Providence, 2025 is our year to read through the whole Bible together using the “One Year Bible” reading plan! Click HERE for details, podcast links, resources, and opportunities!
Connections in Christ is a new ministry for the 55+ community (although all ages are welcome).
Programs will be held on the third Tuesday of each month in Providence UMC’s Atrium. These gatherings will include fellowship, refreshments, a speaker, and music.
10 AM TO NOON ON JUNE 7, JULY 12, AND AUGUST 9
Looking for some activities for your kids this summer? Join us for some fun on Providence UMC’s playground! No registration required! Please note that this is not a parent drop-off, parents/guardians must stay with their kids. Join the fun and make some new friends!
Bring your blanket and loved ones for a family movie night on Sunday, June 29, at 6 PM in Wolfe Hall! This fun-filled event will include a movie, snacks, and community fellowship. All ages are welcome - free admission! If you are available and interested in joining us, please RSVP HERE. Not a drop-off event. Parents/guardians must stay with their children.
Future Family Movie Night: Sunday, July 27.
Garden City Chapel & Retreat Center is a quiet seaside place where we can experience Christian fellowship in a fun and relaxing atmosphere. Don’t miss this great event where you will make memories that will last a lifetime.
Sign up HERE!
If you have any questions, please contact Olivia Tobin HERE.
Becoming an acolyte is both a privilege and a responsibility. It is an opportunity for you to honor your membership vow of service in the ministry of our church through this important tradition in our worship.
VBS will take place Tuesday, July 22 through Thursday, July 24 (9 AM to noon).
While registration is closed, we still need volunteers! Please contact Cannon Hunt HERE if you would like to help!
This Sunday, June 1, we will celebrate our graduating high school youth. All of our high school seniors are high-achieving and well-prepared for their next chapter in life. During the 9 and 11 AM worship services, we will offer them our blessing and promise to be there for them as they face the many changes and challenges that the coming years will bring. Click HERE for a list of the graduates.
Families & Friends of Veterans is a ministry committed to honoring the service of the veterans, their families, and active duty military of the PUMC community. Every year, Memorial Day is set aside to remember those who have died in service to their country. The Connections In Christ gathering on Tuesday, May 20 at 9:45 AM will be a special Memorial Day program. As part of the program, we will be honoring the deceased veterans of Providence. Invitations have been sent to the families of our deceased veterans and everyone is invited to join them, in the Atrium, for this special service.
We are grateful to all our veterans for their service and sacrifice.
Families & Friends of Veterans Committee
Steve Balcome, Jim Pugh, Deni Thompson, Ginger Marr, Gloria Senn, Bob Senn, Dulcy Michel, Jim Spears, Bill Jeffries
Providence UMC, Dilworth UMC, St. Francis UMC, and St. Stephen UMC have a collective Men's Gathering group that meets quarterly. Gatherings include a meal, a speaker, and a devotion. St. Stephen UMC is hosting the next meeting at 6 PM on Tuesday, May 13. St. Stephen UMC is located at 6800 Sardis Road, Charlotte, NC. Metro District Superintendent Dan Pezet will be the guest speaker for the upcoming gathering. Click HERE for more information. RSVP online HERE.
The Providence United Methodist Women General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 6, at 10:30 AM in the Chapel. Our speaker will be Meredith Marks, Development Director of Furnish for Good, an organization dedicated to resolving issues of economic inequality by the repurposing of quality home furnishings for our underserved Charlotte neighbors.
Lunch will be served after the meeting to UMW members and guests with reservations. To make reservations, please call 704-714-9382 by noon on Friday, May 2.
David Bashor Memorial Organ Concert Series
Friday, May 2, 7:00 pm
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Richard Pinel, Organist
Professor of Organ at the Royal Academy of Music, London
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Please mark your calendar!
Registration is open for this summer's church softball team! Anyone ages 16+ is welcome to join! Games will take place on Mondays and Fridays starting in June and ending in August. We understand that you may be unable to attend all the games due to vacation, mission trips, etc.
The cost to join is $50 (plus a jersey if you don't have one from past seasons). Register online HERE.
If you have any questions, please contact the Rev. Brandon Dirks HERE.
Calling all women for a fun night of service & fellowship on Tuesday, April 29 at 6 PM!
Not in a United Methodist Women Circle but you would like to serve one night and meet some other PUMC women? Here is your chance! We meet in the PUMC kitchen and make 300+ sandwiches to be delivered to Roof Above Day Services Center the next morning. Then we will all go to dinner (Dutch treat) together at a nearby restaurant for social time/fellowship. The sandwich supplies for our service project will be provided. All you have to do is show up! If you can help, please RSVP to Beth Carpenter HERE.
