Church News
Chancel Choir
What a joy to have The Chancel Choir back for our Celebrate Worship Services led by our new director, Charis Vander Plaats!
Weekly Events
Family Cookout
There will be a family cookout at Happy Hallow on Sunday, September 25, from 4:30 – 6:30 pm. It is a potluck meal so bring your favorite dish. Everyone is welcome to bring their kids and join us for an evening of fellowship. Contact Rebecca Cave-man or Rebecca Eyrick with any question.
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Hunger Hike
Join us on Sunday, September 18, for Hunger Hike, an annual community fundraising event whose mission is to raise awareness for the Fight Against Hunger and support Lafayette Urban Ministry, Food Finders Food Bank, and St. Thomas Aquinas Haiti Ministry. We need friends like you to support our campaign! Please donate to or join our team at bit.ly/HungerHikeFUMC and mark your calendar to join us at the Hunger Hike in Riehle Plaza on September 18 at 1pm. Read more…
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New Disability Mission
Finding other families with disabilities isn’t always easy, and the Hinman family wants to change that! They hope to start a social group that will provide a fun and inclusive environment to help families with disabled children find their village. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Jessica Hinman by email or by phone at 765-409-7963.
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Klondike Hope Chest: Shoe a Child
As the school year has begun, many children in our community are in need of sturdy sneakers that fit. Children’s size 10 — adult size 4 are needed to help the children in our community. Even working two jobs’ parents are having financial difficulty preparing their kids for school. If not for your help many Klondike kids will start school with shoes that are too small, too big, or are held together with Duct Tape. Shoes may be Read more…
Weekly Events
World Communion Sunday — Sunday, October 2
Holy Communion joins us in Christian unity. This sacrament invites us to focus on the holiness of communion with God and one another. On World Communion Sunday, Sunday October 2, 2022 – United Methodists, in conjunction with other denominations and believers worldwide, participate in communion to recognize our unity in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. This universal and inclusive connection is the foundation of the special offering for World Communion Sunday. Your donations support racial and ethnic Read more…
Adult Education
Adult Education: The Ten Commandments: Laws of the Heart
Adult Sunday School Class is held in Room 211 at 9:45 am on Sundays. We will not meet on the first Sunday of each month due to the Fellowship Bruch served from 10:00 – 11:00 am in the AC. Are the Ten Commandments a set of rules, or a way of life? How does each one call us to reflect and to act? What does it mean to love God and our neighbor in a world Read more…
Adult Education
Adult Education: Extremism and the Churches — Then & Now
This four session class series begins Wednesday, August 31 at 7 pm at First Church in Room 211. At the January 6 insurrection last year, there was a mix of participating organizations. There were American Nazis, white supremacists like the Ku Klux Klan, para-military groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, as well as Christian nationalists. That some Christians were affiliated with these groups on January 6th is reminiscent of the collaboration between many Christians and Nazi Read more…
Church News
Where is Your Heart? A Season of Generosity 2022
Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.Luke 12: 33b-34 This text was part of our Gospel lesson just a few weeks ago. We have been reading through much of Luke’s Gospel throughout this summer. And we have been reminded about the heart of Jesus’ message in Luke 4 where he Read more…
Church News
First Church Launches New Brand and Strategic Marketing Plan
Do not remember the former things or consider the things of old.I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it?Isaiah 43:18 Greetings First Church Family, You’ve probably noticed that this Prevue Newsletter looks a little different. What you are seeing is just one small part of the outcome of a strategic marketing and communications strategy that has been developed in partnership with SmallBox, a creative consulting company specializing in Read more…