First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth – Located in Downtown Fort Worth

With COVID-19 numbers soaring, FUMCFW leadership has decided to follow the urging of public health officials and go back to “online-only” for worship and meetings of all sizes.

COVID-19 Update Prayer Requests How Can I Help? Covid-19 Screening Form.

Advent 2020

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Thursday, December 24, 2020
Noon – 1:00 pm
FUMCFW Live Stream | Facebook Live | YouTube Live
Special Music: Choral Union, DFW Brass
On-demand from Noon – midnight at fumcfw.org/christmaseve20

ADVENT PROGRAMS & EVENTS

As everything goes back online due to the spread of COVID-19 in our community, everyone on our First Church staff is busily rethinking how to make Advent and Christmas meaningful and live up best to our Still Christmas theme while still also keeping people safe.

Back to Online Only — In Care of Community

In light of escalating COVID-19 cases and hospital occupancy, and in consultation with public health officials, our FUMCFW clergy and program staff made the decision today to go back to online-only worship, meetings, and ministries.

It takes a semi . . .

You’re probably familiar by now with our weekly “Mission Scavenger Hunt” emails that alert our First Church family to the specific food needs of our Mission for the coming week.

Virtual Senior Recital

Organist Andy Rose, a senior at Texas Wesleyan University, will give his senior organ recital at FUMCFW as part of his degree requirements at Texas Wesleyan University where he is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a concentration in organ.

Baptismal House Call

On November 10 Dr. Mike Marshall made a house call — for a baptism! No, it wasn’t an infant, or a toddler, or even a teenager.

Discipleship

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Click on the categories above to explore each area of Christian discipleship to find your “Worship + 1” for a more balanced and fulfilling life!

Worship | Prayer | Study

Churchwide

Online Prayer & Devotional Opportunities

Music Ministries

Adult Opportunities

Youth

Children

Sunday Worship Opportunities

Watch it Again

Here is an hour of comfort and hope for all who mourn during this especially difficult holiday season.

Blog Posts

December 3, 2020

Good News! Clear a path for courage!

Anger, frustration, is an insidious fact of life. We’re wired for it, so that all it takes is a trigger and we’re off. And therein lies a conundrum.

Rev. Tom McDermott

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December 2, 2020

The Hopes and Fears of All The Years

When hope is elusive it is a comfort to know that Jesus is not oblivious to the fear and sorrow that can crowd out hope.

Charme Robarts

Adult Ministries Prayer & Spiritual Formation Z - Front Page

November 26, 2020

Discovering the Gift of Gratitude in Hard Times

This Thanksgiving week in 1970, I had just been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and had arrived at St Jude Children’s Hospital the previous Thursday.

Dr. Len Delony

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November 26, 2020

Can We Count on You?

Your thoughtful and intentional giving makes it possible for First Church to share God’s faithfulness through our ministries and programs.

Nancy Fisher

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November 25, 2020

Advent Is a Season of Hope

It will be a quieter Christmas. It will be a still Christmas and in that stillness perhaps we can focus more clearly on the meaning of incarnation — of God’s entrance into human experience in the person of Jesus.

Dr. Tim Bruster

Youth Ministries Z - Front Page

November 23, 2020

Grounded and Growing

Right now, I think we could all use a little grounding. Especially because things are constantly changing — between changing with expectations with the pandemic, not knowing who’s in and out of quarantine at any given time, uncertainty with our schedules and seemingly no way to plan for the future.

Matt Britt

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November 18, 2020

Remember to Give Thanks

It will be a different Thanksgiving holiday, for sure, but one thing will remain: We will remember to do what the holiday is supposed to remind us to do: give thanks.

Dr. Tim Bruster

Children's Ministries Z - Front Page

November 12, 2020

Children’s Books — World Kindness Day

Parents, I highly recommend these books. And if you’re anything like me, you know that a well-crafted picture book can be as meaningful for adults as for children.

Mark Burrows