Online Easter Bundle – Family Sunday School
Children’s Ministry is sending quarantine-friendly family activities by email for Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter Sunday. If you are not on the email list, please contact Colette Krontz to request to be included.
Online Maundy Thursday Communion Service
Join the service online, April 9, at 7:00 pm, from the following:
YouTube Live – Watch on YouTube channel live or at a later time.
Facebook Live (login recommended) – Watch live or at a later time.
Instagram Live (smartphone and app required) – Watch live or for 24 hours following the broadcast.
This service includes the opportunity to share in holy communion. Please be prepared with elements (crackers, bread, juice) in your home to represent the body and blood of Christ as we partake in this sacrament online. Also, have a small bowl with oil (such as olive or vegetable oil), basin with warm water, towel, candle, and lighter available. Even as our hearts long to be together again in person, we recognize that God is always with us – even in times of isolation. The service concludes with the removal of sacred symbols used in the Sanctuary as we remember the arrest and crucifixion of Jesus.
Crossroads Instagram Live (smartphone and app required) – Watch live or for 24 hours.
In partnership with some of the leadership from Faithbridge UMC,
Boone UMC is sharing a time of worship, prayer, and a look at the resurrection account from John 20:1-18. We look forward to marking the start of Easter morning in this special way.
Online Easter Service
Celebrate the risen Christ during this online service on Easter morning,
April 12, at 11:00 am, from the following:
BUMC Phone App – Click from your smartphone on the ‘Watch’ icon.
WATA 1450 am/96.5 fm – Tune in and listen by radio.
YouTube Live – Watch on YouTube channel live or at a later time.
Facebook Live (login recommended) – Watch live or at a later time.
Instagram Live (smartphone and app required) – Watch live or for 24 hours following the broadcast.
This service includes the opportunity to share in holy communion. Please be prepared with elements (crackers, bread, juice) in your home to represent the body and blood of Christ as we partake in this sacrament online. Even as our hearts long to be together again in person, we recognize that God is always with us – even in times of isolation.
Registration is now open for Women’s Day Apart “Present Not Perfect: How We Can Be Present With masterra God and Be Who We Really Are” April 18 8:30 am-2:00 pm Boone UMC Registration is now open!
Speaker is Amy Cole, Elder & Assistant to Bishop of Western North Carolina UMC Conference.
Cost is only $20.
Email Pastor Patti at patti@booneumc.org to register or for more information.
College presents many new challenges that can seem as large and looming as an 8:00 a.m. lecture hall. Appalachian Wesley Foundation is helping students center themselves through God’s mercies as they navigate college life.
Juston Smith, Appalachian Wesley Foundation Campus Pastor
“If you ask any pastor as they begin a new season in a new place what they hope to accomplish, they will tell you they want to figure out how to get people involved,” said Juston Smith, the new Campus Pastor at Appalachian Wesley Foundation. “What I am discovering here at App Wesley is that these students are really excited to be involved. The energy found in this ministry is powerful.”
Juston recently stepped into the Campus Pastor role, which previously had been filled since 2005 by our friend, Brad Farrington. Juston, who has served in pastoral and worship leader roles in several North Carolina congregations, is directing his passion into higher education as he carries out the mission to “make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world through campus ministry.” Appalachian Wesley Foundation welcomes students from Appalachian State University and Caldwell Community College – Watauga Campus.
“People from local churches have asked how they can support all that is happening here,” said Juston. “I want to network with churches from around the state so that freshman students know how to find us after they leave home. I want for graduating students from App Wesley to know how to plug in to church life and ministry after they complete their time on campus.”
“I think people from the Boone community would be moved to witness the authentic worship happening here at App Wesley,” said Juston. “These students are following God, and it is inspiring.”
Originally from Stanley, N.C., Juston earned his bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University in Electronic Media/Broadcasting. Following graduation, he worked as a video editor with Charlotte’s WBTV and in music ministry, as well as youth ministry. After splitting his work between a newsroom and church, he made a decision to focus full-time on ministry. Juston earned a master of divinity degree from Hood Theological Seminary and is an ordained elder with the United Methodist Church.
John Cook has been named the new Corporate Chaplain of the national healthcare management consulting company that he has worked for since 2011, Professional Recovery Consultants, which has recently merged with another consulting firm.
“As details of the merger have settled, the CEO came to me and asked if I would serve as Corporate Chaplain,” said John. “When he offered it to me, it was an emotional thing. I have wrestled with a call to ministry for years.”
John is transitioning from his role as Chief Client Officer for Professional Recovery Consultants into the chaplaincy position. He will commute from Boone, networking between the newly merged company’s headquarters in Raleigh, N.C. and local churches to connect people to spiritual and other life-giving resources. He also will provide monthly Bible study to the Raleigh office.
“I will engage in a lot of conversation with employees to check in on how they are doing,” said John. “I will be a ‘cubicle minister,’ so to speak.”
In addition to the direct ministry that John will provide at the company headquarters office in Raleigh, John will set up chaplaincy programs at the company’s other offices in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan.
“One of the foundations at PRC is a strong presence of God in the workplace,” said John. “Since I began with the company nine years ago, there has always been a Chaplain available to employees. It was outsourced, but a decision was made with the merger to bring it in-house.”
“I ask for Boone UMC to pray for me as I begin this position that my service would be to the glory of God,” said John. “I pray that the church sees the need for witness in the workplace. This is for everyone, even the highest company executive.”
John and his wife Carol have been members of Boone United Methodist Church since 2000. John’s volunteer service ministry includes Stephen Ministry and Emmaus Team leadership. A blessing will be given over John during the 8:45 am and Crossroads services on Jan. 26, as he steps into his Corporate Chaplain position.
Dear Members and Friends of Boone United Methodist Church,
Many of you have seen the news over the weekend about an announcement made from the United Methodist Church last Friday regarding a new “Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation”. Some of the news articles have been unclear about what this is and what it means. We wanted to offer some clarity.
As you are likely aware, our denomination has reached an impasse regarding matters related to human sexuality in the months since the special session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church last February, 2019. In response to this impasse representatives of major United Methodist advocacy groups and bishops around the world have recently signed an agreement or “Protocol”. Below you will find three important links in order to learn more:
We invite you to take the time to read these links. We are still processing this ourselves as this is new information for all of us. We are studying the Protocol in order to better understand what it means specifically for Boone UMC so we can better answer any further questions you may have. But there are a couple of important points to highlight.
This Protocol is a plan that will be submitted for approval by the delegates at General Conference May 5-15, 2020 before anything can be enacted.
It is significant that representatives from across the varying perspectives worked together to negotiate this protocol. That is a first. And each of these groups has agreed to support the protocol moving forward.
As Bishop Leeland encouraged us to do, now is the time to “Reflect rather than react” as we listen and pray about what this might mean for all of us.
What we as leaders of Boone UMC continue to know to be true is that our church will continue to “love our community and invite all to discover life with Christ” just as we have been doing. We will continue to pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit in all that we do. This is who we are as a church and that has not nor will not change.
Your Servant Leaders,
Boone UMC Clergy and Executive Team:
Rev. Lory Beth Huffman, Senior Pastor
Rev. Vern Collins, Pastor of Discipleship
Rev. Jeff McClain, Pastor of Congregational Care
Chuck Eyler, Chair of Staff Parish Relations Committee
John Cook has been named the new Corporate Chaplain of the national healthcare management consulting company that he has worked for since 2011, Professional Recovery Consultants, which has recently merged with another consulting firm.