Gloucester United Methodist Church

 Gloucester, MA

Believe Again

Who We Are and How We Got Here

We got here by foot, by horse and carriage, by car. We got here by grace,

by obedience to parents who brought us and by chance.

 

We are made up of members from:

   East Gloucester Methodist Episcopal - closed April of 1958

   Bay View Methodist Episcopal - closed December of 1967

   Wesley United Methodist - closed 1999

 

We are made up of all sorts of people who came seeking, by invitation or out of curiosity. We are people like yourself who have fished, who have returned from war, who have raised babies or maybe planning to. We are young and “young at heart”.

We are gifted; some with music, some with patience, some with vision, some with other gifts as well. We welcome new ideas and new members. We like to laugh, and are willing to cry, we are imperfect, but we are learning. That’s why we are here, expecting to be transformed and made whole by the love of Christ.  

 

Believe Again!

 

 

436 Washington St.

978-291-1040

1st, 2nd and 3rd Sunday Services  9:30 am

4th Sunday Service 9:15am

Pastor Montjane

Organist: Bill Kesterson

Pianist: Barbara Careaga

Saxophonist :  Bob Landoni

Violinist: Julie Kesterson

Percussionist : Janice Cook

 

Directions:

Take Route 128 to exit 11 (Grant Circle rotary). Go 3/4 of the way around the traffic circle and exit onto Rt. 127N. We are 1 mile up on the left.

Link to Google Map

 

Welcome!

     Every Sunday morning the residents of the Riverdale area of

Gloucester hear the ringing of the bell -- made by Paul Revere and Son --

that warned Sandy Bay (Rockport) of an attack by the British in 1814:

     September 8, 1814, the British frigate Nymph invaded Sandy Bay. One

of her barges surprised and captured the barracks at the end of Bearskin Neck;

when the second was seen entering the Old Harbor, the meeting house bell

sounded the alarm. The crew shot at the bell to silence it and hit the steeple

instead. Firing a shot, the carronade went through the bottom of the barge,

and the crew was captured as they swam ashore. Their captain effected an

exchange of prisoners and promised not to bother the town any more.

  This bell, cast in 1806, was purchased in 1838 from the Rockport

Congregational Church for the new Riverdale Methodist Episcopal

Church being built.  The bell that the British tried to silence has since

 heralded the beginning of services for the Riverdale church

(now the Gloucester United Methodist Church) almost 170 years.    

 

Do you ever ask these questions when you visit a new church?

· Is God listening to me?

· Are they just after my money?

· Is there hope for me?

· Will they make me help out?

· Will they LET me serve?

· Will these people accept me...and my children?

· Will anyone pray with me?

· Is there a place for my talent?

· Do I have to dress up?

 

 

Contact us at 1-978-281-1040          or          email: gloumc@verizon.net

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WANTED:

Volunteer Camera Operator to tape our Sunday Services. Training is done by CAPE TV. 

 

Youth Group Leader(s) We are looking for a motivated high-energy special individual  with strong leadership skills to lead the ministry of youth by offering worship pathways into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ .

 

 Ensemble musicians wanted  to join our praise band, we meet a least twice a month for rehearsals.

 

Please contact the church by phone; 978-281-1040, emailgloumc@verizon.net or mail at  436 Washington St. Gloucester, Ma. 01930