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Join us for worship Sunday mornings at 10am. As we move forward with loosened restrictions about in-person gatherings, please allow extra time to be screened if you plan to be with us in person.
We will continue to livestream our services on YouTube. Click the YouTube icon to find the link.
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Over the last several weeks more and more people have received Covid vaccinations and reported cases are declining. As restrictions are being loosened at the federal, state and local levels, our Church Council has approved the following sets of guidelines ...
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The Epworth United Methodist Women are now taking prepaid orders for Easter lilies to be placed in the sanctuary Saturday, April 3 in time for Easter Sunday. Cost is $13 each. Our supplier has a limited number available for purchase. They will be wrapped and bowed and available for you to pick-up following worship on April 4.
To place your order, please send it to Lynn Tesh. Make checks payable to Epworth United Methodist Women and specify in whose honor or memory each is given. Please send your name, address, and phone number also.
You may also make a payment online through our online giving portal by using the button below. When you pay online please click the "Other" box and enter "Lillies."
Mail or email your order to Lynn Tesh. Her physical address is 6114 Unity Lane, NW, Concord, NC 28027 and her email address is teshfamily@windstream.net.
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We'll be hosting an Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, April 3 from 11am-1pm. Easter Egg hunters will use clues to find lots of goody-filled eggs. This is a great event for families to experience together and leave with reminders of what Easter is all about. Sign up link is below. Let us know how many in your Egg Hunt Crew!
Donations of nut-free candy and trinkets are needed for our Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt. We'll fill plastic eggs with things like candy, stickers, erasers, bracelets, etc. Oriental Trading and the Dollar Tree are great places for small, inexpensive favors. Financial support is also welcomed. Contact Teresa Gray for info!
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Palm Sunday Worship
SUN . MARCH 28 . 10am
YouTube Livestream and
In-person at reduced capacity
Palm Sunday is the first day of Holy Week. It is the day we remember Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem to shouts of Hosanna!
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Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service
THURS . APRIL 1 . 7pm
YouTube Livestream
Maundy Thursday is the day we remember Jesus celebrating Passover with his disciples. This would become the Last Supper and the origin of communion for Christians.
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Good Friday Service
(Pre-Recorded)
FRI . APRIL 2 . 7pm
Service will be available for viewing on:
YouTube & epworthnc.com
(led by Epworth's Youth Ministry)
Good Friday is the day we recognize the crucifixion; the day Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world.
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Easter Sunrise Service
SUN . APRIL 4 . 6:45am
Join us for an Easter sunrise service in the front parking lot! Please be sure to bring your own chair!
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Easter Sunday Worship
SUN . APRIL 4 . 10am
Our Easter Sunday worship will be held in the sanctuary. Service will also be live-streamed on YouTube.
HE IS RISEN!
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There are several ways you can continue to participate in outreach, spiritual disciplines and service as we move through the final days of Lent.
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Shop & Share began as a response to the pandemic last winter and continues to gain momentum. It is a place where folks can take the food they need, whenever they need it. Items are re-stocked daily and we rely on your kindness and donations to keep the shelves full.
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Stained Glass Prayers is an invitation to offer up prayers, penance, thanks and reflection. We'll have colored paper available at the front entrance. You're encouraged to write your prayers, thoughts, Lent reflections as often as you'd like. Leave your prayers in the prayer lantern located at the front entrance any time during Lent. We'll add them to our windows to create a stained glass window of our collective prayers.
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Pack the Pew is a call for massive food donations to fight food insecurity in our community. After the holidays food pantries typically see a lull in donations and giving. During Lent, we want to beef up those food pantry shelves and we need you to help us Pack the Pew! Come by with your donations and drop them inside our front entrance or just outside the entrance. We'll take it from there. We encourage multiple donations during Lent to help restock shelves in our community. Donations will be split among CCM and our Shop & Share food pantry.
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Moderated by Jen Hedrick
Our "40 Days" group is on the move - physically and spiritually. We have 48 members connected through our 40 Days Facebook page and we'd love for you to join us.
This is a collective effort to share our personal Lenten journey among friends.
Our Facebook link is below - hope to see you there!
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Parish Nurse, Sis Mills, will be offering a CPR - First Aid class on Saturday, April 10 from 8:30am - 1pm. If you'd like to register or need more information contact Sis at epworthnurse@epworthnc.com
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STICK TEAM IS BACK! We will meet Sunday, March 28 at 1pm to work on a performance piece for Easter. Afterwards we'll spend some time outside on the playground. Parents may pick up children at 2:30pm.
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Sunday, April 25 from 1pm-3pm. All are invited for a time of being outside and having fun. Bring a lunch to share as a family. It will be completely unstructured. I will have balls of all kinds. Children can go on the playground, or we can organize a kickball, basketball, or volleyball game. We are just going to have some good ole’ fashion fun on Sunday Funday!
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APRIL SMILE PROJECT
We continue to spread smiles and send cards through our Smile Project ministry. We have 55 names on our April recipient roster. If you'd like to be part of this effort, sign up for a card making kit that you'll pick up in a few weeks, decorate your card and send it on its way using the stamped, addressed envelope supplied. Let us know how many kits you need by using the link below.
