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SUMMARY:Holy Thursday: Extravagant Love
DESCRIPTION:Online Worship @ 6pm\nIn person Communion & Symbolic Hand Washing @ 7-8pm at FUMC \nYou are invited to Holy Thursday to remember that we are healed and still healing. A woman with an alabaster jar anointed Jesus out of love and devotion. We receive an anointing to prepare ourselves to receive the Spirit of Christ anew. Breaking the bread and lifting the cup of grace\, Jesus gave thanks for the healing that had been manifested and the healing that is yet to come. This is the Feast of Love\, come nourish your soul and hear Jesus say\, “I am always with you.” At 6pm we will offer a short online worship of readings\, prayers\, hymns\, anointing and a communion liturgy. You are invited to take communion in your own homes or come to the church lawn off the parking lot to receive communion\, and wash hands as a symbolic act of service and love\, following the online worship\, at 7pm. For our online worship\, please have bread or crackers and juice or water if you will be receiving at home. Also\, please have a small amount of oil for anointing. This can be a simple oil from your kitchen cupboard or a little lotion. Come\, let us create sacred space\, find healing and restoration. \nEvents taking place at church will be located on the lawn off the parking lot. As with previous outdoor events\, masks and social distancing are required and we will not have use of the bathrooms. Gluten free bread will be available for in person Communion.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/holy-thursday-extravagant-love/
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SUMMARY:Good Friday: Healed and Still Healing
DESCRIPTION:Online Worship @ 6pm\nIn person Anointing & Prayers at the Cross @ 7-8pm at FUMC \nWe invite you to continue in Holy Week Worship on Good Friday\, this time\, “staying with” Jesus in his moment of suffering. The temptation is always for us to move to Easter Resurrection quickly as possible\, and this may be ever more true in a year of global pandemic. Lingering in places of suffering is something many of us are all too familiar with. Yet\, Jesus stays with us in our suffering\, and asks us to stay with him in his suffering. Join us online at 6pm for a Good Friday liturgy where we will listen to the passion narrative from Matthew’s Gospel\, sing some classic Good Friday hymns\, and be given opportunity to lay our places of pain\, grief\, and forgiveness before the Cross of Jesus\, and receive anointing with oil. For those who are comfortable and able\, there will be a time to worship in-person\, outdoors at 7pm where worshipers can lay griefs and prayers on the cross\, and be anointed by the pastors. Let us stay with Jesus in his suffering\, knowing that he is always with us in ours. \nEvents taking place at church will be located on the lawn off the parking lot. As with previous outdoor events\, masks and social distancing are required and we will not have use of the bathrooms.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/good-friday-healed-and-still-healing/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Service
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210404T110000
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SUMMARY:Easter Sunday: Christ has risen!
DESCRIPTION:In person Communion @ 8:30-9:15am at FUMC\nOnline Worship @ 10am \nChrist the Lord is risen! Alleluia. Come\, join us for Easter as we sing our praise and raise our joys and triumphs high with trumpets declaring that love’s redeeming work is done. We will celebrate the Risen Christ with a virtual choir\, brass\, handbells\, the majestic organ and a “Hallelujah Chorus” from earlier days. Easter begins in the dark and moves into our lives as the dawn lights up the sky and our hearts are filled once again with the hope that Christ leads us to a redemptive love. Please join us for online worship at 10am as we come to the table of life joining with each other and seeking communion with God. Gather bread and juice for home communion\, or plan to meet Pastors Julie and Matt as they serve communion in the church parking lot before worship at 8:30-9:15am. Invite your friends and family to join us for worship as we remember that we rise with the Resurrected One to be renewed\, redeemed\, and enlivened people who serve the God of love. \nPlease note: There will be no Zoom fellowship before Easter worship as we hope to see you face to face for Communion from 8:30-9:15am at FUMC! Events taking place at church will be located on the lawn off the parking lot. As with previous outdoor events\, masks and social distancing are required and we will not have use of the bathrooms. Gluten free bread will be available for in person Communion.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/easter-sunday-christ-has-risen/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Service
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210411T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210411T100000
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SUMMARY:Zoom Fellowship for All
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to join us for Zoom fellowship from 9:15am to 9:45am every Sunday before online worship. We all gather in one Zoom room to begin. (CLICK HERE for the link and use passcode 676000 if prompted.) Occasionally\, we will utilize breakout rooms for smaller group discussion. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday morning!
