Zion United Methodist Church

05/27/2026

🍽️ Join Us for a 5th Sunday Potluck Lunch! 🍽️

This Sunday, May 31, following worship, we’ll gather together for a special 5th Sunday Potluck Lunch at Zion UMC! ❤️

Bring your favorite dish, dessert, or side to share (if you’re able) and enjoy a wonderful time of food, fellowship, laughter, and community together around the table.

There’s always room for you at Zion — whether you’re a longtime member, first-time guest, or somewhere in between. Come worship with us and stay for lunch!

⛪ Worship begins at 10 AM🍴 Potluck lunch immediately following service📍 Zion UMC 6864 Zion Church Rd, Leland, NC

Love Boldly. Serve Joyfully. Lead Courageously.

05/25/2026

05/24/2026

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

05/22/2026

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

05/19/2026

🍦 You’re invited to Scoops & Connection! 🍦
Join the welcoming community at Zion UMC for an afternoon of ice cream, conversation, and connection at Brunswick Forest Commons!
Whether you’re looking for a church home, new friendships, or simply a place where you can belong — we’d love to meet you. No pressure. No expectations. Just good people, sweet treats, and community.
📍 Sunday, May 31st
⏰ 2:00–3:30 p.m.
📍 “The Commons” beside the Brunswick Forest Wellness Center
Hosted by Zion UMC
6864 Zion Church Rd. NE, Leland
(Just off Hwy 17 — make a right at the Exxon)
Come enjoy a scoop, say hello, and discover why so many people are finding connection and community at Zion.
No Cost. No Catch. Just Connection. 💙🍦

05/18/2026

Meet a couple of the smiling faces ready to welcome you at Zion Hotdog Café! 🌭❤️

These two fellows are part of our Zion Hotdog Café greeting crew — waiting each Tuesday to serve meals, share conversations, and make sure everyone feels welcome.

At Zion Hotdog Café, it’s about more than hotdogs. It’s about community, kindness, and connection.

Join us every Tuesday from 4–6 PM at Zion UMC.
Eat in, drive through, or just stop by and say hello!

No Cost. No Catch. Just Connection.

05/18/2026

It’s hard to understand why bad things happen especially when it happens to us. God can take anything that happens, even the bad things, and use it for our good, making us a better person, if we let Him.
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
God gave us freewill to make decisions. Bad things can happen because of bad decisions and so can good things happen because of good decisions.
Disappointments and tragedies can teach us to trust in God for the hope and comfort we need. These experiences can also teach us patience and make us more aware of others who are suffering.
“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Ask God to use our sufferings to increase hope, faith and trust in Him and make us more Christlike.
Be a reflection of Jesus in our everyday life.
In the name of our Lord and Savior,Amen.
🙏✝️❤️✝️🙏

05/15/2026

🎶 What’s your favorite hymn or worship song that instantly brings back memories? ❤️

Maybe it’s a song that carried you through a hard season…
A hymn your grandmother used to sing…
Or one that still gives you chills every time you hear it.

Share your favorite in the comments — and tell us why it’s meaningful to you if you’d like. We’d love to hear the stories behind the songs that shape our faith. ✨