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APRIL MESSY CHURCH
In April we'll be asking some interesting questions, What is New Life in Jesus? What does it mean? What does it look like? If you'd like a Messy Church kit to take home just let us know how many in your family using the link below. Kits will be available for pick up during preschool -Learning Center hours on Friday, April 16 or you come by between 9:30am-11:30am Sunday, April 18th. If you need to make other arrangements, let Mrs. Teresa know.
As COVID restrictions begin to loosen, we look forward to being able to offer in-person activities soon. Several families have indicated they enjoy doing Messy Church in a bag so if this is something you'd like to continue, please let Mrs. Teresa know.
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BACK-to-SCHOOL SHOE DISTRIBUTION
We're excited to announce the return of the Back-to-School Shoe Distribution. The date is Saturday, August 14. We are currently raising funds to purchase shoes and supplies. Cost of shoes and a new pair of socks is $20. As we get closer to the event, we'll begin collecting school supplies as well. If you are able to financially support the shoe distribution, place your donation in the offering plate and note "Shoe Distribution." Thank you for your commitment to this outreach that supports children and youth in our community.
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We have scheduled a week for day camp at Mount Shepherd - June 14-18. This week is for students K-6th grade (we've added 6th graders for those who missed out last summer). Day campers will meet at Epworth daily at 7am, head to Mount Shepherd on the church bus and return by 4pm each afternoon.
Cost is $150 for the week and includes all meals. Donations to cover fuel costs are much-appreciated.
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Plans for Camp Epworth 2021 are in the works! We will offer 9 weeks of day camp for pre-school aged children and 8 weeks of camp for elementary children. Download overview and registration forms below.
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 By Scott Randolph
Folks are always asking what they can get for the food shelves and I usually give a generic list but I got to realizing there are certain items I buy every week no matter if folks donate some of that item. My every week items are:
- Cereal at least 15 boxes (the healthy stuff does not go fast, sweet flies off the shelf. I try to mix it up with honey nut cheerios and crunchy honey oat along with fruit loops, cinnamon crunch like Cereal)
- Canned fruit at least 12 cans (fruit cocktail and mandarin oranges are favorites, I try to avoid the heavy suryp. this is actually one of the more expensive things in the pantry)
- Canned pasta 12+ cans of any variety. (this is one thing that folks donate but I still buy every week)
- Soup 12 cans of either tomato or chicken noodle (seems like I get one or the other every week) really any soup is great.
- Canned chili 6 with beans, 6 no beans
- Peanut butter 10 mostly creamy
- Jelly 6-10 grape
I get all these items at Aldi or Walmart brands for the best prices. Items I don't buy but that are extremely popular when I have them are:
- snacks of any kind
- cookies
- Pop Tarts
- pudding cups
- fruit cups
- chips
- snack bars
With a lot of food coming in for the Lent food drive these items will still be in demand after it is done. Thanks to everyone for there support for both
Shop & Share and Pack the Pew.
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 COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
FOOD PANTRY UPDATE
Our current big needs are:
- Cereal
- Peanut Butter
- Soup
- Canned carrots, peas, potatoes and mixed veggies
- Canned fruit
- Any dried beans
- Pasta Sauce
- Toilet Paper
As always, we especially seek low sodium items, no-added-sugar items, and whole grain items.
Right now, we have plenty of the following:
- Canned chicken and tuna
- Canned green beans and corn
- Canned Pinto Beans
- Spaghetti noodles
- Macaroni & Cheese
Thank you for the continued support from our church partners. Our Crisis Center at 246 Country Club Drive NE in Concord serves as the warehouse for most of the food.
- We will gladly accept all donations at that site from 10am - 1pm Monday through Friday.
- Bethel Baptist Helping Hands Food Pantry, located at 1209 1/4 Opal Street in Kannapolis, will gladly accept donations from 9 am to 1 pm on Monday and Thursday.
- The food pantry located at Westford UMC on Highway 49 and the Kannapolis Food Pantry at West Point Baptist Church can accept donations on Saturday morning from 8:30 am to 11:30 am.
- The Feeding Our Souls Food Pantry at Bethel UMC in Midland, and North Kannapolis Baptist Church Food Pantry will accept donations by calling the church in advance.
- The pantry at New Life Baptist Church is temporarily closed.
