Welcome!
If you are looking for a community who loves God and loves their neighbor, then Bellbrook United Methodist Church is for you! We are a North Star congregation. People of all ages find a place here to worship, grow, serve, and learn to live everyday as a disciple of Jesus Christ. You matter . . . to God and to us!
Sunday Worship (April 28th)
April is National Second Chance Month. This is a time to recognize our brothers and sisters who are leaving incarceration.
For many, life's trials and challenges are more magnified and complicated as they re-enter society. Some of the challenges our brothers and sisters face are, where will I live? How will I get a job to support myself? How do I get a driver's license or a copy of my social security card? How can I get medical insurance? Will people accept me and give me a second chance? Will I be able to make a fresh start, or will I return to incarceration? These are challenges that a person who has never touched the criminal system usually never worries about daily. Challenges that can make life difficult, to say the least.
One of the things that we as followers of Christ can do is listen to their stories and offer them the hope of Christ. So, this Sunday in worship we will hear the story of Guest Speaker, Michele Orr as she shares about her own life experience. We will also look at the Prodigal Son story found in Luke 15: 11-32.
One of the main takeaways from this story, is the love that the father has for the son who has asked for his early inheritance. The son takes the father's money, leaves home, and spends all his inheritance on wild living. The thing that stands out in the story is that the father never loses hope. Hope, that the son will be ok on his own. Hope, that his son will return home someday. Hope, that his other son will let go of his anger for giving his brother the money in the first place. Hope is such an important thing for people to have because without hope, there cannot be love, and without love, the reason for living dissipates. 1 Cor. 13:13 tells us that love is the greatest over faith and hope. Therefore, without love, faith and hope cannot exist.
Come and join in worship this Sunday as we celebrate Second Chance Month, and continue to grow in our knowledge about how to support our brothers and sisters as they re-enter society for second chances.
Sanctuary worship begins at 10 am on Sunday morning, and we live-stream about 10:10 am. Click here for the BUMC YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/
Prayer Request
Please call the church office at (937) 848-2909 and leave a message with your prayer requests.
Message From The Tandana Foundation
Ohio Department of Health COVID-19 Update
MORE VACCINE HELP
Are you home bound? Do you still need to get vaccinated? Greene County Public Health (GCPH) can help make this happen.
If you are home bound or are otherwise unable to attend a vaccination site, please call the GCPH at 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634)
INCLEMENT WEATHER
Since we never know what weather will bring we have arranged with local channels 2, 7, and 22/45 to announce if we are cancelling services due to the weather. This information will also be on our website and Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/bellbrookumc and our Web site: www.bellbrookumc.org.
