In this season of thanksgiving, we are so grateful for new members, who joined the life of McEver Road Church this morning during one of our worship experiences! Welcome Hugh and Carlette as well as Mary 🙌🏼😇

We’re grateful for our Pastor Emeritus, Rev. Don Cooper, for preaching this morning as we observed and celebrated All Saints Sunday. Thankful for God’s abundance that has come to us through the faith and encouragement of those that have gone before us 🙏🏼🕊️🕯️

We know that tomorrow will be an especially anxious day in an already stressful election season. We hope this Election Day hourly prayer guide will be a helpful resource to help guide, ground, and focus your thoughts throughout the day. https://www.umc.org/en/content/hourly-prayer-guide-for-the-2024-us-presidential-election-day Please share this post with others you think may benefit and want to join together in prayer. 🙏🏼

We were so glad to celebrate some our retired teachers during Retired Educators Day here in GA this morning during worship. We have such a rich history and involvement with education that continues through our local school partnerships! Among our retired teachers we have a total of 255 years of service!! 🙌🏼❤️📚🎓 Be sure to share some love in the comments

We enjoyed hosting an Advance Care Planning presentation for our Lunch and Learn gathering from Libby Dunahoo at Northeast Ga Medical Center! Thank you so much, Libby, for sharing so much helpful and important information with members of our congregation and community. 🤓❤️😇

We’re so happy to welcome Cristina Rubio as our new Coordinator for Next Generation! She brings with her a wealth of enthusiasm, experience, and ideas! We look forward to all the ways she will help us reach, care, and nurture the Next Generation at such a time and place as this! 🙌🏼🙏🏼❤️😇 #churchfamily #kids #nextgen #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

What a wonderful morning of worship celebrating World Communion Sunday - remembering that we are not the only church (thanks be to God!) and that the power and presence of Holy Spirit is on display in every person and every place where God reigns. 🕊️😇 Although we don’t see the fullness of the Kingdom yet, what we do see is the people of God not giving up! 🙏🏼 We enjoyed sharing, singing, and listening to other languages throughout worship. AND we enjoyed the little hands helping to serve God’s grace ❤️ #sunday #churchfamily #world #communion #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

We’re back with our Holy Grounds worship experience with all generations present together! We’re grateful for the lay members of our church leading music and our discussions of life and faith for all ages! 🙌🏼😇❤️ If you haven’t come by for this special service at 9 am, come check us out! We’ve also have another service at 11 am that is a different format and style but still full of Jesus and the Spirit. 🕊️

UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) continues to coordinate both donation and volunteer opportunities in response to Hurricane Helene. You can give through our church website (www.mceverumc.org/give) by selecting “UMCOR” from the drop down menu (100% of your donation goes to the work of disaster relief). In addition, from now until this Sunday, October 6, they are requesting donations of tarps, large black trash bags, and water. Please only deliver the specifically requested items to the following drop-off locations (Gainesville First UMC https://www.gfumc.com/ - or Jefferson First UMC - https://www.jfumc.org/) at the time specified on each church's website. Find other volunteer opportunities and ongoing updates on how to serve at https://www.ngumc.org/newsdetail/disaster-response-update-flooding-18666291

Another beautiful day with some beautiful people 🤩 We enjoyed and extra dose of fellowship at our church picnic this afternoon. It’s always good to slow down and spend time with each other. We hope you’ll join us at the next one! Thanks to all who grilled, cooked, and (my favorite) ate! 😋

We had a blast with all generations having fun in the sun with our “pizza hut!” Tonight was our Pizza Movie Night and although the movie was a treat, there was even more fun and excitement as both kids and parents enthusiastically crafted their very own personal pizzas - yum! 🍕😋 We learned a lot and can’t wait to do it again soon! 🙌🏼😎

What a great way to “dive” back into Scouts! Not enough parents got wet so the kiddos were sure to soak parents with water blasters and “hug attacks.” Of course, parents got their revenge, too 😉🪣🌊😱😆🙌🏼 #scouts #scouting #scoutsofamerica #pack204 #kids #summer #waterplay #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

