Church News & Events
We’re Virtual maybe Live
Update 3/3/2021: Continue to look for our services on YouTube and view past sermons on our website. The devotionals moved to the Facebook Group and our website. Update 2/17/2021: Please look for our live stream on YouTube. We will post the service to our website...
COVID-19 Update
Update 3/3/2021: Clayton County has returned to level RED for COVID-19! This means we will not return to in person worship on 3/7 but you can find our service on YouTube. We will continue to follow the guidelines which limit the number of persons that can gather...
So Be It: A Lenten Journey in Covenant Prayer
Thanks to the generosity of North Georgia United Methodists, the North Georgia Conference Center for Congregational Excellence has compiled and created resources specifically for Lent 2021. Join the Journey at www.ngumc.org/Covenant-Prayer. Lent Resource Page:...
Lenten Book Study Cancelled for 2 Weeks
Lenten Book Study - not meeting 3/3 & 3/10 February 17- March 24 (Wednesdays) 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Hall Sanctuary Book: Words of Life Jesus and the Promise of the Ten Commandments Today by Adam Hamilton Books are here and are $15.00 Contact:...
Founders Day 5K – Wellroot Family Services
A Virtual 5K Event to Rally Support of Children and Families Saturday, May 1, 2021 Wellroot Family Services celebrates our 150th anniversary of the founding of The Decatur Orphans’ Home, now Wellroot Family Services. This year we will kick off Founder’s Week with The...
District Training: Faith-Based Affordable Housing Webinar
Families across the Southeast are struggling to pay the rent and often face difficult tradeoffs, keeping a roof overhead or buying groceries, visiting the doctor or paying for childcare. There simply are not enough affordable places to live. Houses of worship, many of...
2021 Lay Servant Online Course Schedule
Our District Classes All courses will be conducted in ZOOM. In order to join a course, participants will need to download the ZOOM app. Prior to the beginning of the class, a meeting ID and password will be sent to all enrollees. It is highly recommended that you use...
Calvary Refuge Center 2021 Schedule
It is time again to sign up for serving at Calvary Refuge Center. On the fourth Sunday of each month, MFUMC provides dinner for the residents of Calvary Refuge Center. Please email Doug Jewett (dsj3783@aol.com) to select your team's month. As groups sign up, we will...
Now Accepting Applications for Scholarship
The Mary Alice Boyd Memorial Scholarship is available to high school seniors and older adults returning to college. The Student Qualification Information Sheet and applications are below and available by request from the church office. Church Office: 770-961-4668 or...
Free Amplify Content
During this time churches are having to make tough decisions about how to remain close as a faith community when they can't gather together. For a limited time, Amplify has made several resources free and accessible for churches to participate in a church-wide or...
Church Office Closures
The Morrow First UMC Office will be closed for these Federal holidays. Monday, January 18 – Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, February 15 – President’s Day Monday, May 31 – Memorial Day Monday, July 5 – Independence Day (observed) Monday, September 6 – Labor...
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Clayton County Students to Return to Classroom
During a YouTube Live presentation on March 2, Superintendent Morcease Beasley announced the plan of return. Pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade students will return to the classroom on a hybrid schedule from April 12 to April 22. Students will be divided into two...
Avoid Scams
The best recent advice for avoiding scams is "Do not talk to strangers!" One in 10 adults in the US will fall victim to fraud every year. That figure is only rising, and it jumped by 34% in 2018, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The vast majority of that...
Pioneers in Methodism
ASK THE UMC remembers four of the pioneering and groundbreaking Black women in U.S. Methodist history in celebration of Black History and Women’s History months. Part 1 celebrates Ida Bell Wells-Barnett and Mary McLeod Bethune. Part 2 celebrates The Rev. Sallie...
New Email Newsletter from Clayton County Library System
To sign up for newsletters from the CCLS, make sure your pop-up blocker is off and visit claytonpl.org. For the Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise resources page visit: claytonpl.org/learning-research/financial-literacy/healthy-wealthy-wise/ Upcoming Events Estate Planning...
Georgia DPH Launches Vaccine Dashboard
Update 2/23/2021: Delta partners with Georgia to host state’s largest COVID-19 vaccination site https://news.delta.com/delta-partners-georgia-host-states-largest-covid-19-vaccination-site Atlanta –The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is launching a vaccine...
COVID-19 Testing Site Relocating
Beginning Monday February 1, 2021, If you would like to be tested by the Clayton County Health District, please click here. You will not need an appointment, but you must register. The hours are Monday- Friday 8:00am-4:00pm. The testing site is: Rock Springs Baptist...
Register for Glisson 2021
For 95 summers, Glisson has released a summer schedule, and 2021 is no different. While similar in appearance to recent years, the schedule this year marks massive adaptations based on existing conditions and understandings of the ongoing pandemic. Put simply, this is...
Supporting Onsite Learning for Virtual Education
ATLANTA - Virtual learning has no doubt caused financial hardships for some families. For many, it means updating equipment, buying desks, and taking on a new childcare bill. But help is on the way. The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning is offering...
Homebuyer Education Seminar
Participants will receive a HUD Certified Certificate. Class Schedule: November 14, 2020; January 23, 2021; April 17, 2021; June 12, 2021 To Register call 770-473-3945 or email ssales88@uga.edu
Location
5985 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow, GA 30260
Worship With Us
Sundays at 11:00am