Wesley United Methodist Church

Help Us Celebrate Graduating Students

We would like to celebrate all those students who are graduating from school and moving on to another school or to adult life.  If this describes you or a child of yours, please contact Brianna at office@wesleyfamily.org by Wednesday, June 3rd, with the name of the student, the school they are graduating from, and the school they will be attending or other future plans.

Hearthsiders – Final Spring Meeting

This spring, we started a new small group with monthly gatherings at individual’s homes for a shared meal and fellowship. Some 36 of you participated, and despite difficulties in scheduling, you shared your joy at the new friendships and connections. We will close this season of dinners with a POTLUCK at Wesley on Sunday, June 7 at 6 PM. All current Hearthsiders participants are welcome as are any friends or Wesley family members who may be curious about what this is all about. Childcare can be arranged if needed. We will run another session next Fall, so be on the lookout for sign-ups that will be distributed starting in August for a September – October – November session. You don’t have to host, you don’t have to be a couple, you don’t have to be anyone except someone who wants to get to know others better over a shared meal. Contact Pat O’Hara, the Hearthsiders’ Helmsman, at 413-687-5722 pbohara@amherst.edu) with questions or suggestions.

WUMC Book Club

Please join the Wesley Book Club on June 15th, 2026 at 9:30am to discuss The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali. From nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran (2024) is “evocative…and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.

Contact Gerry Harvey for the Zoom link. The Wesley Book Club reads a wide range of titles and meets monthly to discuss what we have read. Join us for one meeting or come regularly. If you have a favorite book, share it with us!

Craig’s Doors

We continue to collect supplies for the local homeless population, and as the seasons change, so do the needs. The team at the Resource Center has shared they are most in need of: sunscreen, medicated lip balm and lip balm with sunscreen (i.e. Blistex or Carmex), lightly worn adult shoes (durable quality), adult socks, adult underwear (mens large/XL most needed sizes), umbrellas, and travel size hygiene products. Donations can be placed in the bin in the church entrance. Thank you!

Not Bread Alone

Each Saturday, Wesley volunteers help at CHD’s Not Bread Alone, Amherst’s soup kitchen. Our tasks are to pick up donated food from Whole Foods (some weeks), make fruit salad, make sandwiches (some weeks), and sort and display donated produce. It is a short time commitment (typically 9–10:30am), but our consistent help is always greatly appreciated. You can volunteer as little or often as you would like. If interested, please email Ruth Harms to be added to the monthly emails with the volunteer sign up.

Healing Prayer Group

Healing Prayer continues to be offered by the Healing Prayer Ministry. We meet each Thursday, but we pray all week long. If you have a prayer request of any kind at all, please contact Nancy or Richmond with your request and we will pray with you and for you. We promise you a 100% confidentiality and full respect and to be sensitive to your circumstances.