All are invited to gather in Wolfe Hall during the Sunday School hour (beginning at 10 AM) on Sunday, April 27 for a very special gathering to hear what goes on “Behind the Hammer” with our Habitat for Humanity build project. Bob Glusenkamp, Senior VP of Programming, and Crista Ray, Faith Relations Senior Specialist, from Habitat for Humanity Charlotte Region will share the amazing story of our Habitat site, Habitat’s history in Charlotte, partnerships, how financing works, and more. This is a great way for you to be connected to our church-wide mission to do something real and tangible to tackle the affordable housing crisis in Charlotte. Don’t miss it!
7:00 am Sunrise Service, Outside behind the Columbarium
8:30 am Relaxed Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
9:00 am Contemporary Service in Wolfe Hall
10:00 am Family Easter Celebration - We will first meet in the Atrium and travel to the Columbarium to release butterflies. All ages are welcome to join, whether you have butterflies or not!
11:00 am Traditional Service in the Sanctuary
A nursery for infants through preschoolers will be provided from 8:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Livestream will be offered for the 9:00 and 11:00 am services.
Providence UMC’s service of Tenebrae will be held on April 18 at 7:30 PM in the sanctuary. The Tenebrae service will include music led by our Chancel Choir, soloists, full orchestra, and meditative reflection on the last words of Christ. Music will include Théodore Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ, a powerful choral work, often performed during Holy Week, that sets the seven sayings of Jesus on the cross to music, exploring themes of sorrow, forgiveness, and ultimate triumph. The service of Tenebrae (which means “shadows” or “darkness”) is an ancient service of the Christian Church, dating back to the seventh or eighth century and is characterized by the successive extinguishing of light, symbolic of Christ's suffering and death. Please plan to attend this powerful service.
The service will also be livestreamed on the website under the “Worship” tab.
Providence UMC’s Maundy Thursday Service will be held on April 17 at 7 PM in the sanctuary. The service will include the Sacrament of Holy Communion. Maundy Thursday recalls the new commandment (mandatum novum) and refers to Jesus' commandment to the disciples to “love one another.” (John 13. 34).
The service will also be livestreamed on the website under the “Worship” tab.
Children and Families are invited to participate in our Palm Sunday processions this Sunday, April 13. We will be processing in both the 9 AM Contemporary service with The Net and the 11 AM Traditional service. Families are welcome to participate in one or both services!
For The Net service, please meet at 8:50 AM in the lobby near Wolfe Hall to receive your palms. For the 11 AM Traditional service, meet at 10:50 am on the ramp outside the Sanctuary to receive your palms.
Honor and remember your loved ones this Easter with a gift to missions. This year, in lieu of buying a flower for the Sanctuary altar, you are invited to give a tax-deductible gift to missions in support of Oakhurst STEAM Academy. The recommended amount is $20; however, please give as much as you are led. It is important to complete a form; they are available at the Welcome Desk or online HERE. You may pay by cash, check (made payable to Providence UMC) or credit card (Fund: Oakhurst STEAM Academy). A list of dedications will be printed in the Easter, April 20 bulletin.
Oakhurst STEAM Academy is a Title One school that we have had a long relationship with by providing support for teachers and students with needed supplies, meals, training materials, weekly tutors and encouragement. As we approach the 2025-26 school year, the situation is more dire as federal Title One funding will be cut by 35% and CMS District Funding has been lowered for Oakhurst leading to a decrease in their staff-to-student ratio from 1:15 to 1:25. As a result, our tutoring partners at the school, Heart Math Tutoring, may also no longer be sustainable. The PUMC Oakhurst STEAM mission is entirely funded by generous donations and is not part of our current mission budget.
Pastor Randy is leading a Bag Lunch study again this year during the Season of Lent. Everyone is invited to join him in the Parlor on Thursdays at noon for a weekly study of Living with the Mind of Christ, by James Harnish. There’s no need to purchase the book or read it in advance, as Pastor Randy will present and lead the discussion. Bring a bag lunch if you wish, though, and enjoy the conversation!
Join us this Saturday, March 8 at 7 PM as we celebrate the many talented folks here at Providence UMC in an evening of free entertainment in our Atrium. Please plan to attend and invite friends. You’re likely to hear anything from old jazz standards to opera arias to songs from current musicals! And who knows what other surprises might be in store! The evening will include a time for dessert and fellowship. We hope to see you there!
Two Ash Wednesday services will be offered in the Sanctuary on March 5: 12:30 PM, and 6:30 PM.
