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SUMMARY:Fifth Sunday of Lent: Finding Your Mystic\, Listening Beyond the Voices
DESCRIPTION: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 us from a deeper listening and it is often difficult to understand what is a mystical connection to God. Getting our True Self into the chairperson’s seat in the committee meeting does not mean ignoring those voices of fear\, pessimism\, people-pleasing or accusation\, but instead listening intently to them and not letting them bully us into negative action. Letting them in and letting them go is the prayer of the mystic within. \nWe will celebrate communion this Sunday. For those joining us for worship online\, please bring bread and juice to your home worship space. \nJoin us in person or online for worship on Sundays at 10am. If you’re joining us in person\, please review our updated Covid practices.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/fifth-sunday-of-lent-finding-your-music-listening-beyond-voices/
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SUMMARY:Palm Sunday: Finding Your Purpose\, Listening to Your Heart
DESCRIPTION: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 bandstand at 9:45am. \nToday in coffeehouse worship we celebrate the liturgy of Palms\, and we turn with Jesus towards the cross of Jerusalem in the liturgy of Christ’s Passion. In the a moment\, the light bearers\, the children\, along with those who have already been celebrating outside in Bronson park\, and the choir will lead us in procession around the sanctuary remembering that day of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. \nToday’s coffeehouse worship Change the World offering will go towards the Fresh Start / Fresh Place initiative with Ministry With Community providing cleaning supplies for low-income persons moving into new homes or apartments. The Tween AND Youth Group members will utilize this money to go shopping for supplies to gift to this initiative. \nJoin us in person or online for worship on Sundays at 10am. If you’re joining us in person\, please review our updated Covid practices.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/palm-sunday-finding-your-purpose-listening-to-your-heart/
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SUMMARY:Holy Thursday: Finding Jesus
DESCRIPTION: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 cup of grace\, Jesus asked that we remember him and dedicate ourselves to a new covenant. This is the Feast of Love\, come kneel at the communion rail and pray that we might be the body of Christ for the world. If you are joining us online\, you are invited to take communion in your own homes with elements that you have available. Come\, let us create sacred space\, that begins with this holy meal on Thursday and continues with earnest prayer on Good Friday. \nJoin us in person or online for worship on Holy Thursday (April 14) at 7pm. If you’re joining us in person\, please review our updated Covid practices. \nChildcare will be available for Holy Thursday worship. 
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/maundy-thursday/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Service
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SUMMARY:Good Friday: Listening for the Inner Jerusalem
DESCRIPTION: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 stay with him remembering the cross he bore\, and trusting in the hope of resurrection to follow. But for now\, we linger with Jesus in the hours of his suffering. Let us worship and remember. \nJoin us in person or online for worship. If you’re joining us in person\, please review our updated Covid practices. For those worshiping at home\, if you can\, please have with you at your worship space a pen and paper\, a nail\, and a small cross. These will be used for experiential prayer during worship.  \nChildcare will be available for Good Friday worship. 
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/good-friday-listening-for-the-inner-jerusalem/
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SUMMARY:Easter Sunday 8am Service: Listening for a Stone Rolled Away
DESCRIPTION: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 the sounds of new life. Let us hear death moved aside for the sounds of life\, wholeness\, and resurrection. Jesus is alive and together we will sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” once again at the 10am worship. \n8am worship is in person only and for our early risers who would like to celebrate Easter earlier in the morning with a smaller gathering. It will be a joyful celebration\, yet quieter than our 10am service. Please review our updated Covid practices prior to joining us for in person worship. Childcare will not be available for 8am Easter Sunday worship.  \nThe ministries we are supporting with this year’s Easter Offering – the Methodist Children’s Home of Costa Rica\, Dr. Desiree Segura-April and Rev. Emily A. Everett – seek to protect and help children. You can assist these ministries by donating online\, by mailing a check with ‘Easter Offering’ in the memo line or by using the Easter envelope you may have received in the mail. Thank you for your support of this important work.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/easter-sunday-8am-service-listening-for-a-stone-rolled-away/
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SUMMARY:Easter Sunday 10am Service: Listening for a Stone Rolled Away
DESCRIPTION: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 the sounds of new life. Let us hear death moved aside for the sounds of life\, wholeness\, and resurrection. Jesus is alive and together we will sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” once again at the 10am worship. \n10am worship will be a festive Easter celebration that will include our choir\, timpani\, brass and the “Hallelujah Chorus” sung by all at the end of worship. Childcare and Godly Play will be available for 10am Easter Sunday worship.  \nJoin us in person or online for worship 10am Easter Sunday worship. If you’re joining us in person\, please review our updated Covid practices. \nThe ministries we are supporting with this year’s Easter Offering – the Methodist Children’s Home of Costa Rica\, Dr. Desiree Segura-April and Rev. Emily A. Everett – seek to protect and help children. You can assist these ministries by donating online\, by mailing a check with ‘Easter Offering’ in the memo line or by using the Easter envelope you may have received in the mail. Thank you for your support of this important work.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/easter-sunday-10am-service-listening-for-a-stone-rolled-away/
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SUMMARY:Second Sunday of Easter: Hi. Hello. Hey there.
DESCRIPTION: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 50 days leading up to Pentecost. And so in our worship we continue this week in our Easter celebration in the liturgy\, the hymns and the sermon remembering that wonder-filled moment when Jesus came to the disciples in their fear and said\, “Peace be with you.” When has Jesus met you with peace in your places of fear? \nJoin us in person or online for worship on Sundays at 10am. If you’re joining us in person\, please review our updated mask policy.
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/second-sunday-of-easter-first-strings/
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SUMMARY:Sunday Morning Class: Living the Questions
DESCRIPTION: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 week will involve a 20-minute video and then active\, open discussions among class participants. Once 10am worship concludes\, John Clark will lead the conversation in the Parlor on the first floor of First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo and online on Zoom. \nCLICK HERE to join this conversation on Zoom on Sundays after worship through May 22\, 2022.\nMeeting ID: 814 7426 2215 Passcode: godslove
URL:https://umc-kzo.org/event/sunday-morning-class-living-the-questions/
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SUMMARY:New Member Class
DESCRIPTION: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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