Mar 5, 2025
Ash Wednesday Service
Please join us for our Ash Wednesday Service March 5 at 7:30 pm in the sanctuary. This service will also be livestreamed and recorded. The first day of Lent. It marks the beginning of a period of reflection and penance. In the Bible, sprinkling oneself with ashes was traditionally a sign of one’s sorrow for having committed sins. In the Christian tradition, Ash Wednesday also marked the beginning of preparation for the understanding of the death and resurrection of Christ. The…
Mar 5, 2025
Ashes To-Go at Coffee In
We’re taking ashes to the coffee shop as a reminder of our common brokenness and our common need for humility, healing, and God’s grace, meeting us not just in worship but in our every day lives in community. Stop by Coffee In in Landsdowne Shopping Center to receive ashes to-go this Ash Wednesday. Participate in a brief prayer (and brief children’s activity) and enjoy FREE coffee and pastries on the Neighborkind Collective (a newly forming community collaborative of The Kingstowne…
Mar 4, 2025
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner
Our third annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner will take place Tuesday, March 4 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. in Cokesbury. Donations will be accepted and will go to support the mission team’s trip to Kentucky this summer.
Mar 2, 2025
Listening Session
Franconia UMC would like to hear how you are being affected by the changes and policies of the current administration. Come and find a safe place to share and listen to one another. We will also be asking the question and listening to how we can support one another and our community. Children and Youth are welcome to come to the Stage Room for activities with Sarah, our Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries. We ask that all children…
Jan 26, 2025
Franconia UMC Town Hall
You are cordially and enthusiastically invited to a Franconia UMC Town Hall on Sunday, January 26 at 12:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary. The Leadership Board has some exciting updates to share with the congregation. We will also be highlighting our 2025 church goals. A zoom link is also available for virtual attending: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85880183313
Dec 29, 2024
Kingdom Kids
Kingdom Kids (a separate time of worship for the children in our faith community) is meeting exclusively in-person on Sunday mornings during the 10 a.m. service for the remainder of the 2024 year. Children ages 4 to grade 5 get to experience the weekly Bible story and then play a game or do an object lesson to reinforce the Bible point of the week. Questions about Kingdom Kids can be directed to Linda Biscardo, director, children’s ministry.
Dec 29, 2024
Weekly In-Person/Live Stream Worship
During the remainder of the 2024 year, weekly worship Sundays at 10 a.m. Come to 6037 Franconia Road and worship with us in person (more info below), or Watch live stream at Franconia UMC’s YouTube channel or via the Facebook page. For those who wish to continue to worship virtually, we will have our online worship service that will be available on Sundays at 10 a.m. each week.
Dec 14, 2024
Parents Night Out
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Dec 7, 2024
A Night in Bethlehem!
Please join us for our annual “A Night in Bethlehem!” This is a FREE interactive event where we re-create the bustling town of Bethlehem on the night our Savior was born! There will be crafts and activities, cookies, hot drinks, and live animals! Saturday, December 7th – 4pm-6pm
Nov 24, 2024
Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Community Thanksgiving Dinner Join us for our in person community Thanksgiving dinner! After several years of offering to-go meals, because of the pandemic and widespread health concerns, we are setting up the tables in Cokesbury Hall for all to gather and eat in merriment in person. This outreach will take place in Cokesbury Hall on Sunday, November 24 at 4:00-6:00 p.m. If you would like to help with this vital outreach the day before or the day of(set up, serve,…