(March 30 Update) Dear Friends, We are in what week of this interesting time we are living? Early last week Sedgwick County went into a stay at home order for 30 days and on Saturday, the state of Kansas issued a stay at home order through April 19. I will share that I think that order will go longer, but I could be wrong. We continue to live into...
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Unfortunately we have had to postpone our 150th anniversary celebration. As soon as we have a new date we will let you know! In 2020 First United Methodist Church will celebrate 150 years of ministry! This big milestone in our church’s legacy of vibrant ministry in the past while looking to the future with hopes to continue changing lives and...
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Dear Friends, The news around the COVID 19 pandemic continues to unfold daily and sometimes hourly. There has been no end date set for the ban to be lifted on groups of 50 or more. We will continue to monitor daily and weekly as we are creative about our ministry together. The staff has been working to find ways to stay connected to our small...
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A Lenten Journey In the season of Lent, our lectionary passages, from the gospels and almost all from the Old Testament are filled with questions. Some are accusatory, some are deeply philosophical or theological, some rhetorical and some are indirect. All seem to point to the underlying drive of most human beings: Why are we here? What does this...
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The Church Council of First UMC voted in October to affirm the 4 Commitments of UMC NEXT. In addition to affirming these commitments, Church Council adapted a statement of welcome that the First Church Youth wrote. An Implementation Team has been formed and continues to meet to look at how we actually live out these four commitments. Please contact...
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