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Join us on Wednesday, January 14th for Pasta Night! Dinner is a pasta bar, garlic bread and a mixed green salad provided by Ruckus. Pasta bar includes a choice of alfredo, marinara or pesto pasta with the choice of grilled chicken, meatballs or veggies. Gluten-free pasta available upon request.
Dinner will be served from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m., followed by programming for all ages from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Register here for dinner by Monday evening.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! It takes many hands to make these nights run smoothly. There are opportunities to help with dinner, as well as children’s and youth activities. If you’re interested, please use the sign-up links below to volunteer. Every role makes a difference, and we’re grateful for your support. Contact Jason Trice with any questions.
Dinner Volunteer Sign-Up
Children's Ministry Volunteer Sign-Up
Youth Ministry Volunteer Sign-Up
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This week we're sharing a letter from a member of Hayes Barton United Methodist Church who reached out for help from a Stephen Minister during a difficult time in her life. This same ministry is available to all members of our congregation who are experiencing any one of life’s challenges including, for example, loss of a loved one, a serious medical diagnosis, or divorce.
Click here to read the letter.
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This winter, we’re offering three new book and Bible studies beginning Wednesday, January 14 and running through Wednesday, February 11:
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Parenting & Grandparenting as Prayer | 6:30–7:30pm, led by Matt Ashburn and Mary June Jones
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Esther Bible Study | 4:00–5:30pm, led by Lindsey Nugent
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Richard Rohr’s The Tears of Things | 6:30–7:30pm, led by Pastor Sarah, David & Dianne Jones
Register here and please note that the signup link includes three tabs at the top — one for each study. We hope you’ll join us!
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Join the UMM for Race & Real Estate in Raleigh: Faithful Responses to Displacement
with Rev. Rob Stephens, January 20 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. A native of Winston-Salem, NC, Rev. Stephens is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, a trainer and organizer with the Racial Equity Institute, and Faith Outreach Coordinator for the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW). He is a member of the Men of Southeast Raleigh, Housing Chair for the Raleigh-Apex Branch of the NAACP and works with the newly formed Alliance of Rooted Communities, a network of over a dozen Black neighborhoods in the Triangle working together to counter displacement and build on the rich history and power in our communities. Dinner is $10. Click here to register.
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Elementary Movie Night is tonight, January 9th @ 5:30 PM. Bring a friend and watch Zootopia with us. Register in advance!
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Sunday, January 11th: Join us for our Campfire Night UMYF Winter Kickoff from 5-7pm. All 6th-12th graders are invited. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket, a jacket, and $10 for dinner.
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Join us on February 1st from 5-6:30 p.m. for a warm, delicious evening of food and fellowship - all in support of the HBUMC Youth Summer Service Trips to North Carolina and the greater Appalachia region!
Bring your family, invite your friends, and enjoy both meat and vegetarian chili options, homemade with love by our church community. Whether you’re joining us for dinner, picking up pre-ordered quarts, or grabbing extra for your freezer, every purchase directly supports our youth mission work.
In addition to our chili dinner, we will host bingo and a chili cook-off competition for prizes! Enter your chili to win!!
Registration closes January 28th at midnight! Click to learn more and sign up.
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Please join us on February 26 from 6:00 - 8:15 p.m. for Together in Faith: An Evening for Women with Kate Bowler, a Duke University associate professor, award-winning podcast host, and four-time New York Times bestselling author. Together in Faith is hosted by four congregations in the Raleigh area: Christ Episcopal Church, Hayes Barton United Methodist Church, St. Michael's Episcopal Church and White Memorial Presbyterian Church. Learn more and purchase tickets here.
As we prepare for our this event, we invite you to attend one of our book studies or gatherings. Please note that these gatherings are optional. They will be led by clergy and staff members of the participating churches. Click here to learn more and sign up!
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Fairport Farms is growing their Certified Naturally Grown, regenerative produce throughout the winter by installing new tunnels on their property to provide nutritious food to those that are food insecure in our communities all year.
For the first time they will offer a 4-week Winter CSA season in January 2026, with an option to donate shares to the NC State Food Pantry. Deliveries will be on the following Fridays: January 23, 30, February 6, 13.
The Winter CSA share will be shorter than our usual 8-week seasons, making it a great time to give the CSA a try. Click here to learn more and sign up by January 14.
| | "Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking and always doing something. Prayer is to enter into that activity....Convert your thoughts into prayer. As we are involved in unceasingly thinking, so we are called to unceasing prayer. The difference is not that prayer is thinking about other things, but that prayer is thinking in dialogue......a conversation with God." - Henri Nouwen | | |
Prayer Requests
We believe God is present in the prayers we lift up for one another.
To add a name to the prayer concerns bookmark, published each week in the bulletin, please email prayer@hbumc.org. If your prayer concern is confidential, and you want only to share with the pastors, please indicate so in your email. We will keep names on the prayer bookmark for one month, unless otherwise requested.
Please hold these places and people in your hearts this week:
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DEATHS
Calvin E. Pollins Jr., brother of Ann Thompson, died January 4th, 2026
PRAYER CONCERNS
Zack Anstett
Dorothy Ashworth
Bill Collins
Steve Gill
Pat & Bud Gore
Gilbert Hay
Trish Holmes
Jo Ann & Nevelle Jones
Chuck Kavcsak
the Mahan family
Steve Motter
Krystina Ortiz
Jane Preiss
Jim Riggins
Sue Robertson
Gladys Rose
Theresa & Dick Stevens
Victoria Sullivan
Billie Lee Whisnant
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ONGOING PRAYER CONCERNS
Our Government Leaders
Those Affected by Natural Disasters
Our In-Crowd Members
Peace in Palestine, Israel, Haiti and Ukraine
OUR CHURCH LEADERS
Pastors David, Sarah, Matt, and Claire
Our HBUMC Ministry Team
District Superintendent Alan Felton
Bishop Connie Shelton
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