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A note from Pastor Travis 12/11/25

By admin Posted on December 13, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

I can’t wait for Sunday! Every Sunday is special, especially in Advent, but this Sunday is the pageant. What a blessing it is to have the Christmas story shared through the energy and excitement of our children. This is a great Sunday to …

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A note from Pastor Travis 12/4/25

By admin Posted on December 13, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

Greetings Church Family, Sunday, November 23rd was Stewardship Sunday, when people submitted their pledges for 2026. After two weeks of receiving pledges, we are off to a great start. Thank you to everyone who has made a pledge. If you have not yet …

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A note from Pastor Travis 11/20/25

By admin Posted on November 21, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

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 difficult to overemphasize the importance of our pledges to the church. They allow us to …

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A note from our Pastor 10/30/25

By admin Posted on October 30, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

Now thank we all our God,  with heart and hands and voices,  Who wondrous things has done,  in Whom this world rejoices;  Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way  With countless gifts of love, and still …

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A new piano for FUMC Melrose

By admin Posted on October 23, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

On Sunday, October 12th we were blessed to be able to consecrate our new Steinway baby grand piano, a beautiful symbol of hope and inspiration. We also blessed our choir who have started another season of faithfully leading us in …

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A note from Pastor Travis 10/23/25

By admin Posted on October 23, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

Message from our Pastor  The Reverend Travis Bonnette-Kim This past week, I was asked what the United Methodist response to the Trump administration immigration policies and the ICE raids. Early on in this crisis, the United Methodism Bishops issued a statement …

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A note from Pastor Travis 10/9/25

By admin Posted on October 9, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

This Sunday is exciting. The new piano is arriving and will fill our church with beautiful music! As a part of our worship service, we will consecrate the piano and bless the choir as they have started another season of …

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A note from Pastor Travis 10/2/25

By admin Posted on October 2, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

One of the first things I learned about the Methodist tradition as a young child, was that Methodist are a singing people. Now, no one told me this directly (at least not at that young age). Rather, I learned it …

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A note from Pastor Travis

By admin Posted on September 25, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

Last week, my wife Sandra opened up her computer to work and noticed that Copilot wanted her attention. It suggested that instead of working, she let it plan an ultra affordable 3-day trip to Paris for her. This piqued her …

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A note from Pastor Travis 9/18/25

By admin Posted on September 22, 2025 Posted in Uncategorized

“I had a dream of days gone by  When hopes were high and life worth living  I dreamed that love would never die  And then, I dreamed that God would be forgiving.”  So begins one of the many powerful songs …

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