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Courageously living and sharing God's unconditional love every day, with everyone, everywhere. Worship Volunteer Opportunities Our morning worship services are the highlight of the church week. You can make an important difference in our worship experience by contributing a little amount of time and effort on Sunday mornings. Fellowship Time Sign up to help with Fellowship Time between services on Sundays. Learn More Sign Up Lay Readers Sign up to read scripture during worship on Sundays. Learn More Sign Up Sound Booth Volunteers Help out in the sound booth during worship! Learn More Sign Up Communion Servers Sign up to help serve communion on the 1st Sunday of the month. Learn More Sign Up Ushers Sign up to serve as an usher at worship on Sundays. Learn More Sign Up Acolyte Children in 1st - 12th grade are invited to sign up to serve as acolyte during worship. Learn More Sign Up CLICK HERE to sign up to volunteer for Lent & Easter Worship Services Lent & Easter Worship Volunteers

Courageously living and sharing God's unconditional love every day, with everyone, everywhere. LOCAL MISSIONS & OUTREACH And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ Matthew 25:40 Hands-on service is one of the hallmarks of Aldersgate UMC. We are proud to partner with a number of local organizations to help feed the hungry and house the homeless. Below you will find information about the local missions supported by Aldersgate UMC and how you can get involved. Aldersgate UMC also supports national and international missions and ministries. CLICK HERE to learn more. Camp Highroad Support the Mission and the Fun! Read More Sunday Breakfast at Rising Hope Help build relationships and provide a meal with Rising Hope Mission Church. Read More Mondloch House Help provide fresh fruits and vegetables to our neighbors in need through the Mondloch House Program. Read More Rising Hope Food Market The Rising Hope Food Market provides much-needed food to individuals and families in need along the Route 1 corridor. Read More Woodlawn- Faith Food Distribution Join Woodlawn-Faith UMC at St. John's Baptist Church on Fordson Road to pack food boxes for folks in our community to collect. Read More Food for Neighbors Help students in your area receive healthy food. Read More

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< Back Pastor Sherry Hietpas Associate Pastor Email: shietpas@aldersgate.net Phone: (703) 765-6555 x601 Pastor Sherry Hietpas is a graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC, with a Master of Divinity and is currently a Provisional Elder in the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. She received her call to vocational ministry in 2017 while serving as the Director of Family Ministries at First United Methodist Church in Pacific Grove, CA. She has previously served Andrew Chapel UMC in Vienna, VA, as their Associate Pastor. Sherry has a passion for building community as an expression of faith in Jesus Christ and believes many relationships are formed around a table, usually over good food and discussion. She finds that relationship building leads to a strong sense of belonging, which can spur personal and communal transformation. Sherry has also developed a passion for digital ministry, which was cultivated while living overseas. Sherry is married to an active-duty Marine and is a mother to three daughters. She is excited to be part of the incredible ministries of Aldersgate UMC, as they serve the community of Alexandria.

< Back Jesse St Clair Smith Director of Children's Ministries Email: children@aldersgate.net Phone: (703) 765-6555 x616

Courageously living and sharing God's unconditional love every day, with everyone, everywhere. l ent & e aster 2026 Holy Week Easter Sunday Lent Resources Holy Week at Alde r sgate Sunday, March 29th - Friday, April 3rd We invite you to join us for worship throughout Holy Week. Volunteer for Worship During Holy Week palm sunday Sunday, March 29th 9:30am | Contemporary Worship 11:00am | Traditional Worship Nursery Availa ble (3 & under) Livestream Available for Both Services maundy thursday Thursday, April 2nd 7:00pm Worship Service with Communion No Nursery Available Livestream Available good friday Friday, April 3rd 7:00pm Worship Service No Nursery Available Livestream Available Sunday, April 5th Easter Sunday We invite you to join us for worship throughout Holy Week. Volunteer for Worship on Easter Sunday Livestream Easter Worship Services 6:30am | Sunrise Service on the Front Lawn No nursery availa ble 9:00am | Contemp or ary Worship (Sanctuary + Live Stream) Worship Service with Communion (nursery available for kids 3 & under) 11:00am | Traditional Worship (Sanctuary + Live Stream) Worship Service with Communion (nursery available for kids 3 & under) Easter Egg Hunt | 10:15am | Front Lawn Livestream will be available for the 9:00am & 11:00am services. There will be no Sunday School on Easter Sunday 2026 Lent Resources Lenten Conversations @ Founders Children's Lenten Calendar Creation Care Lenten Calendar 2026 Lenten Conversations @ Founders Sundays through March 29th 5:00pm-6:00pm | Founders Hall We are offering a Lenten Worship Service every Sunday through the season of Lent. This evening service is filled with meaningful and thoughtful discussion, beautiful music, and time to grow together in faith. If you've missed the first few services, not to worry, it’s not too late to join us! We meet Sundays at 5pm and would love to have you be part of the conversation as we journey through Lent together. Come be encouraged, inspired, and connected. If you have any questions, reach out to Pastor Bill or Pastor Sherry. We hope to see you on Sunday evenings! 2026 Kids Lenten Calendar This 2026 Children's Lenten Calendar offers children a fun way to participate in the season of Lent through a daily practice of giving, praying, and fasting that is active and contemplative. 2026 Children's Lenten Calendar We encourage you to download the calendar and to use this resource with your children throughout this Lenten season. 2026 Creation Care Lenten Calendar This 2026 Creation Care Lenten Calendar offers you and your family a fun way to participate in the season of Lent through a daily practice of participating in climate and environmental justice for Virginians and our world! Creation Care Lenten Calendar 2026 Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday Holy Week Easter Sunday Lent Resources Lenten Giving Holy Week at Alde r sgate Sunday, April 13th - Saturday, April 19th We invite you to join us for worship throughout Holy Week. Livestream Holy Week Worship Services Volunteer for Worship During Holy Week palm sunday Sunday, April 13th 9:30am | Contemporary Worship 11:00am | Traditional Worship No Sunday School Nursery Availa ble (3 & under) Livestream Available for Both Services maundy thursday Thursday, April 17th 7:00pm Worship Service with Communion No Nursery Available Livestream Available good friday Friday, April 18th 7:00pm Worship Service No Nursery Available Livestream Available Holy Saturday • March 30th, 2024 Pastor Jon and Pastor Randy share a special devotion for Holy Saturday.

