Welcome to SUMC
Welcome to SUMC
For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
Pumpkin Brigade, 2015
The Sewickley United Methodist Church has historically been known as “The Church with Time for You.”
It is always the right time to “love God with all of our hearts, and with all of our souls, and with all of our minds, and our neighbors as ourselves.” (Matthew 22: 37 & 39) As we seek to be faithful to Jesus’ two ‘Great Commandments,’ we celebrate human diversity and all persons as children of God. Our church adamantly and enthusiastically welcomes persons of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities (the entire LGBQT community), family configuration, economic conditions, marital status, and mental or physical abilities to attend, join and participate fully in the life of our congregation. We celebrate “Open hearts. Open minds. Open doors.” We have time for you, and there is a place for you.
Sewickley United Methodist Church offers ministries to people of all ages, from preschool age to senior adults. Currently, we offer two worship opportunities each Sunday morning: a contemporary service at 9:00 a.m. and a traditional service at 11:00 a.m.
The best way to learn about us is to peruse our website and come join us for worship. We would love to get to know you. You are invited to come as you are, and wherever you are on your faith journey, and we will travel that road together.
The Sewickley United Methodist Church is “The Church With Time For You!”
Mission & Beliefs
Mission & Beliefs
The United Methodist Church
Vision
To ignite and sustain a passionate, spiritual connection with Christ among all people.
Mission
To provide leadership, connection, and resources to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Core Value
Our core value is love. We love the Lord our God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strength and our neighbors as ourselves. This value is commanded by Jesus, inspired by our Wesleyan heritage, including to spread Scriptural holiness over the land and witnessed through our integrity, accountability, and inclusiveness.
This we believe
- We believe in God’s grace, Grace, the beautiful free gift of God’s love for every person. It is a love you cannot work to gain, but only accept and share.
- We believe in the dignity and responsibility of all persons. We are all equal. Every person is a special child of God. We are all brothers and sisters. All means all.
- We believe in conversion and new birth. Jesus is our Lord and Savior.
- We believe faith and good works belong together.
- We believe in a connectional and ecumenical church. We desire not only to connect church to church within the United Methodist denomination, but to churches of other denominations. Our prayer is that all Christians throughout the world will work together for our one Lord, Jesus the Christ.
Mission Statement of the Sewickley United Methodist Church
The Sewickley United Methodist Church is a faith community that meets in the building with the clock tower that stands at the entrance of the village. It is the church with time for you.
- In a world that knows hostility, we give time for hospitality, community, and fellowship.
- In a world that knows aimless searching, we give time for spiritual development.
- In a world that knows idols, we give time to creatively worship the God of love.
- In a world that knows ignorance, we give time to hear and learn the biblical story.
- In this world God loves, we seek to be followers of Jesus, the one who gave his life to demonstrate trust, hope, and love.
- As we use the gift of time to meet on Sundays for education and worship, we invite you to meet with a community that gathers under the clock to pay attention to the One whose love is ever timeless.
Contact Us
Contact Us
Sewickley UMC
337 Broad Street
Sewickley, PA, 15143
United States
412.741.9430
Office Hours
Wednesday & Friday
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Contact Us
Messages will be directed to the church admin, Elizabeth Powell, and Pastor Hannah.
Communication Card
Communication Card
If you would like to request contact from our pastor, update your contact information, or submit a prayer request, please fill out our communication card.
If you would like to provide information to, or request action from our Leadership Board, we have a form for that.
Meet the Staff
Meet the Staff
Hannah Loughman – Pastor
Hannah Loughman was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania. She graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.A., and she received her Master of Divinity degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
Intermittent with church work, Hannah was a TSS (Therapeutic Staff Support) in the home for kids with Autism. She also worked in the private school setting with kids with severe degrees of low functioning Autism.
Hannah did an internship at Creekside UMC, was placed by extension of the D.S. at Uniontown and Bowdertown UMC in Indiana District, has been appointed to Homewood UMC on the Butler District, Houston and Bridgeville UMCs in the Washington District, and most recently Butler First UMC. She also served as the Director of Christian Education at Smithfield UCC. She has served on the WPAUMC Way Forward task force.
Hannah has a passion for addiction recovery, small group life, creating safe spaces for all people to worship and grow, and engaging the community.
She and her husband Todd Loughman have three children. Hannah enjoys exploring new cultures and new places. Together, they love to travel, hike in the woods, visit community festivals, and spend time with their family.
Erik Kolodziej – Music Minister
Erik is a musician, educator, and minister. He has been actively involved in music ministry for over 25 years. His journey began as a student with Spiritan Campus Ministry at Duquesne University and continues there today. Prior to coming to SUMC, Erik served as Worship Leader at Franklin Park Baptist Church. He is a 22-year veteran music educator and, for the past 18 years, has been spreading the love and joy of music at Edgeworth Elementary. He plays piano, organ, trumpet, and sings. In addition to his love of music, he resides with his husband, Chad, in North Fayette Township with their two beloved Labradors, Texas and Georgia.
