Blair Road UMC Missions & Outreach

07/13/2022

Congratulations Cayden!

Congratulations to Troop 144’s newest Eagle Scout!

07/02/2022

Congrats Ronny!!

Congratulations to Troop 144’s newest Eagle Scout!

04/19/2021

Right Now Media has literally hundreds of studies, short messages, and more for adults, teens and children. It is free to you! Please contact Lynn Smith at [email protected] today to sign up.

Lynn Smith

04/06/2021

MINISTERIAL MUSINGS
April 6, 2021

Trees greening and birds chirping in the morning are sure signs of spring, even with the cold snap that altered our Easter celebrations this past week-end. I say altered because the cold cannot cancel Easter. God raises Christ from the dead despite (because of?) everything the world and the “powers and principalities” do to stop it. That is our resurrection hope and what makes us a resurrection people!

Special thanks to everyone who helped prepare for our Easter Sunday celebrations including our Choir, Praise Team,
Al and Pat Millman, Bob and Suzette Southern, Barry and Sarah Price, Becky Barnes, Barbara Bingham, Jeff Workman, Mark Chester and Ray Werts. Also, a Big Thanks to our Lenten Devotions & Holy Week participants.

This Sunday April 11, we begin offering 8:45 AM worship inside the sanctuary. We will utilize every other pew for social distancing and ask worshippers to wear masks throughout the service. Please call the Church Office (704) 545-6785 by Wednesday noon each week to let us know how many from your family plan to attend. Ushers and greeters will assist everyone entering and exiting the service.

Our drive-in service will shift to 11:11 AM and we continue to offer a recorded service on-line. For the drive-in service, please feel free to bring a chair and sit outside (weather permitting) in the designated area. Please wear a mask and social distance.

Small groups can meet inside on Sunday mornings with masks and social distancing. Contact Lynn Smith to coordinate.

To prepare for worship this Sunday, you are invited to read John 21:1-17. We have celebrated Easter and this Sunday we will join the Risen Christ as he invites the disciples to come and have breakfast with him on the beach.

Join us for our Spring Litter Sweep Saturday April 10! Meet in the church lot at 8:30 AM to help clean Blair Road near the church. Bags, gloves and vests provided.

As we move through spring and into summer, we realize how important the COVID vaccines are proving to be! Please get your shots as soon as available to your age or situation. If we can stay the course we are on, including the health protocols that have served us well during the pandemic, we can see the end in sight! Early summer can be a time of healing and recovery. Late summer and early fall can be a time of renewal. But we must use the means (vaccines, masks, social distancing, smaller gatherings, etc.) God has provided! Let’s continue to thankfully pray for the medical and pharmaceutical researchers, distributers, doctors and nurses that are getting vaccines administered in our region, state, nation and world.
And remember, we follow a Risen Lord! God is good … all the time!
Peace, Tom

03/31/2021

Join Us for Easter Services
Blair Rd. UMC
9135 Blair Rd. 28227

02/24/2021

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Register for the CoVid vaccine clinic to be held at BRUMC on March 2, 9 am - 3 pm. Follow this link:
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Click the button to select a time and register.

01/18/2021

Blood Drive @ Blair Road UMC
Friday, January 22nd - 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Family Life Center 9135 Blair Road. Mint Hill, NC 28227
Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: BlairRoad to schedule an appointment.

01/05/2021

Blood Drive @ Blair Road UMC
Friday, January 22nd - 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Family Life Center 9135 Blair Road. Mint Hill, NC 28227
Please call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: BlairRoad to schedule an appointment.

12/09/2020

Hello Blair Road Family,

In this season of light when we prepare to receive the Christ Child, we are glad to share that our mission emphases for December offer much light and hope for the darkness of the world. Thanks to our generosity to date, we have received $1600+ for the Living Water well-drilling project, $566 for Rocky River High School (and $1050 in gift cards) and nearly $500 for Servant’s Heart Ministries. Thank you, everyone!