We were grateful that lots of congregants from our church as well as from other local churches gathered yesterday evening for a volunteer appreciation dinner at Oakwood United Methodist Church and the South Hall Food Pantry. In addition to a great time of fellowship, attendees were introduced to the launch of a new “client choice” model for families at the food pantry. Families will now be able to “shop” for food and ingredients that they prefer and enjoy. Our church will be the first at this pantry’s location to roll out this new model! Prayers for smooth experience for both volunteers and families. If you’d like to help, you can serve this week Monday, August 5 from 4-6 pm, Thursday, August 8 from 10 am - 12 pm, and Saturday, August 10 from 10 am - 12 pm. ❤️😇 #love #people #lovepeople #food #pantry #foodpantry #community #service #hope #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

We had a great time putting extra smiles on the teachers and staff of West Hall Middle School this morning as they got back in the swing of things! Nothing like a huge, home-cooked breakfast spread to get you fueled up for the big day!! 😋😎😇 We pray blessings on all Hall County Schools as they get back to the hard work of teaching and caring for students and families! 🙏🏼 #westhallmiddle #westhallmiddleschool #teacherbreakfast #teachers #backtoschool #church #churchfamily #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

A bunch of sweet, smiling faces as we blessed the backpacks this morning! We got to pray over the donated backpacks, teachers, and, of course, our amazing students! We can’t wait for each of you to have a great school year!! You know we’ll be supporting you all the way through! 🙌🏼📚✏️🏫🖍️🚌 #sunday #church #kids #backtoschool #blessingofthebackpacks #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

The creativity and heart of our Craft & Quilting Squad who made and delivered 9 quilts for foster children at Wellroot! We hope they feel the love of God wrapped around them just as much as these blankets! 🧶🧵🥰🙌🏼 #Craft #quilting #kids #foster #fostercare #serveothers #serve #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

This time yesterday, we had the joy of welcoming and serving families during the Oakwood Elementary Back to School Bash! Great seeing all the students have fun AND get supplies for the upcoming school year! 🤩❤️🙌🏼 #oakwood #kids #backtoschool #oakwoodelementary #goeagles

Starting THIS Sunday (July 21), we'll be adjusting our morning schedule! Check out the details below! #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville #worship #sunday

We don’t love all of this heat 🥵 but our tomato plants sure do! Lots of picking happening at our community garden lately!! 🌱🍅😋 #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville #summer #community #garden #communitygarden

Yesterday, our pastor and a small group of our members joined the other many hands at West Hall Middle School to prepare school supply bags for students to receive at open house! We love supporting our schools! #oakwood #westhallmiddle #schoolpartnerships #community #love #communitylove

Yesterday during Summer Explorers was all about crafts as we learned about the “Bee” Attitudes and how God shows us love and kindness to all 😉🐝❤️ Bee sure to join us next Wednesday at 9 am for another fun adventure! 😇

Lots of smiling faces this morning as kiddos participated in relay races, a nature scavenger hunt, painting/crafting, AND celebrating a birthday with a piñata - Feliz Cumpleaños!! 🥳🎂🪅 Today we talked about growing in God’s love! 🌱 And how to be doers of God’s kindness and not just hearers. 😇 #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville #summer #kids #camp #church #churchfamily #churchlife

Today was bitter sweet - we had the joy of welcoming new members - John and Lori McCandlish - this morning (yay!), but we also said goodbye to Pastor Chris and his family as this was their last Sunday with us before they transition to their new church home at Trinity UMC in Clermont, GA. Be sure to welcome the McCandlish’s and wish Pastor Chris and his family well! 🙏🏼

We had a bunch of Summer fun at The Ship (our young families navigating life and faith through relationship, fellowship, discipleship, and worship) tonight with some good ol’ fashioned pizza, hand squeezed lemonade, and games!! ☀️😎🍕🍋🙌🏼 Pastor Tyler might have been a little too competitive 😬😆

We got to pour one more glass as Love on Tap (LOT) with our beloved friends of Liquid Nation Brewing yesterday evening. Although LOT will need to find a new “home,” we wish Pap & Mirva the absolute best in this next season of their lives. 🍻❤️🙏🏼

