News and Events, 28 March 2013

  • Join on on Sundays following worship service at the Welcoming Center located in front of church office.  The Welcoming Center has been set up by our new Invite and Welcome Committee as a place where our congregation can gather each Sunday before and after church, have a cup of coffee, greet one another, and welcome our visitors.
  • SAVE THE DATE:  Vacation Bible School will be held June 24 – 28 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.  More information to follow.
  • WANTED: Diaper Changing Table and  Diaper Genies.  If you have any of these items you are no longer using and are willing to donate to Duke Memorial, please contact Faith Dickens.
  • As a security/safety measure at Duke Memorial UMC, the door code for all buildings will be changing on Tuesday, May 28th.  Please ask a staff member for the new door code.
  • Sunday School Lecture Series: “Faith, Wealth and Victory: The Prosperity Gospel in Our Day and Time” – Millions of Americans have fallen in love with the prosperity gospel and its preachers. You can see their sermons on TV and their books on the shelves of Barnes and Noble. In this three-part series, Kate Bowler, Assistant Professor of American Christianity at Duke Divinity School, will discuss the implications of the prosperity gospel for today. Each week will focus on a different key theme within the prosperity gospel movement: faith, wealth and victory. The lectures will be April 14-28 (Sundays) in the Bradshaw Room from 9:45-10:45 am.
  • The church office will be closed on Monday, April 1st in observance of Easter           Monday.
  • Come Spread the Word about Holy Week Events—Would you like to get out into the community and invite others to our church events? At the beginning of Holy Week, we’ll be going to the nearby neighborhoods to tell others about our events. If you would like to come out to offer hospitality and get to know some of the church’s neighbors, contact Reynolds Chapman.
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