Author: OUMC Staff
Weekly Tidings
August 21, 2021 Beautiful Beloveds, This Sunday, we’re having a baptism. We will joyfully welcome William Crawford into the family of God during our 8:30 worship. The question is, why? As our “Word to the Whys” series continues, we ask ourselves, “Why do we baptize?” It’s not about pleasing parents or beautiful photos for the…
400 pounds of What? Where? When?
The United Methodist Church in Osterville is certainly not stagnant during COVID-19! The church continues to be active and hard at work. Last Friday, we cleaned 400 pounds of food at the Stop and Shop in Marstons Mills nearing its expiration date. We delivered that food to the Faith Family Kitchen in Hyannis! Check out…
Weekly Tidings
August 7, 2021 Beautiful Beloveds, It’s an old, old joke. A newly wed witnesses their spouse preparing a roast by cutting the ends off. “Why did you do that?” “I don’t know,” they respond, “my parents always did.” A call is made to the parents, “Why did you cut the ends off the roast?” “I…
Weekly Tidings
July 18, 2021 Beautiful Beloveds, I have been meaning to ask…where does it hurt? This week, our worship series moves to deeper connection as we acknowledge we all hurt sometimes. Certainly, the last year has made that painfully apparent. In times of grief, sickness, or suffering, our bodies ache, our hearts hurt, our souls suffer. …
Weekly Tidings
July 10, 2021 Beautiful Beloveds, “I’ve been meaning to ask…” Don’t you just love that phrase? It quickly lets you know someone has been thinking about you, and they want to know more. This Sunday, in both our on-line and in-person worship, we kick off a new worship series, “I’ve Been Meaning to Ask.” Each…
Weekly Tidings
July 3, 2021 Beautiful Beloveds, Tomorrow, you are in for a treat. Allen Morell will be leading our worship, as we Gather on the Green. On-line, Evan McElreath will be preaching in our virtual worship. I trust the spirit will be at work and you will be blessed. Heather I will taking some time off…
Weekly Tidings
June 26, 2021 Beautiful Beloveds, Tomorrow, you are in for a treat. Wendy Lithwin will be leading our worship, as we Gather on the Green. On-line, the Rev. Dr. Hope Luckie will be preaching in our virtual worship. I trust the spirit will be at work and you will be blessed. Heather I will taking…
Weekly Tidings
June 19, 2021 Beautiful Beloveds, Today is Juneteenth, also know as Emancipation Day, Black Independence Day, and Jubilee Day. Juneteenth celebrates and honors the day when enslaved African Americans were notified the Civil War had ended and that they were free. This happened two and half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. As…
Weekly Tidings
June 12, 2021 Beautiful Beloveds, This Sunday, June 13 th , we will celebrate Pride Sunday, joyfully affirming the lives and love our LGBTQIA+ siblings. I hold that in tension as our Annual Conference considers the disaffiliation of United Methodist Churches and pastors in our conference, due to the restrictive and exclusionary language of the Discipline of our…