Saving Jesus

Ever feel like Jesus has been kidnapped by the Christian Right and discarded by the Secular Left? "Saving Jesus" is a DVD-based exploration of a credible Jesus for the 21st century. Join Marcus Borg, Walter Brueggemann, Amy-Jill Levine, John Dominic Crossan, and a host of others for a conversation around the relevance of Jesus for […]

Visiting Missionary: Joy Eva A. Bohol

"If young people are the future of the church, come hear what a world-wide expert on young people knows about the present." We are honored to have Joy Eva, a […]

Confirmation and Ascension Sunday

Join us this Sunday for a very Special day. On this day, we will gather together to celebrate and acknowledge those who are taking a pivotal step in their spiritual […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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. Additionally, we are privileged to have Dr. Chalae Davis, the Executive Director of ISAAC (Interfaith Strategy for Action and Advocacy in the Community), who will […]

“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 about?” It is easy to decide that the Sower is God, and we are the soil. But perhaps it’s not so cut and dry. Also, […]

“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 planting but is concerned with a hostile force who introduces weeds into the field. The challenge of weeds is real. Parables are a vehicle of […]