To our Visitors and Guests:

We welcome visitors and guests to Newark United Methodist Church in the same spirit of hospitality that Jesus showed when he gathered little children on his knee, healed the Canaanite woman’s daughter, and sat at table with tax collectors and sinners; of Abraham when he entertained the three men at the Oaks of Mamre; and of the father who welcomed the prodigal son home with a great feast. (Mark 10: 13-16; Matthew 15: 22-28; Luke 15:1-7; Genesis 18:1-15; Luke 15:11-32.)
         
 
We greet visitors and guests during the Sharing of the Peace in each worship service, and visitors are invited to note their presence among us by registering in our red “Friendship Pads.” First-time visitors receive a welcome greeting by mail containing information about the church and its ministries. Those who return to worship with us may expect a friendly telephone call from a volunteer member of our Witness Team, just to answer any questions about our church or its programs and ministries. Visitors are invited to participate in our ministries and to receive communion with us from the very first visit!
 
           
   
   
     
   

Information about Membership and Baptism:

  • Adults and older teens may become members of Newark United Methodist Church
    • by profession of faith in Jesus Christ,
    • by reaffirmation of faith after an absence from church life,
    • by transfer of membership from another denomination or
    • by transfer from another United Methodist Church.
  • If a person has never been baptized they will be baptized and received into membership at the same time, in a regular service of worship.
  • Children and babies are baptized into the universal church of Jesus Christ and are considered “preparatory members” of the United Methodist Church.
    • For more information or to schedule a baptism, please contact the Senior Pastor at 302-368-8774.
    • We baptize by pouring or sprinkling; immersion baptism may be arranged on special request. We recognize the baptism of other Christian denominations, and so we do not re-baptize persons who come to us to become members.
    • Adults and teens who receive baptism are invited to full membership at the time of their baptism.
  • Younger teens (those in 7th, 8th and 9th grades) and their parent(s) are invited to participate in a nine-month period of preparation for confirmation – when they are invited to make their own profession of the faith into which they were baptized. Again, those not previously baptized will be baptized at the same time as their profession of faith.
  • Regular visitors are invited to take part in New Member Classes, either by telephone, special mailing, or inserts in the Sunday bulletin. New member classes are held three of four times a year, fall, winter and spring, or more often as needed.
  • Classes for new adult and older teen members are held on four Sunday afternoons, and new members are received in a service of worship on Sunday morning. The four sessions are organized around the themes:
    • What is Methodism? Where do we fit in the church of Jesus Christ? What is distinctive about the UMC?
    • Methodist spirituality – growing in grace, growing in love
    • Methodists in mission – the church in the world (Main Street, Newark, and beyond), stewarding our resources for mission
    • Methodists in ministry – opportunities for ministry in and through NUMC.

Please contact our Senior Pastor at 302-368-8774, if you have any questions about membership or baptism in the United Methodist Church.
     
       
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