Nurture & Education

Caring Ministries

Green Prayer Request Cards are in each pew attendance pad and at the Welcome Center. We invite everyone to share their Joys & Concerns Prayer Requests. You can select to have your requests shared with our Pastors, our Caring Ministry team and/or our Prayer Chain. You may fill one out and hand it to an usher, drop it in the Joy & Concerns box at the Welcome Center, or put it in Mailbox #1 in the office.

Our church-wide Prayer Chain can also be activated for your special prayer requests by calling Helen Merkle (651.484.3170) or the church office (651.776.1547), or by sending an email to Admin@ArlingtonHillsUMC.org.

Daily devotionals and Caring Notes are available at the information center near the office in the narthex. Please let us know if you would like to be on our mailing list.

The Card Making Team meets once a month. The team makes cards to send to our homebound members and friends. Everyone is welcome to come and learn the techniques of making cards. No experience needed.

Education

Education for all ages is an important component of the programming area of Arlington Hills UMC. Our purpose is to provide learning experiences for people of all ages so that they may grow in understanding the gospel and become better equipped for daily living as faithful Christian disciples. Learning the way of a Christian life occurs in the classroom experience and discussion, worship, social outreach ministry, small group ministry and of course, the home.

We are in ministry with children and their families – worshiping, studying, playing, serving, and growing together in our understanding of what it means for all of us to be children of God. On Sunday mornings, Wednesday evenings, and at other times throughout the year, we offer age level appropriate classes and activities.

For more information on our programming visit these pages

Adult Study Group

Childrens Programming

Youth Programming

Arlington Hills offers additional avenues for spiritual growth

The Labyrinth

The 11-circuit labyrinth, located on the back lawn of the church, is a spiritual tool that is used for a walking meditation. It comes from the Christian tradition during the 12th and 13h centuries and is a replica of the one in the floor of the Chartres Cathedral outside of Paris, France. Labyrinths are divine imprints found in religious traditions now and in pre-Christian times in various forms around the world.

Walking it leads to a Sacred Place deep within that engages one in the process of healing and transformation. It is a symbol of unity and wholeness, and the winding path that takes us to the center becomes a metaphor for our own spiritual journey. The walk is a shared journey and communities can come together to coalesce and unify a vision.

Colossians 3:3

My words and thoughts do both express this notion,
That Life hath with the sun a double motion.
The first Is straight and our diurnal friend.
The other Hid and doth obliquely bend.
One life is wrapt In flesh and tends to earth.
The other winds towards Him who happy birth
Taught me to live here so,   That still one eye
Should aim and shoot at that which Is on high:
Quitting with daily labor all               My pleasure,
To gain at harvest an eternal                 Treasure.
     - George Herbert