As we reflect on 2025, we do so with deep gratitude. Thank you for walking together as we continue to live into God’s call for our shared life and ministry.
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You will receive a note of thanks and acknowledgment that we have received your commitment card. We’ll then enter your commitment information into our First Church database and update your giving record as we receive your gifts toward fulfilling your commitment.
The commitment to our First Church Ministry and Operating Fund is one year from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026.
You most certainly can. We are grateful for additional gifts over and above your original commitment.
Designated gifts such as gifts to support a specific program (i.e. outreach ministries such as First Street Methodist Mission, Methodist Justice Ministry, Dementia Friendly), “legacy gifts” to First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation, or gifts to specific ministries within the church such as music, media, children’s or youth ministries, etc. as well as Advent or Easter offerings, are greatly appreciated but they do not count toward your 2026 Ministry and Operating Fund commitment.
We know that “life happens.” If you are faced with a financial setback, please consider sharing as much as you are comfortable sharing by discussing your circumstances with Steve Fagan, Director of Finance. Not only will this give us an opportunity to pray for better days for you; it also makes us aware that you may not be able to give at the level you had planned to give. We will not ask any more from you but will hold you up in prayer.
Yes. We never take for granted that your Commitment is ongoing, so for budgeting purposes and to confirm your continued Commitment, we ask that you please complete a new card each year. We also ask that you provide your credit card (or bank account information if we are drafting on your account) again each year when you turn in your Commitment Card.
Yes! You can complete your 2026 Commitment online below.
God has created all that is. We are given the privilege and responsibility to care for that which belongs to our heavenly Father. We give to God not out of obligation or guilt but out of gratitude for all that God has already done for us.
Have you developed a giving plan for your gifts to the church and put it into action? This may mean signing an annual commitment card, having automatic payments set up for your credit card or bank, or it might mean writing out a check for each month and putting them in stamped envelopes, each to be mailed on a certain day of each month.
When you follow your giving plan, your giving becomes consistent. Whatever your chosen pattern of giving — a weekly gift or the first Sunday of every month, or perhaps one gift in June or December. The key is making that plan and following it to become a consistent giver.
Generosity looks different to everyone — and may change with the seasons of our lives. Generosity is an act of faith and a covenant between God and you.
The key to becoming a cheerful giver is to practice the stewardship values of generosity, intentionality, consistency, prioritizing. You will find joy as you discover what God is calling you to do.
Make payable to FUMC Fort Worth; deliver to the Business Office, the Main Church Office, or via mail to 800 W. 5th St., Fort Worth, Texas 76102.
Text 817-241-2327 and enter the amount in the message bar. You must have a ShelbyGiving account set up with the church in order to Text to Give.
Download the app to give from your smart phone.
Contact: Business Office | 817-336-7277
Thank you for your commitment. This estimate may be revised or canceled at any time upon request.
Contact: FUMCFW Business Office | 817-336-7277
Want to honor a special person or accomplishment? Feel moved to make a gift in memory of someone you care about?
Please contact the Business Office (817-339-5090) if you have any questions.
If you are required to take a required minimum distribution (RMD) you may want to consider making donations to the church via a qualified charitable distribution (QCD). A QCD can be counted toward satisfying your required minimum distribution for the year, if certain conditions and rules are met.
A QCD is a direct transfer of funds from your IRA custodian to a qualified charity, and the church does qualify. (Note that it is imperative that the amount is transferred directly to the church.)
Itemization is not required to make a QCD, and the QCD benefits you by reducing your taxable income. However, you will not be able to deduct the QCD amount as a charitable contribution.
LEARN MOREThe financial markets have shown significant gains in the last several months. If you have appreciated shares of common stock that you would like to donate to the church, you can transfer shares of stock from your account to the church’s brokerage account. This provides you with a dual benefit: you do not have to claim the capital gain on the appreciated shares, and you get to claim the total value of this stock on that date of the transfer as a charitable contribution.
Contact Steve Fagan to get specific instructions for making a stock transfer and to alert the Business Office of the forthcoming gift.
The First Methodist Church of Fort Worth Foundation was established in 1964 to provide for the long-term operation and maintenance of the church’s facilities.
The Five Pillars of First United Methodist Church — Vision, Worship, Education, Mission/Outreach, and Music & Fine Arts — are undergirded by a solid foundation that assures that the buildings and property are funded in perpetuity.
Gifts to the Foundation are invested, managed, and administered with careful stewardship. Only the earnings are distributed. As a donor, you can take comfort in knowing that your gift to First Methodist Foundation will have an everlasting impact.
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As we reflect on 2025, we do so with deep gratitude. Thank you for walking together as we continue to live into God’s call for our shared life and ministry.
First and foremost, thank you. Your generosity is what fuels our church’s mission to be a faithful presence of Christ in Fort Worth and beyond.
I sincerely appreciate your love for Christ, your generous hearts, and your support of our congregation.
This is not unlike spiritual renewal, in which we can deliberately adopt a new mindset and commitment to becoming closer to God.
For many seniors age 70½ or older the only way to reduce their tax bill is to make charitable donations directly from their Traditional or Roth IRA, known as a Qualified Charitable Distribution (aka QCD).