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Contact Sis Mills with your prayer requests and be sure to let her know how prayers have been answered along the way. Sis can be reached at epworthnurse@epworthnc.com
FOR OUR MILITARY MEMBERS:
Mary Elise Capron
Will Capron
Zachary Capron
Ben Carruth
Brandon Carson
Brandon Cook
Caleb Odom
Ryan Tennis
OUR BELOVED MEMBERS:
Prayers for health concerns
Joyce Baucom
Mike Bodenheimer
Judy Bonkowski
Jim Emerson (travel mercies)
Rose Emerson
Linda Widenhouse Fink
Nancy Fisher
Noah Goertzen
Carol Goodrich
Becky Holshouser
Hannah Hughes
Sarah Hughes
Georgianne Jenkins
Martha Kimes
Bob Lentz
Jake McClamrock
Debby Myers
Shirley Nichols
Ed Nimmo
Neva Jo Roberts
Elizabeth Schavillie
Charlie Sehorn
Joanne Shepherd
Betty Towell
Betty Wagner
John Watson
Carolyn Williams
OUR BELOVED MEMBERS:
Prayers for continued recovering
Wanda Bodenheimer
Peggy Caton
FOR OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES:
Prayers for health concerns
Pam & Doug Adams ______________ Daughter/son-in-law of Marylyn Smith
Rob & Mae Aldrons _______________Friends of Epworth Hot Dog Ministry
Grace Alexander _________________Friend of Jane Hinson
Ed Anderson ____________________ Cousin of Wayne Reid
Morris Anderson _________________ Friend of Betsy Graham
Cindy Barfield ___________________Friend of John Mitchum
Alex Barnhardt __________________Cousin of Wayne Reid
Sandy Barnhardt _________________Aunt of Wayne Reid
Nancy Bebber ___________________Friend of Carolyn Williams
Lisa Blackburn ___________________Teacher at Flock Preschool
Wendy Blake ____________________ Friend of Betsy Graham
Michael Breamer _________________Friend of Kathy Taylor
Douglas Buckwell _________________Friend of Carol Blackwelder
Jo Anne Bullins __________________ Mother of Patty Randolph
Gary Burris ______________________Brother of Carolyn Williams
Ricky Clatterbuck ________________Friend of Tiffany Carter
Kyle Cooper _____________________Husband of Carolyn Williams' niece, Susan
Brenda Craven __________________ Friend of Jane Hinson
Elizabeth _______________________Co-worker of Bob Carruth
Friend _________________________ Kathy Taylor
Friend _________________________ Connie Williams (Betty Wagner’s daughter)
Dave Goff _____________________Father of son-in-law - Gaye Seifel
Anderson Heathington____________Son of Gabby Silk & Jameison Heathington
Karen Hopson ___________________Niece of Betty Wagner
Chris Hopson ___________________ Great nephew of Betty Wagner
Dee Hutcherson ________________ Friend of Nancy Fisher
Bill Jackson ____________________ Uncle of Kathy Taylor
Vicky Jackson ___________________Aunt of Kathy Taylor (caretaker of Bill Jackson)
Charlotte Kiefer _________________Friend of Jane Hinson
Arden Lewis ____________________ Friend of Jenny Bodenheimer
Nancy Matthews ________________ Husband Jake is employed by IKE'S
Emily McGuire __________________Cousin of Betsy Graham
Charlie Mullis ___________________Brother of Carol Blackwelder
Shantelle Muntiah _______________Great niece of Jean Lamb
MaryAnn Neilson ________________Former Epworth secretary
Mike Nimmo ____________________Son of Ed and Bonnie Nimmo
Kurt Randolph __________________Brother of Scott Randolph
Karen Rowland__________________ Friend of Betsy Graham
Edna Shefield ___________________Friend of Jane Hinson
Debbie Sides ___________________Friend of Betsy Graham
Robby Tucker __________________ Brother of Rick Tucker
Sherry Turner___________________Mother of Bethany Bostic
Wayne Wagoner ________________Friend of Betsy Graham
We express our condolences and heartfelt prayers to these families and friends who have lost loved ones ...
Kenny Buckwell (friend of Carol Blackwelder)
Cecil Moose (Epworth Member)
Jerry Sanders (Epworth Member)
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FOR THOSE ON THE FRONTLINES ...
OUR PRAYERS AND GRATITUDE
Ashley Bornstein MOA
Stephanie Canipe DNP
Jenna Carson MOA
Will Carter LINEMAN
Jessica Christy POLICE
Dr. Clifford Compton DENTIST
Teresa Compton DENTAL ASST.
Dr. Amanda Cook MD
Linda Cranford PHARM TECH
Karen Elledge RN
Jim Emerson EMS
Dr. Kayla Garcia MD
Dennis Gray SHERIFF DEPT
Dr. Tony Hinson MD
Tim Hoagland RN
Eli Kaser-Odor TREE LINEMAN
Rev. Karen Kaser-Odor HOSPICE CHAPLAIN
Carlos Kelly LINEMAN
Dr. Kristina Kelly MD
Dr. Patrick Kelly MD
Beth Lott RN
Rhonda Milward PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Joanne Neubauer RN
Robert Neubauer LPN
Rick Odor RN
Dr. Geoffrey Rackoff MD
Judy Talley NURSING HOME WORKER
Julie Tennis RN
Patrick Tennis HEART CATH TECH
Bruce Wall HOSPITAL IT SUPPORT
Sandra Wall RN
Angela Watson RN
Dr. James Wheless MD
Mail carriers and workers in transportation industry who deliver products to stock our stores.
Teachers, students, school administrators and parents.
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