In need of a fun family getaway? Join us for our annual all-church retreat to Mingus Mountain! The trip is being held September 29 - October 1, 2023. Registrations are open NOW.

Mingus Mountain Camp offers:

• Hiking/Walking on several trails on camp property, with access to many national forest trails, with hikes ranging from easy to strenuous.
• Nine-hole Disc Golf Course through 20 acres of the camp's forest.
• Kids Zip Line
• GaGa Dodgeball Arena
• Large meadow for recreational activities
• Fishing at the nearby lake
• Tetherball
• Ping Pong
• Horseshoes
• Volleyball & Basketball courts
• GPS Units for Geo-Caching

Please contact Tyler Christiana, Director of Congregational Life, with any questions.

Come celebrate the end of the school year by joining us for Family Fun Day!

Families will meet this Saturday, May 20th, at Jason’s Deli (10605 N Scottsdale Rd Suite #101) at 11:00am to enjoy lunch together.

We will meet at SkyZone Scottsdale at approximately 12:30pm (4857 E Greenway Rd Suite #A). Anyone who chooses to jump (all ages welcomed) will be $23 plus tax. This includes a pair of socks required to use at the facility, and 2 hours of jumping time. If you choose not to jump, and just socialize, there is no fee.

Register here if you'd like to participate and contact Tyler Christiana, Director of Congregational Life, with any questions.

Cookies, cakes, and pie, oh my! The United Women in Faith are holding their annual Bake Sale on Palm Sunday (4/2) where you can fill up on all manner of goodies, including jams, pickles, and soups as well! We hope that you'll come support this fantastic (and delicious) outreach event.

North Scottsdale United Methodist Church offers an amazing selection of Holy Week (April 2-9) experiences for all ages.  The activities span from children’s Egg Hunt to an Easter Art Walk.  NSUMC invites the community to join in where they feel the spirit calling them.

Holy Week is preceded by a Palm Sunday worship experience as Pastor Christopher continues with the Lenten study of “In the Wilderness” @ 10:00am, April 2nd in the NSUMC sanctuary.
 
The Palm Sunday service is followed by an extravagant Bake Sale hosted by the United Women in Faith ministry. A delectable selection of cakes, pies, cookies, even canned jams, pickles and soups!  Start shopping for your family’s Easter brunch! 10-11:30am April 2nd in the NSUMC Fellowship Hall.
 
Guests are invited to Journey through Easter with an Art Walk that includes scripture, paintings and settings that help you meditate through the stories of Jesus’ last week. Open to the public April 2-9, 10-11:00am in the NSUMC Fellowship Hall.
 
NSUMC continues the Lenten experience with a Maundy Thursday service. The heaviness of this day moves us into the wilderness and the Spirit of journey brings us closer to Easter Sunday. In this journey, we are reminded of the boundlessness and boldness of the Spirit. April 6th @ 7:00pm in the NSUMC sanctuary.
 
NSUMC will visit our sister church, Paradise Valley UMC for our Good Friday Experience. This service will NOT be held on our campus. April 7th @ 7:00pm @ PVUMC.
 
Easter morning will be heralded in at the break of dawn with our Sunrise Jazz Worship Experience on the NSUMC patio @ 6:30am.  A Jazz quartet, pianist and the lead pastor will orchestrate a resurrection experience outside in the freshness of this welcomed morning.
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The sunrise service will be followed by a Pancake Breakfast by the NSUMC youth group as a fundraiser for their United Methodist conference in Florida this summer.  Join them in the Fellowship hall 8-10:00am Easter Sunday.
 
The Easter Sunday Celebration will conclude with a brass band and timpani as they set the stage for NSUMC’s traditional Easter Sunday Service.  The service will include scripture, sermon experience and the amazing voices of the Chancel choir. It will begin @ 10:00am in the NSUMC sanctuary.
 
An Easter Egg Hunt will be offered during the 10:00am service for children, ages 3-12 years old, in the in the Fellowship Hall. This activity will include scripture and an egg hunt.
 
All events are open to the public. The services are offered in-person and online.

The Easter Season is the most joyous and celebrative season of the Christian year. We celebrate the good news that in Christ’s death and resurrection we, and all creation, are continually being made new by God’s love and saving grace. 

Easter Sunday begins with a sunrise service at 6:30am on the main NSUMC patio.  Come gaze at the sunrise this Easter Sunday and be transported by the captivating sounds of New Orleans jazz while enjoying the spiritual message and song at their resurrection celebration.  
 
When guests join us for the first service of Easter morning, North Scottsdale UMC will combine worship with nature and the SON!  The service will include the culmination of our “Wilderness Sermon Experience,” as led by their Pastor Christopher Wurpts.  Their song leader, Darin Read will direct the pianist, Donna Marie Hartley, along with the saxophone jazz quartet on songs and hymns. The traditional Easter hymns will be reimagined in a New Orleans jazz style.

The youth will be raising money for their trip to the Summer 2023 BOLD Conference on Easter Sunday (4/9) by serving a pancake breakfast beginning at 8:00am that is open to the public! Please contact Mia Cox for more details.

The church sanctuary will be decorated for Easter Sunday on Saturday, April 8th beginning at 9:00am. Any volunteers are welcome to participate. Contact Nancy Vineyard for details.