On Sunday, 3 May, Pastor Matthew announced that ESUMC gave a €1,000 donation to the Diakonie COVID-19 relief fund. The gift came from the ESUMC mission fund which supports several ESUMC mission initiatives including the United Methodist mission in Albania. Diakonie director Maria Katharina Moser offered a brief word of thanks to the congregation during … [Read more…]

Thank you for your patience, creativity, and willingness to adapt these past two months. When we entered 2020 nearly four months ago, I could not have imagined that we would spend our entire Easter season with restricted movements and no public worship in our church building. The pandemic has affected every aspect of our congregational … [Read more…]

As many of you know, Chancellor Kurz announced the reopening of churches on 15 May under certain conditions. On Thursday, the government in cooperation with the heads of state-recognized churches and confessions agreed the details and conditions of reopening of houses of worship. We give thanks for the change and the possibility of reopening church … [Read more…]

ESUMC mission coordinator Andree van Rooy announced on Sunday, 19 April during morning devotions that ESUMC made a special €1,500 grant to the Methodist mission in Macedonia. The grant comes from the ESUMC mission fund. Due to poverty, bad economy, internal strife, and lack of good infrastructure, Macedonia has been particularly hard by the COVID-19 … [Read more…]