Another song and music program offered yesterday by two of our congregants to the residents at Phoenix Senior Living. Residents got to hear some old favorites while clapping and singing along throughout the afternoon 👏🏼🎶😊

We had another great day of Summer Explorers learning about God’s presence that gives us peace! We walked the trails, colored, played games, planted flowers, and started our stepping stone project! During snack time we listened to scripture readings from Psalm 23, Psalm 50, and Psalm 119 and learned how God is always with us and God is always for us!! ❤️😇🙌🏼 Thanks again to our partners in ministry Flowery Branch UMC and Oakwood UMC! #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville #kids #summer

We are so proud of Pastor Chris being commissioned as a provisional Elder this past Friday evening! It was a joy to see him cross this milestone on his journey toward ordination. We will continue to cheer him on! Well done, Chris!! 🙌🏼

We had a GREAT first day of Summer Explorers with crafting, snacking, hiking, exploring, and gaming!! Lots of excited kiddos and enthusiastic volunteers to make it a memorable experience! Shout out to Flowery Branch UMC and Oakwood UMC for joining in on the fun! If you have kids or grandkids who are ages 4 through 5th grade, then join us next Wednesday, June 19 from 9 am - 12 pm for another great day of exploration! 🙌🏼

It must be officially summer! 😎☀️⛱️ We enjoyed hosting all of the teachers and staff of West Hall Middle School for their end of school year luncheon!! 😋 We love the opportunity to serve whether on our own campus or out in the community! Thank you WMMS for being partners with us for supporting our neighbors and families! #westhallmiddleschool #gainesville #flowerybranch #oakwood

We’re so excited to share an opportunity for you to join our team and help develop our Next Generation!! Learn more and apply at www.mceverumc.org/applynow #MinistryJobs #ChurchJobs #ChristianJobs #YouthMinistry #ChildrenMinistry #KidsMinistry #NextGenMinistry #faithbased #churchlife #faithcommunity #JobOpening #HiringNow #NowHiring #ApplyNow #bilingual

What a joy to worship and celebrate our church’s 50th year anniversary with members, family, and friends spanning the decades. We appreciated a wonderful variety of songs, stories from one of our charter members and others, a reflection from our Pastor Emeritus, Rev. Don Cooper, beautiful liturgies of remembrance and thanksgiving, Holy Communion, and a whole lot of food! Thank you to everyone who was involved in the planning and execution for the day - We couldn’t have done without each of you!! And thank you to our District Superintendent, Rev. Dr. Doug Gilreath and his wife for joining and participating! 🙌🏼 We give God thanks for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 50 years ago, for pouring it out anew for us today, and for pouring it out in the many days and years to come. 🙏🏼😇🕊️ We will ALWAYS Love Christ. Love People. and Help People Love Christ. ✝️❤️ #worshipwithus #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville #50yearanniversary

Yay! We couldn’t be more excited to welcome students from West Hall High School to plant in our adaptive gazebo. We can’t wait to see all that grows! 🤩🌱😇 #welcome #westhallhighschool #CommunityGarden #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

Wow! Pack 204 scouts (and parents!) did an awesome job seeding our pollinator/flower field in our Community Garden! 🤩 Come by the garden throughout the summer and check out all the beautiful wild flowers that will emerge! 🌱🪻🌷🌺🌸

Happy Monday! The rain won’t keep the light from shining on this good news!! We partnered with West Hall High School again this year to raise $600 to cover expenses related to graduation and sports for seniors. Funds given will help pay for cap and gowns for students in need as well as offer a little extra to cover sport equipment and dues. 🎓❤️🏅 Pastor Tyler was able to hand-deliver a check totaling $845 to Principle Ley Hathcock earlier this afternoon! We love supporting our schools in a number of ways and this is an opportunity we look forward to every year! We wish the best for these seniors and all that is to come! 🙌🏼😇

Shout out to all the mommas and momma-figures in our lives and throughout our congregation! Praying that y’all will have a blessed and wonderful day remembering all that you do everyday!! ❤️💜💛💚 Take a look at our little ones who handed out roses this morning after 11 am worship🌹🤩

