Fairlington UMC

Due to covid-19, Our Sunday worship services have evolved.

You are invited to join us for prayer, music and fellowship

Sunday Communion Outdoors at 9am ~ Sunday Worship Online 11am

and Wednesday Communion Outdoors at 8:30am

Send your confidential prayer requests to prayers@fairlingtonumc.org.

If you wish to support our ongoing ministry to the critical needs of our neighbors click here.

Fairlington UMC is a Reconciling Congregation with open hearts, open minds, and open doors. NO MATTER WHAT, you are welcome here as a beloved child of God regardless of age, race, physical or mental ability, sexual orientation, gender identity, family structure, faith history, or life experience.

What's Coming Up

Celebrating Connections! Annual Stewardship Campaign & Pledge Card Drive

This year’s stewardship theme, Celebrating Connections: 75 Years of Fairlington Community is an important recognition that we can rejoice in our connections as a congregation when we are physically together or socially distancing. Completing a pledge card, either a paper card or e-pledge on-line, demonstrates your annual giving commitment to our church.

Pledging enables us to more accurately budget and plan for missions’ programs, ensure our staff and clergy are paid to minister to those in need and help us in our spiritual growth, support programs and services for our community, and address building maintenance and operations. The stewardship letter, a link to the e-pledge system and other information is available by clicking here.

Questions? Call the church office at 703-671-8557 or send us an EMAIL

Small Group communion services

In the wilderness habitat next to the upper parking lot. Rain location: Fellowship Hall, rear entrance

9am sundays
8:30am wednesdays
Click here for the program for 8:30am Wed. Oct 21
Don't forget to fill in the
Health Form

For 9am Sunday - check back Saturday
- Participants should bring their own chairs and
- communion elements (bread and wine/grape juice).
- Everyone must wear masks.
- RSVP's aren't necessary.
- For more info contact
- Chenda Innis Lee at chenda@fairlingtonumc.org
Pledge drop and
preview the chapel renovation

Sunday, October 25 3:30-5pm

We are excited to welcome you to the church building for a socially distanced pledge card drop and an informal preview of the newly renovated chapel space on our Stewardship Sundays This is an opportunity to physically place your pledge card into a basket and preview the chapel space. The pledge card drops are being held in accordance to appropriate guidelines: 1) Masks are required at all times inside and outside of the building; 2) One-way flow of foot traffic into and out of the building, accommodations will be made for those needing the elevator; 3) Baskets will be placed inside the building for pledge cards; 4) Families and individuals must be socially distanced by 6-feet in the building; and 5) Socially distanced conversations with fellow church members and friends are welcome outside the building but no gathering is allowed inside the building.
When Life is frightening we need to know our lives are on solid footing. . .

This coming fall and winter Fairlington United Methodist Church is offering (on zoom) a free, 10-session in-depth look at the foundations of the Christian faith.
We’ll cover such topics as the nature of the Bible and how to find hope and a sense of security from its pages. We’ll discuss the nature of grace and what that means to us every day. In addition we’ll work toward a greater understanding of God’s forgiveness and the social nature of our faith.
Doubts and questions are welcome and expected.
continued: click here.
WEDNESDAY Noontime GatheringS

NOW IT's EVERY WEDNESDAY
You are invited to gather online via zoom video conference. One of our pastors will lead a devotion, check-in with those gathered and lead a prayer. It is easy to join. Click here to enter the conference . To join via cell phone, dial
301 715 8592 and enter the ID 648 841 4599.
Reclaim Our Vote!
Join Beth El Hebrew Congregation's Phone Bank
and Call Voters.

Beth El Hebrew Congregation has invited us to join their Reclaim Our Vote Phone Bank Team reaching out to voters who are disproportionately impacted by stringent voting laws. Voter disenfranchisement has dramatically increased in Virginia (and a number of other states) in recent years, particularly among communities of color. To ensure that everyone who is legally eligible to vote actually has the opportunity to do so, Beth El has partnered with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, the Center for Common Ground (Reclaim Our Vote), and the Poor People's Campaign to participate in non-partisan phone banks designed to ensure that people who have been deactivated in the voter rolls are aware that they may need to re-register for their votes to be counted.

All you need is a phone and a computer/tablet. Beth El offers training at each session. Beth El conducts these sessions via Zoom because they have found it increases motivation and a sense of community. For more information about participating (there are numerous one-hour sessions throughout October), please email Gerry Hebert at ghebert1949@gmail.com
Kids club
10am sunday

During Kids Club, we talk and hang out, sing a little bit, learn a Bible story, and check in to see how we are doing. Our program this fall, Tell Me The Stories of Jesus, will be a sharing time about some of Jesus’ parables. We look forward to seeing you there, and remember:
We hope to see you soon!
For zoom coordinates contact
Contact Rev. Christian White: christian@fairlingtonumc.org.
STHE 2020 UNITED STATES
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

For information on requirements, polling locations, ballots, etc. go to
www.vote.arlingtonva.us
www.alexandriava.gov/Elections
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections
The League of Women Voters of Virginia
www.lwv-va.org