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Description: We are so excited that VBS is returning to EMC this summer! Our VBS theme this year is “Rocky Railway – Jesus’ Power Pulls Us Through”. Kids will explore Jesus’ power and how we can trust Jesus to pull us through when life feels like a valley or a mountaintop.

Location: Evangelical Methodist Church, 820 Old Okisko Rd., Elizabeth City, NC 27909

Dates: July 26-29, 2021 (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM). Includes a special event on Thursday evening!

Cost: FREE

Contact: Chelsea Wortman (cwortman@ecityemc.org)

Children ages 3 (and potty trained) through rising 6th graders are welcome to attend!

EMC Family,

The ministry team has been prayerfully thinking through how to respond to the current events in our city and region. We are seeking Jesus and asking him to show us who we are to be and what we are to do as a church during what is a defining moment in our community’s history. We are compelled to play a role of some kind and not remain passive spectators. There is great opportunity to share Christ with our community here that we don’t want to miss. While we are still prayerfully seeking guidance and wisdom from the Lord, a few things have already become clear. Please take a moment to read everything below:

• Due to the combination of a county-wide curfew, increasing difficulty traveling on many of our major roadways, and the ongoing impact of COVID on key staff and volunteers, we have decided to cancel all activities held at the church this evening. You are invited to join me on Facebook Live at 7pm for a time of communal prayer. (Here is an alternative link for those without access to Facebook.)
• Due to the high likelihood that all of these factors will remain ongoing into the weekend and foreseeable future, we have decided to postpone our Spring revival to our fallback date in July. Huge kudos to Pastor Nate Williamson for his unrelenting grace and flexibility in what is now a second cancelled or postponed revival invitation. He is a picture of God’s heart to me and has pledged that his church’s intercessory team will be carrying our needs to the Lord as we navigate these difficult days.
• With this adjustment to our immediate schedule, we will as a church have the freedom to pivot and make Sunday a time of prayer emphasis. In addition, we are exploring tangible ways that we can take action as a church going forward to be salt and light that offers Jesus.

Will you join us in praying for the Lord’s wisdom and discernment in all of this? We have been through a lot as a church in recent months and it appears that a lot more lies ahead. We need the presence, power, and wisdom of God more than ever.

I will do my best to keep you posted along the way. Please know we make none of these decisions lightly and that no matter what we will seek to follow the lead of Christ, the Head of the church. I hope to see you online tonight. God bless!

In Him. With you.
Pastor Sean

You and your family are invited to Evangelical Methodist Church for our entire Easter weekend schedule of events!

• Good Friday tenebrae service  – April 2nd at 6:00 pm in the chapel
• Easter Sunday sunrise service – April 4th at 6:00 am outside in front of the chapel, followed by a church-wide pancake breakfast free to all who attend!
• Choose an Easter Sunday worship service – April 4th at either 8:30 am or 10:15 am. Note: The 10:15 service will also be on Facebook Live.

Come celebrate the reason for our existence as a church!

For the past several years, EMC has offered the ability to give online through CCB as both one-time or recurring gifts. On March 28th you will no longer be able to give through CCB. We are asking that if you are currently set up to give recurring gifts that you log into CCB and cancel your current giving recurrence, then log into Church Center (Planning Center’s app for church members) and set it back up there.

We have created a tutorial to walk you through this process step by step. Click here to download it and begin transitioning your giving info over. We cannot do this for you, but if you have any problems or encounter any hiccups, just contact us for help.

New families to EMC are invited to stick around following the morning worship service on February 28 to have pizza with Pastors Sean, Aaron, and Jeff. Get to know him and the church a little better and enjoy a low pressure environment with pizza for the whole family.