New and Ongoing Ministries

Local missions include Backpack Blessings food ministry serving seven students weekly at the Pre-K Center; Interfaith food box delivery on first and third Thursdays; Days for Girls “Sewing Saturday” on first and third Saturdays; and Greendale Forest nursing home ministry on second Tuesdays. Interested volunteers may contact Gwen Skinner at (252) 560-7747 for information about how to help. Days for Girls meets on first and third Saturdays beginning January 3, 2026. We hope by then to have a definitive number of kits needed in the Dominican Republic for the March trip.

Also, if anyone has any denim of any kind that they would like to donate to a cause called Sole Hope, where they make shoes for children in Uganda, I would be happy to receive that denim and process it for their use. Volunteer Drivers are available for rides to church events and medical appointments. Please call or text Linda Dunn at (252) 560-1465 for the driver list to plan and set up your drive as needed.

Grief and Loss Support Group meets on second Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall beginning January 8, 2026. For additional information about any Grief and Loss Group plans, contact Linda Dunn at (252) 560-1465. Sunday 4F (Food, Fellowship, Fun, Formation) meets on second and fourth Sunday evenings at 5:30 p.m. beginning January 11, 2026. For more information, contact Pastor Gina at (252) 341-1324.

Tuesday Morning Study meets in person weekly on Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Beginning in January, the group will be studying Kristin Clarke-Banks’ “Light, Life, Salvation,” part of the UMC Adult Bible Studies series. For more information, contact Pastor Gina at (252) 341-1324.

Wednesday Afternoon Study meets in person for lunch and fellowship at 12:30 p.m. and study at 1:30 p.m. on first and third Wednesdays in the Fellowship Hall. During January, the group will conclude its study of The First Advent in Palestine by Kelley Nicondeha. For more information, contact George Mewborn at (252) 286-7616.

Greene Branches is the new Greene County pastors association that Connect Church is supporting. The group will meet for dinner and planning on Monday, January 12 at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.