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Groveville is a United Methodist community of faith that was established in 1836. We are just beggars who have found bread telling others where they might be fed. The most important part of our mission is to share God’s love with you!
Our church was founded in 1836 and has been the cornerstone of this community ever since. We owe that to Jesus! Thank you Lord for your being ever present with us!
Our church services are every Sunday at 11:30 am with “Coffee Hour” in Fellowship Hall just across the street where you can enjoy a conversation and a bite to eat.
Come and be part of a unique Bible study experience based on The Chosen, the groundbreaking series about the life of Jesus and His disciples. Each week we’ll watch a scene or episode together and then dive into Scripture to explore the historical background, spiritual lessons, and practical applications for our daily lives.
Every week, we gather on Zoom to lift up our church family, our community, and the needs of the world in prayer.
This is a safe and caring space where we can bring our joys, concerns, and gratitude before God together.
A lot can happen in that period of time, and a lot certainly has happened here! Our story began in 1836, when Groveville was a small village with only about ten homes. A group of people believed their community needed a place to worship, and on May 25 of that year, they met to begin making that hope a reality. Just a few months later, on December 2, 1836, the new Methodist church was dedicated. It is not every year that a church gets to say this: we are turning 190!
I was busy bringing together all the ingredients for a recipe passed down to me by my grandmother, preparing the dish I wanted to share with my siblings after worship. Almost two hours before the service was scheduled to begin, a traditional Colombian arroz con pollo was already warm and ready to be enjoyed.
We remember. In our hearts, the lives lost and forever changed on September 11 inspire our prayer today. Receive our sorrow, our lament, the honor with which we hold their memories, and the grief that still remains in so many families and communities.
What a wonderful time we had this weekend! It was a joy to see people from our church and community stopping by, finding some great treasures, sharing conversations, and simply enjoying the morning together.
After the vacations, the summer, the weather, and after a year that has brought us many good things and also some not so good ones, the time has come for Groveville and Crosswicks to come together again!
What a wonderful afternoon! Today, August 13th, we had the joy of participating in the Pop-Up Schoolhouse at Kuser School, bringing the results of Groveville UMC's Annual Back-to-School Supply Drive directly to children and families in our community.
Our picnic lunch was a wonderful success and was so well attended! As usual, we were blessed with more delicious food than we could possibly eat, but even more importantly, with a truly special time of fellowship together.
But what about offenses that are not unforgivable? | So far we have spoken about forgiveness as the only path when we face wounds that truly change us, those experiences that leave lasting scars on the heart. But this raises an important question: if only the unforgivable requires forgiveness, what should we do with offenses that are not "unforgivable"?
Thank you to everyone who helped organize and support this wonderful event past Saturday, July 25th.
We're extending the sale to Saturday, August 22nd, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Power of Forgiveness | One of the most difficult things for human beings is both to forgive and to ask for forgiveness. Countless pages have been written on the subject in books, editorials, academic works, letters, blogs, social media posts, and articles. Illustrations such as the now familiar saying, “Not forgiving is like drinking poison and expecting it to harm the other person,” have become widely popular, yet the practice of forgiveness remains elusive for many because they simply do not know how to forgive.
...On July 1, I had the privilege of beginning my appointment as the pastor at Groveville UMC, and looking back today, my heart is filled with gratitude. A year may seem like a brief chapter in the life of a church that has faithfully served Christ for generations, yet when I pause and remember all that we have experienced together, I cannot help but give thanks to God.
It was June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally heard the news that they were free. The Emancipation Proclamation had been issued more than two years earlier, in 1863, but that promise of freedom had not yet become real for many enslaved people in Texas because the message, and the enforcement of that freedom, arrived late
It is hard to believe that we are already in June and that the retreat we have been talking about and preparing for over the last several months is now behind us! This past Saturday, June 13th, members of Groveville and Crosswicks gathered at St. Mark UMC to begin an important conversation about what the future of our ministries might look like over the next seven years.
