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< Back Kevin Lackie Director of Adult Choirs & Handbells Email: musicdirector@aldersgate.net Phone:

< Back Fellowship Time Sign up to help with Fellowship Time between services on Sundays. We are asking for Church groups to help with Fellowship Time in Wesley Hall on Sunday mornings. At least four (4) Volunteers in a group are preferred. Volunteers will prepare coffee and set up Wesley Hall for Fellowship Time; greet guests warmly; and replace snacks and coffee and supplies as needed. It's a wonderful way to serve and greet people! Click Here to Sign-Up If you have any questions or want more information, please contact Hilary Riedemann ( hilarykoehl@yahoo.com ). We are asking for Church groups to help with Fellowship Time in Wesley Hall on Sunday mornings. At least four (4) Volunteers in a group are preferred. Volunteers will prepare coffee and set up Wesley Hall for Fellowship Time; greet guests warmly; and replace snacks and coffee and supplies as needed. It's a wonderful way to serve and greet people! Click Here to Sign-Up If you have any questions or want more information, please contact Hilary Riedemann ( hilarykoehl@yahoo.com ). Previous Next

< Back Beth Bachmore Aldersgate Day School Director Email: bbachmore@aldersgate.net Phone:

MISSION INFORMATION < Previous Back to National & International Missions Next > US Hurricane Response Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton have devastated parts of the southeastern United States, bringing catastrophic wind, rain, and flash flooding to many states and communities. In response, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is coordinating with affected annual conferences and supporting their local relief efforts through the award of financial grants and the deployment of UMCOR-trained Early Response Teams (ERTs) who are coordinating efforts to support the removal of debris, tarping of roofs, and cleaning out of homes in hard-hit areas. The Virginia Annual Conference is supporting these efforts by putting together and sending UMCOR Cleaning (Flood) Buckets, including the 150 Flood Buckets put together by Aldersgate UMC and Woodlawn Faith UMC. To learn more about what the Virginia Annual Conference is doing and how you can help, visit https://vaumc.org/hurricaneresponse/ . Please join UMCOR and the Virginia Annual Conference in prayer and by making a gift to this and other disasters in the United States. How to Make a Financial Gift Give online at https://advance.umcmission.org/p-620-umcor-us-disaster-response-and-recovery.aspx By toll-free telephone call: 1-800-862-4246 By check made out to Advance GCFA with “Advance # 901670” written on the memo line and mailed to Advance GCFA, P.O. Box 9068 GPO New York, NY, 10087-9068 By check made out to Advance GCFA with “Advance # 901670” written on the memo line and dropped off in the offering plate on Sunday morning or brought to the church office. If you have any questions about donating, please email donationhelp@umcmission.org . < Previous Next >

EVENT INFORMATION < Previous Event Back to Upcoming Events Back Next Event > Phoenix Rising Sandwich Making LOCAL MISSIONS & OUTREACH Thursday, January 9th | 5:00pm - 7:00pm Aldersgate UMC (Wesley Hall) Phoenix Rising meal packing happens once each month, on the Thursday before the second Friday (not always the second Thursday). We pack meals at 5:00 p.m. in Wesley Hall. For more information about Phoenix Rising or to be added to the volunteer email list, please email Linda Bishop . For more information on Phoenix Rising and other local missions and outreach, please visit the Local Missions and Outreach page on our website. Phoenix Rising meal packing happens once each month, on the Thursday before the second Friday (not always the second Thursday). We pack meals at 5:00 p.m. in Wesley Hall. For more information about Phoenix Rising or to be added to the volunteer email list, please email Linda Bishop . For more information on Phoenix Rising and other local missions and outreach, please visit the Local Missions and Outreach page on our website. < Previous Event Next Event >

