Welcome to Hudson United Methodist Church
Since 1964, Hudson UMC has become a spiritual home for people seeking to grow in Christ’s love. We are located at the corner of Hudson-Aurora and Stow roads.
Click the image below to view our live stream Sunday services on our YouTube channel.
Sunday Worship Schedule
Please join us for Sunday worship and feel free to invite a friend, neighbor, colleague, or family member!
- 9:30-10:30 am Worship Service – In-person and live-streamed (see above).
- 10:30 am Fellowship Time
- 10:50 am Sunday School
Holy Communion is typically celebrated on the first Sunday of each month and everyone is welcome to participate.
Children in Worship – Our service includes a separate Children’s Sermon time for kids ages 4 years through Grade 5. You’ll also find children’s worship bulletins and “activity bags” (for ages 3-8) hanging on the tree just outside the sanctuary door.
Child Care – Child care is available for infants through age 3 during Worship. Child care is also offered during the Sunday School hour for infants through age 2. Each child will need to be signed in and signed out by a parent or guardian.
Adult Classes
Considering the Message Class
Considering the Message Led alternately by Rev. Bruce Hartley and Elizabeth Goodin on Sunday mornings 10:50 to 11:50am
Designed to process the morning’s message, together with friends, through guided discussion. A time for sharing insights, asking questions, and exploring deeper. DROP-INS WELCOME.
Sunday mornings 10:50 to 11:50am Pastor’s Office
S.H.A.P.E. Classes A 6-session video-based study for small group
This expedition promises to help each of you begin to understand who God made you to be, so you can discover what God made you to do for him with your life on earth.
Monday Evenings 6:30 – 8:00 pm
March 10 – April 14 Prayer Room (Rm 110) In-Person with Zoom option. Led by Rev. Bruce Hartley
Thursday Afternoons 2:00 – 3:30 pm
March 13 – April 17 Prayer Room (Rm 110) In-Person with Zoom option. Led by Elizabeth Goodin
“A JOURNEY THROUGH LENT”
Each Sunday, we will take steps toward Jerusalem and the Cross. This is not the end of the journey but a life-altering experience that is completed at the tomb…an empty tomb. Together, we encounter possibly the question of a lifetime, “Does Easter Really Matter?”
3/5 at 7:00 pm – Ash Wednesday – Joel 2:12-17 “Return to Your God”
The Ash Wednesday service is one of the most important occasions in the church year. It helps us prepare our hearts for the season of Lent. What unfolds during Lent is the restoration of our relationship with God.
3/9 – Genesis 9:8-17 “God’s Love Will Never Fail”
3/16 – Mark 8:31-38 “Giving Our All”
3/23 – John 2:13-22 “Is it Acceptable to Get Angry, it Depends”
3/30 – Ephesians 2:1-10 “You Are God’s Handiwork…Say No More!”
4/6 – Jeremiah 31:31-34 “If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes”
4/13 – Palm Sunday Mark 11:1-10 “Donkey Sunday”
4/17 at 7:00 pm – Maundy Thursday John 13:1-15 “Do We Understand…Yet”
4/20 – Easter “Does Easter Really Matter?”
Announcements
- ASP Silent Auction Returns
- FEED MY SHEEP
- HUDSON FOOD PANTRY
- OPEN M Lunches and Mt of Food
- The March GIFT Newsletter
Kickoff this Sunday, March 2 coinciding with the United Women in Faith Pancake Breakfast
Final bids are due by 11:30 am on 3/30/25.
Feed My Sheep is a church-based hot lunch program on Fridays from 11:30a to 12:30p at Redeemer UMC (265 Cuyahoga Falls Ave.) in Akron’s North Hill neighborhood. A clothing room with household items is open on Fridays.
Once a month HUMC offers a choice of socks, briefs or T-shirt, a toiletry item(s) and travel-size toiletries. HUMC also supplies toilet paper, and a roll is offered everyweek with 130+ carry-out lunches. Blue collection bins are located in the narthex closet, near the hand bell cabinet.
Hudson UMC supports the Hudson Food Pantry by supplying paper towels every month for 35+ families. Staple food items requested at this time: Canned chicken, canned fruit, canned pasta (pasta sauce, rice sides, SpaghettiOs, Chef Boyardee, shampoo, and conditioner. Donations may be dropped off at the church in the gathering area. Distribution March 21.
Food Pantry Collections – 200 cans of Tuna each month. Please put your donations in the tub near the kitchen door.
Lunches – Grab & Go Lunch provides fresh, healthy meals to the community. HUMC makes 50 sack lunches and drops them off at OPEN M.
March 24, April 21, May 19, June 30, July 28, August 25, September 22, October 27
Mountain of Food – A Direct Distribution program of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank hosted by OPEN M. HUMC helps by filling orders and loading groceries into cars but there are non-lifting jobs as well. We usually leave around 7:45 am and return around 11:30.
March 21, April 18, May 16, June 20, July 18, August 15, September 19, October 17, Novemebr 21, December 19
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Hudson UMC’s Annual EASTER EGG HUNT for children through 5th grade is on April 12 at 2:30 pm, RAIN OR SHINE. Please register by April 9. We are Accepting donations of individually packaged candies and/or small toys. Any donations may be placed in the container outside Elizabeth Goodin’s office.
Easter Flowers Orders. We are offering the opportunity to purchase Easter Flowers for the Easter Sunday Altar in Memory or in Honor of loved ones. The Easter Sunday bulletin will list all of those who are being honored. The final date for orders is Sunday, March 30.
2025 ASP Trip June 8 – 14
Signup by Feb 27
The 2025 trip will be HUMC’s 51st year of volunteering at ASP!
- We would love to have you join us on this experience. Prior construction knowledge is not required.
- We welcome all youth, ages 14 and up who have completed the 8th grade, and adults. Teams are generally 5 youth and 2 adults. We are targeting for 2 teams.
- Cost will be $200 per person but please do not let cost be the reason you don’t go and let us know if assistance is needed.
If you would like to volunteer for the 2025 trip, are looking for ways to support the trip, or would like additional information, please contact Colleen Padgett or Paul Brown.
