Sept. 13
Worship at 11:15 am with Pastor Tom Atkins
Scripture: Romans 14:1-2. All are welcome to worship at RUMC — in the sanctuary, live on Facebook, or on Zoom.
Read the Sunday bulletin (PDF)
Worship. Love. Serve.
Rutland United Methodist Church
A joyful, loving, accepting place to worship, learn and serve — in the heart of downtown Rutland.
Sunday worship is at 11:15 am. Come as you are: in the sanctuary at 60 Strongs Avenue, live on Facebook, or on Zoom from your kitchen table.
- Sundays at 11:15 am — in person, Facebook Live or Zoom
- 60 Strongs Avenue, Rutland, Vermont 05701
- “Love: No Exceptions” — whoever you are, there is a seat here
This week
Worship this Sunday
Our bulletin and Sunday scripture are updated each week.
This week’s notice will be posted shortly.
Welcome
You are welcome here
Rutland United Methodist Church comes from the rich heritage of grace, acceptance and love that is the DNA of the Methodist tradition. If you are looking for a joyful, loving, accepting place to live out your spiritual journey, consider us your safe haven to worship, learn and serve.
To be a welcoming body of Christians committed to serving God, nurturing one another, and reaching out to our local and global community with the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ through our worship, our prayers, our education, and our gifts.
Three ways to join
Weekly worship
Can’t join us in person? Worship live on Facebook or Zoom at the same time every Sunday.
| Day | Time | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 11:15 am | In the sanctuary at 60 Strongs Avenue, Rutland |
| Sunday | 11:15 am | Live on Facebook |
| Sunday | 11:15 am | On Zoom — email us for the link |
Watch on our Facebook page, or email RutlandUMC@aol.com and we’ll send you the Zoom link.
Mission & Ministry
Faith that shows up on Strongs Avenue
Our giving and our volunteer hours go to work a few steps from the sanctuary door.
Rutland Neighbors, Inc.
What began in 2017 as the “Comfort Zone” — a warm, safe room and a light breakfast — now feeds hundreds of homeless and marginalized neighbors breakfast and lunch four days a week, with a food pantry and a clothes closet.
Dismas of Vermont
Since 1986, Dismas of Vermont has provided shelter and support to people making the difficult transition out of incarceration. People here at Rutland Methodist provide meals and other support.
Our Pastor
Rev. Dr. Tom Atkins
Tom was called to Rutland UMC in July of 2024. Raised in the Methodist Church, ordained a deacon in the Baptist Church in 1984 and licensed as a United Methodist pastor in 2015, he is bi-vocational — also a leadership coach, a published poet, a writer, an artist and a photographer.
“I do not care what color you are, what your sexual orientation is, where you are from, where you have been — you are a child of God and deserve to be loved and accepted as such. Period.”
Come and see — you will be welcome
Sundays at 11:15 am, 60 Strongs Avenue, Rutland. Bring your questions, bring your family, bring whoever you are. Love: no exceptions.