We will have one worship service on Sunday, September 4 in the Sanctuary and on Facebook & YouTube. There will be no Sunday School.

We will celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion during the worship service this Sunday. If you are joining us online, we hope you'll set up your Communion table and break bread with us. 

We are getting the Fellowship Hall ready to become the 9:00 Contemporary Worship space again, and part of that is our new banners that will decorate the space. Would you like to be involved in creating an exciting worship space? You are invited to come help prep the banners! Join us this Sunday, September 4 at 11:00 a.m. in the Education Hall. We will be doing simple painting of dots of color and painting over the traced design lines. Anyone who could paint following traced lines are welcome. 

The church office will be closed on Monday, September 5 in observance of Labor Day. If you have a pastoral emergency like a hospitalization or death, please call 704.366.1854 and press 3 to reach the pastor on call.

We are looking for volunteers to join the AV and tech team for our 9:00 Contemporary Worship service. We need one volunteer each Sunday to help advance slides and assist with other easy AV and tech support tasks. Our Technical Arts Coordinator, John Nipe, will provide instructions and training. Click here to sign-up for a Sunday (or two)! 

It’s that time of year! Kids are returning to school providing us with an opportunity to work with teachers and students at Rama Road Elementary School. Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, from 2:30 to 4:00. You can help a first or second grader improve their reading, literacy and math skills — and have fun doing it. If you are wondering if we really make a difference...last year two of our students received End-Of-Year awards from their teachers for the improvements they made. The school attributed their success to our Homework Helpers. If you’d like to learn more or you’d like to volunteer, let Pam Stirling know. 

Starting September 11, the nursery will be open for both the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. worship services and we need your help to keep it running smoothly! We're so excited that we'll be in a brand new location, the former Resource Room next to the Adult Library, and hope that you'll check it out! Sign up to volunteer here! Contact Sarah Dianne Jones with any questions. 

Our Sympathy: to the family of Loretta Burch; to the family of Chuck Menkel; to Jim Martin upon the death of his mother-in-law, June Higgins; and to the family of Bill Branner.

We Remember in Prayer: Cynthia Harrison at Novant Matthews.

Beginning September 7,8,11 Joe B. Martin will lead us in exploring questions like, What is the Bible? How did it come to be as it is? How can we dig deeper into scripture to learn more without going to

seminary? Join this study to get answers and to get the tools you can use to discover more answers from and about God’s Word to us in Holy Scripture. Same class, three different options: 

• Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. in room 210 and Zoom
• Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. in room 210 and Zoom
• Sundays in the Robert Pharr Men's Sunday School Class in room 212.

We have a weekend of fun, food, and worship planned and we hope you will join us, and invite your friends and neighbors to do the same! Saturday, September 10 is our Treble Trot 5k Fun Run & Kid's Dash - we will also have outdoor games, a community picnic, a community art project, and live music from our Contemporary Worship Band! Click here to register for the Treble Trot.(which supports our Children's and Youth music programs) or just come as a spectator and enjoy the time of fellowship.

Sunday, September 11 we will kick-off a new programing year! There will be donuts and coffee in the Gathering Place. Join us at 9:00 in the Fellowship Hall for our reimagined Contemporary Worship Service! 10:00 we have Sunday School classes for all ages. Worship in the Sanctuary at 11:00. There will also be exciting evening programming for youth and children starting at 3:30.

On September 11 we are launching a new Sunday evening programming opportunity for families for K-12th grade children and youth. We'll have a time of music, dinner, fellowship, and faith formation together! The new Sunday night schedule will be as follows:

• 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. | Youth Handbells
• 4:15 - 5:00 p.m. | Youth Choir
• 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. | Children & Youth Dinner
• 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Children & Youth Programming. Also a time for parents to gather with Katie Harrington. 

There will be a Congregational Meeting at Noon on Sunday, September 18 in the Sanctuary. The purpose of this meeting is to elect church officers to the class of 2025, as well as a youth elder to serve a one-year term. Click here to find out more about the officer nominees. To join the Zoom, click here or use Meeting ID: 876 3003 4068 and Passcode: sardis.

This Sunday we will have our 10 Cents a Meal Collection during both worship services. When you give to Ten Cents a Meal, you are providing food security assistance to local organizations fighting hunger. You can contribute anytime online ›› (select Ten-Cents-A-Meal from the funds dropdown box), or by texting "Sardis Meal" + Amount to 73256.