Even as we continue to support these special mission opportunities, please consider a year-end gift to Blair Road UMC. This will help us end the year strong (even while our spending has been prudent and contained these past months) and enter 2021 with a modest “cushion” to continue meeting our budgeted commitments.

At the urging of public health officials and our medical community, let’s continue to do all in our power to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Wear a mask, keep your distance, avoid crowded in-person gatherings, wash your hands frequently, limit your time in public places. This also means very careful planning and caution for family holiday gatherings. Maybe this is the year to stay home and stay in for Christmas. To paraphrase one commentator, “A Zoom Christmas is better than an ICU January.”

Let this be our Christian witness to love of neighbor and care for the least of these (the most vulnerable).

To that end, watch for more information about our virtual Christmas Eve service.

We continue to offer drive-in worship each Sunday at 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM.

For Sunday December 13, Pastor Rhonda will bring the message from Luke 1:26-38.
As you read the Scripture and prepare for the message, think about the young peasant girl Mary. She experienced joy with the amazing and almost unbelievable message from the angel. However, given the culture that she lived in, do you think she experienced other feelings also? Join us as we explore Mary and her unspeakable Joy.

Peace, Tom

12/02/2020

11/23/2020

Greetings in the name of Christ! We pray your holiday celebrations are safe and healthy for families and loved ones.

We share some recent and prayerful deliberations by our Return To Fellowship Team.

In light of worsening COVID conditions in NC, Mecklenburg County and even our Mint Hill Zip Code 28227, we have made the difficult decision to change our Sunday worship from indoor to outdoor, beginning Dec. 6. We will offer drive-in services at 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM each Sunday until further notice (Nov. 29 worship will be virtual only).

N.C. Public Health officials and our WNC Conference leadership have asked congregations and houses of worship to seriously re-consider indoor worship.

With the coronavirus surging in most locations, our best witness to our community and to one another is to take every precaution to help reduce the spread of the virus to protect our most vulnerable friends, family and fellow church members.

Understanding that we are all interconnected in relation to the virus, this witness also extends to our health care workers and facilities. We must do all in our power to avoid overwhelming hospital emergency rooms and ICUs.

The best way to help is to avoid contracting the virus. The second best way to help is to be sure we do not spread infection.

We realize COVID-19 has taken a serious economic and psychological toll on all of us. The uncertainty of businesses and schools functioning safely, the changes in our daily habits and routines, the distance from loved ones who may be sick or in need are all tough burdens to bear. These last 9 months have been difficult.

While vaccines and related remedies are progressing in an accelerated and hopeful manner, best estimates are that these will be ready for wide distribution in spring of next year. The long winter months will be our toughest test yet. We must remain vigilant and determined.

So, we covet your prayers and cooperation as we continue to wear masks, social distance, avoid large indoor gatherings and wash our hands frequently.

Our faith and trust in God remains strong! The love and grace of Christ will see us through!

Thank you,

The Return To Fellowship Team

11/17/2020

MINISTERIAL MUSINGS Nov. 17, 2020
Thanks to everyone for the patient response to our move to indoor worship beginning Nov. 8. These past two Sundays have gone well with social distancing and keeping on our masks! We know gathering for worship in limited numbers without singing hymns or praise songs for an abbreviated service is not ideal, but we are trying to come together in the safest possible manner. Please feel free to bring your Bibles.
And thanks for calling or emailing each week by Wednesday noon to let us know which service you plan to attend and how many from your family.
We are indebted to our Return To Fellowship Team for their help to keep our worship safe and welcoming. Thank you for respecting their servant leadership.
For this Sunday in worship, please read John 18:33-37 and Revelation 21:1-6. Consider the deeper meanings of our ancient affirmation of faith, JESUS IS LORD!

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Bring your furry, feathery, scaly friends for a Blessing of the Animals Sunday November 22, 3:30 – 4:30 PM. As you remain in your car, Pastors Rhonda and Tom will meet you under the covered drive to offer a blessing to your pet and your family.
Church Offices will be CLOSED for Thanksgiving November 26 and 27.
Peace, Tom