College Place United Methodist Church

A Merged Congregation: A Place to Be

UMAR Arts Festival – Charlotte NC, Saturday May 15th

UMAR is a non-profit organization that is on a mission to provide community, inclusion, independence and growth for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through residential, employment and cultural enrichment opportunities.  This Saturday, May 15th, UMAR will have an Arts Festival on the President’s Lawn of Queen’s University at Charlotte’s Residence Quad (1900 Swelwyn Avenue), […]

The United Methodist Women are sponsoring our traditional Mother’s Day special offering. The contributions that are received will be used to purchase blankets from Church World Services. Each blanket costs $10. Contributions can be of any amount. All contributions will be combined to figure the total number of blankets that we will be able to […]

Announcement from the Staff/Pastor Parish Committee

During our outside worship service on May 2nd, Brian Baker, Staff/Pastor Parish Committee Chair, announced that Pastor Jason will be returning to serve College Place for his 11th year with us beginning July 1. Congratulations Jason and Welcome Back!!  

A Note from Pastor Jason

I’m especially appreciative of spring finding its way to us this year. It seems like winter has lasted three years (not really, but a real long time) while we’ve faced the challenges of Covid living. I never in my wildest thoughts did I ever expect to live in a pandemic time. I’d always thought they […]

Looking Forward to Worship

Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 2 – Outdoor Worship with Communion at 11am, Dr. Harvey, preaching. We plan to have individual pre-filled cups with bread (not the same as usual, but safer against a pandemic). Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 9 – Worship at 11am, Dr. Harvey, preaching, Church World Services Blanket Fund giving opportunity, […]

UMW Project for May

The United Methodist Women are sponsoring our traditional Mother’s Day special offering. The contributions that are received will be used to purchase blankets from Church World Services. Each blanket costs $10. Contributions can be of any amount. All contributions will be combined to figure the total number of blankets that we will be able to […]

UMW Project for April – Financial Gifts for Peck School

Our UMW is supporting an effort to receive monetary funding for the students at Peck Elementary School. It seems that we can best assist students by helping their school counselor with monetary gifts. These gifts will be used to help students and families with more immediate needs. As you are able, please consider making a […]

Why do Butterflies Remind us of Easter?

In order for a caterpillar to become what God created it to be-a butterfly – it must give up everything it knows. It must give up crawling and it must give up eating leaves. Once the caterpillar becomes a butterfly, it will never look or feel like a caterpillar again. Being a butterfly is a […]

Looking Forward to Worship

Third Sunday of Easter, April 18 – Worship in the Sanctuary at 11am, Native American Ministries Special Sunday Offering; The Rev. Dr. Robert Brewer, preaching Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25 – Worship in the Sanctuary at 11am, Dr. Harvey, preaching Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 2 – Outdoor Worship with Communion at 11am, Dr. […]

Parking Changes on Spring Garden

If you’ve driven down Spring Garden since last Saturday, you’ll notice lots of yellow sticks and orange barrels as a trial of Bike Lanes before the road is resurfaced in a few (3-4)weeks. In the process, the city has plans to remove all of the parking in front of the church. A major change for […]