CREATION CARE TEAM "The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it." Psalm 24:1 As Christians we are called to care for all of God's creation. As United Methodists, we believe that we are not called to merely be observers. Rather, we are called to actively love and tend to all of God's creation. We are called to seek justice and liberty for all of God's creation. The Social Principals of the United Methodist Church speak to the issues in the contemporary world from a sound biblical and theological foundation. One of the United Methodist Church's Social Principals is to care for The Natural World . God has charged us to be stewards of God's creation. "Water, air, soil, minerals, energy resources, plants, animal life, and space are to be valued and conserved because they are useful to human beings". The Aldersgate Creation Care Team works towards living into the United Methodist Social Principal: The Natural World and our Aldersgate UMC Strategic Priorities of Missional Outreach and Social Justice. To help educate, disciple, and model ways to transform for the better those people and causes we seek to serve locally, nationally, and internationally. The Creation Care Team comes together every 2 months to find ways that Aldersgate can improve the way we care for God's creation. We talk about engaging this ministry in the following ways: Worship, Learning and Teaching, Lifestyle, and Community, National and Global Involvement. Our key focus areas for 2024 are energy efficiency; native trees, shrubs, and flowers; and plastic reduction policy for Aldersgate UMC. We are open to all subjects and ideas for creation care education, events, and policies. Upcoming Meeting Dates Tuesday, November 26th • 1-2pm • Room 203 For more information, please contact Lorrie Rezendes (lorretired@aol.com or 571-309-6001). United Methodist Creation Justice Monthly Tips The United Methodist Creation Justice Movement provides tips each month to help us respond to God's call to care for creation and do justice with our neighbors. Share these tips with your family, friends, and neighbors. CLICK HERE to see more tips and to subscribe to receive the monthly tips in your email directly from the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement. For more about the UMC Creation Justice Movement, visit to umcreationjustice.org . January 2025 Tips A Reminder from God’s Seasons January is just a few days past the darkest day of the year, December 21. With this month’s long dark nights, it’s hard to not let our disposition and energy darken too. But January is ever inching forward into the light. God’s seasons remind us that the Light came into the world and the darkness did not overcome it. God remains faithful, working through the dark toward a new season. We can follow God’s leading. WE CAN renew our commitment to be good stewards of our Earth. Choose one new thing to do throughout the year to care for creation. WE CAN make our homes and churches more energy efficient. Fix the air leaks, use drapes to block the cold, change to LED lights, investigate possibilities for solar or Energy Star appliances. WE CAN embrace zero waste. Create a reminder: Put a recycle bin next to your trash basket. Offer composting. Challenge family, colleagues, and church members to be thoughtful about their habits. WE CAN learn and teach. Dig more deeply into the connections between science, the natural world, and faith. The more you learn, the more you can help others in your family, your circles of influence, and your congregation seeing themselves as faithful followers of Jesus and doing what is right for God’s planet and people. WE CAN clean up. Review your closets for items to donate for reuse, to repurpose, or to recycle. Challenge your clean-up crew of family or congregation to avoid letting anything go to the landfill. One church’s campaign netted 220 serviceable winter coats that they donated to an organization helping unhoused persons. WE CAN consume less meat. Explore the options for foods that are kinder to earth and to health. What we eat does have an impact on nature and climate change, as well as our own bodies. Try a new recipe. Host a meatless potluck and invite people to share their recipes. WE CAN avoid single-use plastics. Take your own reusable bags when shopping. When eating out, bring your own non-plastic take-home container. Substitute bamboo, silicon, cloth from natural fibers, glass, or aluminum products for ones made of plastic. WE CAN support the creation justice efforts of others. Help fund organizations that care for the environment and for communities that are vulnerable. They can gather resources and amass power that creates greater impact than individuals can. WE CAN reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Minimize the use of paper, which comes from chopping down trees. Choose instead email, texting, recycled paper, or reusable scrap paper. Change to bamboo toilet tissue, which is not wrapped in plastic, and that spares trees so they can continue to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. WE CAN speak up. Talk to your family, friends, and church members about what you are learning and doing. You are a trusted resource for them. Your example and your encouragement are key to spreading wider the circle of caring for God’s planet and people.

