making an impression

This is the sermon from our First Light service from Sunday, November 3, 2019.  Our topic is family and the passage is Esther 2:5-7.

Bishop Palmer Address

Here is a word from Bishop Palmer about our focus that will be introduced at our Charge Conference and carried through Annual Conference in June of 2020.
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All Saints Day 2019

Pastor Tim’s article featured in The Evening Leader on Monday, Nov 4, 2019 November 1 was last Friday and is known as All Saints Day, a day we commemorate all of the people who have passed away this past year.  This important day is an annual reminder that we are both the product of the
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Bulletin Nov 3

Here is our Bulletin from Sunday, Nov 3, 2019 11-3-19 Wayne Street

worship based on Ezra

This is the sermon from Wayne Street UMC’s Awaken service on October 27, 2019. The goal of corporate worship is the creation of sanctuary for all participants. It is everyone’s job to work together to create this safe space we can all enjoy together.

Pastors are people too

Pastor Tim’s article that appeared in The Evening Leader on Monday, Oct 28, 2019 One of the many great experiences I have had over the past year+ that I have been living in St Marys and serving at Wayne Street is the chance to meet the other pastors here in town.  St Marys has a
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Oct 27 Bulletin

This is the bulletin from Sunday, Oct 27, 2019 10-27-19 Wayne Street

Mess to Masterpiece

This is our Operation Christmas Child video that we shared in service on Sunday, Oct 27, 2019. If you would like more information on how you can help Wayne Street support the mission and ministry of OCC, contact us with this link: click this link to let us know. OCC boxes are due back to the

Incarcerated people

Article written by Pastor Tim Benjamin published in The Evening Leader on Monday, Oct 21, 2019 I spent 8 years serving my previous church in Lima and during that time I developed a relationship with two people who are now incarcerated.  I knew one of them prior to their prison term. I met the family

Prayer of Jabez

This is Pastor Tim’s sermon from Oct 20, 2019.  It is based on 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 and looks at Jabez, a man who had a difficult past and prayed for a brighter future.