Join Us this week as we welcome the season of advent ! “You are all people who belong to the light and to the day. We do not belong to […]

Join Us in person or online at 10:00 am! This Sunday we will follow the story of Ephesians 1:15-23 where Apostle Paul expresses his gratitude for the faith and love […]

Join Us this Sunday at 10am in-person or online! The Romans could chain Paul’s body, but they could not chain Paul’s heart. In his letter to the people of Philippi […]

Join Us this Sunday in person or online at 10am for Sunday Service. Let us begin by acknowledging that Peter actually walked on the water. This miracle is not to be overlooked. Peter trusted Jesus enough to get out of the boat and put his feet on water. When the strong winds blew that is […]

All Saints is a day of remembrance for the saints. We celebrate the communion of saints as we remember those who have died and give thanks for our connectedness as Christians. The Christian festival of All Saints Day comes from a conviction that there is a spiritual bond between those on heaven and on earth. […]

“They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all they do, they prosper.” ~Psalm 1: 3 “Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.”  Matthew 22:3 In Matthew’s telling of the story, Jesus was involved […]

“Sing to the Lord, a new song” -Psalm 96: 1a  “He will come ready to clean the grain, separating the good grain from the chaff.” -Luke 3: 17a  The process of letting go can be painful, it can also be liberating as space is made for something new. We often think that we can be […]

Join Us this Sunday October 15th in-person or Online at 10:00 am for worship This Sunday the scriptures call us into a practice of discovering who God is and therefore who we are. And as we come to these two texts we learn that we are a people meant to live decidedly alternative to how […]

Please Join us this Sunday online or in person at 10:00 am In our worship this Sunday, we reflect on the words found in Philippians 3:4b-14, where the Apostle Paul speaks of his own journey of faith and the surpassing worth of knowing Christ. we are called to remember our past, acknowledging the achievements and […]

“The wrong first question is, What do we need to do? The right first question is, Who do we need to become?”         ~ Benjamin McBride  “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”          ~Matthew 6: 10  “Blessed are the peacemakers, for […]

The first week of our worship series, “Braiding Our Stories: Aligning our Values, Vision, Mission, and Generosity” finds us in the Book of Exodus discovering the gifts of God’s provisions. This portion of the Exodus story reveals a people who are distraught with the worry of how they might survive. Their doubts grow and they […]

On REJOICE SUNDAY we celebrate and we anticipate all that God will accomplish in and through First UMC in the days ahead. We lift up our mission to EXPERIENCE, CELEBRATE, and to SHARE God’s love. We make a conscious choice among all the other choices available to come together as the church. So what makes […]