A note from our Pastor 1/23/25
We are double blessed. We have a beautiful sanctuary in which to worship. It is a space in which I feel closer to God just by walking into the room. I love being surrounded by the stained glass and to …
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A note from Pastor Travis 1/3/24
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2025! I pray that this will be a blessed year for you and for our church. If the rest of the year is as eventful as January will be, then our church will have a banner …
A note from Pastor Travis
Several years ago, our family went to a restaurant to celebrate a family event and the service was slow. It took forever for our food to arrive and I didn’t think they were ever going to bring us the check. …
A nativity festival!
This past weekend was Melrose’s “Home for the Holidays” celebration. FUMC Melrose welcomed members of the community in for hot cocoa and an opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of nativity scenes, donated for the occasion by our members! From …
A note from Pastor Travis 11-21-24
This Sunday is a very important day in the life of our church. We will be holding two important events. The first of these is Pledge Sunday. It is hard to overemphasize how important our pledges are for the church. …
A note from Pastor Travis 11-15-24
Can you believe that 2024 is almost over? Soon we will be saying goodbye to this year and welcoming 2025. Yet, before we do that, there are a lot of great things in store at our church. We will be …
Sunday Free Meals – Spring 2025
Melrose Community Freezer Spring 2025 update Huge thanks for keeping the Melrose Community Freezer stocked with healthy homemade meals! In 2023 we provided over 2500 meals through this program, and we’re able to do this because of YOU. We’re …
Advent Study 2024
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“The Redemption of Scrooge” Our Advent study will be based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, using the book ‘The Redemption of Scrooge’ by Matt Rawle. A fun journey as we look at this timeless story through the lenses of …
A note from Pastor Travis 11-7-24
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.” Philippians 4:4. “Rejoicing always” is a tall order. To be honest, there are times when I do not feel much like rejoicing. Why would Paul write this? He wasn’t naive. …
Late Fall @ FUMC Melrose
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Fall in New England is finally here and we are excited to be celebrating all of the goodness with our church family. We’d like o have you join us! There are a number of activities for families and kids and …