10700 Brandywine Road, Clinton, MD 20735
301-868-1281 cumcmd@verizon.net
Rev. Dorothea Belt Stroman, Pastor
Church School
Sunday School begins at 9:15 am in the education wing. The classes are as follows: Godly Players (ages 4 and 5); Young Disciples (1st and 2nd grades); Joyful Spirits (3rd and 4th grades) Bible Explorers (5th and 6th grades); the youth class (7th though 12th grades) and young adults out of high school.
The Sunday School curriculum for Pre-K through 6th grade is One Room Sunday School Kit; youth 7th-12th grade are studying Bible Lessons for Youth (BLY); young adults are studying Push It & Faith Matters for Young Adults.
The Sunday School also sponsors the annual Easter Egg Hunt the day before Easter. Activities include face painting, races, a talk about the symbols of Easter, and, of course, the egg hunt.
Nursery
Tender, loving care is provided to our toddlers during the second service of Worship. We are always in need of volunteer adult caregivers. During the second service of worship, there is also extended care for children from ages four to seven. This group meets in the Sunday School room where they have appropriate learning activities and care while their parents worship.
Youth
The Youth Group meets on Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the youth room. The Youth ministry seeks to introduce students to Jesus Christ, equip them to honor God with their lives, care for one another and serve those in need. The Youth Group also participate in activities such as day trips and retreats, sleepovers, dances/parties, discussions/debates, bowling, roller-blading, amusement parks, and much more. As well as having fun, we give back to our community through participation in church activities such as putting on Christmas Eve Children's Service and the Easter Sonrise Services, car washes, and visiting the residents of Pineview Nursing Home with the Evangelism Committee. They led the Souper Bowl Sunday effort to help fight hunger and poverty. Join us and you will spend time with a great group of people while having fun and learning about God. Give us a try. We guarantee that you will like us.
The Youth Group has gone to the ROCK conference for youth since 2005. ROCK is an exciting Christian weekend retreat in which youth in 6th-12th grade from the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the UMC gather at the Ocean City Convention Center. The purpose of the retreat is to "ROCK" the lives of our youth and help them into a new or deeper faith in, and personal relationship with the ROCK of our Salvation, Jesus Christ.
The Youth Group is currently involved in raising money for the Nothing But Nets Campaign, which is a global, grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. The anti-malarial bed nets are just $10 each. Bed nets work in two ways: They stop mosquitoes from biting during the night and spreading the disease, and the insecticide on the net kills mosquitoes when they land on it. Send a net; save a life.
Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School is being held June 16 - 20, 2008, for children ages 3 through completion of sixth grade. Many youth participate as helpers and earn credit towards school community service requirements.