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Help build relationships and provide a meal with Rising Hope Mission Church. MISSION INFORMATION < Previous Back to Local Missions Next > Sunday Breakfast at Rising Hope Second Sunday Breakfast at Rising Hope AUMC has long partnered with Rising Hope Mission Church to provide a worship service meal on the Second Sunday of each month. 12 families/ friends and assorted church groups can take on this wonderful event one or two time(s) a year. Youth groups and children are welcome to participate and will learn much in this effort but will need to be supervised on-site. The service need is two-fold: 1) Provide a substantial breakfast in a ready to go condition for approximately 40. Volunteers/Church service participants will deliver and help set up food at 8am on the Second Sunday of a month. 2) Provide 3-4 volunteers who will stay and participate in the Second Sunday Worship Service which begins with coffee at 8:45am with meal and discussion at 9 am. The service lasts about an hour, and clean-up is generally completed by 10:30 am. If you and your group cannot stay for the service that is OK! By the Thursday before, contact should be made with Rising Hope staff, Darlene Runaldue -Community Care Coordinator drunaldue@risinghopeumc.org or 703.360.1976 who can provide information regarding what food items and paper goods they may already have in place for the upcoming Second Sunday. Many hands make light work! Julie Pfister has spearheaded this effort for AUMC for many years and can help answer questions that may arise. She can be reached at julie.pfister@gmail.com AUMC and Rising Hope sincerely thank you for taking on a month and a meal! If you have questions or would like more information on this ministry opportunity, please contact Julie Pfister . Click here to sign up for a date. < Previous Next >

