Church Office hours:
Mon-Thur 9:00am to 1:00pm
Friday 9:00am to 12:00 noon
Phone: 703.339.5382
cranfordumc@verizon.net
COVID-19 Update
The church building is closed
for in-person worship service at this time.
Our church's Post-Covid Re-Entry Group (PRG) is putting together a plan for our church to move forward and re-open on July 4th. We will keep everyone up to date with information as it happens. We know that this has been a trying time for everyone, but things are heading in the right direction.
Please Checkout our June 16th Weekly News Letter
Updated June 16th
ANNOUNCING!
VBS 2021 will be.....
Compassion Camp: Changing the World with Lovingkindness!
July 12th - 16th from 9am to 11am!
Pre-Registration is REQUIRED
REGISTRATION DUE DATE JULY 2ND
VBS 2021 will be.....
Compassion Camp: Changing the World with Lovingkindness!
July 12th - 16th from 9am to 11am!
Pre-Registration is REQUIRED
REGISTRATION DUE DATE JULY 2ND
- The form to register to attend the event is here.
- Changes this year:
- We will have it take place outside (under tents)
- Masks required
- Two hours of VBS instead of three hours (9am – 11am)
- Snack will be handed out to kids as they leave
- There will be NO day of registrations.
- The form to register to attend the event is here.
- This helps us with planning since we will need individual supplies for each child instead of sharing supplies among all of the children.
- We have an Amazon Wish list!
- This list will change as things are ordered and received and other items found that we will need. Please click on the link below.
- Compassion Camp 2021
Prayer & Healing services will be on hiatus till fall.
Sunday School will be on hiatus till fall.
Sunday School will be on hiatus till fall.
NOTICE: VDOT has closed Old Colchester Road at the bridge until further notice.
Thank you all for helping Cranford by mailing your contributions or by dropping them off at the church.
You can also select Online Giving to electronically donate through this website.
Use our Mobile app "GivePlus" which allows you to contribute using your smart phone.
Select Online Giving for further information and instructions.
Parable of the Long Spoons
One day a man said to God, “God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.” God showed the man two doors. Inside the first one, in the middle of the room, was a large round table with a large pot of vegetable stew. It smelled delicious and made the man’s mouth water, but the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with long handles and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. God said, “You have seen Hell.” Behind the second door, the room appeared exactly the same. There was a large round table with the large pot of wonderful vegetable stew that made the man’s mouth water. The people had the same long-handled spoons, but they were well nourished and plumb, laughing and talking. The man said, “I don’t understand.” God smiled. “It is simple,” he said, “Love.” These people learned early on to share and feed one another, while the greedy only think of themselves.
One day a man said to God, “God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.” God showed the man two doors. Inside the first one, in the middle of the room, was a large round table with a large pot of vegetable stew. It smelled delicious and made the man’s mouth water, but the people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with long handles and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful, but because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths. The man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. God said, “You have seen Hell.” Behind the second door, the room appeared exactly the same. There was a large round table with the large pot of wonderful vegetable stew that made the man’s mouth water. The people had the same long-handled spoons, but they were well nourished and plumb, laughing and talking. The man said, “I don’t understand.” God smiled. “It is simple,” he said, “Love.” These people learned early on to share and feed one another, while the greedy only think of themselves.
Help support our local community
by selecting one of the following:
Rising Hope
Rising Hope Letter
Lorton Community Action Center
LCAC Amazon Wish List
The church is registered with Amazon Smile.
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to Cranford. Amazon Smile is the same Amazon you know.
Same products, same prices, same service.
Support Cranford by doing your shopping at smile.amazon.com
Make sure you pick the Lorton Cranford and not the New Jersey Cranford.
Yes, there is another Cranford UMC.
The following link will allow you to sign on to Amazon Smile
and support Cranford.
Amazon Smile
Since May of 2020
Cranford has received $120.84 from Amazon Smile!
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