The weather isn't the only thing heating up! 🔥 Our ROMEOs have been working on all sorts of projects lately, including building an earthen oven in the garden - wow! This means we'll be able to enjoy all kinds of barbecue, pizza-making, and more! 🐷🐮🍕 We're thinking about nicknaming it the "pizza hut" - what do you think? 😉 We look forward to this being another great way to bring our community together for fun, food, and fellowship! 🙌🏼 #CommunityGarden #oakwood #flowerybranch #gainesville

What a great way to start a Wednesday serving breakfast for the teachers of West Hall Middle School this morning! They came hungry! 🍽️😋 Nothing like full tummies and happy faces as early as 8 in the morning - can you believe it?! God really can do anything!! 😉 Seriously, we are grateful for these teachers and this was just a small way to encourage them they enter the last couple of weeks of the school year - keep going teachers!! 🙏🏼 Principle Amy Wade gave Pastor Tyler two WHMS spirit shirts to thank us for providing such a yummy spread for breakfast! We are grateful for our ongoing partnership 🤩🙌🏼

Believe it or not, this is a *sign* of progress! 😉🙌🏼 We are so excited to be moving forward with our basement renovations for our dedicated Next Generation space!! We can't wait to post more updates soon! 😇

We love it when we can partner with our sibling churches to do MORE good together! Shout out to pastors and team members from Flowery Branch UMC and Oakwood UMC, who joined us for some preliminary planning for our highly anticipated Summer Explorers enrichment camp staring in June!! Stay tuned for more details and be sure to invite friends and neighbors!

There's nothing like brightening a person's day with a song! 🎶 Earlier this week two of our members played and sang songs for residents at Manor Lake, who enjoyed listening (and humming!) along during this mini-concert. ❤️ We're grateful for these members spreading joy on a beautiful Spring day and for a captive audience!! 😇

We offer a variety of ways to worship for all generations!! 🙌🏼 Be sure to #worshipwithus #flowerybranch #oakwood #gainesville

Our walking and fitness trails are great way to enjoy nature and neighbors alike! 🙌🏼#flowerybranch #oakwood #gainesville #walkingtrails #fitnesstrail

It's that time of the year to get involved in the #CommunityGarden!! Whether new or seasoned, you're #welcome to join! You can learn more on our website and apply for a plot at https://www.mceverumc.org/campus#CommunityGarden #flowerybranch #oakwood #gainesville

Earlier this morning was also Announcement Sunday, where our congregation was informed that Pastor Tyler will be staying for another year while Pastor Chris has been appointed to become the senior pastor at Trinity UMC in Clermont, GA! It’s a bitter-sweet announcement as we have been blessed with the ministry that Pastor Chris has led with us the past several years but we are so excited to see him continue into this next season of ministry. We will celebrate him and his family in the weeks to come (announcement TBD) but be sure to offer words of encouragement and love to him and his family while we cherish these moments together until his move later in June. 🙏🏼🙌🏼😇

Another baptism was just among many celebrations this Sunday. Say, “Hello,” to little Hazel. She gave us lots of smiles and a lot of hope for the future! Welcome to the family of God, Hazel! We love you! ❤️😇🙌🏼

What a joyful Sunday celebrating two sacraments this morning - Baptism and Communion! We welcomed both Abigail and Rylee into the family of God this morning (AND they were such good helpers 😉)!! 💧😇🙌🏼 We’re so grateful for all the ways God’s grace is at work in our lives to help bring us together and stay together! ❤️

Wow! What a beautiful Resurrection celebration throughout this morning with Easter Sunrise, Pancake Breakfast, and Easter Service! Be sure to check out the Easter-selfie with the congregation and all the other fun moments that captured our blessed time together. ☺️ Even if you didn’t join us this morning, we want you to know your story can change BECAUSE Jesus is standing outside the tomb!! ❤️✝️🙌🏼😇❤️

