Overview of the West Grove United Methodist Church

Sunday Morning Activities:

  • Contemporary worship service 8:30 a.m.
  • Traditional worship service 11:00 a.m.
  • Sunday school for all ages 9:45 a.m.
  • Child care available all morning
  • Children's worship available at both services

Adult activities and opportunities:

  • Various Bible studies offered day and evening
  • Music programs including; praise band, chancel choir, hand bell choir
  • Monthly worship services of prayer and healing
  • Marriage enrichment small group
  • United Methodist Women
  • Ministries of Health
  • Grief share ministry
  • Financial management programs

Children and youth activities:

  • Mission possible youth group (5th and 6th grade)
  • C.I.A.-Christians in Action (7th thru 12th grade)
  • Annual youth retreat
  • Children's choir
  • Children's Morning Out preschool program
  • Children's Sunday School
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Confirmation class (7th and 8th grade)

Special events:

  • Easter Egg Hunt, Live Nativity, Trunk or Treat, Chicken BBQ, Strawberry Picnic, Rummage Sale, Fall Bazaar, Christmas Music Celebration

West Grove UMC by Statistics:

  • More than 80 youth and adults participate in Sunday school classes
  • Church membership stands at 394
  • Children's morning out preschool attracts children from 1 1/2 to 5 years old

Touching our community:

  • Community woman's Bible study
  • Vacation Bible School
  • Chester county Intermediate Unit
  • Girl Scouts and AA meetings weekly
  • Knit Wits (making afghans for local shelters)
  • Camp Dreamcatcher (for children with HIV / AIDS)
  • Vegetable garden food outreach
  • Kennet Food Pantry collection
  • RAP (Retired Active People) meet monthly
  • Pastoral care for Jenner's Pond residents
  • Monthly Bible study with Lincoln University
  • Crop Walk for hunger (30-40 participants)
  • Adopt-a-Highway quarterly road cleanup
  • Quarterly worship service at Chatham Acres
  • Support of local families at Christmas

Touching our world:

  • Annual mission trip (Alaska in 2009)
  • Support 2 missionaries: one in Tanzania and one in the U.S.
  • Support for Les family in Ukraine with an $800 yearly gift
  • Support a scholarship fund for two students at seminary in Tanzania
  • Raised $6,500 toward a new water collection system for the village around a seminary in Tanzania
  • Support for Seminary in Tanzania
  • Support for 3 international children
  • Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes collection
  • Contribute $11,540 for worldwide programs of UMC
  • Contribute almost $16,500 for local and national missions

For additional information contact the church office; (610) 869-9334