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Here is our plan for the next few weeks (including Holy Week and Easter): All children and families are encouraged to join the congregation for in-person or live streamed worship services, as best as you are able. It is so …
Dear FUMC Family and Friends, Pretzels, palms, and a good old-fashioned bake sale! I always look forward to worship on Sundays. Worshiping with you in person and virtually is a blessing and a gift. However, this Sunday is extra exciting! It will be …
Dear FUMC Family and Friends, As I sit down to write this article the weather is cold. It is 39 degrees out and cloudy. We even had a trace of snow the other day. But there are signs of spring too. It will be …
Dear FUMC Family and Friends, On Sunday, March 6, we held a meeting after worship to discuss the United Methodist Church’s decision to postpone the General Conference until 2024. At the meeting, information was shared about the implications of the postponement …
Our services are now live streamed. You can access them at this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs9NaZyiEx2FLdUWmAwWYMw The link takes you to our YouTube channel, where you can also view videos of our past services. When a service is in progress, you will …
Declutter for Lent We invite you to take a bag, look around the house and find items that you no longer use, and place them in the bag and donate them to charity. We are inviting you to collect one item …
Our mission partners in L’Asile, Haiti, have an urgent need for funding to help maintain their program that provides rice for families in need. $3000 will buy 200 bags of rice, which will feed a family for 2-3 weeks. This …
Last Sunday, we “buried our alleluias” for the start of Lent. They are now safely “sleeping” in our church, and will be uncovered joyfully on Easter Sunday. If you missed being able to watch our Children’s Time, you can watch …
Dear FUMC Family and Friends, Recently I learned about a Swedish tradition called “Fika.” Fika can be described as a coffee break, but it is much more than that. It is a Swedish ritual. Fikas were first popularized in the early 1900s and …