Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church

06/07/2026

With me freshly retired on the first day of Annual Conference and Tallessyn Grenfell-Lee newly ordained on the last, she and I will turn our focus to those whose graduations we will celebrate today. Our topic? How they (and all of us) can help shape the world by creating Islands of Sanity, a term coined by international leadership consultant and author, Margaret Wheatley. Join us!

05/31/2026

We're excited to celebrate PRIDE month, and to engage with LGBTQ+ community members all year round.

Join us for the 6th annual PRIDEfest on the Wi******er Town Common on Thursday, June 11, 4:30-6:30 PM (rain date Friday June 12).

Thank you to our sponsors Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church Wi******er Community Music School Bryant Park Designs First Congregational Church in Wi******er, UCC Wi******er Unitarian Society. Please reach out if you'd like to sponsor or have a table!

05/31/2026

05/24/2026

The Apostles’ Creed has us recite, “I believe in the Holy Spirit.” What do we mean when we say that? What is the Holy Spirit anyway? What do you believe about it?

05/17/2026

One of the lines in The Apostles’ Creed claims that we, as Christians “believe in the forgiveness of sins.” It sounds pretty straightforward, but there’s surprising complexity under the hood. Since we won’t get far in any relationships with either God or each other without it, this morning we’ll look at forgiveness from all angles.

05/10/2026

In a special Mother's Day presentation, Olivia Woodford will perform a dramatic presentation that explores the relationship between Sarah and Hagar - the strength of their faith, sacrifice, and devotion, and ultimately how the seeds they nurtured would produce sons and nations to revere and serve God.

05/06/2026

Join us this Mother's Day Sunday, May 10 at 10am for a special service featuring a one-woman play portraying the relationship between Sarah and Hagar, two important biblical mothers! Experience how the strength of their faith, the sacrifices they made, and their devotion to God, Abraham, and their sons defined them as Mothers for all time! After the service, join us for coffee and refreshments. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

If you can't join us in-person, you can watch our livestream right here on Sunday morning!

Visit https://crawfordmethodist.org/mothers-day-at-crawford/ for more information.

Please plan to join us at Crawford on Mother’s Day (May 10), for a special Mother’s Day service at 10am that will include a dramatic presentation by Olivia Woodford. Olivia will perform a short one-woman play that portrays the relationship between Sarah and Hagar. “Experience how the strength ...

04/26/2026

A special Sunday awaits this week as my successor, Jen Mihok, joins us for worship with her family. So that seemed a good day to talk about another pillar of Christian belief, that we are all one body.

04/19/2026

When trying to figure out what we believe, we don’t have to start from scratch. So for the final stretch of this series, we’ll be looking at the foundational values of the Bible so that you can think about how they might apply to you and to our time.