NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the new newsletter page! You can find information organized below in two ways: Events and Announcements. Events include items with specific dates, organized with most forthcoming events at the top. Announcements include items not attached to specific dates.
Questions? Contact communications@esumc.org
👤 = Discipleship ❤️ = Worship ✋ = Mission
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📅 EVENTS
Organized by date
✋ SAFE SANCTUARY TRAINING
Sunday, April 28, 9:45-10:15 am @ Library
Safe Sanctuary Training for our Children's Ministry volunteers. This is for anyone who volunteers for Sunday School, Camp Shalom, VBS and any other children's ministry. We will offer this training periodically throughout the summer if you are not able to make this one.
👤 GATHERING WORSHIP VOLUNTEER TRAINING
Sunday, April 28th 12:00-1:30PM @ Kerr Hall
If you currently serve, or are interested in serving, as a volunteer with worship in The Gathering (includes A/V, greeters, ushers, communion servers, and lectors), please join for a lunch and training this coming Sunday, April 28th from 12:00-1:30. This will be a chance for us to get to know each other better over lunch, check in on our systems and approach, and orient new volunteers. Please consider inviting anyone you know who might be interested! Thanks!
For questions: email Lee Anderson at landerson@esumc.org
❤️ NACHO AVERAGE BINGO NIGHT
Sunday, April 28, 5:30-7:00 pm @ Kerr Hall
It's Family Bingo Night in Kerr Hall with your eStreet Friends. Come for dinner, stay for Bingo. Prizes will be awarded in all sorts of categories, so you might not even have to call BINGO to win!
Childcare provided for our littlest friends!
👤 OUR UNFORMING: DE-WESTERNIZING SPIRITUAL FORMATION
Mondays, 6:30pm - 8:00pm @ Zoom
Join friends from the NC Institute of Spiritual Direction and Formation for a book study. In this book, author Cindy S. Lee, offers a new way to understand and engage in spiritual formation. The book takes readers through "an unforming and a reforming of our souls." In the NCISDF Beyond a Book Study, participants will read the book together and will be guided through an experiential learning of unforming and reforming their understanding of spiritual formation. Our hope and prayer is that, through our time together, our hearts and souls will shift and open more fully to new possibilities as we are formed more fully into a multicultural community of faith and love. Led by Sarah Capel, NCISDF Co-Director. Sessions begin on April 8th and continue each Monday until May 13th, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Zoom. Cost is $75. To register, email info@ncspiritualdirection.org
👤❤️ GRIEF WORKSHOP
May 3, 9:00am - 3:30pm @ ESUMC
How do we integrate great losses into our bigger story? Into God's bigger story?
Grief and loss are the "stuff of life," especially in these post-pandemic and chaotic days. How do you offer comfort and caring to those who have experienced a significant loss in their life? How do you meet people where they are while also offering hope? How do you know when to refer someone to another professional, i.e. a counselor, therapist, or spiritual director? In this in person workshop Khris Ford, NCISDF Founder and Co-Director, will present a framework for understanding the process of grief, what is often needed in the various movements within the process, as well as the basics of trauma and how to recognize it as you listen and observe someone who comes to you for help. We will talk about how to integrate spirituality and faith in a grief and trauma sensitive way. There will be time to listen, ask questions, and discuss concepts in a small group. Cost: $125 (lunch provided and financial assistance is available. Email Khris Ford, director@ncspiritualdirection.org, to sign up.
👤❤️ CONFIRMATION SUNDAY
May 5, 10:30am @ Sanctuary
We will gather together as one communion for a joint service in the Sanctuary at 10:30 am. Following the service, we will celebrate pot-luck style with our entire church family. Mary Rose Knight is coordinating with various ministry groups to source specific types of dishes (side dishes, salads, desserts, etc...) If you are not a part of a group that has a specific dish assignment, you are free to bring whatever you wish. More specific logistics will be shared as the date approaches.
Contact Mary Rose Knight with questions, maryrose.knight@gmail.com.
In search of BBQ enthusiasts! Anyone with BBQ and Smoker Skills that would like to contribute to the potluck, please click here!
👤✋ CAMP SHALOM 2024
June 24-28, 2024
Camp Shalom is a week-long, all-day Christian day camp at Umstead State Park sponsored by Edenton Street United Methodist Church, entering its 42nd season. It originally started as a leadership opportunity for our high school youth and has become a favorite week for many children in our congregation. Elementary children have fun just being kids and looking up to their super-cool high school counselors, middle-schoolers begin taking on some leadership roles while participating as kids, too, and our high school youth feel an overwhelming desire to give back to a program that has meant so much to them throughout their lives. The week combines fun, learning, worship, and play in a celebration of God's creation for rising 1st graders through 12th graders. Follow this link to register and volunteer!