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EVENT INFORMATION < Previous Event Back to Upcoming Events Back Next Event > Wednesday Night House Church SMALL GROUPS & FRESH EXPRESSIONS Wednesday, January 8th | 6:00pm Location TBD (Contact erica.kraft@gmail.com for Address) Join us for this time of worship and community. We'll share a meal together and have a communal style of worship during our gathering. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Erica Kraft ( erica.kraft@gmail.com ). Join us for this time of worship and community. We'll share a meal together and have a communal style of worship during our gathering. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Erica Kraft ( erica.kraft@gmail.com ). < Previous Event Next Event >

MISSION INFORMATION < Previous Back to National & International Missions Next > United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) As the humanitarian relief and development arm of The United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) assists United Methodists and churches to become involved globally in direct ministry to persons in need. UMCOR comes alongside those who suffer from natural or human-caused disasters – famine, hurricane, war, flood, fire or other events – to alleviate suffering and serve as a source of help and hope for the vulnerable. UMCOR provides relief, response and long-term recovery grants when events overwhelm a community’s ability to recover on their own. UMCOR also provides technical support and training for partners to address emerging and ongoing issues related to disaster relief, recovery, and long-term health and development. UMCOR currently has response efforts in place to provide aid and assistance to the people of Ukraine; to alleviate suffering caused by hurricanes and other natural disasters within the United States and its territories; and to provide support to displaced persons as well as refugees fleeing disasters (both natural and human-caused) around the globe. Ways to Give: Visit https://umcmission.org/ways-to-give/ to learn about the many ways in which you can give to UMCOR. Here is some information on three primary ways in which you can give. Online at https://umcmission.org/ways-to-give By toll-free telephone call: 1-888-252-6174 By check made payable to "Advance GCFA" with the name of the missionary or project and the Advance number on the memo line of the check. Mail to Global Ministries/UMCOR, GPO, P.O. Box 9068, New York, NY, 10087-9068 If you have any questions about donating, please email donationhelp@umcmission.org . < Previous Next >

EVENT INFORMATION < Previous Event Back to Upcoming Events Back Next Event > Grief Support Group SUPPORT & CARE Wednesday, January 15th | 5:00pm - 6:00pm Aldersgate UMC (Library) You are not alone We offer a support group for those who have experienced a loss and who are grieving. A monthly Grief Support Group will meet on the FOURTH Wednesday of every month at 5:00pm in the Library. For more information email Judy Jurkowski . You are not alone We offer a support group for those who have experienced a loss and who are grieving. A monthly Grief Support Group will meet on the FOURTH Wednesday of every month at 5:00pm in the Library. For more information email Judy Jurkowski (judy@aldersgate.net ). < Previous Event Next Event >

ALDERSGATE WEATHER POLICY Weekdays If the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) closes the Federal Government, the church office will close and ALL activities/events at the church will be cancelled. If Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) cancels school, all scheduled children's and youth activities will be cancelled. NOTE : The Aldersgate Day School has its own policy which closely follows FCPS. Find out more here . Adult groups may meet at the leader's discretion. If you are unsure of your group's plans, please contact your group leader directly. If the Senior Pastor decides to close Aldersgate due to weather, the Receptionist or Executive Director will contact all event leaders to notify them of the closure. An announcement will be placed on the church website and posted to Facebook. Weekends A closure decision will be made as early as possible. An announcement will be placed on the church website and posted to Facebook.

MISSION INFORMATION < Previous Back to Local Missions Next > Hypothermia Shelter In partnership with Ventures in Community and New Hope Housing , Rising Hope United Methodist Church provides overnight emergency shelter from December through March for individuals experiencing homelessness. Volunteers from community churches and local civic groups provide a hot home cooked dinner and breakfast bags. This year, Aldersgate UMC will provide volunteers to prepare and serve dinners every Tuesday evening during the months of December and January. We prepare a balanced meal for 24 guests. If you would like more information or would like to volunteer, please contact Karen Latta ( klatta@fourthwave.com ). < Previous Next >