Since the first of the year, First Church has welcomed 178 new members into our flock of Christ-loving disciples. Thank you for being a part of this wonderful accomplishment through your actions!
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“Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.” (Phil. 4-5) What do you think of when you hear the word gentle? Softness? Tenderness? Mildness? As one of God’s Fruit of the Spirit it means all these plus other definitions we might not relate to spiritual gentleness, such…
This Friday, September 30, marks a significant milestone in the life of the First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation.
Both are excellent and equally important options because our ministries and programs will benefit but in different time frames.
This Sunday, in eleven:eleven, downtown, we continue the series “Here’s How: Big Mind Help for Small-minded Times” as we look at some of the ways we open up to this universal longing to trust and belong, even in the hardest of times.
At first glance we might assume we don’t need to look at what being faithful means. Isn’t that what taking on Christ means? Yes! But we easily can confuse acting faithful with being faithful—attending worship, tithing, praying regularly assisting the needy and the other acts we do in the name…
Given the generosity of our First Church members, I am sure many of you are aware of Matching Gift Programs, but have you thought about matching gifts in terms of your church giving?
Bring your questions from this series, your favorite childhood story or fairy tale, and your willingness to get a little messy!
It was awesome to see all of you who joined us for the Youth Parent Meeting and our Volunteer Orientation!
Thanks to you, summer at First Church has been great! Despite the unbearable temperatures, members and visitors continued to show up for fellowship and fun.
I have a bumper sticker on my ukulele case that reads, “Beware the dangers of stupid people in large groups.” We all think it’s talking about those other people, right?
First Church is blessed with many wise individuals and one such gentleman approached me recently with an excellent question. Do we remind those members, 70½ and above, how First Church can benefit from their Qualified Charitable Distributions and Required Minimum Distributions?
This Sunday I’m beginning a new series looking at the Gospel of Luke and his post-Resurrection understanding of how Jesus’ life and ideas offered the world a new way of being in relationship to life.
This past Sunday, I gave my last talk from the Justin stage. I found myself wondering what mattered most to say, of all of the hours spent giving instructions and leading prayers and worship from that stage – what really mattered?
Thank you for making First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth a growing community of faithful disciples through the sharing of your generous gifts in the name of Christ Jesus.
Why is it that in watching, or seeing, someone else’s experience of wonder and awe we are often moved to tears and delight ourselves? Does something connect within us? Something more universally true about our humanity?
Did you know that Amazon is not only a quick and easy way to shop for just about anything, it is also a simple and automatic way to give to our church?
I can’t tell you how honored I am to serve God and this congregation as Senior Pastor. I think we have a bright future ahead of us! I want to start our new beginning with a sermon series I’ve titled “Key Pieces of Faith.”
Kindergarten-6th Grade continues through Sunday, September 4. Start time is 9:30 am and pick-up is 10:45 am. Children are part of the class for their upcoming grade. (Pre-K is now Kinder, etc.) We keep all rising 6th graders in Children’s until the Fall. No registration required!
When people feel welcomed and included, they are comfortable, and that allows them to feel God’s presence; it makes them want to come back and be part of the community they find here. I truly believe as people come to know the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the world is changed one person at a time.