👤❤️ VBS 2024: DIVING INTO FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
July 22-26 9am-12:15pm
We're taking eStreet Kids deep into an amazing undersea adventure where they'll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God. At Scuba VBS, eStreet Kids will be immersed in the Word and discover what living water is really all about!
All rising 5th graders will participate in Living Out Loud (LOL). LOL campers spend the week doing hands-on mission work and outreach, learning how to serve inside and outside of our church.
July 22-26, 2024
9am-12:15pm
$40 per camper
Register here
And please click here to volunteering yourself or your rising 6th-12th grade youth
👤 CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING PROGRAM
Sunday afternoons starting in September
We are excited to offer a new program for parents as a source of support and learning at ESUMC. Circle of Security Parenting is a 9-week, discussion-based curriculum anchored in attachment theory. This offers parents a safe place to discuss the joys and challenges of parenting. This program is being provided in a collaborative effort with ESUMC and Birch Therapy, PLLC.
The program costs $100 per person and you will be billed by Birch Therapy directly.
Registration is required.
Program Goals:
To strengthen the parent/child bond.
Sharpen a parent's awareness of their child's behavior as communication.
Decipher a child's deepest emotional needs that underlie the behavior.
Provide language to parents to guide how to show up for their children in the best of times and in the most challenging moments.
Foster cooperation within a family system.
Program Details:
Sunday afternoons, 4-6pm
September 15 - November 17, 2024
The program is open to 15 participants.
Email Shannon Montague with questions!
📢 ANNOUNCEMENTS
No specific dates
❤️ PRAYER RESOURCES
At ESUMC, we use four elements to form our decisions. These are: prayer, discernment, consensus and communication. Prayer is at the top of that list. As we move through a challenging season, we lean on prayer more than ever before. Therefore, we are providing some tools to guide your individual prayer practices. By clicking here, you can find three methods of connecting with God in tangible ways. May this be a blessing to you.
✋ LENTEN ALMSGIVING UPDATE
We are excited to share that through the practice of almsgiving, we surpassed our Lenten goal of raising $20,000 to provide scholarships for Wake County children to attend Learning Together and to help furnish L'Arche NC's first home in the Triangle. Thanks to the incredible generosity of you, our church family, we raised nearly $22,000 for these amazing organizations, supporting their work in building a more compassionate and just world, where everyone, regardless of ability, is valued and celebrated.
Beyond financial giving, there are plenty of ways to get involved with L'Arche and Learning Together. Check out L'Arche here and Learning Together here.
✋ GET INVOLVED WITH NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR
For more than 25 years, Neighbor to Neighbor has been equipping people in Raleigh with the tools, relationships, and opportunities needed to overcome the effects of poverty. Struggling students are growing 1.5 grade levels per year (3x the national average) through Neighbor to Neighbor's after-school mentoring program. Living-wage jobs are being created through their community-based businesses. And through a new program, they are helping neighbors build equity and reach their dreams of home ownership. This multifaceted approach is helping individuals and families in our city achieve their full potential and flourish.
We have been blessed to partner with Neighbor to Neighbor since 2007, and would love for more of our church family to be involved with this amazing ministry. Opportunities to support their work include volunteering as an after-school mentor (sign up now for the fall) or utilizing their cleaning, landscaping or moving services. Learn more here.
✋ SPRING DONATION OPPORTUNITIES
Donate Your Gently-Used Clothes to First Baptist
The First Baptist Clothing Closet (one of our church neighbors) serves 1,000+ people a month, and is a great place to donate clothing. Clothes can be dropped off at First Baptist (99 N. Salisbury St.), Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., through their back door (kitty-corner from our church, at the corner of McDowell and Edenton Streets).
Donate Next-to-New Household Items to the Green Chair Project! Help families transitioning out of homelessness, crisis or disaster by donating your gently-used furniture and household items to The Green Chair Project.
👤 ESTREET HISTORY PROJECT
Do you have experience archiving? We are looking for someone willing to give advice as we begin a new project at Edenton Street.
Please contact:
Ann Daniel annbyrd1@gmail.com
Ginny Jordan gjordan1002@gmail.com
👤 A.C. AND LILLIAN D. BULLA FOUNDATION STUDENT LOAN OPPORTUNITY
The A.C. and Lillian D. Bulla Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation administered through ESUMC to provide loans “for worthy boys and girls who desire a college or post-graduate education.”
