candy. Trunk-or-Treat is an opportunity for the entire church family to gather in fellowship while inviting the community to join in on the fun. We never know how offering hospitality and Christian love to our neighbors might be the seed someone needs to begin a life of discipleship.
How can you help and be a part of this great event? We will need folks to decorate their trunks and hand out candy. As well as people willing to work hospitality and welcome stations. If you are unable to join the event, we will be collecting candy to use at the event. Finally, we ask for prayer that all those who attend, share and experience God’s love.
To signup to be a part of this fellowship event, register here or register at the kid’s registration area on Sunday.
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College/Young Adult Addresses Needed
Now that we are falling into a routine after summer and our young adults are back in college, moved, or started a new job it is a time to update their addresses and information so we can better stay in contact. Please take a moment to update your information or your young adult's information click here.
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Dress For Success Donations by Linworth UMW
This is the last few days for donations- we will continue until October 19th. Collections can be dropped off during church hours (8:30 to 4:30) or in the container near the elevator.
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New Life Is In Need of Items
We appreciate all of your help with this important mission. There is an immediate need for deodorant, white athletic socks and new underwear sizes S, M, L. We also accept men’s smaller size jeans and pants and gently used hoodie sweatshirts of any size. We can always use personal hygiene products. Donations are being collected underneath the pantry cabinets next to the church office.
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Fall Newsletter
If you have not received the newsletter via mail, and would like a copy, there are some at the church office as well as outside the worship area.
You can also access it here.
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We invite you to join us!
- 9am Traditional Worship - In person or Online
- 10:30 am Contemporary Worship - In person or Online
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Contemplative Prayer Circles
A time of quiet and stillness before God. A time of community support and sharing. A time of reflection with scripture, music, journaling, and poetry. Our Contemplative Prayer Circle is open to all and is a beautiful space of rest and peace in our month. If you are interested in learning more, or have questions, please contact Christine Hiester for more information.
Please click on link below as Christine speaks about the importance of contemplative prayer click here.
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Join Christine Hiester on Zoom prayer circles: October 27th, November 17th (due to Thanksgiving week) and no meetings in December.
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Discipleship Baby Steps
Recently, while talking to a colleague about a project I was working on and feeling overwhelmed, I was reminded of how a baby learns to walk. It begins months before those first steps as infants strengthen and develop their leg muscles. The infants have no understanding of walking but they delight in standing on an adults’ lap bouncing up and down. As they continue to develop, they begin to crawl and soon find the edges of furniture and begin to pull themselves up and stand wabbly, holding on with both hands. We all know this progresses and the many stages that have to be learned before a baby can confidently toddle around.
I find it interesting that we adults, forget that learning something new, even discipleship, which is following and living out Jesus’ teachings, takes the purposeful plodding, stretching and strengthening our faith. In this COVID-19 season we have had to put some of our favorite ways to serve on hold but discipleship; acts of compassion, justice, worship and devotion continue.
How are your discipleship muscles doing? If COVID didn’t exist, many of you would be stretching your discipleship muscles, preparing to welcome our neighbors in to shop and fellowship at the fall garage sale. Actually, about 1,000 hours of discipleship would be strengthened through this event. WOW!
Here is the challenge, we can recognize our sadness of missing out on another event. But we also can reinvest those hours into other discipleship opportunities. How, you ask? Connect in worship, in person or online. If you haven’t seen someone connect for a while, reach out to them. Prayer and reading, devote 15-20 minutes a day to intentionally being with God. Be open to new ways to serve such as participating at Trunk or Treat, joining the children’s Sunday school team, or greeting on Sunday mornings. Finally, join a small group. We are slowly bringing back in person gatherings and equipping our space for hybrid events. Please let Pastor Brooke or your clergy team know you are interested in joining in. However you choose to strengthen you discipleship muscles, remember, it is baby steps. Each and every baby step will help you grow in you live out your commitment to Jesus Christ in discipleship.
Blessings, Pastor Brooke
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Hilltop Community
Linworth’s support of our ministry work in the Hilltop area of Columbus helps us partner with diverse groups such as Burroughs Elementary School, Celebrate One’s initiative for the well health of newborns and under 1s, the Highlands Youth Garden, Ville on the Hill support for elderly people, fresh produce markets and free lending libraries, and various initiatives through the Shalom Zone.
We are looking forward to getting back in the neighborhood sometime soon and are always open to new ideas on how to serve. If you are looking for a place to share your talents and your ministerial service, and would like to know more, please contact Laurie Sandall 614-329-1508 or Pastor Sara pastorsara@linworthumc.org
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New Volunteer Opportunity
We have an opportunity to assist in classrooms at W. Broad ES. Our Hilltop ministry has a good relationship with WBES, including the school being a site for produce distributions, cohosting dinners, providing financial and clothing assistance as needed, partnering for summer reading programs, as well as helping with volunteers during the school year. If you are interested in this wonderful ministry, please contact Cindy Leonard cleonard6586@columbus.k12.oh.us (volunteer coordinator). Or you may also contact Pastor Sara for more information.
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Submit your announcement for the Lantern & other church communications:
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