God in the Storm

Join us this Sunday at 10:00 AM in person or online! This week, we join the disciples on their journey of ministry following the feeding of the 5,000. As Jesus goes to pray, they heed his instruction and set off in their boat on the Sea of Galilee, heading towards Gennesaret where they will continue […]

“Bless Me!”

Join Us this Sunday in person or online at 10:00 am Rev. Callie Plunket-Brewton writes this about Genesis 32: 22-31. “This is a profoundly mysterious story with numerous unanswerable questions. A lone human being wrestles through the night with a nameless antagonist and emerges from the night transformed—is one repeated so often in human experience […]

Elusive Kingdom

The Kingdom of Heaven is like a free store where all are welcome, all the treasures are free, and abundance is experienced.     The Gospel writer Matthew tells us that Jesus teaches that the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, like yeast, like treasure hidden, like a pearl, like a net full of fish, […]

“The mystery of parable”

Last Sunday, we heard of the “Reckless Sower.” Today we hear the second of seven parables in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13. This parable is also about farming and […]

“The Reckless Sower”

This week in worship Pastor Matt will be reflecting on the Parable of the Sower from Matthew chapter 13 and together we will wonder, “whom or what is the parable […]

The Way of Jesus

This week, come be a part of the Second Sunday Worship Team's service. Pastor Matt will be delivering a sermon called "The Way of Jesus," drawing from Matthew, Chapter 11. […]

Representing

“Whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple -- truly I tell you, none of these will lose […]

The Call of Life “Take the Plunge”

The mission of Kalamazoo First United Methodist Church is to “Experience, Celebrate and Share God’s Love. Our mission is love. Love is our calling and our vocation as individual participants […]

Juneteenth and Graduation Sunday

Nearly two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation a Union general named Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved African Americans of […]

PRIDE Sunday 

Join us this Sunday in-person or online. On this second Sunday after Pentecost, we are reminded of the ways we might be filled with the sudden and fiery Spirit of […]

Trinity Sunday

Join us this Sunday in person or online at 10:00 A.M We're reminded of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's courageous faith, standing unflinching in the face of earthly power, assured of […]

Pentecost

Join us this Sunday in person or online at 10:00 am. Pentecost has arrived. It is the fiftieth day or the seventh Sunday from Easter Sunday As modern Christians we observe Pentecost as a holiday, not to celebrate a wheat harvest, but to remember when the Holy Spirit invaded the church as the story is […]