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Join Us for a Special Evening of Easter Celebration!
📅 Thursday, April 17, 2025
🍽 Easter Dinner & Community Family Fun Party – 5:45 PM
✝️ Holy Thursday Worship Service – 7:00 PM
Celebrate the joy of Easter with an evening of fellowship, fun, and worship!
Bring your family and friends for a FREE Community Easter Dinner & Fun Party at 5:45 PM. Enjoy a delicious meal, Easter crafts, and a special visit from the Easter Bunny! This is a wonderful opportunity for all ages to come together in faith and community.
Following the festivities, we invite you to Holy Thursday Worship at 7:00 PM. This meaningful service will reflect on Jesus’ Last Supper, His love, and the journey to the cross as we prepare our hearts for Easter Sunday.
Everyone is welcome—come and be part of this special evening! 🌿✝️🐰
Easter Sunday at Elsberry United Methodist Church
📅 Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025
⛪ Family Worship Service: 9:30–10:35 AM (No AMP’d program during or after)
🥚 Easter Egg Hunt: 10:45 AM | LaCrosse Park (Weather permitting)
Join us for a joyful and uplifting Easter celebration!
Our Family Worship Service at 9:30 AM will be a special time of worship, reflection, and rejoicing in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is a service for all ages, bringing our church family together to celebrate the hope and promise of Easter.
After the service, at 10:45 AM, we invite children up to 4th grade to take part in our Egg-cellent Easter Egg Hunt at LaCrosse Park! Kids can enjoy searching for colorful eggs filled with surprises while making memories with friends and family.
This is a wonderful opportunity to gather as a community, enjoy the beauty of Easter morning, and celebrate the good news of Christ’s resurrection.
🐣 Don’t miss out—hop on over for a morning of faith, fun, and fellowship!
At Elsberry United Methodist Church, worship services under the guidance of Pastor Laura Taylor are vibrant, enriching experiences that bring together the congregation in a spirit of unity and devotion. With Pastor Taylor's compassionate leadership and inspirational messages, each service becomes a nurturing space for spiritual growth and connection. Rooted in tradition yet embracing innovation, worship at Elsberry United Methodist Church offers a blend of timeless hymns, heartfelt prayers, and engaging sermons that speak to the challenges and joys of contemporary life. Through a welcoming atmosphere and a commitment to inclusivity, these services provide a sacred opportunity for individuals to encounter the presence of God and deepen their faith journey.
Sunday Services & Classes
- 9:30 am, Family Worship Service with Kid's Time.
- 10: 30 am, After the service join us for Fellowship with Donuts.
- 10:45am - 11:15am, After Message Party (AMP'd) discuss the morning message in small groups
Thursday, April 3
Blood Drive at Church. Contact Margie Koch to sign up.
Sunday, April 6
from 2:30-4 pm, Easter painting party for kids.
Marleen is offering a painting party class. Please RSVP.
Sunday, April 13
11:30 am, Children’s Ministry Volunteer Carry In Monthly Meeting.
Monday, April 14
10:15 am, BRAND NEW: Bible Basics Small Group weekly.
Come learn more about how we got the Bible and what the major themes tell us about God and each other.
Thursday, April 17
6 pm, Easter Dinner Party
7 pm, Holy Thursday Worship
Sunday, April 20
Easter Sunday - Family worship 9:30am with no AMP’d program during or after. Easter egg hunt for kids following service.
Sunday, April 27
Celebration of Baptism and New Member Day. If you are interested in making this your home church, please contact Pastor Laura for more information.
Attention All Parents/Guardians of Children and Youth
We have an online registration/permission/waiver form to cover activities. If your kids will be involved with Sunday morning events or special activities, we need you to fill out this form once to cover the whole year.
The sign-up list for individual events will still happen for headcount.
Go to: https://forms.gle/MSJ5HtXJNuWy6GQy9
We're continually planning meaningful gatherings and activities for our community. Please remember to check back regularly to stay informed about these events and join in the wonderful experiences we have in store for you.
RECURRING EVENTS
Sunday
Worship, 9:30 am
Kid's Time, 9:50 am
Fellowship, 10:30 am
Basic Bible Study, 10:15 am begins April 14
Ministry/Administrative Board, 2nd Tuesday of each month @ 6:30pm
Heart and Soles Exercise Group meets at 8:30 am in the Libby Clarke Fellowship Hall
Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
Hearts & Soles Exercise group meets here on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday mornings at 8:30 am in the fellowship hall.
Please check our Calendar for a detailed list of meetings.
Thank you to those who were nominated and elected at the charge conference to be our leadership team for 2025. It takes many different talents, gifts, and ideas working together in order to accomplish the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Where is God leading you to serve in the community this year to connect, care, and share?
Open our 2025 list of Local Church Officials for Elsberry UMC from our Online Library.
We NEED Your Help!
If you would be willing to help serve communion, volunteer, once every 6 weeks with Sunday morning Kid's Gathering, read scripture, usher, or acolyte (ages 9 & up), please let Pastor Laura know.
Elementary Aged Ministry
If you would be willing to help serve communion, read scripture, usher, or acolyte (ages 9 & up), please let Pastor Laura know.
THANK YOU
Thank you to everyone who has been involved in the Community Dinners, Food Basket Distribution, and Giving Tree Distribution.