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/zoom-fellowship-for-all/
LOCATION:MI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210411T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210411T110000
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SUMMARY:Second Sunday of Easter: Unless I See
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us for Coffeehouse Worship! \n“Thomas\, one of the twelve\, was not with them when Jesus came. So\, the other disciples told him\, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them\, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands\, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side\, I will not believe.” \nOur theme for worship this week is Thomas and his need to see something real before his belief can kick in. If we are truthful\, we all want that. We all find it easier to believe when we can see something. So\, then this will be a worship that celebrates showing. We will show the gospel at work in people’s lives. We show the difference it makes in how we live each day. We show a motivating hope that keeps joy at work in the community of faith. Today we show our story\, our own people\, our mission and service. There are stories to tell\, even during this time of pandemics. Hope rises and clings ahold even in difficult situations\, most especially in difficult situations. Faith is alive\, let us hear the stories\, tell the stories and create the stories that show God’s love being shared.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/second-sunday-of-easter-unless-i-see/
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SUMMARY:Godly Play
DESCRIPTION:Calling all children! \nWe invite you to join Ms. Julia on Zoom following worship for a Godly Play story each week at 11am! Children are invited to find a cozy and (hopefully) quiet spot at home to settle down and spend some time listening for God! \nPlease contact jlibrizzi@umc-kzo.org for the Zoom link.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/godly-play/
LOCATION:MI
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SUMMARY:Sunday Morning Class: The Challenge of Paul
DESCRIPTION:The Challenge of Paul: How to Make a Just World \nOur exploration of Paul resumes with this DVD-based series featuring John Dominic Crossan. Traditional Christian notions about the relationship between God and Justice have tended to convey that God will ultimately reward the good and punish the bad. Each one of us has engaged in thinking that she or he would like to provide God a list of those who deserve to be punished\, preferably the sooner the better. Crossan\, in his inimical way\, turns such old ideas upside down. He insists that to understand Paul’s teaching on the “justice of God\,” we consider two traditions: first\, we must look to the Prophets of Israel and historical Jesus; second\, we must look to first century Roman understanding of how to make a just world. John Clark will lead the discussion. \nCLICK HERE to join this conversation on Sunday mornings at 11am.\nMeeting ID: 814 7426 2215 Passcode: godslove
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/sunday-morning-class-the-challenge-of-paul/
LOCATION:MI
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210411T120000
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SUMMARY:Zoom Family Foundations
DESCRIPTION:Join other parents each Sunday at 11am on Zoom for coffee and conversation! \nCLICK HERE to join this conversation on Sunday mornings at 11am.\nMeeting ID: 854 7477 8754 Passcode: 857226
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/zoom-family-foundations/
LOCATION:MI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210411T200000
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SUMMARY:Youth Tribe
DESCRIPTION:Teens are invited to join our active youth ministries at FUMC! Everyone has a voice as we learn together and take time to play\, too. For more information and details on upcoming events\, contact Pastor Matt Weiler at mweiler@umc-kzo.org.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/youth-tribe/
LOCATION:MI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210414T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210414T090000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Morning Yoga
DESCRIPTION:Join us for yoga and prayer on Wednesday mornings at 8am via Zoom. This yoga is for every-body. It is most often a gentle session that stretches our bodies and reminds us to breathe. Through this practice we prepare ourselves mind\, body and spirit for our coming Sunday morning worship with the reading of Scripture and prayers. This is a video led session from popular yoga websites. Pastor Julie Kline has been a yoga fan for decades\, but is not a certified yoga instructor\, thus we follow the wisdom of those who are certified. If you are interested in learning more and getting connected to this class email Pastor Julie at jkline@umc-kzo.org.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/wednesday-morning-yoga/
LOCATION:MI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210414T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210414T193000
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SUMMARY:Manna: Young Adult Ministry
DESCRIPTION:Join Manna\, our weekly meetup for young adults in their 20s and 30s! In the Bible\, Manna represents God arriving to a people who were yet discovering who they were. Manna was God’s provision. Manna was God’s way of teaching a people how to live and be together. Manna was preparing them for the journey ahead. Our Wednesday nights are like Manna! They are a time to study scripture\, talk about current events\, pray together and discover who God is shaping us to be for the journey ahead. Pastor Matt Weiler leads the group in conversation and reflection on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. Locations vary\, please contact Matt at mweiler@umc-kzo.org for more information and to join the group email list. \n 
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/young-adult-meet-up/
LOCATION:MI
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210418T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210418T110000
DTSTAMP:20260618T094757
CREATED:20210331T202124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210417T164816Z
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SUMMARY:Third Sunday of Easter: Touch and See
DESCRIPTION:Last week the Gospel lesson emphasized seeing; today the focus is on touching. Jesus is trying to ground the disciples’ faith in the reality of his presence\, in the concreteness of his being. He told them to touch him; he ate in front of them. He was announcing that he was real. Our lives are still being touched; our hearts are still being touched by Jesus. It is also Native American Ministries Sunday. Through prayers and litanies\, we will hope to bridge the gap between our Native American brothers and sisters. This is part of what it means to touch and see. Touch another tradition; touch another perspective; take hold of something that takes you out of yourself long enough to embrace the realities of another’s existence. Overcoming racism is an ongoing process of education and a constant reminder that embracing those of a difference race or ethnicity involves stretching ourselves and our practices to include and embrace diversity. We are challenged by our bishops to continue the task of ending racism in us and in our society. Let us worship with open hearts and open minds.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/third-sunday-of-easter-touch-and-see/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Service
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210425T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210425T110000
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SUMMARY:Fourth Sunday of Easter: Listen to My Voice
DESCRIPTION:We continue the sensory journey through Eastertide and come to hearing this week. In Jesus’ parable of the good shepherd\, he says that the sheep listen to his voice. He is speaking of those in front of him and those of other folds. Who are these others? We don’t really know. There is lots of speculation about who these other folds might represent. But the truth is\, we don’t know. Jesus often hints that determining who is in and who is out is not really our job. We are to invite and include as widely as possible. We also celebrate the Festival of God’s Creation. April 22 is Earth Day\, and we can hear the voice of God through the natural world. If we are to take seriously hearing God through the world around us\, then we have to take seriously the care of the planet. Let us worship with ears to listen.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/fourth-sunday-of-easter-listen-to-my-voice/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Service
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