Lots of fun in the sun celebrating Easter with 100+ of our neighbors and community! 🙌🏼😎🍬✝️ We can’t wait to continue the celebration with you tomorrow in the following ways: - Easter Sunrise 🌅 @ 7AM in the Community Garden - Easter Pancake Breakfast 🥞 @ 8AM in Pavilion (serving till 9:15AM, clean up by 10:15AM) - Easter Service 🌸 @ 11 AM in Pavilion We hope to see you tomorrow morning to celebrate Jesus and the Resurrection - where the worst parts of our story don’t have to be the end of our story!!! ❤️✝️❤️

Last night we observed Holy (Maundy) Thursday with a service of washing hands and communion — both are symbols of Christ’s enduring, sacrificial love that we, as his followers, are called to embody, too. Christ came to serve and not be served, and so we not only remember what God has done through Christ but we also respond to God’s grace by humbling ourselves and lifting up the wellbeing of those around us, including our enemies. We remember the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples and him washing their feet, and today - Good Friday - we sit in the grief of Jesus’ suffering and death on the Cross. ✝️

What a joy to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new elementary school being built next door to our campus for both the Oakwood and McEver Arts Academy students. We’re grateful for our ongoing partnership and all the possibilities to bless students and their families in the days and years to come! 🏫🎓🙌🏼😇🙏🏼

We enjoyed hosting the Leadership and Innovation Academy members from throughout our North GA Conference. We focused on Fresh Expressions and the Blended Ecology as well as heard from Rev. Marshall Bruner about Clergy Care and Wellbeing.

Looks like our little leaders had too much fun waving palms and singing “Hosannah” this morning! 🌿👋🏼🤩😇 We observed together the start of this Holy Week, where we hold in tension the weight of the cross and the freedom of Resurrection that is to come! Be sure to join us for all our worship services and activities throughout this week 🙏🏼

We placed some crosses out on the “hill” just in time for Holy Week - a sign that the worst parts of our stories are never the end of our story! Be sure to check out our FB events to see all the exciting things we have going on at the end of the month! Thanks to our Tuesday Crew for making the crosses and installing them! 😇🙏🏼

Congrats to our AOL’s from Pack 204, who shot their arrows of light and “crossed over” to become Boy and Girl Scouts earlier this week! 🙌🏼 The rain couldn’t stop the smiles or the light from shining! 😊⭐️

Ash Wednesday kicks off the season of Lent where we intentionally draw close to God as God draws close to us. The ashes symbolize our brokenness, death, and grief. The ashes are mixed with oil and we make the “sign of the cross,” which is marked on our foreheads. These symbols together represent our healing and anointing that God brings in the midst of our brokenness. We then are invited to make “room” in our lives for more of God and we “pause” something - or fast - to focus more on God and God’s presence. What are you pausing/fasting from this Lent? Let us know in the comments!

Let's celebrate and congratulate Rev. Chris Hester, who was approved by the Board of Ordained Ministry and will be commissioned as a Provisional Elder in the United Methodist Church at this year's Annual Conference. Congrats, Chris! 🎉🙌😇

Our cub scout families and volunteers had an epic time during the Pack 204 Pinewood Derby Race yesterday! Check out some of the action! 🏎️💨🥇🥈🥉

We had a blast with Scouts and their families this morning! They had so much enthusiasm and brought a lot of warmth throughout worship! Thank you families for joining us and we trust you were blessed as much as we were to have you!! ❤️🙌🏼🙏🏼

Our Leadership Team retreat was a time for sharing, teaching, and inspiration. A smaller group ended up finishing the evening on a high note with some bowling!! 🎳💥🏆 Although not everyone is pictured, we’re grateful for each person saying, “Yes,” to God’s call and we are excited about where God is leading us throughout the rest of 2024! 🙌🏼

Pack 204 was busy today helping scouts and families prep their cars for the upcoming Pinewood Derby!! 🪵🪚🏎️💨 Do you have a photo of your derby car to share?

Our School Partnership Team enjoyed meeting with the counselors of West Hall High School earlier this week to deepen our existing relationship and explore new opportunities to support teachers and students. Another great way we have been able to start the new year! 📚🎓💯🤩🙌🏼

We enjoyed our Epiphany celebration breakfast and a wonderful service remembering our baptisms and receiving communion together!! 🙏🏼 Great way to start 2024! 🤩💧🍞🍷

We are so grateful to celebrate one of our staff member’s retirement after 17 years of putting up with us! 😆 But seriously, we can’t say thank you enough for Angela’s care, humor, and faithfulness! 🤩😇❤️ We hope 2024 is an exciting year for her and her husband! Be sure to leave a “Congratulations” for Angela in the comments!