Courageously living and sharing God's unconditional love every day, with everyone, everywhere. GENERAL CONFERENCE 2024 After a four-year delay, the 2020 General Conference of the United Methodist Church will take place April 23rd - May 3rd, 2024, in Charlotte, NC. As stated in a UM News explanation of General Conference , “The United Methodist Church has no pope. But it does have a General Conference — the only body that can set official policy and speak for the international denomination. General Conference brings together lay and clergy delegates from four continents whose decisions will affect how millions of United Methodists do church for years to come." General Conference typically gathers every four years. General Conference was scheduled to meet in 2020. However, the global COVID pandemic resulted in multiple postponements of the 2020 General Conference. When the General Conference meets this April, it will have been eight years since our primary denominational governing body came together. Since the last meeting in 2016, the denomination has seen a quarter of its U.S. churches depart under a disaffiliation policy that began in 2019 and expired at the end of 2023. General Conference 2024 will determine what happens next in the United Methodist Church. In order to prepare our Aldersgate UMC family for the Town Hall meeting that will occur on May 19th following the 2024 General Conference, we are providing information and links to resources that have been compiled and vetted by the pastors, staff, and Equip ministries team. The following are resources that we believe provide accurate information about the upcoming General Conference. The Northern Virginia District invites you to pray for the upcoming General Conference. Each day from April 1- May 5 we offer the name of a person or persons (beginning with each VAUMC delegate) as well as a theme or idea to help focus your prayers. General Conference Prayer Calendar Post General Conference Panel Discussion The Virginia Conference held a post-General Conference Zoom webinar on Thursday, May 9th, at 7pm. The panel included Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson; Rev. Lindsey Baynham Freeman, head of the Virginia delegation; and delegates Rev. Mark Ogren, Marshall Bailey, and Rev. Dr. Jonathan Page. You can watch the webinar on the Virginia Conference YouTube Channel. Watch the Recorded Post-General Conference Webinar Due to the large volume of questions received during the webinar, a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) was created by the Virginia Conference Connectional Ministries Office. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) It is important to note that the deadline for disaffiliation has passed. Aldersgate UMC will not be considering disaffiliation in our Town Hall meeting. At this time, there is nothing to vote or decide upon regarding Aldersgate UMC's status until more information is received after General Conference. ALDERSGATE UMC'S PLAN April 14th, 21st, & 28th: We will offer a three-part sermon series on John Wesley's "Three Simple Rules". We invite you to read the book (available on Amazon and Cokesbury ) and follow along in prayer. April 17th: Clergy pre-brief for General Conference offered by our district leadership. Pastor Randy and Pastor Jon will participate in this. April 23 – May 3, 2024: The 2024 General Conference (also still being called the “2020 General Conference”) will take place in Charlotte, NC, to further discuss and vote on plans to address the issues under debate for the past eight years. May 8th: Following General Conference, there will be a debrief for all laity and clergy. This will be held via Zoom. Information on how to participate in this will be provided to the congregation when we receive it. May 19th: We will hold a Town Hall at to discuss what is next for Aldersgate UMC following the 2024 General Conference. More information on this Town Hall meeting will be provided as it comes together. This will be open to the entire congregation. HOW DID WE GET HERE? A TIMELINE May 2016: Divisions among delegates at the 2016 General Conference were apparent in regard to church teachings on marriage and human sexuality. A plan was approved to table all legislative action on human sexuality. The Council of Bishops was empowered to form a commission to study the divisions in the denomination and to come up with a plan. 2017 – 2018: Three plans emerged from the Commission on the Way Forward . The Connectional Conference Plan recommended re-organizing the church into two separate but connected entities. The One Church Plan (endorsed by the Council of Bishops) would allow conferences, clergy, and local churches to make their own decisions on same-sex marriage. The Traditional Plan recommended keeping all of the current language in the Book of Discipline and enforcing disciplinary actions such as removing openly gay clergy from their churches. February 2019: A Special Session of the General Conference was held to vote on the plans from the Commission on the Way Forward. The Traditional Plan was passed with amendments made and voted upon at the Special Session of the General Conference. Summer 2019: Following the decision of the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference, a number of Conferences in the United States passed resolutions against the Traditional Plan . A 12-person group of centrist, traditionalist, and progressive church leaders drafted a plan for the amicable split of the United Methodist Church denomination that would provide a future for the denomination, its local churches, and its clergy. This plan addressed issues such as ownership of church property, pastoral pension plans, etc. It was to be discussed at the 2020 General Conference. January 2020: A group of 16 United Methodist bishops and church leaders offered a proposal that would allow traditionalist-minded congregations to form a new denomination ; this plan included provisions for funding and allowed local congregations who disaffiliated to keep their local church property. March 2020: The pandemic caused the 2020 General Conference to be delayed – first until 2021, then until August/September 2022, then until April 2024. March 2022: The formation of the Global Methodist Church was announced, allowing adherents of the Traditional Plan to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church to join the Global Methodist Church. December 31, 2023: This was the last day that churches were allowed to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church. April 23 – May 3, 2024: The 2024 General Conference (also still being called the “2020 General Conference”) will take place in Charlotte, NC, to further discuss and vote on plans to address the issues under debate for the past eight years. WHAT IS GENERAL CONFERENCE? What is General Conference and what does it do? Watch this quick overview of the General Conference from the United Methodist Communications team and find out how it serves the United Methodist Church. You can find additional resources to learn more about General Conference in this "beginner's guide" to General Conference put out by UM News . ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCES Here are some additional helpful resources to learn more about General Conference: VA UMC Guide to General Conference General Conference FAQ Document published by the Virginia Annual Conference that describes the Christmas Covenant and the Regionalization Plan that may be voted on at the 2024 General Conference: Christmas Covenant Regionalization Plan WHAT IS "DISAFFILIATION"? This article will provide additional information on what "disaffiliation" is. It is important to note that the deadline for disaffiliation has passed. Aldersgate UMC will not be considering disaffiliation in our Town Hall meeting. Disaffiliation in the UMC: What You Need to Know WATCH PANEL DISCUSSIONS TO LEARN MORE Watch a panel discussion that took place at Floris UMC in Herndon, VA, on February 6th, 2024, about preparations and legislation related to the 2024 General Conference. Disclaimer: The panelists have similar viewpoints to one another in regard to the issues they are discussing, so it is somewhat less objective than other resources. However, there is an excellent description of the history of the contentious issues that may be addressed at the 2024 General Conference. Also, there is a lovely statement by our Bishop regarding the working of the Holy Spirit in us as we work together. Pastor Adam Hamilton moderates a panel of pastors who have started new churches in areas with disaffiliating churches. There is also a discussion with a pastor from a church in Africa about the issues faced by UMC churches in African countries.