Posts from May 2023

The next Conversations on Race and Faith is Sunday, June 11 at 1:30 p.m. on zoom.  Please note this time change. The next Conversations on Race and Faith will be June 11, 2023 at 1:30PM on zoom.  It is later than our regular starting time.  We will take a deeper dive on our subject that we were not able to get to in the last meeting,  We will look at the control of the narrative on race.  As we do this, let’s consider…

If you have not seen FUMC’s community garden, it is outside the kitchen in between Koinonia and the church. The radishes are growing the most robust so far. We gave the first harvest to Koinonia on Saturday.  

This year’s Franconia UMC t-shirt is now on sale through June 11! The shirts are red for Rise Against Hunger and feature Franconia UMC’s mission statement on the back. The shirts will be ready by the end of June. Franconia UMC is raising money to help prepare 15,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger on October 1, 2023. We still have a long way to go to reach our $6,000 goal. Purchase a t-shirt and help us meet our fundraising goal.…

Save the date for our Staff Appreciation Day, which takes place Sunday, May 21.  We look forward to lifting up our wonderful staff during our combined service at 10:00 a.m.  Immediately following the service, we will have a fellowship celebration. As part of this day, if you would like to send a card to any staff member, you are welcome to drop it off at the church office or email your words of encouragement/gratitude for any of the staff to…

As a reminder, we are looking to fill two (2) Nursery Attendant positions.  Position descriptions are available on the church website:  https://www.franconiaumc.org/jobs/ Please forward to interested family and friends.  Questions?  Contact SPPRC at gro.CMUainocnarF@CRPPS

On May 28 between 12:30-2:30 p.m. in the Stage Room, we’ll have a youth planning meeting for all incoming 6th graders up to 12th graders and their families to plan the summer and start planning for the fall.  If you have any questions please reach out to Sarah gro.cmuainocnarf@htuoy ta.

New Monday Night Bible Study Begins May 15th on Zoom Questions Jesus Asked By Magrey DeVega Jesus was fond of asking questions, many of which cut right to the heart of what it means to be human. Why are you terrified? What do you live for? Who do you say that I am? The six week study explores the most provocative questions Jesus posed to others and guides us in answering them for ourselves. Asking these questions takes courage. Not…

Please join us in the small kitchen this Sunday, May 7 from 10:15-10:45 a.m. The topic will be Whirlwind. There aren’t nice, neat answers for why certain things happen to certain people. Often the perspective of a friend can help, but when there is nothing more to say, where do we turn? Maybe it’s when there is nothing more to say that God finally speaks. Jesus lived with the awareness that God is doing something, right here, right now, and…