WSUMC will be worshipping online for the foreseeable future. We will offer worship online each Sunday at 10am at WSUMC.LIVE. We have made some changes at WSUMC.LIVE so that you’ll have the ability to chat live with one another during the service. This will allow for some digital engagement, during a time when our physical engagement is limited. The chat feature is optional; you do not have to engage, but it is there for you if you desire to connect with one another. When you first begin to chat, it will ask for you to enter a name. It would be helpful if you would use your first and last name so we can better identify one another.

STAY  CONNECTED

For those who are looking for social interaction, we are continuing to provide online Zoom conference calls. We will be regularly updating the online list at wst.church/sg2020 so check back each week and see what opportunities exist this week for online engagement. Again, check out wst.church/sg2020 to sign up for any of our Zoom opportunities.

STAY  ENGAGED

We also have updated the Community Needs page at wsumc.com. Along with the continuing needs at the ALIVE! House, and Carpenter’s Shelter, we’ve been asked to help provide some games and other activity supplies for the women at Friends of Guest House. The address where the games can be shipped or dropped off is listed online at wsumc.com.

We are continuing to operate an expanded Open Table Breakfast Ministry. We are now serving breakfast on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. To help support the local community, and to limit the risk for our volunteers, we are partnering with the Old Town Deli to make these breakfasts possible, as they are providing breakfast sandwiches for all three morning meals. While this means we have fewer shopping and volunteer needs, we are still in need of 2-3 volunteers to serve each morning of breakfast. To offer your time, contact the church office. You can also donate to support the ministry financially. When you click to give online, you can designate your gift to Open Table.

STAY  WORSHIPFUL

Our weekly services are available at WSUMC.LIVE. We go live each Sunday at 10am, with recordings of the service available at wsumc.com/live.

From the Pastor

Blessings, and peace be with you. I pray for each of you, that in the midst of this prolonged season of unexpected challenge, as you are trying to find things to fill the space, that you also find peace in the space. I hope you’ll find time to rest, to enjoy a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, and to engage with your family. For a NOVA & DC community whose normal response to “how are you?” is busy, I hope you’ll find this season as an excuse for sabbath. Not that an excuse for sabbath is ever needed, it’s been provided for you anyway.

May God continue to strengthen and uphold you. May we as a community continue to lift up one another in prayer, and continue our work as a people of faith in claiming and proclaiming God’s love for all people.

Peace and grace,
Pastor Thomas