Monthly Prevue Newsletter

Klondike Kids Club Needs Help

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 homework. They are encouraged and tutored by a staff and volunteers who are from Purdue University.  From March 13-18 Purdue will be on spring break and Read more…

By First Church, ago

New Church Sign Debuts for First Church

First United Methodist Church is proud to announce the unveiling of our new welcome sign, a project three years in the making! The plan for a new sign began back in 2019 when congregational leaders and members decided it was time for an upgrade. Located off State Street next to Todd’s Creek bridge, the old sign was small and sat about 80 feet back from the road, making it difficult for visitors and newcomers to Read more…

By First Church, ago
Adult Education

Youth Confirmation Experience

Our 2023 Youth Confirmation Class will be done a little different this year. It will be led by Pastor Duane and will have two parts. The first part will be a joint learning experience with the whole church using the study Creed: What Christians Believe and Why. This study will begin on the first Sunday of Lent and go through the six Sunday during Lent (February 26 to April 2.) Confirmands will use their own youth study Read more…

By First Church, ago
where the sidewalk ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street begins, and there the grass grows soft and white, and there the sun burns crimson bright, and there the moon-bird rests from his flight to cool in the peppermint wind.  Many folks are familiar with the artist Shel Silverstein. Shel found creative expression in prose, verse, artwork, and music. His eccentric poetry and his accompanying line drawings have been a favorite of teachers, parents, and children for decades. Read more…

By First Church, ago
Operation Restoration VBS

Operation Restoration VBS

Summer is just around the corner and we’re planning an exciting Vacation Bible School (VBS) experience! Are you looking for a safe, friendly, and fun environment for your kids? Join us for Operation Restoration VBS! First United Methodist Church will be hosting Operation Restoration: Mending God’s World VBS. During the program, kids will learn how to be menders of the universe as they explore daily themes of feed, heal, forgiven, pray, and rest. In just one Read more…

By First Church, ago
Family Promise of Greater Lafayette

Helping Family Promise of Greater Lafayette

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 the Northend Community Center.  It is our shelter, but it looks like a house… purposefully.  While there the families receive case management services.  During COVID, Read more…

By First Church, ago

Guest Sermon: Creating Change and Love through the Environment

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad,the desert shall rejoice and blossom;like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing.Isaiah 35:1-2 Rebecca Eyrick is part of the family ministry team at First United Methodist Church. A senior at Purdue University studying Environmental Public Health, Rebecca has a passion for ecological restoration and community education. She delivered a sermon based on Isaiah 35:1-10 on December 11, 2022 at First Church. Read more…

By First Church, ago
FUMCWL a star to light our way

A Star to Light Our Way

Happy New Year. The turning of the yearly calendar falls right about at the center of the Christmastide season—halfway between Christmas on December 25th and Epiphany on January 6th. There’s something that feels right about the symmetry of this changeover. I feel like the ending of 2022 is filled with hope and joy. I look around every Sunday and my heart is buoyed by an optimism that is radiated out from all of you. There has Read more…

By First Church, ago
Adult Education

Adult Education: Living Faithfully, Thinking Critically

Sundays 9:45 am – 10:45 amRoom 211 Beginning Sunday, January 15 and led by various members, this class will start the new year with Amy Jill (A.J.) Levine’s Signs and Wonders: A Beginner’s Guide to the Miracles of Jesus. Levine’s work has been very well received by classes in the past, and best of all, she will cause you to think!  The Rev. Dr. Richard Simpson of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts says this of her presentation on the miracles: Read more…

By First Church, ago
Adult Education

Adult Education: Devotions, Fellowship, Connections

Sundays 9:45 am – 10:45 am Room 209 This beloved class is returns this January! If you have been wishing for a fellowship class that provides time to connect with one another, make new friends, and includes meaningful devotional time, this is the place for you. We will begin with a four-part video series: Common Ground by Amberly Neese (no book required). One reviewer says this about Neese: “[She] is a speaker, humorist, and encourager with a Read more…

By First Church, ago