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

Holy Week Worship
Opportunities at Hudson UMC
April 13 – Palm Sunday – Mark 11:1-10 “Donkey Sunday”
April 17 at 7:00 pm – Maundy Thursday – John 13:1-15 “Do We Understand…Yet”
April 18 – Good Friday services available in Hudson:
- First Congregational Church – 7:00 pm 47 Aurora Street
- Christ Church Episcopal – 21 Aurora St.
- St. Mary Catholic Church – 3:00 Passion Liturgy 8:00 pm Living Stations of the Cross 340 N. Main St.
- Christ Community Chapel – 6:00 pm & 7:30 pm, 750 W. Streetsboro St.
April 20 – Easter – “Does Easter Really Matter?”
Join together in singing praises to the Almighty for the hope and joy of life.
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.
Announcements
- ASP Silent Auction Returns
- FEED MY SHEEP
- HUDSON FOOD PANTRY
- OPEN M Lunches and Mt of Food
- The April GIFT Newsletter
LAST SUNDAY! Final bids are due by 11:00 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
At the Movies…
Announcing a Lenten ALL-CHURCH outing to attend a showing of The King of Kings (2025)
Sunday, April 13 at 3:30 pm
B&B Theatres Macedonia 15
8161 Macedonia Commons Boulevard, Macedonia, OH
INTERESTED? RSVP by April 4 to Elizabeth to reserve your seat at a group discount.

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 offer 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.
