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Volunteer opportunity: Cook for Gather

Love to cook? Share your talents during Gather Volunteering to cook one of our community dinners is a fun and fulfilling way for church members to serve. First Wayne Street is in need of volunteers to prepare a meal during our Wednesday night fellowship. You do not need to be an experienced cook to make…

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The Giving Tree: 2022

The Giving Tree is an opportunity to share the joy of Christmas with local families who are facing challenging circumstances this holiday season. The Giving Tree will be up in the narthex starting October 30 and will remain up throughout the month of November. FWSUMC partners with the Allen County Christmas Bureau for this annual…

Methodist Mondays, Part 4

Welcome back to Methodist Mondays. This week features the fourth installment of the “Ask the UMC” series, “Is the United Methodist Church Really…?” I hope that you find these articles to be helpful and informative. Next week, we will share some resources from the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Here is a link to the…

Methodist Mondays, Part 3

Each Monday, I will be sharing some informative resources from the United Methodist Church. My hope is that these resources will help us better understand our United Methodist Church and see signs of hope for our future ministry together! This week, we have the third installment of the “Is the United Methodist Church Really…?” series.…

Surprise the world

One of the most familiar stereotypes regarding pastors is that all they ever talk about is money! Let’s be honest, pastors do talk about money. Jesus talked about money. The Scripture are full of verses regarding money. However, we all know that it’s not the only thing we pastors talk about.  During the month of…

Methodist Mondays, Part Two

Each Monday, I will be sharing some informative resources from the United Methodist Church. My hope is that these resources will help us better understand our United Methodist Church and see signs of hope for our future ministry together! This week, we have the second installment of the “Is the United Methodist Church Really…?” series.…

Methodist Mondays

For the next several weeks, I will be using the Pastor’s Blog to share some “Methodist Monday” reflections. I’ll be sharing some resources from around the United Methodist Church that will be beneficial in helping us understand what the UMC is all about. To get things started, I will be sharing links to some articles…

Indiana Annual Conference report

This year’s Annual Conference was held at Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, on June 9 – 11. The theme was “Love God, Love Neighbor.” At this year’s conference we were blessed with spirit-filled music, passionate preaching and powerful presentations and testimonies. The praise team was “The Many” from Chicago and led most worship services with both traditional and modern/creative songs. The conference…

Messy Church: Undaunted

Have you ever found yourself in a position where you really just need some help? You know that you can’t face whatever predicament is before you on your own. If you are like me, while you understand your need for help you are reluctant to seek the help you need. Whether it’s pride, ego, shame…

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