We can’t forget about sharing with you our new members who joined just the other day! Say, “Hello” and “Welcome” to Bob and Susan! 🙌🏼 We ask new members to share their answers to three questions. You can read Bob and Susan's answers below: 1. What made you stay when you first visited McEver Road Church? We kept coming back to McEver because we quickly felt welcome there, the campus is beautiful and the location is convenient. 2. What made you want to join McEver Road Church? We wanted to join McEver because the smaller size lends itself to a family atmosphere. We both found areas of interest where we could volunteer. 3. What are your hopes for McEver Road Church? The church is in a high growth area and we hope to meet more new members. We also look forward to further development of the property.

Let us warm your weekend with a shout out to our families who went caroling last week and brought out a whole lot of Christmas cheer ! 🎄🎶❤️😊

Cookies, reindeer games, Santa, and snow ball fights?!?! The Love on Tap crew hosted a fun-filled Christmas Party over at Liquid Nation the other week for all to enjoy!

We’re so grateful for one of our Sunday School classes making sure our homebound members are well cared for with thoughtful food baskets delivered straight to their door with a smile and a hug this season! 🤗❤️😇

Shout out to our wonderful volunteers serving throughout this Advent/Christmas season over at Good News at Noon making sure folks experiencing homelessness are WELL fed! 🙌🏼🎅🏼😋

On this Christmas day, we pray your family experiences the hope, peace, joy, and love of Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas!

What a beautiful, sacred evening carrying the light of Jesus born among us! 🕯️⭐️❤️ Wishing you a blessed Christmas Eve!

We're so glad to have had some of our core members of our School Partnership Team meet earlier this afternoon with Principal Wade and Assistant Principal Foster over at West Hall Middle to explore opportunities to strengthen our partnership with them. It was an encouraging time learning how big their hearts are for their students and we can't wait to help with all the good they are already doing!! ❤️🏫🎓

Cub Scout Pack 204 had a very merry Christmas party last night! There were games, awards, hot cocoa, crafts, and cookies - LOTS of cookies for the great cookie exchange! 🍪 We also had a special visitor come to take pictures with families! 🎅🏼 He was also the judge for the Den Leader snowman contest. ☃️ Which Den do you think won?! Let us know in the comments!!

So much fun tonight watching Elf and playing games with the kiddos!

What a joy to see the full transformation of our previous worship space renovated to help families in need through Family Promise at the ribbon cutting earlier this morning. ❤️ We can't wait for more and more families to be served in the months to come! 🙌🏼

Beautiful mother daughter duo this morning! We are so blessed by your music Melissa and Lily!

We enjoyed our first evening back with Family Promise of Hall County serving up some classic hotdogs, beans, and tots! 🌭😋 Shout out to a great team and the awesome families for a wonderful evening! 🙌🏼 By the way, we can’t wait to be a part of the Family Promise ribbon cutting in just a couple of weeks! 💯

These sorties of faith the last couple of weeks have been so heart-felt and encouraging! Thanks to two of our congregants, Linda and Bee, for sharing their stories of thanksgiving in all things this morning during one of our worship services! “The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.” (Lamentations 3:22, NLT)

Whoop whoop! It'a another new member introduction! Say, "Hello" to Lucas. We ask new members to share their answers to three questions. You can read Lucas' answers below, who kept them short and sweet, lol. Welcome to our church family, Lucas!! 1. What made you stay when you first visited McEver Road Church? The community is amazing!! 2. What made you want to join McEver Road Church? God. 3. What are your hopes for McEver Road Church? That we grow stronger and closer in faith.

