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    Anakephalaiosasthai

    Anakephalaiosasthai is a really wonderful Greek word that our Sunday School class came across in our book, Manna and Mercy. It is found in the book of Ephesians and it means that God is gathering all things into God’s Self, uniting all, bringing all together, creating harmony. Anakephalaiosasthai meets every Sunday after worship (during the…

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    Sunday School

    Sunday School for 4-year-olds through 5th grade takes place most Sundays after worship (during the school year) from 11:15am to 12:15pm in room 203 on the second floor of FUMC Kalamazoo. Lessons feature a curriculum called, “Celebrate Wonder” that engages children’s natural sense of curiosity to help them understand God’s love. It creates a safe…

  • When We Are Living: JFON Celebration

    “Besides, in all these matters there is a huge chasm set between us so that no one can go from us to you even if he wanted to, nor can…

  • Church Council

    Church Council will meet in person in Wesley Hall to move forward with session 2 of our IDI(Intercultural Development Inventory) work facilitated by Lisa Batten and Cara Weiler. This session will be focused on goal setting regarding how to more effectively navigate cultural differences and commonalities. Bring your IDI development plan with you and something…

  • World Communion Sunday

    This Sunday in worship we are celebrating World Communion Sunday and we are beginning our new season of Stewardship titled Living Grace-Filled: The Joy of Stewardship. The Eucharist (God's gift…

  • Sunday Morning Class: Grace and Gratitude

    This fall’s Stewardship campaign focuses on grace and gratitude and is based on John 1:16. This new class series is designed to look more closely at the role grace and…

  • The Dream Celebration

    Join us for this special Second Sunday worship service where we will celebrate the culmination of the Dream. The Dream Team ministry of First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo has…

  • Disability Awareness Sunday

    As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered,…

  • Are We Really That Different?

    Join us this Sunday in worship as we hear from our local Wesley Foundation Director, Rev. Jeremy Simpson. Jeremy is not only the Wesley Foundation Campus Minister, but he is…

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    The Challenge of Jesus

    The teachings of Jesus are central to the Christianity, yet how much do we know about Jesus in his own time? In "The Challenge of Jesus," John Dominic Crossan pinpoints…

  • Sing Out Sunday

    In this final Sunday of our “Stewards of a Grace-filled Life” Stewardship Season, we turn to the story of Zacchaeus. This is a man whose encounter with Jesus led to…