Hello friends! We are pleased to introduce you to Elizabeth Street UMC, a new name for the newly merged congregations of Calvary UMC and Resurrection UMC. We are thrilled about all that is unfolding here during this new season in our familiar place at the corner of Trinity Ave. and Elizabeth St. We invite you to check out our new vision statement, and pray with us this prayer for a new name, written by Pádraig Ó Tuama. -- God of Hagar, When Hagar was exiled in the desert she met you and gave you a name: the Living One Who Sees Me. We have walked far, and have seen many things and now, because of what we have seen because of where we are going because of where we are we give this new name now. We do not destroy past names, because they have brought us here. We celebrate the new name that will bring us on. Because you are known by many names— names which bring us on. Amen. #umc #reconciling #durham #church #newname #elizabethstreetumc