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2020 Bible Challenge
Wednesday, January 1 – Thursday, December 312021 Lay Leadership Nominations
August 23, 2020 – September 20, 2021Men’s In-Depth Bible Study
Tuesday, September 29 | 7:00 am – 8:00 am|Recurring Events (See all)An event every week that begins at 7:00 am on Tuesday, repeating indefinitely
Practicing Prayerful Presence
Wednesday, September 30 | 9:30 am – 10:30 am|Recurring Events (See all)An event every week that begins at 9:30 am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, repeating indefinitely
GROW Bible Study
Wednesday, September 30 | 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm|Recurring Events (See all)An event every week that begins at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, repeating indefinitely
Thursday Theologians Discussion Group
Thursday, October 1 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am|Recurring Events (See all)An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Thursday, repeating indefinitely
Practicing Prayerful Presence
Friday, October 2 | 9:30 am – 10:30 am|Recurring Events (See all)An event every week that begins at 9:30 am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, repeating indefinitely
Bible Challenge Meetup
Saturday, October 3 | 9:00 am – 10:00 am|Recurring Events (See all)One event on June 8, 2020 at 1:00 pm
One event on July 6, 2020 at 1:00 pm
One event on August 1, 2020 at 9:00 am
One event on September 5, 2020 at 9:00 am
One event on September 14, 2020 at 1:00 pm
One event on October 3, 2020 at 9:00 am
One event on October 5, 2020 at 1:00 pm
One event on November 7, 2020 at 9:00 am
One event on November 2, 2020 at 1:00 pm
One event on December 26, 2020 at 9:00 am
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Here is some food for thought before we get together on Wednesday night. When Jesus fed the crowd until “they were filled” (Mark 8:8), he showed them what the Kingdom of God is like and how different it is from the cruel world in which they lived.
The organ prelude for this coming Sunday, September 6, is a setting of the hymn, “You Satisfy the Hungry Heart, (Gift of Finest Wheat)” by Ron Schmoltze. Nathan Benavides will sing this hymn during communion. I invite you to sing along with Nathan on the refrain and consider learning it or singing it as a daily prayer.
Do you have a 6th grader in your life? Our beloved FUMCFW 6th grade Confirmation begins next month! Registration is now open. Sign up now to be a part of this unforgettable experience that will make them official members of the church and welcomes them into Youth Ministries, and all that lies beyond it!
There is a lot of the Psalmists experience packed into this one Psalm. We get a glimpse of the journey from pain, fear, hopelessness, and weakness to wholeness, confidence, hope, and strength.
In a culture where children had no standing, Jesus held children up as examples of what it means to live as a child of God in the realm of God, the kingdom of God.
People in antiquity took the power of words more seriously than we do. A word spoken had a life of its own and great power. The writer of Hebrews says that this is also the case with the divine word.
Just a few verses after today’s reading, Paul more or less sums up the reading for today with this challenge: “Adopt the attitude that was in Christ Jesus.”
The Methodist missionary E. Stanley Jones, in his autobiography A Song of Ascents (Nashville: Abingdon, 1968), tells of a man he knew from Africa who changed his name to “After” immediately following his conversion.