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Sunday
Worship
Traditional Worship
9:30 & 11:00 am | Sanctuary | Dr. Tim Bruster
“With the Angels, Let Us Sing”
Fourth in the Advent series Silent Night
DiscipleChurch
7:15 am | Community Breakfast | Wesley Hall
8:30 am | Worship | Chapel | Dr. Mike Marshall
The Gathering
9:30 & 11:00 am | Wesley Hall | Rev. Lance Marshall
eleven:eleven
11:11 am | 512 W. 4th St. | Rev. Tom McDermott
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Chapel Communion
10:35 am | Chapel | Dr. Len Delony
Join us live online on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am for The Gathering, 11:00 am for Traditional, and 11:11 am for eleven:eleven.
WRR Radio
Listen to each previous week’s sermon and music on Sunday mornings at 7:30 am on WRR 101.1 FM.
See You at Church
Robert Stovall, Director of Music & Worship Arts, gives a quick preview of the music offering for this Sunday.
Advent is the preparation for the glorious news that God comes to us — to the world — in the flesh. God truly is with us. On that “silent night,” with its angel proclamations, peasant adoration, and humble beginnings, Emmanuel (meaning “God with us”) is born into this world to usher in a new way of seeing and being that encompasses hope and love and joy and peace. Advent invites us to hold our breath and listen into the silence; to inhale and catch a whiff of some fragrance that enlivens both memory and hope. Advent calls us into to something quite extraordinary.
This year, it just so happens that Christmas Eve is the 200th anniversary of the debut of the beloved carol, “Silent Night.” In observance of this special occasion, FUMCFW will be using the lyrics to this beautiful carol as the basis of our theme throughout the Advent season. As this worship series celebrates the “Silent Night” message during the season of Advent, we invite you to listen for its call as a guide for your life — all year long.
The new Paramount series, The Landman, is filming at the Historic 512! So to help out Jonathan Ham and Demi Moore (and their set crew), we’re doing eleven:eleven at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Auditorium!
Here’s what’s happening This Sunday and This Week at First Church!
Here’s what’s happening This Sunday and This Week at First Church!
Moment With Mike
Stay up to date with the latest announcements presented by Dr. Mike Marshall.
New Members
Carol Campbell
Kurt Chankaya
Thomas “TJ’ Jennings and John Dickinson
Laurie & Bennie Nors
Maxwell Hamre
Christina & David Sutton; children are Lance, MacKenzie, Lena, Natasha, and Thomas
LeAnn & Dalton Carrell, children are Olivia and Dalton
Alice Pritchett
Jeff Barnes
Martha Hollis
Stacy & Stephen Hamilton, children are Karsyn and Lucas
Hospitalizations
Betty Poag
Diane “Stow” Ayre
Don Dunkin
Memorial Gifts
Foundation Fund in Memory of:
Patty Grubb by Cecile Montgomery
Patty Grubb by Gordon, Mary Ann & Glenn Gibson
Honorary Gifts
General Fund in Honor of:
Barbara Duckworth for the Nativity by Lisa Helm
Barbara Duckworth for the Nativity by Lynn & John Cockrell
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Serving directly increases our faith and allows us to experience God’s power firsthand.
This year, I admit, I didn’t give anything up and didn’t take on a specific spiritual discipline, but I did come away with one thing: a feeling of deep gratitude.
The long lead up to, and the whole day’s events, (especially the halftime show!) is a fast-paced, three-ring-circus extravaganza. Now I like circuses, and watched most of the event last week, including the commercials. On one level, and for so many, it is the epitome of excitement and celebration of “winning” in our culture.
Antonio is a man who was 58 years old at the time, worked in the city government’s offices, and was there for a good part of his life. Antonio and his wife have three children: two girls and a boy.
I remember that, during the Sunday service in my home church, there was a time for some members to participate with a brief testimony of gratitude to God for something or to sing a special song.
My boldness is paying off. Today I am living a joyful Christ-filled life that overflows with blessings as numerous as the stars in the heavenly skies.