The 6:30 PM service will be available via livestream. Click HERE to join online.
It is time to order butterflies! We will once again hold the butterfly release event on Easter Sunday (April 20). Click HERE to order your butterflies. The deadline to order is March 16. Butterflies will be ready for pickup on March 30.
nstead of a weekend retreat away from Charlotte, this year’s Women’s Retreat has pivoted to a Friday, February 28 gathering at Providence UMC from 6 to 9 PM. Dinner will be provided, along with many of the retreat highlights we have all come to love. If you’ve never gone on a women’s retreat, this is a great place to start!
We hope you’ll join us! Click HERE to register.
Questions? Contact Rev. Teresa Dunn HERE.
Save the dates! Providence UMC, Dilworth UMC, St. Francis UMC, and St. Stephen UMC have a collective Men's Gathering group that meets quarterly. Gatherings include a meal, speaker, and devotion. Please mark your calendar for the next three meeting dates: February 27, May 13, and September 18.
St. Francis UMC is hosting the next meeting at 6 PM on Thursday, February 27. St. Francis UMC is located at 4200 McKee Rd, Charlotte, NC 28270. Click HERE for more information. RSVP online HERE by Monday, February 24.
The next David Bashor Memorial Organ Concert will take place in Providence UMC's Sanctuary at 7 PM on Friday, February 7. Nathaniel Gumbs, Director of Chapel Music at Yale University, will be performing.
Join Cannon Hunt, Providence UMC’s Director of Children’s Ministries, for a six-week Bible Study to discover how God made us feel. We will be studying Jennie Allen’s “Untangle Your Emotions”. We will meet in Providence UMC’s Parlor on Thursdays from 9:45-10:45 AM for six weeks (February 6, February 13, February 20, February 27, March 6, and March 13). While this study is designed for young mothers, all are welcome!
If you are interested in joining, please email Cannon Hunt HERE.
High School Winter Retreat 2025
From Friday, January 31 at 4:00 pm to Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 1:00 pm
This weekend we will spend time at Winterplace ski resort learning about how we can transform the world by following the teachings we find in the Bible. The youth will also be able to participate in skiing, snowboarding, tubing and other fun winter activities this weekend as well. It’s going to be a weekend filled with fellowship and fun!
Pack List
*Money for lunch at the lodge on Saturday/pit stop on the way there and back!
*Bible
*Water bottle
*Sleeping bag/pillow/air mattress if you don’t want to share one of the beds already there
*Toiletries/towels
*Clothes for the weekend
*Shareable snack for large group (boys bring something salty, girls bring something sweet) and a drink!
*Any missing forms
*Swimsuit if you want to utilize pool
Our PUMC Centering Prayer group meets every Monday at Noon on Zoom. Through the practice of centering prayer, as taught by Dr. Thomas Keating, we embrace the process of transformation in Christ, both in ourselves and in others. This is a time to rest from the busyness of our daily lives and restore our spiritual strength and purpose.
"As we sit in Centering Prayer, we are connecting with the Divine life within us" -Thomas Keating, Intimacy with God
For more information or to be added to our contact list for the Zoom link, contact Pam Bashor (HERE) or Bill Jeffries (HERE). All are welcome.
All are invited to join us in the Sanctuary at 6:30 PM this Sunday, January 26 for the next Providence Chamber Music concert, Sensational Strings. Click HERE for more details.
The Western North Carolina Conference's Equip & Connect Conference will be held virtually January 26-30. This event is for all local church leaders (e.g. lay leaders, council members, volunteers, and all who lead). This is an opportunity to connect with other leaders across our conference and learn about roles, best practices, and new ideas for ministry. Click HERE to learn more and register.
Cross and Key Prison Ministries (CKPM) will hold a workshop for anyone interested here at Providence UMC on Thursday, January 23, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
CKPM helps local churches learn about the need for prison ministry, including our Methodist history of prison ministry, the biblical and theological foundations for prison ministry, and the current societal needs. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Randy, who is currently CKPM Board Chair (HERE). Mike Smith was previously a Board Chair for CKPM.
To learn more about CKPM, visit the organization's website HERE.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, register online HERE.
Middle School Lock-In
From Saturday, January 11 at 5:00 pm to Sunday, January 12 at 9:45 am
Join us for a fun night at Big Air followed by Chipotle and a movie/game night!
Join us from 5:30 to 6:30 on Wednesday nights in Wolfe Hall for Dinner at Providence!
The first Providence UMW General Meeting of 2025 will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, January 7 in the Chapel. PUMC member Christopher Lawing will present "71 Years of Providence", a look at the history of our church.