Students are allowed to borrow $7,000 each school year with a cap of $28,000. Each year the educational loan shall be made available to the student in two equal loan installments. The first loan installment shall be for one-half of the principal sum and shall be made at the time the Note is signed. The second loan installment shall be for the other one-half of the principal sum and shall be made on or about the tenth day of December of the academic year.
Currently the loan rate is three percent (3%) per annum and can be paid without any penalty or interest within six months post-graduation. One percent of the loan balance shall be due and payable on the first day of the month following the expiration of six months after the date the student graduates from school or withdraws from school, whichever event first occurs, and a like sum shall be due and payable on the first day of each month. For example, if a student borrows the full $28,000, they will make payments of $280 per month until the loan is paid off.
Applications are due by May 15. Click for the application.
For more information, contact Lisa Pace at lpace@esumc.org or 919-306-1553.
❤️ NEW BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Have you or someone you know had a baby? We want to know! Please fill out this form and submit so we can welcome and support our families.
❤️ DEATH AND FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Death and funeral announcements will be found here.
Jean Anderson died April 16, 2024. A private graveside service will take place at Oakwood Cemetery.
To view funeral livestreams, click here.
✋❤️ SUNDAY MORNING HOSPITALITY
We are in search of more Sunday morning greeters to offer God's welcome to all who enter our doors on Sunday mornings. If you are looking for a way to plug into a new ministry, and feel a call to welcoming others into our church family, we invite you to serve as a Sunday morning hospitality servant. For more information about joining the Sunday morning hospitality team, please fill out this form.
✋ WEEKDAY HOSPITALITY
We would love for you to join our dedicated team of weekday receptionists to offer God's welcome to all who enter our doors! No computer skills necessary, and training will be provided. For more information, please fill out this form, or email Lewanna Stout at grammystout@nc.rr.com.
✋ FIXER UPPERS MINISTRY
Are you a church member with basic maintenance and handy person skills? We invite you to join our new ministry group, "Fixer Uppers"! As part of this group, you will have the opportunity to volunteer your time and skills to perform basic punch list projects around the church. Help us keep our church in tip-top shape and create a welcoming environment for everyone.
If you're interested in joining the Fixer Uppers ministry group, please fill out this form, or contact Brian McGuire at bmcguire@esumc.org
✋ WEEKLY MEAL PROGRAM
Join us in this win, win effort! You get a night off from cooking, and proceeds from each meal go to A Place at the Table to help our neighbors facing food insecurity. You can purchase single serving, small or large dishes. Pick up is on Sunday mornings or you can arrange a time during the week.
Click the links below to place your orders!
April 14: Tuscan Chicken Pasta (order deadline 4/09/24)
April 21: Sweet Potato & Black Bean Enchiladas (order deadline (4/16/24) April 28: Bacon Cheese Quiche (order deadline (4/23/24)
👤❤️ CHILDREN’S MINISTRY SUNDAY MORNINGS
Nursery (ages 3 months-3 years old) 8:15-11:30
Sunday School (ages 3 years old- 5th grade) 9:45-10:15
Wiggle Worship (ages 3 years old-2nd grade) During the 10:30 services.
Worship Bags with Activities available in for all services for ages 2nd through 5th grade.)
If you have any questions or would like to know more, reach out to Shannon Montague, Director of Children's and Family Ministries. smontague@esumc.org
❤️ NEW ESTREET KIDS’ SPECIAL NEEDS WORSHIP SPACE
We praise God for the wonderful and diverse ways that he created each of us. Wonderful Worship is currently a space available to children ages 4 - 5th grade with special needs. God wonderfully made each of us and in this worship space, we will be celebrating the gifts that God gave us all. Children will be able to learn about God's love for them and worship in a way that is best fit for their individual needs.
Church volunteers and paid nannies will be with your child while you worship each week, Sunday Mornings from 10:30-11:30am in Room 312. Please fill out this form if you plan to use this worship space so that we can be best prepared for your child.
✋ DOORSTEP MINISTRY
Our Doorstep Ministry helps vulnerable neighbors avoid homelessness by providing financial assistance with rent and utilities to get them over a bump in the road such as an unexpected medical bill, car repair, or temporary job loss. You can help a family stay in their home or keep their utilities on by donating to this vital ministry. Give here.
✋ A BRIDGE INTO A NEW SEASON
Join us as we covenant together, household by household, to continue to be in the ways of Jesus in the year ahead.