Get Connected

Our staffed nursery is available every Sunday during worship.

Sunday School begins SEPTEMBER 19

Please use the button below to sign your kids/grandkids up for 2021-22 Sunday school. We update our files every year, so please complete the registration even for returning students. Make sure you get all the news, updates, and invitations by registering your family today! Invite a friend or neighbor to register, too!

We have so many fun activities planned for the year! We need YOUR HELP to make them happen. Click below to sign up to volunteer once a month for 25 minutes with a small group! *NOTE – background check and review of safe sanctuaries is required for all volunteers.

Faith At Home

We know that each family has unique needs and boundaries in this unusual year. If your family is planning on staying home this fall due to health concerns, we have tools ready for you! About every six weeks, you can receive a new bag with a couple of crafts and a Spark Family Magazine that features 10 stories with activities and discussion questions. Click below to sign up for this resource.

CONFIRMATION

Confirmation will begin on Wednesday, September 29, and is available to students 8th grade and up. Make sure that you have registered using the link below. We are planning for in-person lessons, indoors and outdoors. Friends looking for a weekly small group are invited to sign up, too!

Student Ministry at UMCA

Ask Questions! Build Relationships! Grow in Faith! Serve Others!

Student Ministry is a top priority at UMCA. We want youth and young adults to find a safe, welcoming network of friends and adults here who are sharing the adventure of getting to know Jesus. We also love all that these students bring to the life of our church – their gifts, their energy, their questions, their passion! Our students participate in worship, gather for fun events, and connect to grow in faith together. CONTACT US to get connected to this group!

Especially during a pandemic, we rely on small groups for connection, learning, and growing deeper in faith!

UMCA has several small groups currently meeting, mostly virtually. These include Bible Study, book club, sewing and quilting, 20-30 somethings, and more! We would love to help you connect to an existing group or to start a new group! CONTACT US!

Sewing and Quilting

Do you love crafting, sewing, or quilting? Join a fun group of folks a few times a month! Our group works on a variety of projects, including many to support our local community. The group meets a few times a month at UMCA and enjoys friendship and fellowship. New friends are welcome!

Breakfast Scholars, Thursdays at 7am

Bring Your Bible, Thursdays at 9:30am

Anti-Racism Book Club, Wednesdays at 4pm

Jesus Was 33 (mid 20s-mid 40s), Sundays at 11am

Music

Music Ministry has been the heart and soul of UMCA for generations. Now, during a season of pandemic, we are finding creative ways to keep music central to our worship and expression of our faith!

We embrace many styles of music and include a wide variety of music in our worship, such as organ, piano, handbells, acoustic guitar, and many ensembles. Styles range from classical to modern and even include the occasional visit from a jug band or a barbershop quartet! We love to have musicians of all ages and skill levels use their gifts to glorify God!

We also see music as a ministry and love caroling at the local hospital each year!

We’re looking for musicians willing to share a piece for online worship! You can record yourself at home or come in and record in the sanctuary! Interested? CONTACT US!

United for the Community!

Our vision at UMCA is providing hope to our community. Our signature ministry, United for the Community, encompasses all the ways that we seek to live in service to others as followers of Jesus. This ministry builds community as we rely on many community partners who come alongside us in these ministries.

We invite our neighbors to a variety of events throughout the year, including a back to school backpack giveaway and summer Bible day camp for kids! Our kids and teens clothing closet, onsite at UMCA, provides by-appointment shopping for local families. Church members coordinate and volunteer for local organizations including Meals on Wheels, ACBC food shelf, local schools, domestic violence shelters, the Sheridan Story, and many more! We send contributions throughout the year to mission through UMCOR.

Caring Ministry

Making connections with each other is one of the best things about becoming part of a congregation! Here at UMCA, we are finding creative ways to build and maintain connections wherever we can, especially as many of the people we love most are feeling isolated and at high risk.

