Announcements (Page 19)

Coffee and Conversations resumes this Sunday, January 8 at 10:15 a.m. in Cokesbury Hall.  The topic this week is “Bullhorn.”  Rob Bell proposes the idea that the reason so many people are interested in Christianity is Jesus’ message that “God really, really loves us exactly as we are.”  Can we separate loving God and loving others?  In describing a Christian, Rob Bell says s/he is “somebody who understands that people with different perspectives and different religious beliefs and convictions, they’re…

Our Franconia UMC Music Ministry presents Charm City Baroque  Sunday, January 22 at 4:00 p.m. at Franconia United Methodist Church Featuring Michael De Sapio, Baroque violin, and John Armato, Baroque lute and theorbo. Charm City Baroque is a chamber ensemble dedicated to the glorious Baroque style of western music, bringing the music of the 17th and 18th centuries to vivid life through the use of period instruments and insight into historical performance techniques. CCB was formed in 2008 by several…

You were created for a purpose, formed into something spectacular–not just created, but re-created again and again. Ready to be stretched? It’s time to be re-shaped!  Change is good, but our brains were designed to be suspicious of change. But if we look closely at what the Creator set in motion, we find that change is actually the most constant part of life and necessary for animating our spirits as we find renewed purpose throughout life. Jesus advocated for changes…

Jesus came to lift up the lowly. Throughout his ministry to his final days on the road to the cross, we find stories of his relationships with ordinary, flawed, and unexpected people. He met, dined, and traveled with people who were not perfect. Many of them were struggling, some were outsiders or even outlaws. Whoever they were, from those he healed to the outlaws with him at his crucifixion, Jesus brought the good news of God’s kingdom to those who…

On behalf of Franconia United Methodist Church, I want to wish each of you a blessed Christmas. My prayer for each of you is that you will truly “keep Christmas well.”  Keeping Christmas well involves so much more than just celebrating Christmas.  It means living it.   In our worship together, we have been exploring the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge for Charles Dicken’s classic story, A Christmas Carol.  After being visited by the three spirits of Christmas, Scrooge is a…

Please join us for our Christmas Cantata:  Christmas on Franconia Road – this Sunday, December 18 at 10 a.m. (One Service).  Cookie and Cider reception to follow.

Join us in Cokesbury Hall Dec. 11, 2022 from 10:15am-10:45 for Coffee and Conversation. We will watch a short video by Rob Bell, former pastor of Mars Hill Church in Grandville, MI. This week we’ll watch and discuss Dust: Believing in God is important, but what about God believing in us? Believing that we can actually be the kind of people we were meant to be. People of love, compassion, peace, forgiveness, and hope. People who try to do the right…

The next Conversations on Race and Faith will be December 11, 2022 at 1:00PM on zoom.   This month we will look at the problem of structural housing inequality.  Initially we will see how federal legislation codified racial housing segregation in the law.  Even though fair housing laws were meant to address the structural inequality, simply changing the law doesn’t address the inequality.  Next, we look at an example of a program to change the situation and how that program had…

We are getting close!  We need a few more volunteers (shopkeepers for the Jewelry Shop, a second adult for the Tailor Shop, and a Census Taker), as well as some cookie-bakers! If you’re available, please sign up here. Additionally, we do still need some small supplies (such as gallon jugs of apple cider from Wegmans) – if you are interested in making an in-kind donation, please contact Susan Ruge-Hudson moc.liamg@eguRLnasuS ta and she can let you know what we still need. If you…