The following post is an update regarding First Church’s ministry work during the 2023-2024 school year supporting Klondike Elementary School provided by Pastor Denny Frank, Director of the Klondike Kids Club. Hey First Church family and friends, We would like to share with you the impact that you have made Read more…
Celebrate with us as we congratulate Pastor Kory Pritchett for his remarkable achievement as the runner-up in this year’s Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM) We’ve Got Talent fundraiser! We are so proud of Pastor Kory’s talent and dedication. This extraordinary event unfolded on Friday, April 12, 2024, at St. Andrew United Read more…
Are you eager to make a difference in the lives of children? This may be the opportunity you are seeking. Klondike Kids Club is seeking to hire a supervisor and an aide able to work 2 afternoons per week, beginning January 8, 2024. This person will be working with children in grades kindergarten through Read more…
LUM Jubilee Christmas will soon be upon us! Don’t be a Scrooge and say “Bah, humbug”. Each year, First Church hosts LUM Jubilee to help make Christmas a little more joyful for children and families in our community. This year’s LUM Jubilee will be on Saturday, December 9 from 9:00 Read more…
ALL GOD’S CHILDREN NEED SHOES: SNEAKERS FOR STUDENTS @KES. Most of us at FUMC are able to provide for the basic needs of our children. However, at Klondike Elementary School, there are children who wear shoes that are either too small, much too large, or in serious disrepair. Their parents work Read more…
Diana Hoke will be selling Easter centerpiece-gift creations between the 9 am and 11 am services on Palm Sunday, April 2 as a fundraiser for our FUMC mission, Tippecanoe ACTS. Each 5″x4″ Butterfly Box contains three homemade, hand-decorated sugar cookies (one large Easter egg and two smaller springtime shapes such as butterflies Read more…
Klondike Kids Club is an after school program sponsored by First United Methodist Church, offering tutoring and food to families at no charge. When school is in session, children gather in the Point West Mobile Home Community Club House Monday through Thursday to eat a nutritious snack and do their Read more…
Dear Lafayette Faith Community, I am currently serving as the president of the board for Family Promise of Greater Lafayette. If you are not familiar with Family Promise, we are the only homeless shelter that serves families while keeping them together as a family unit. There is a large house behind Read more…
Friend of First Church, Rev. Jamalyn Peigh Williamson of Zamni Fondwa has reached out to our congregation for assistance with the Food Crisis in Fondwa. Friends of Fondwa, Good afternoon. I just finished a phone call with our Haitian Director of Operations, Luckner Raymond who is reporting that there is Read more…
Klondike Kids Club @Work and @PlayThe pictures which appear in the Prevue this month are made possible by the generous gifts of financial support, volunteer time, and the prayers of the faith family which calls FUMC home. Because of you, the children attending Klondike Kids Club are fed, nurtured, tutored and given Read more…