Another Sunday to be grateful for as we heard a story of faith, welcomed new visitors, celebrated another member joining our congregation, AND our “Grateful Feast and Vision Share” lunch, where we highlighted all the the good God has done so far this year in and through our church as well as looked ahead to the future! Thanks to everyone who came, ate, and listened to how God is leading us to love, serve, and BE the church for a brighter tomorrow!! 🙌🏼🙏🏼😇

Shout out to one of our members, Mike Stewart, who completely renovated this 1965 Bolens 1250 Tractor! Thank you to Chris Tatum for the donation. We're already beginning to put the tractor to work and we have big plans for it's use throughout next year for our Community Garden and the rest of our property 🙌🏼

Last but certainly not least - it was a joy to welcome 5 new members this past Sunday! Say, "Welcome" to David!! We asked each member to share their answers to three questions. You can read David's answers below. Also, be sure to show some love in the comments for David and his renewed commitment to Jesus and to serving our community through our church!! 1. What made you stay when you first visited McEver Road Church? What made me stay was the friendly, outgoing people I met on the first visit. The pastors and congregants showed an interest in me and seemed genuine when greeting and welcoming me. 2. What made you want to join McEver Road Church? I wanted to join, which was a decision I did not take lightly. I like to be involved with like-minded people, who share a common vision and an uplifting spirit. This is not something you can determine after a couple of visits, but usually requires the test of time. This church has shown that it is Christ driven and has a desire to nurture people at the level that their relationship is with Christ, as well as help them grow in that relationship. When you join a church, you are not joining a building. You are joining with the people to become the church. Each person is a vital building block in the composition of what becomes a church. 3. What are your hopes for McEver Road Church? I hope to be a strong building block in the composition of the church. I hope to help this church grow, in membership as well as in the community. My hope and prayer is that this church becomes a shining light in the community, that will attract other belivers in Christ, like a lighthouse shining in the dark to help lost travellers find their way back!

Round #3! It was a joy to welcome 5 new members this past Sunday! Say, "Hello" to Jane and Morris!! We asked each member to share their answers to three questions. You can read Jane and Morris' answers below. Also, be sure to show some love in the comments for Jane and Morris and their renewed commitment to Jesus and to serving our community through our church!! 1. What made you stay when you first visited McEver Road Church? I really liked the pastors; also, I loved the setting of the church and the way volunteers from the congregation came together to build the pavilion and so many other features of our campus. 2. What made you want to join McEver Road Church? After spending some time worshipping at McEver Road, I knew it was time to become an official to fully commit and serve. 3. What are your hopes for McEver Road Church? I hope and believe that McEver will play a significant role in our surrounding community. What excites me is the really fresh approach to faithful living that is emerging.

What a beautiful day for a walk! 🍂🧡 Join on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. on our church campus to walk, enjoy nature, and chat along the way! Families and pets are welcome!

It was a joy to welcome 5 new members this past Sunday! Say, "Hello" to Pam!! We asked each member to share their answers to three questions. You can read Pam's answers below. Also, be sure to show some love in the comments for Pam and her renewed commitment to Jesus and to serving our community through our church!! 1. What made you stay when you first visited McEver Road Church? The friendliness of the people at the church, it was very welcoming and comfortable from the first time we came in and sat down. 2. What made you want to join McEver Road Church? I felt like I have found a home here, with a family-like atmosphere. Plus with all the community activities, it is also a fun place to be. 3. What are your hopes for McEver Road Church? To continue to grow as a congregation, as we all work together to become closer to God.

It was a joy to welcome 5 new members this past Sunday! Meet John, who was baptized into the family of God. We asked each member to share their answers to three questions. You can read John's answers below. Also, be sure to show some love in the comments for John and his commitment to Jesus and to serving our community through our church!! 1. What made you stay when you first visited McEver Road Church? It had been a long time since I had seen a family church and wasn't sure they still existed. I stayed because this is my wife's childhood church and I liked its direction. 2. What made you want to join McEver Road Church? I had been thinking about it and I felt like if I really want to help this church succeed, I should kind of put my money where my mouth is. 3. What are your hopes for McEver Road Church? That it continues to welcome all-comers. That it continues to welcome them like family. That it will always look outward and not be closed off to the community.