You can offer care and support in a variety of ways. Here are a few ideas:

We can give you a few names of people who would enjoy receiving a card now and then, and you can write to them
Join our calling team and commit to call one or several folks each week to check in, listen, and pray together.
Let us know if you’d be willing to deliver groceries, pick up medications, or help in other ways.

About Us

At UMCA, we PRAY always! Prayer is the foundation of everything we do as a faith community. We believe God has a vision for our church and pray together for that vision to be revealed and for us to be bold as we live into God’s vision. We pray with each other and for each other, sharing one another’s hopes and joys and sorrows and burdens. We pray for our church, that all who come to us will find welcome and rest and hope.

At UMCA, we GROW in faith! That starts with showing up. Our journey of getting to know God more fully and loving our neighbors more completely never ends. At UMCA, we expect our members to be ready to commit to their own faith journeys and to be open to growing together in faith!We strive to be a church where every person will have an opportunity to grow spiritually, to know what they believe, to be able to speak about their beliefs, and give voice to their questions.

At UMCA, we GIVE generously. We are part of something big – far bigger than ourselves. When we give to the church, we experience our small part in God’s very big mission. Giving invites us to trust God in meeting our personal needs and to love others with our resources as well as our emotions. Giving grows the kingdom of God, and giving glorifies God. All our gifts come together to provide hope and to make disciples for the transformation of the world.

At UMCA, we SERVE others in the name of Jesus. We serve in many ways including, but not limited to our signature United for the Community events and our Good Samaritan Fund. We are committed to rolling up our sleeves for hands-on ministry in our neighborhood, and we strive to be the place our neighbors come to find help with basic necessities, activities for their families, and transformational worship experiences.

At UMCA, we SHARE the story! We lovingly pass down our traditions and the deep historical roots of our faith, and we embrace innovation and change as open doors for the work of the Holy Spirit. Our mission statement at UMCA is about making new disciples, which means we need to be reaching new people with the good news of God’s amazing love! We do not wait for the world to come to us, we are the church in the world and we are bursting with love for Jesus and for our neighbors.

At UMCA, our lives are the stories of Jesus alive in the world!

Our MISSION is making new disciples of Jesus Christ

for the transformation of the world.

Our vision is providing hope to our community.

We believe that God’s love is for EVERYONE!

Rev. Rachael Warner,

Lead Pastor

since July 2018

UMCA is part of the Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Our presiding bishop is Bishop David Bard. Click to learn more about Methodists in Minnesota or about our denomination!

Current Sermon Series:

Sunday Worship services are archived on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE.

Getting to Know You

Reconnecting with care and curiosity

Jul 20, 2021

The Tumblin’ Walls

By: Rev. Rachael Warner

Series: Ghost Stories: Volume 3

Please follow this link to view the video sermon on YOUTUBE

Joshua 5, 6

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Jul 20, 2021The Tumblin’ Walls

Jul 20, 2021
The Tumblin’ Walls

By: Rev. Rachael Warner
Series: Ghost Stories: Volume 3
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on YOUTUBE

Joshua 5, 6
Jul 11, 2021Undead Laz

Jul 11, 2021
Undead Laz

By: Rev. Rachael Warner
Series: Ghost Stories: Volume 3
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on YOUTUBE

John 11
Jul 4, 2021The Witch of Endor

Jul 4, 2021
The Witch of Endor

By: Rev. Laura Hannah
Series: Ghost Stories: Volume 3
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on YOUTUBE

1 Samuel 15:10-16, 22-23, 1 Samuel 28:3-25
Jun 27, 2021Stay Generous

Jun 27, 2021
Stay Generous

By: Rev. Laura Hannah
Series: Staying the Course
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on YOUTUBE

Philippians 2:6-11, 2 Corinthians 8:7-15
May 9, 2021An Unexpected Invitation

May 9, 2021
An Unexpected Invitation

By: Rev. Rachael Warner
Series: And in that moment...Everything Changed!
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on YOUTUBE

