• What is Heaven?

    Jesus was no stranger to questions. He was asked questions repeatedly in his ministry and he also asked many questions himself. “Do you love me?” “What are you looking for?” “Do you believe this?” These are just a few of the over 300 questions that Jesus asked in the Gospels. If Jesus had this many…

  • Why Can’t We Get Along Without Hurting Others?

    In this third and final week of our series “Questions of Faith,” we look today to a very present and relevant question: How do we get along without hurting one another? In recent years, the experience of family division and church divisions over political and theological ideals has become all too painfully common. We’ll look…

  • Rejoice Sunday

    “Rejoice with me, for I found that which was lost.”  Luke 15: 6a Seeking, finding, and rejoicing! Jesus teaches through two parables in the Gospel lesson, this message of the…

  • 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…

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    Youth Group

    Youth Group is a gathering just for young people in 6th through 12th grade. The group meets most Sunday evenings in the Youth Center downstairs at First United Methodist Church…

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    Godly Play and Nursery Care

    Godly Play is both a worship and educational experience, based on a multi-sensory telling of a Bible story, a time for “wondering” about how the story connects God with our…

  • Rooted: Kalamazoo Service Project Sunday

    Join us this Sunday in worship as we hear the story and celebrate Kalamazoo Service Project! This year, 40 youth from FUMC Kalamazoo and Portage Chapel Hill joined together along…

  • 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…

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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…

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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…

  • 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…