Events
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Fifth Sunday of Lent: Finding Your Mystic, Listening Beyond the Voices
We often have a “cast of characters” living inside our heads that love to carry on endless conversations–each from their own perspective. The chatter of our minds can sometimes keep…
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Palm Sunday: Finding Your Purpose, Listening to Your Heart
For those joining us in person, we will meet on the front church steps at 9:30am to walk together to the community Blessing of the Palms at the Bronson Park…
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Holy Thursday: Finding Jesus
You are invited to Holy Thursday worship to come and listen, to be silent and to exam our hearts in this holiest of weeks. Breaking the bread and lifting the…
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Good Friday: Listening for the Inner Jerusalem
Tonight we will hear the story of Jesus’s passion through the 14 stations of the cross. Sometimes we will listen, sometimes we will sing, and sometimes we will be invited to rise and move to new spaces for experiential prayer. This is the night of Jesus’s crucifixion. This is the night Jesus asks us to…
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Easter Sunday 8am Service: Listening for a Stone Rolled Away
After nights of deep darkness, we come in the bright light of Easter morning celebrating that Christ is risen indeed! Resurrection is possible. It is a glorious morning filled with tulips, lilies, brass and timpani, voices raised in joy, all proclaiming “Alleluia!” On this glorious morning let us listen for a stone rolled away and…
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Easter Sunday 10am Service: Listening for a Stone Rolled Away
After nights of deep darkness, we come in the bright light of Easter morning celebrating that Christ is risen indeed! Resurrection is possible. It is a glorious morning filled with tulips, lilies, brass and timpani, voices raised in joy, all proclaiming “Alleluia!” On this glorious morning let us listen for a stone rolled away and…
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Second Sunday of Easter: Hi. Hello. Hey there.
We are now in Eastertide on this Second Sunday of Easter and our scripture this week takes us to the upper room, on the evening of Jesus’s resurrection. While every Sunday is a “little resurrection” it is always helpful and important to remember that Easter is not one day, rather Easter is a Season of…
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Sunday Morning Class: Living the Questions
You're invited to Living the Questions, a DVD-based discussion class featuring noted theologians and church leaders. It seeks to be an alternative to studies that attempt to give all the answers and instead creates an environment where participants can interact with one another in exploring what’s next for Christianity and for us as Christians. Each…
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New Member Class
If you would like to further explore the commitment and joy of membership in The United Methodist Church, please contact Pastor Julie at jkline@umc-kzo.org. Class will take place online and meet each Sunday on Zoom from April 24 through May 15, 2022. New members will be received on May 22, 2022.
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Third Sunday of Easter: Celebrating Stephen Ministry
“When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” ~John 21: 9-10 “Come and have breakfast” the resurrected Christ invites the disciples to a meal of fish and bread on the shore of…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
The message for May 8 is called “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?” (Credit to Lin Manuel Miranda…) We’ll reflect on the 23rd Psalm in song form and we’ll hear a story of resurrection from the book of Acts. With the Psalm we are reminded of God’s presence in the shadows and even…
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Godly Play and Nursery Care
Godly Play is offered for children 4 and older, as well as nursery care on the 2nd floor of First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo for infants through 3-year-olds with fully vaccinated staff. Please contact jlibrizzi@umc-kzo.org with any questions.