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Post Office Box 297
121 Church Street
Mathews, Virginia 23109
 
Church Office: (804)725-2832
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Parsonage: (804)725-3332
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"I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord."
-- Psalm 122:1

      Welcome to Central United Methodist Church, a growing congregation, serving a rural community in scenic Mathews County, Virginia. Central offers worship and fellowship, as well as a close-knit, loving church family. The congregation seeks to serve God and the community through individual acts as well as its small groups, United Methodist Women and United Methodist Men.

      Central has been a visible presence in the community since 1873 and continues to worship God with song and preaching of the Word. Come and join the celebration of God's goodness and His love!

Worship and Sunday School

We worship on Sundays at 9:15 a.m. Sunday School is meeting in the church Fellowship Hall on Sundays at 10:15 a.m.  Online Sunday School for all ages begins at 10:30 a.m. on Zoom.  Our worship style is considered traditional, with responsive liturgies, dynamic hymns, powerful Scripture, and dynamic preaching. Our worship team keeps our services interesting and you will not want to miss a Sunday!

Weekly Schedule

Sunday Worship: 9:15 
(In-Person and on our YouTube Channel)
 
In-Person Sunday School: 10:15
  
 Please see the calendar for a schedule of all church activities.

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We have a YouTube channel!

 In addition to our in-person worship service, either live or a recorded video of our worship service is available weekly on Sundays at 9:15 a.m.  View the archive of these videos any time on our YouTube channel.

News From the United Methodist Church

  • Deacons take God’s work beyond the church
    Deacons are ordained United Methodist clergy called to carry God’s words and works outside church walls. This year marks 30 years since The United Methodist Church declared deacons to be a distinct, permanent order of ministry.
  • A ministry of healing
    Faith, resilience and self-care come together in United Methodist pastor’s unique ministry, which includes a vegan skincare line.
  • Embracing role-playing games at church
    Once a scourge to conservative Christians, Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing games are now sometimes hosted at United Methodist churches, where players say the games can reinforce things they learn in church.
  • Inclusivity brings church back from the brink
    In 2017, Glendale United Methodist Church didn’t look like it was going to survive long. But committed lay people, a dedicated pastor and radical inclusiveness turned things around.
  • A United Methodist call to healthy aging
    The United Methodist Church should serve as a model for healthy aging and caregiving. “It is not simply a healthcare issue. It is a discipleship issue,” writes retired pastor.

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The Daily Light

Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth.
  • See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. -- I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. -- My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
  • I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. -- As a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. -- Now no chastening for the present, seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. -- Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
  • I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Deut 32:39; Jer 29:11; Isa 55:8; Hos 2:14; Deut 8:5; Heb 12:11; 1 Pet 5:6; Psa 119:75