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.
Fall Sunday Schedule
- 9:30-10:30 Worship
- 10:30-10:50 Coffee/Fellowship
- 10:50-11:50 Adult Sunday School
- 10:50-11:05 Youth Music Combo
(Grades 6-12) NEW!! - 11:05-11:50 Youth Sunday School
(Grades 6-12) - 10:50-11:35 Young Disciples Sunday School
(Pre-K – Grade 5) - 11:35-11:50 Young Disciples Choir
(Pre-K–Grade 5)
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 Adult 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.
Join an adult Sunday school class!
FAMILY TIES – Context – Room 116
Context looks at verses we know by heart but may not know the people, places, and times that give them meaning. Josh Scott delves into well-known scripture verses, exploring their true meaning by examining them in their original biblical context. PREVIEW
MEN’S AND AMAZING GRACES – Everywhere is Jerusalem – Room 109 and 110
James Howell takes you on a spiritual pilgrimage to significant places. You’ll go from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, from the Jordan River to Assisi, and from the Sea of Galilee to Montgomery, Alabama. Along the way, you’ll discover the profound connections between biblical stories and the places they happened. PREVIEW
Ties That Bind – Kings & Prophets: Eyewitness Bible Series – Parlor
The Old Testament prophets were real people who proclaimed important messages from God. The purpose of this series is to allow anybody to quickly gain a better understanding of the kings and prophets of Israel and their messages, as well as an appreciation of how that information is relevant today. PREVIEW
Announcements
- Kids/Youth Paint Party 11/7
- HUMC Families at the Movies 11/10
- Church World Service Blanket Sunday 11/17
- Harmony Ringers 12/7
- Gingerbread House Decorating Party 12/14
- Two Adult Spiritual Formation Opportunities 12/1 & 1/9
- FEED MY SHEEP
- HUDSON FOOD PANTRY
- OPEN M Lunches and Mt of Food
- OPEN M Christmas Baskets!
- The November GIFT Newsletter
Thursday, November 7, 6:15-7:30 pm, Room 112/114
In the Children’s Service, we are trying to incorporate many kinds and modes of expression, including visual art! We would love for several kids/youth (Preschool to Gr. 12) to paint depictions of “A New Heaven and a New Earth” (Rev 21:1) based on verses from the Bible. We will start with a shared meal of pizza, snacks, and drinks, and then everyone will paint and create together. We will provide all the supplies. Just make sure they wear something that can get dirty. PARENTS AND FRIENDS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IN! Click here to RSVP.
“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
SUMMARY: Nobody is ready for the mayhem and surprises that ensue when six of the worst youngsters disrupt
the town’s yearly Christmas performance.
11/10 at 4:00 pm Regal Hudson Cinema
5339 Darrow Road, Hudson Followed by a PIZZA DINNER at Zeppe’s Bistro
RSVP by November 3 for Elizabeth to reserve your seat.
Hudson United Women in Faith will be offering a Mission Moment for Church World Service Blanket Sunday. Each year our church shows its caring and compassion by giving generously to the Church World Service Blanket Sunday Mission project. During the past year, there have been many disasters (hurricanes, flooding, wildfires) throughout the world, including here in the United States, with the recent hurricanes of Helene and Milton in Florida. Because our neighbors deserve warmth and comfort, and because our God of great love taught us all to be compassionate and share our blessings. Each blanket costs only $10, but they can bring support, warmth, and encouragement for those who receive them. Through this special offering you will provide a blessing of God’s love throughout His world. We hope you will support this UWF Mission by submitting your check payable to HUMC and note on the memo line: Blanket Sunday. Please place your donation in the offering plate or mail it to the church. Thank you.
Sounds of the Season Concert 12/7 at 3:00 pm
Harmony Ringers return!
Beginning 12/1 – Considering the Message Class Sundays, 10:50 to 11:50 am.
A NEW ongoing Sunday school discussion class designed to process the morning’s message together with friends, through guided discussion. A time for sharing insights, asking questions, and exploring deeper. Led alternately by Rev. Bruce Hartley and Elizabeth Goodin. Begins on December 1st with our Advent series, and continues throughout the new year! DROP-INS WELCOME
Beginning 1/9 Spiritual Discernment Class, 4 Sessions Thursdays, 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Living attuned to the guidance of the Spirit in all things is a practice that can be fostered and developed. Jane Kenneweg-Welch is a spiritual director who has long studied this topic and has agreed to facilitate a group study, co-led by Elizabeth Goodin. If you are interested in learning more about this “way of life,” join Elizabeth and Jane in a small group, meeting together for four Thursday afternoon sessions. FRIENDS WELCOME Jane has newly chosen the book Decision Making & Spiritual Discernment: The Sacred Art of Finding Your Way by Nancy L. Bieber as our class resource.
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. Distributions May 20.
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.
October 28
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.
November 15, December 20
We are collecting 200 cans of Sloppy Joe Sauce this year! Please donate to help feed OPEN M families this year. Leave your cans of Sloppy Joe near the kitchen.
The November edition of the church newsletter is now available online