Acts 10:1-36 12:9-10
May 2, 2021When God Shows Up

May 2, 2021
When God Shows Up

By: Rev. Rachael Warner
Series: And in that moment...Everything Changed!
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on YOUTUBE

Psalm 26:1-8, Exodus 3:1-15
Mar 28, 2021Walk Together

Mar 28, 2021
Walk Together

By: Rev. Rachael Warner
Series: Love is the Way
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on FACEBOOK or YOUTUBE

The Sixth Sunday in Lent

Romans 12:9-10, Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29, Mark 11:1-11
Mar 21, 2021Agreeing to Love

Mar 21, 2021
Agreeing to Love

By: Rev. Laura Hannah
Series: Love is the Way
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on FACEBOOK or YOUTUBE

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

Ephesians 4:2-4, Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 12:20-33
Mar 14, 2021What Love Reveals

Mar 14, 2021
What Love Reveals

By: Rev. Rachael Warner
Series: Love is the Way
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on FACEBOOK or YOUTUBE

The Fourth Sunday in Lent

I John 4:7, Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-21
Mar 7, 2021Doing Our Job

Mar 7, 2021
Doing Our Job

By: Guest Preacher: Rev. Max Richter
Series: Love is the Way
Please follow this link to view the video sermon on FACEBOOK or YOUTUBE

The Third Sunday in Lent with Guest Preacher Rev. Max Richter from Champlin UMC.

Deuteronomy 6:4-7, Exodus 20:1-17, John 2:13-22

Ways to Give

Join us in providing hope to our community!

Your generosity makes it all possible.

We are truly grateful for your donation and hope the

convenience and simplicity of online giving will be helpful to you.

Give Online Today:

Use our secure giving interface to make a contribution to UMCA today!

DONATE TODAY!

Offline Giving:

Donations can be mailed to:

UMC of Anoka

850 South Street

Anoka, MN 55303

Use the Give Plus App on Your Phone:

Search your phone’s app store for the Give Plus app by Vanco.

Download the app, search for United Methodist Church of Anoka,

and you can give from your phone one time or set up an account

to make and track regular contributions!

Automatic Withdrawal:

You can set up an automatic withdrawal from your bank account by completing this form.

Print, fill out and return to the office to have your gift drafted from your bank account

monthly or semi-monthly.

Thank you for your contributions to the vision and mission

of the United Methodist Church of Anoka.

We appreciate your continued support and generosity.

If you have questions about your giving, CONTACT US!

We’re happy to help!

What Fund Should I Choose?

Our online giving page gives you the option to designate which fund your gift will support – here are some quick descriptions to help you choose!

GENERAL FUND

The General Fund supports everything from the operations of the church to our staffing to our programming and outreach. This is where we most need contributions, and giving to the general fund means that you’ll trust us to use your gift where it is most needed.

GOOD SAMARITAN FUND

UMCA’s Good Samaritan Fund helps us provide assistance and support to members of our community.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN – ELEVATOR FUND

We are working off the loan that enabled us to add an elevator and make our building accessible. Donations to this fund will help us more quickly retire that debt.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE FUND

The building fund helps us to manage unexpected repairs, deferred maintenance, and other improvement projects on our building and grounds.

APPORTIONMENTS

When you give to this fund, you help us contribute our fair share to the Minnesota Annual Conference and the General United Methodist Church to support ministry and mission in Minnesota and globally.

OTHER OUTREACH FUNDS:

From time to time, we’ll add other options related to specific community organizations or outreach opportunities.

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Sunday, September 19, 2021

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Worship In Person or Online!

We worship in person on Sundays at 9:30am.

Services are also available via live stream on Sundays at 9:30am.

View the LIVE STREAM on our WEBSITE or visit us on YOUTUBE.

Our Church Office Hours are:

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 10:00am-2:00pm or by appointment.

Your financial support helps us pursue our vision of providing hope to our community!