Posts by Beth Palmer
Easter Letter to Congregation
April 9, 2025 Beloved Community, As we round the final corner of Lent, I am reflecting on this season of Lament and Theological Reflection. I’ve found it to be meaningful to read the words of our newly adopted United Methodist Social Principles alongside our heartfelt laments, both past and present. This is a complex and challenging season as humans, but we are not alone, and our laments are not falling on deaf ears. This is a huge part of what we celebrate on…
Held
April 16, 2025A Note from Beth Palmer Hello Friends, I walked my first prayer labyrinth probably 25 years ago, and it was a powerful God experience that has stayed with me. It was an outdoor labyrinth, surrounded by beautiful landscaping, sometime in the fall just as the weather was starting to cool. A lovely evening. I started with a couple of deeper, centering breaths (my friend Vicki had given me some guidance). Then I began walking slowly and mindfully along…
Campus Futures Focus Groups
Join us for conversation & discernment around our church buildings and campus for the future Location: Meet in the Warehouse 839 worship space for the in-person sessions The Hilliard Food Pantry Plus has made a formal request to stay on the campus of Hilliard UMC for the foreseeable future. As they discern what they will need in order to meet the growing needs of our community, we are entering into a time as a whole church of considering what it would…
Welcoming the Neighbor
April 9, 2025A Note from Amma Jackson Dear Friends, “Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored; renew our days as of old.” ~Lamentations 5:21 It was in the late hours of July 12, 2013, when it finally dawned on me: I am leaving the place I’ve called home all my life — my family, my friends, and everything I’ve known since birth. As I sat in the airport with my husband, Andrew, I was deep in thought.…