Save the Date!
Sundays
10:00am
Sunday Worship Details
Come as you are and join us each Sunday at 10am for worship and fellowship. Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend!
- Please use the doors at the top of the big staircase that faces Stockley Gardens (Rd). Park in our parking lot in the back or on the street.
- Bring the children! Pastor Britney will have a special message for your children and grandchildren during Worship. And after they hear the Children’s Message, they can stay in the sanctuary OR go to Children’s Church down the hall. There will be an age appropriate Bible lesson from the Grow Kids Curriculum, craft and activities.
- We also have a nursery for infants – 3 years old, if you would like to use it. It is available at 9:50am.
You can watch previous services and videos on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Ghent UMC is licensed to stream our FB Live worship services through CCLI #20175590 and One License A-727358.
1st Sundays
10:00am
Holy Communion
Join us on first Sundays for our Worship Service when we celebrate Holy Communion! Everyone is invited to the table of Jesus. We use a gluten-free loaf and grape juice.
4th Sundays
10:00am
Food Collection Sunday
Each 4th Sunday, we place a basket by the altar to collect non-perishable food for those who are hungry in our community, including those experiencing homelessness. If you forget your donation on Sunday, drop it off at the church office during the week.
Food suggestions include hearty snacks, canned goods such as tuna (pop top, if you can), cereal, boxed milk, water, instant coffee, sugar packets, and individual powdered drink packets that are added to bottles of water and dried fruit.
Most of the food, particularly any perishables, will be taken to Ghent Area Ministry on Colonial Ave. The rest will remain here for those who ask us for help.
If you would like to volunteer to help with food collection, contact the church office at (757) 622-2843.
Sundays
10am
Sundays During Advent
Everyone is invited to worship with us each Sunday during the season of Advent to hear Biblical stories and be filled with courageous hope! Pastor Britney will guide us through the series “The Will to Dream.” Rooted in prophetic imagination, this series can help people confront despair, embody justice, and claim hope as a radical act. Together, we learn to dream not as escape, but as spiritual resistance – shaped by the visions of Isaiah, the song of Mary, and the stories surrounding Jesus’ birth.
Also, each Sunday leading up to our Christmas Eve service, we will light a candle on the Advent wreath, share Communion and hear music of the season.
Sunday, Dec. 14
4:30 – 5:30pm
Living Nativity and Open House
On Sunday, December 14, from 4:30-5:30pm, we invite everyone in the community to celebrate our reenactment of the night Christ our Lord was born at our Living Nativity and Open House!
Inside, there will be live music, hot chocolate, cider, coffee and tasty treats. Please enter the doors at the top of the large steps facing Stockley Gardens (Rd).
Outside, we will transform our large porch steps into the little town of Bethlehem with costumed actors and our life-sized creche. And across the street, at Stockley Gardens, shepherds will be watching their flocks. Everyone is invited to visit the animals up close and personal.
Bring your cameras! This child and family-friendly event is free & open to all.
Wed., Dec. 24
5 – 6pm
Christmas Eve Service
You are also invited to our Christmas Eve, candlelight service. Bring your family and friends. We will have glow sticks for the children. Our service will be Wednesday, December 24, from 5 – 6pm. We will also share in Communion.
Tuesdays
6:30 – 7pm
Tuesday Night Bible Study
Each Tuesday evening, we have a short, online Bible Study practicing Lectio Divina, an ancient way of reading the Word and listening to the Spirit together. We meet 6:30pm – 7pm.
Please mark your interest on a Connection Card at church, listing your email adress and place it in the offering basket. If you have questions or need more information, talk to Pastor Britney.
You may also email the office@ghentumc.org for the Zoom link information.
Tuesdays
10am – 12pm
Midday Bible Study
Our Midday Bible Study meets every Thursday from 10am – 12pm at the home of a member. We will be studying the parables of Jesus. For more information, list it on your Connection Card at church or contact Debbie Bonnewell.
Sundays
9:00am
Sunday Bible Discussion
Weekly, in-person, discussions are Sundays, 9 – 9:45am. All adults are invited to meet in the back of the sanctuary. If needed, use the ramp on the side of the front porch. Please enter at the top of the big staircase that faces Stockley Gardens (Rd).
This group reviews the Bible using the Standard Lesson Quarterly series.
If you are interested, email Peter Griffin.
Sunday, TBA
10:00am
Organ Music
Our Organist Brad Norris plays our Casavant organ for our 10am Worship service several times a year. His next date will be in January. Come enjoy his gift and be blessed.
Brad is Dean of the Tidewater Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. After 36 years, he retired from St. Andrew’s Church and School in Newport News. He lives in Hampton and enjoys doing work as an organ/piano substitute and accompanying various singing groups in Hampton Roads, such as Bellissima.
Sunday, Feb. 8
11:30am
Church Vitality Meeting
Please attend “Discovering the Possibilities with Rev. Stephanie Parker, District Coordinator for Church Vitality.” It will be Sunday, February 8, 11:30am. This is a time where we will look at our visions and capabilities as a church and property, including reviewing our Wesley Community Development results.
Sundays
10:00am
Want to Sing or play?
If you would like to sing with us on Sundays, let our Minister of Music know! Choir rehearsals are on Sundays, 11:30am-12:30pm. The choir sings on selected dates.
There are also musical opportunities, if you want to play an instrument. The Gathering Jam Band meets 15 minutes before the service on the second Sundays and plays through the service that day. If you don’t play an instrument, come out and play the maracas or other hand percussion. Let Minister of Music Nellwyn Beamon know, if you have any questions.
