Wednesdays | November 12, & 19, December 3 & 10
9:30 – 11:00 am | Room 336
Led by Rev. Phyllis Barren

A Child Is Born by Amy-Jill Levine is a four-week Advent study that explores how the ancient birth stories of Isaac and Ishmael, Samson, and Samuel foreshadow the Nativity of Jesus. Through her deep understanding of Scripture, Levine reveals how these earlier stories illuminate and enrich the meaning of Christ’s birth. This study invites readers to experience the Advent season with renewed insight, wonder, and spiritual depth.

Mondays | December 1 – 22, 2025
1:00 – 2:30 pm | Room 350
$14 book available for purchase in class
Registration Requested

We invite you to join us for this year’s Monday Musers Advent Study. Our book is “The Gift of the Nutcracker” by Matt Rawle, one of our favorite authors. The Nutcracker has been a beloved Christmas classic since 1892. Matt will guide us in enjoying and exploring this story to embrace God’s greatest gift of the Christ Child.

Monday, December 1, 2025
7:00 – 8:30 pm | Sanctuary
Free Admission

In 2015, Dr. Bradley Hunter Welch gave a stunning dedicatory organ recital on the Anne S. and Henry B. Paup Sanctuary Pipe Organ. This year marks the “Tenth Year of the Pipe Organ,” and Dr. Bradley Hunter Welch will return to present another incredible organ recital to celebrate this auspicious occasion on Monday, December 1, at 7:00 pm in the FUMC Sanctuary. Dr. Welch will perform Advent and Christmas music at this recital, which will inspire and get us in the mood for the holiday season. An audience sing-along is also promised! This organ recital is free of charge and open to the public, so please invite your friends and family and mark your calendar to hear this phenomenal music offering as we celebrate the “Tenth Year of the Pipe Organ!”

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Wesley Hall | $20
Registration Required by noon on Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Nutcracker Is Tutu Much
Guest Speaker — Les Jordan, Ill, Artistic Director, North Central Ballet

Les Jordan III, artistic director of the North Central Ballet, has staged a full-length production of the beloved “The Nutcracker” ballet in North Texas for three decades. Last year, families from our Methodist Justice Ministry were among his invited guests. He will bring the history of the ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s famed score plus some of the fabulous costumes for us to see. Expect a delightful time!

Lunch Buffet:
Garden Salad w/balsamic dressing
Bakery Roll w/butter
Roasted Herb Turkey w/gravy
Cornbread Dressing
Green Beans
Apple Cobbler

Service Project:
Collecting toothpaste & brushes

Childcare may be requested by contacting Stephanie Brown at least one week prior to the event.

Sunday, December 7, 2025
5:30 – 7:30 pm | Justin Youth Building
Registration Required

All FUMCFW students in 7th-12th grade are invited to join us for our annual Christmas Party in the Justin Youth Building! This year we’re going to deck the halls of the Justin in more tinsel than you could imagine, and we want to see your best Christmas sweaters (however you’d like to interpret that is up to you).

We’ll kick things off with yummy food, play some big games from the 1st Floor Stage, and wrap up with our annual White Elephant Gift Exchange!

Every year, we have an incredible assortment of gifts (we’ve seen everything from a large, framed painting of Jesus to a bag full of $10 in pennies) and we always encourage thinking outside the box – but please, nothing alive (i.e. no plants, no animals, etc.). Everyone who brings a gift will leave with a gift, and we’ll have some extras on hand in case you forget!

If you have any questions, reach out to Rebekah.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
5:30 – 7:30 pm | Wesley Hall

Join us for our Tenth annual family celebration around the holiday classic, The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. We’ll enjoy dinner and this classic holiday film, hot chocolate, and Christmas fun!

The party will include a Prayer Bear Drive for Cook Children’s Hospital. We are encouraging anyone who can to bring a new, unwrapped Teddy Bear. When “a certain someone” arrives, he will gather all the bears and deliver them to the best children’s hospital around! Be sure to wear your most festive pajamas!

December 13, 2025
$70 per person
Meyerson Symphony Center | Departing the church at noon.
Registration Required

It’s that wonderful time of the year when families gather and celebrate the holidays with music— and when guest conductor Lawrence Loh, along with two popular vocalists, soprano Jasmine Habersham and baritone Reginald Smith, Jr., return to sing seasonal favorites for the holidays.

Sunday, December 14, 2025
6:00 – 7:00 pm | Leonard Memorial Chapel
Led by Dr. Mike Marshall

At First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth, we know all too well the difficulties the holiday season can bring during times of loss, fear, and sadness — and we want you to know you are not forgotten among the tinsel and celebration. Each year we schedule this special service intentionally during this time to create a space for feelings that are not so merry — and a refuge from celebration when you just don’t feel like it. Led by Dr. Mike Marshall, who will offer a brief word, lead a time of prayer, and celebrate those we love. This service, surrounded by the beauty of Leonard Memorial Chapel, offers balm to the weary soul — and solace to the discouraged and brokenhearted at a time when the rest of the world may seem oblivious to your pain.

December 17, 2025
6:00 – 8:30 pm | Room 154 Main Building
Registration Requested

Let’s get in the Christmas spirit! Join us in Room 154 as we celebrate Christmas with a Young Adults Christmas Party. There will be food and lots of connections to make. Bring a friend! Everyone is welcome.

Help us support our church ministries and local community with our Christmas offering. This year’s offering supports:

Dementia Friendly Fort Worth — improving quality of life for those living with dementia by implementing a dementia awareness and education initiative for all sectors of the community.

First Street Methodist Mission — assisting families and individuals who find themselves in insurmountable living environments and often needing emergency food, clothing, housing assistance, and advocacy.

Methodist Children’s Home in Waco, TX — serving children and youth through residential programs and transition services, foster care, and a variety of community-based programs throughout Texas and New Mexico.

Methodist Justice Ministries — protecting children and women in domestic violence situations and assisting them in rebuilding new lives that are safe, secure and hopeful.

Providence Place (formerly Methodist Mission Home) — placing children in loving adoptive homes and assisting people who are deaf/hard of hearing or have other disabilities to achieve independence.

United Community Centers — providing safe and fun summer enrichment experiences for children in partnership with United Community Centers’ Summer Campership Program.

Wesleyan Homes — creating affordable retirement living at many different levels of care to senior adults in central Texas.

Zoe Empowers — empowering orphaned Kenyan children and youth-led families to take the lead in escaping poverty and become self-sufficient.

Give online (choose Christmas Offering from the drop-down menu) or with a check or donation envelope marked “Christmas Offering” in the Sunday offertory, by mail, or in the Main Office.