The Grove UMC

10/17/2025

07/01/2025

Our Popcorn Fundraiser has officially begun! Please share with your family, friends and the community!

04/01/2025

Holy Week Services Schedule @ The Grove UMC:

Palm Sunday, April 13th
Special Service @ 10:30 pm

Maundy Thursday, April 17th
Soup Dinner @ 6:00 pm followed by Communion

Good Friday, April 18th
Cross Walk downtown Medina
@ 12:00 pm

Tenebrae Service, April 18th
Here @ 7:00 pm

Easter Sunday, April 20th
Service @ 10:30 am

10/01/2024

Please continue to keep the Brueckner family in your prayers. Matty continues to be semi-sedated and is still ICU.

01/16/2023

“Life’s most persistent question is: ‘What are you doing for others!’”
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

01/11/2023

Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day

The United Nations (UN) defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of people—by threat, abduction, deception or abuse of power—for the purpose of sexual or labor-related exploitation. The most vulnerable population are poor, uneducated, and female as 80% of those trafficked are women and girls, and half of all trafficking victims are under the age of 13 according to the UN.

Every person, regardless of age, gender, nationality, or socioeconomic status was made in the image of God and are of sacred worth. All are entitled to have their human and civil rights protected against violence and the Church can play a vital role in standing against human trafficking. As a faith community, we can support by raising awareness in our communities through education, advocacy, providing resource materials on human trafficking, conducting prayer vigils, and supporting agencies working with victims of human trafficking.

On this day, let us remember the words of Jesus in Luke 4:18-19 [NLT], which spells out the gospel message: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.” Let this be our social creed and Christian mission as followers of Jesus Christ.

12/24/2022

Dear friends,
It’s Christmas Eve and we had plans to gather around the table with family and friends while enjoying a homemade dinner, or plans to travel by train, plane or automobile to meet with far-away relatives. Maybe your plans involved sitting in front of the fireplace with the kiddos sipping on hot cocoa while watching a movie about the nativity, or gathering with your church family to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, lighting the Advent candle and singing the praises of our Lord!

But, for many of us, a wrench called Elliott was thrown into our holiday plans and we find ourselves shut-in, hoping to connect with our loved ones even at a distance. Sounds eerily familiar, right?

Imagine how Mary and Joseph were feeling when they had to travel alone to Bethlehem, perhaps an unfamiliar place to them, when they realize baby Jesus is ready to make His appearance. Joseph, desperate to find a room where Mary and the Christ child could lay their heads, is led to a stable. Stables rarely have beds, heat, food, and never smell pleasant. “Why us?” and “Why here?” they might have wondered. But their sorrow would turn into dancing as their precious baby is born. The Savior arrived and life would never be the same for them. For us.

As we take note of our current circumstances, let us remember how the Savior came into the world and the life He led in order to redeem us. He became poor so that we could become heirs of His riches in glory. He was rejected so that we could be accepted in the Beloved. He became sin so that we could be reconciled to the Father. He died so that we could live.

We may not celebrate Christmas this year like we planned, and I pray that wherever you are, you’re safe and warm. But I encourage you to reflect on why we celebrate Christmas. Jesus, the Light of the World, came because He loves us. God is love, and we know that love never fails. So the Light that came in the form of a baby, reminds us that, when all else fails, He never fails.

Merry Christmas to all!
Your friend,
Liz

12/24/2022

Thank you!

12/18/2022

A baby changed everything…

12/13/2022

We are so excited to have our very first Bilingual Christmas Eve Service! Bring your family and friends and join us for an evening of worship as we celebrate Jesus our Savior ✝