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.
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
- 10:45 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 children’s sermon for kids from ages 4 years old through 3rd Grade. 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 3-year-olds during Worship. Child care is also offered during the Sunday School hour for infants through 2-year-olds. Each child will need to be signed in and signed out by a parent or guardian.
Hudson UMC Worship Services are on Hudson Community TV. Broadcasts of the prior week’s service will be aired from 8:30-9:30 am on Spectrum TV channel 1021. Channel content can also be streamed at hudsoncommunity.tv
Join Hudson UMC, online or in person, and learn what it takes to live an Easter lifestyle. “You Will Be My Witnesses:”
April 14 – “Sharing Community” Acts 2:43-47; 4:32-25 April 21 – “Breaking Down Barriers” Acts 10:1-20
April 28 – “Power to be Bold” Acts 4:1-4, 23-31
May 5 – “Offering of Oneself” Acts 16:6-15
May 12 – “Promised Power” Acts 1:1-11 May 19 – Pentecost The Church: United or Untied? Acts 2:1-21
The world was transformed by those who witnessed to the Resurrection, with faithful intentionality let’s live as through Easter makes a difference!
Announcements
- The April Newsletter is now available
- FEED MY SHEEP
- Paper Towels for HUDSON FOOD PANTRY
- HUMC 50th year of ASP!
- OPEN M Lunches and Mt of Food
The April edition of the church newsletter is now available online.
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.
Appalachia Service Project (ASP) is an adult and youth mission project that aims to make homes warmer, safer, and drier for those in need. 2024 is Hudson United Methodist Church’s 50th year of service volunteering at ASP! Youth and adults will be serving in Kentucky from Sunday, June 9th through Saturday, June 15th, 2024. We would love to have you join us on this experience. Prior construction knowledge is not required. If you would like additional information, are looking for ways to support the trip, or would like to volunteer please contact Bill Centrello.
Food Pantry Collections – 200 cans of Tuna each month. Please put your donations into the wood box 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.
April 22, May 20, June 17, July 22, August 19, September 23, 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.
April 19, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20
We are serving the week of June 9 – 15, 2024. The cost for the trip is expected to be $7,000 – $9,000, which covers transportation, room and board, and building supplies. Please consider making a financial donation to support our teams this year.
Your contribution is tax-deductible. You can donate in one of the following ways:
- using the Realm app, by selecting the fund Missions (Appalachian Service Project)
- in-person during Worship Services, office, or by placing a check in the Financial Secretary’s mailbox in the church office (put ASP 2024 on the memo line of your envelope/check)
Here is some insight into the levels of expenses we must cover, however, any gift is greatly appreciated:
- A gift of comfort: $75 treats the team to well-deserved snacks or ice cream
- A gift of hope: $100 covers one-way gasoline expenses to Kentucky
- A gift of warmth: $250 helps defray participation expenses for a single volunteer
- A gift of love: $500 helps defray the cost of team supplies for the week
- A gift of compassion: $1,500 pays for the rental cost of one van
