Pastoral Change

After nearly twelve years at Union UMC, Pastor Bob Morwell has been appointed to serve the First UMC of Carterville, IL, beginning on July 1.  This will be a "homecoming" for Bob, who grew up just seven miles away in Carbondale.  His father even attended the Carterville church during the last years of his life.

Union's new Pastor will be the Rev. Tim Woodard (pictured above)who has been serving the Goreville-Creal Springs Charge in Southern Illinois, about twenty miles from where the Morwells will be moving.

We will keep you informed as preparations are made for the transition of pastoral leadership.

Because some renovation work needs to be done to the parsonage here, the Morwells are looking at moving out sometime around June 25-26.  Bob's last worship service as Pastor of Union UMC will be June 23 (which also happens to be the day after his sixtieth birthday).

The Methodist Misfits will be presenting the worship service on June 30.

There is an introductory letter from Pastor Woodard on the Commentary page of this site.

Beta Worship Has Moved

The Beta contemporary worship service has moved to 5:00 PM on Saturdays in the Chapel.

Please let anyone know who is not able to attend church on Sundays, that we offer and another opportunity for worship and fellowship!

We're on Facebook

Union UMC has its own Facebook page.  It is regularly updated with all sorts of information.  Please check it our here...

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Union-United-Methodist-Church-of-Quincy-IL/267615063499

Major Renovation Continues

The entire flat roof of the church has now been resurfaced!

With the new Youth Room also completed, the largest renovation of the church facility's since its construction is virtually complete. 

The next phase is a new paint job for the hallways.  We thank Tim Kamradt for his efforts as our painter.

In addition to work on the church facility, there will be renovations taking place at the parsonage in preparation for the new pastor.  There is more about this on the Commentary page.

Narcotics Anonymous

Narcotics Anonymous, an organization for people recovering from drug abuse, built along the same lines as Alcoholics Anonymous, is now holding regular meetings at Union UMC.

You can learn more about NA by going here:  http://www.na.org/

The group meets Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00 PM, Friday and Sunday at 6:00 PM, and also at Noon on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at Noon.

NA has helped many people find freedom from slavery to drug addiction.  Please keep them in your prayers, and if you should know anyone struggling with a drug problem, please recommend this program to them.