What an amazing, faith-filled Sunday! We welcomed 5 new members, including one baptism! 🙏🏼💧😇 We also recognized All Saints (pausing to remember those faith-filled folks who have poured into and shaped us but have passed away) during our celebration of Communion. We also had a story of faith shared from one of our charter members of our church. 🤩 ❤️🙌🏼 That’s a lot of church “stuff” but what it boils down to is that we are GRATEFUL for all that God has done, is doing, and will do!! 🥰

Happy Halloween! What an amazing time we had at Trunk-R-Treat we had this past Sunday! Thank you to Oakwood Police Dept, the city of Oakwood, UNG- Gainesville, Oakwood First UMC, Hope Fellowship Presbyterian, McEver Rd Church, and all the folks that showed up. Congratulations to our kiddos best costume, chili cookoff winner, and best decorated trunk. The weather was great and it was great day to be in community together.

Last Saturday was so much fun with our Halloween Costume Paw-ty for both pets and humans! Cookie-crafting, potion-making, pet blessing, and Photo Booth fun! 🐶🦴🕸️🕷️🎃🧙‍♂️🙌🏼 (Shout out to Pet Supplies Plus and Pet Pleasers Bakery for their awesome donations for the grand-prize pet costume contest winners!! 😉🧡) We are keeping the Halloween vibes going with our Trunk-or-Treat event TOMORROW (Sunday) from 4 pm - 6 pm at downtown Oakwood! It's fun, free, and safe for the whole family! Invite your family and friends to come out for a costume contest, candy, bounce house, hotdogs, s'mores station, chili contest, and more! See you then!

More details about the costume pawty tomorrow! Also, which 90s Halloween cardigan is your favorite?

Spooky craft planned for tomorrows Pawty with the Pets! Come dressed with your pet in your Halloween best! Prizes for best costume for both pets and humans. Lots of fun activities for everyone, including candy and treats, pet blessing, Photo Booth, cookie decorating, crafts, and more!

Pet Pleasers Bakery donated our prize for our pet costume contest winner! Will we see you there this Saturday? @liquidnationbrewing @humanesocietynega

Little Pumpkin Patch // opens Saturday Oct 7 while supplies last at 5226 McEver Road! Cashless payments only, proceeds go toward construction of a community children’s garden and play area. Drop your favorite fall emoji in the comments if we will see you there!

Shout out to some of the women of McEver Road Church, who have been journeying through the book Strength in the Struggle on Monday nights this Fall. Keep it up!! 💪🏼❤️‍🩹🙌🏼

We hope you had as great of a Monday as these students did! We were grateful to be able to partner with the choir program of West Hall High School to donate five acoustic guitars, four electric pianos w/ stands, and 14 sets of headphones!! Thank you to Mr. Elsey, Choir Teacher, and Ms. McNeilly, School Counselor, for bringing us this opportunity to help meed the need of the program's student enrollment significantly increasing this year. More instruments mean these added students now have the opportunity to better learn and rehearse! We're excited about our developing our partnership with WHHS and are grateful the ongoing support of Principal Hathcock! 🎸🎹🎧🎶❤️

There's always some unanticipated needs that come up at the beginning of the school year. We're glad that one of our Sunday School classes already donated money for school supplies just for this reason! We were able to purchase lots of binders for West Hall Middle School!! We're always grateful to support our schools! 🤓📚💯

We hope you're having a great start to your week! Pastor Chris reminded us on Sunday to "not let God's grace stop with you." We hope you are able to both receive and offer God's grace to others in every circumstance. Remember: Breathe. God loves you. God offers grace. God will use you right where you are. 🙏🏼 Blessings on you for the rest of your day and week! 😇

Rain went away and sunshine came out along with a refreshing breeze = perfect weather for a church picnic earlier this afternoon! 🍃🌤️🧺🍔🌭🍽️ Thanks to everyone who shared (and ate!) 😋❤️

As the first day of Fall approaches, we have been gearing up with book studies of all kinds! On Wednesdays, a group is exploring the possibilities through “Mission-Minded Guide to Church and School Partnerships.” We can’t wait to apply what they are learning! ⛪️❤️🏫

We had a great time hosting our “Back-to-Pack” Meeting for Cub Scout Pack 204! Fun, food, and making/decorating box-derby cars!! 🤩🍕📦🚗