YOU’RE INVITED!
4185 Buckley Hall Rd
Cobbs Creek, VA 23035
SERVICE TIMES
SUNDAY
9:45 AM – Sunday School
11:00 AM – Worship Service
WEDNESDAY
10:00 AM – Called Per Pastor
7:00 PM – Evening Bible Study
CXL November 26, December 24
TUESDAY
10:00 AM – Bible Study
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NOVEMBER 2025
November 23: Food Pantry
Choir Practice
Advent Decoration & Soup Dinner @ 5 PM. Please bring a dish or dessert to share. Thanks!
November 24: Thanksgiving Meal Box Pickup from 1 PM to 3 PM
November 27: Thanksgiving
November 30: 1st Day of Advent “A Pending Invitation”
Mathews Christmas Store Collection
Hanging of the Greens @ 11 AM
DECEMBER 2025
December 1: LIFT Mathews Meeting @ 7 PM @ MCUMC
December 4: Staff Meeting @ 11 AM
December 7: 2nd Sunday of Advent “A Tangible Hope”
Mathews Christmas Store Collection
Communion
Baptism of Hardin Wayne Buchanan @ 11 Durning Worship Service. Reception to follow.
December 11: Staff Meeting @ 11 AM
December 13: Mathews Christmas Parade
Float Setup @ 9 AM
Parade Starts @ 12 PM
December 14: 3rd Sunday of Advent “A Desert in Bloom”
District Superintendent Visits
Getting to know the District Superintendent Rev. Lindsey B. Freeman Luncheon
December 18: Staff Meeting @ 11 AM
December 21: 4th Sunday of Advent “Somewhere Between”
1st Day of Winter
Pennies from Heaven
Live Navity with LIFT Mathews from 5 to 8 PM
Weather Permitting. Rescheduled Date TBD.
December 22: Deadline for January Calendar 2026
December 24: Christmas Eve Worship Service @ 8 PM
December 25: Christmas!
December 28: 1st Sunday after Christmas-Lay Preacher
Food Pantry
December 31: New Year’s Eve!
NOTICE
CURRENT UPDATE ON NEW WEBSITE: Planned Switch Over Scheduled Spring 2026. Work is currently in progress. The new website is currently in the middle of waiting on old contract company to expire for the final switchover. Also, please note that our donate page is down on our website. Our new QR Code and Text to Give number is available on our weekly newsletter and Sunday Bulletin. It will be updated on here in the following weeks. Please check back soon for this update. Thanks for your continued patience!
2025/2026 DIRECTORY UPDATES
If you want a more current updated list of address and phone numbers of our members, please pick up a copy on the back of table in sanctuary. We will be doing a 2026 version with additional corrections and photos. This is the best time to let Erin Kerr, MCUMC Office Administrator, if you see any errors, suggestions, or otherwise before the 2026 which will be more finalized than the current one. Thanks!
UMCOR-JAMAICA AID RELIEF
If anyone wants to donate to the Hurricane Relief for Jamaica, please make checks payable to Mathews Chapel UMC and in the note line include the following: Advance #982450.
MISSIONS-MATHEWS DSS CHRISTMAS STORE
When: December 12-13
Collection Dates For: November 30 & December 7
Items Needed: New Household Items (Kitchen Items, Small Appliances, Bed Linens, Throws, Etc.) Clothing Items (Gloves, Socks, Caps, Etc.) and toys, games, puzzles, etc…
We thank you in advance for any items that you contribute for our neighbors here in Mathews.
COMMUNITY NEWS
DECEMBER 2: Redcross Blood Drive
Piankatank Ruritan Building from 12:30-6:00 PM
American Legion Post 83 & The Mathews Woman’s Club will be sponsoring.
Appointments can be made at http://redcrossblood.org or 804-725-2485.
DECEMBER 4, 11, 18: Mathews Community Advent Worship @ 12 PM @ Westville Christian Church
