Church News
The Genesis Ark – April 2023
March 28, 2023There are many opportunities at Genesis over the coming weeks. Get Involved! God So Loved Cantata by Pepper Choplin Genesis Choir is pleased to participate with other area churches in the premier of Pepper Choplin’s new Easter Cantata “God So Loved”. 200+ voices will join together with a full orchestra at the Meymandi Conert Hall in Raleigh on Sunday, April 2nd @ 7 pm. Admission is $15. Children and Students through grade 12 are free. Tickets are available…
Holy Week @ Genesis
Palm Sunday April 2, 2023 9:00 and 11:10 a.m. Celebrate Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem on this first day of Holy Week. Worship services will be held at 9:00 a.m. and 11:10 a.m. Maundy Thursday April 6, 2023 7:00 p.m. Maundy Thursday worship will be held Thursday, April 6th at 7 p.m. at Genesis UMC. Easter Sunday April 9, 2023 11:10 a.m. Join us on Easter Sunday at 11:10 a.m. to Celebrate the Risen Christ!
Down East Mission – March
Work Mission Trip Supporters, Our next down east trip is scheduled for Saturday, March 18th. The Down East team travels to the Goldsboro area to repair / build homes with Habitat for Humanity. Contact Julio Alvarez if you would like to join the team. downeast@genesis-umc.org Work/travel schedule: 6:45 AM – Meet at the church parking lot.7:00 AM – Depart from the church parking lot~8:15 AM – Arrive at work location (Depend on travel time)8:15 AM – 12:00PM – Work12:00 PM –…
“The Case for Easter” with Lee Strobel
The Seekers class will begin “The Case for Easter” by Lee Strobel on Sunday March 12th at 10 a.m. Seekers meets Sunday mornings at 10:00 am in classroom 033 on the lower level. Join us as we begin this Lenten Study. Begins March 12: The Case for Easter by Lee Strobel In The Case for Easter, Lee Strobel looks at the story of Jesus’ resurrection and reveals how we can know that it actually took place. He explores the “discrepancies”…
Mission Needs
Lenten 40 items for 40 days Participate in the 40 for 40 Food Drive each year during Lent. Our Lenten challenge is for each family to donate 40 items over the 40 days of Lent. Donations should be dropped off at Dorcas Food Pantry, 193 High House Road. Local Missions Regional Missions The Carying Place Genesis partners with The Carying Place. This organization serves the needy in our area by helping them transition from homelessness to independent living. Watch for updates…
Adult Christian Education Studies and Life Groups
Enjoy fellowship and insight with friends at Genesis church. Join a small group Bible study or Life Group. Explore the opportunities Genesis offers throughout the week for Christian study and fellowship. Click on any link below to scroll to an area of interest: ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION & LIFE GROUPS Choose a study and meeting time, then email the class facilitator or adults@genesis-umc.org for study information, log-ins and Zoom invites before the next class! Watch a video or read scripture and have weekly…
“Easter” with JD Greear
Hands of Hope Lenten Study will begin March 12. Join us at 10 a.m. in room 105 on the lower level of Genesis UMC. “Easter” with JD Greear The resurrection is the most important moment in history, but it is more than an event we remember on Easter Sunday. Join pastor J.D. Greear as he takes a deeper look at Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection in the Gospel of Matthew, revealing the ways we should see ourselves in Jesus’s story.…
Book Group – March
Genesis Book Group meets the third Thursday of each month in the Gathering Place on the lower level of Genesis UMC. Next meeting: Thursday, March 16 at 7 pm – the Gathering Place @ Genesis March selection: “A Hundred Summers” by Beatriz Williams Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic oceanfront community of Seaview, Rhode Island, expecting another placid summer season among the familiar traditions and friendships that sustained her…
Prayer Calendar – March 2023
God’s command to “pray without ceasing” is founded on the necessity we have of His grace to preserve the life of God in the soul, which can no more subsist one moment without it, that the body can without air. John Wesley Join us in praying for the people and topics on the January prayer calendar.
40 Days of Lent, 40 Items to Donate
This Lenten Season, we have an opportunity to come together as a church family to serve our neighbors. Many in our community are struggling to make ends meet. Dorcas Ministries Food Pantry needs our donations. The Mission team is challenging each of us to donate 40 food items to the pantry between now and Easter Sunday. How can our family help? What should we purchase? Where do we drop off the food? Prayerfully consider participating in this Lenten mission challenge.…
Ash Wednesday 2023
Our Lenten season of reflection and repentance begins Ash Wednesday, February 22. Worship will be held at 7 pm. The imposition of ashes will take place. This sign of mortality and repentance has a long history in Jewish and Christian worship. You may have heard the saying “Sunday’s palms are Wednesdays ashes”. It is traditional to save the palm branches from the previous Passion/Palm Sunday service and burn them ahead of time to produce the ashes for this service. Genesis…
Down East Mission – February
Work Mission Trip Supporters, Our next down east trip is scheduled for Saturday, February 18th. The Down East team travels to the Goldsboro area to repair / build homes with Habitat for Humanity. Contact Julio Alvarez if you would like to join the team. downeast@genesis-umc.org Work/travel schedule: 6:45 AM – Meet at the church parking lot.7:00 AM – Depart from the church parking lot~8:15 AM – Arrive at work location (Depend on travel time)8:15 AM – 12:00PM – Work12:00 PM –…
Genesis Book Group – February
Love to Read? Join the Genesis Book Group on the third Thursday of each month (August – May), to discuss books we have selected. Our next meeting is Thursday, February 16 at 7 pm at Genesis UMC. We will discuss “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford. All readers are welcome! February selection: ” Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet “ by Jamie Ford In 1986, Henry Lee joins a crowd outside the Panama Hotel, once…
Youth Mission: Ronald McDonald House
February Youth Mission: Ronald McDonald House Unleashed Youth are holding a collection for the Ronald McDonald House in Durham, NC during the month of February. Your participation is key to success! Help bless this organization with your donations of items below. Donations are being accepted at Genesis through Sunday February 26 at noon. Consider helping by donating: individually wrapped snacks, easy mac or other microwavable meals, cereal, clorox wipes, paper towels, facial tissues, or feminine hygiene products.
Ash Wednesday 2023
Our Lenten season of reflection and repentance begins on Ash Wednesday, February 22. Worship will be held at 7 pm. The imposition of ashes will take place. This sign of mortality and repentance has a long history in Jewish and Christian worship. You may have heard the saying “Sunday’s palms are Wednesdays ashes”. It is traditional to save the palm branches from the previous Passion/Palm Sunday service and burn them ahead of time to produce the ashes for this service.…
Equipping Disciples Course Begins
During the month of February, all members of Genesis will meet each week at 10:00 a.m. for a 4 week Equipping Disciples study “Why Christianity”. We will dive into the Bible to strengthen our faith and learn how we can each bless the world around us through God’s word. Genesis ministry staff and Andrew Hodges developed the new Equipping Disciples program. Equipping Disciples is a 3 year, 6 course curriculum of foundational principles for becoming and making Disciples of Christ. The…