Duke Center United Methodist Church

06/02/2026

A little holy humor for your day

05/25/2026

Just a reminder for Tuesday!

05/21/2026

Calling all Walmart employees! 💙

Did you know your volunteer hours can turn into real dollars for local charities you care about?

Through Walmart’s volunteer program, every 1 hour you volunteer earns $10 to donate to an eligible nonprofit — up to $1,000 per employee each year!

The United Way of the Bradford Area, Inc. is officially registered to receive funds through this program, meaning your volunteer time can directly support local programs and families right here in our community.

But one of the EASIEST ways ANY Walmart shopper can make a huge impact might surprise you… 👇

🛒 Walmart’s Round Up Program

When shopping online or in the Walmart app, you can choose to round up your total to the nearest dollar and donate the change to a local charity — including us, here at the United Way of the Bradford Area, Inc.. yeah, that means you too grocery pickup orders 👀

That extra 27¢.
That 63¢.
That 91¢.

It may not seem like much in the moment, but when an entire community rounds up together, those small amounts turn into thousands of dollars that stay LOCAL and help LOCAL people.

Meals. School supplies. Youth programs. Emergency assistance. Community projects. It all adds up.

A few cents at checkout can create real change right here at home. 💙

✅ Volunteer your time
✅ Log your hours through Walmart
✅ Round up your purchases
✅ Help local charities grow stronger every single day

Thank you for helping make our community stronger — one hour and one rounded-up purchase at a time! 🙌

05/20/2026

05/20/2026

The food pantry will be open again on Tuesday May 26th!

If you need help stretching your budget a little farther, please stop by on Tuesday. New families are welcome and registration is easy.

Please bring back any boxes you might have. A good box is hard to find!

05/12/2026

There’s an old phrase from the earliest days of the church that I keep coming back to: “the Way.”

Before people were even called Christians, they were known as Followers of the Way (Acts 9:2). And I wonder if we’ve lost something important by letting that language fade.

Because “the Way” is not a label. It’s a life.

It reminds us that faith is not just something we believe—it’s something we walk.

To follow the Way of Jesus is to take his life seriously enough to let it shape our own. It means we don’t just admire his words—we wrestle with them, live into them, and sometimes stumble our way through them.

It means learning to love people who are not easy to love. Telling the truth when it would be simpler to stay quiet. Choosing mercy over being right. Practicing humility in a world that rewards self-promotion.

Jesus didn’t say, “Agree with me.” He said, “Follow me.”

And that kind of following will take you places you didn’t expect.

It will lead you toward people you might have overlooked.
It will ask you to let go of things you once held tightly.
It will quietly reshape your heart over time.

The Way is not about getting everything right. It’s about staying oriented toward Jesus.

Some days that walk feels steady. Other days it feels like you’re just trying not to lose your footing.

But this much is true: every small act of love, every choice toward grace, every step toward justice and mercy—that is the Way.

And you don’t walk it alone.

We walk it together—learning, failing, forgiving, beginning again.

So maybe today the question isn’t, “Do I believe the right things?”
Maybe it’s simpler, and harder: Am I walking in the Way of Jesus today?