Our Family Fall Festival is Saturday, October 19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Halloween costumes are encouraged! Pizza slices and drinks will be available for a small donation. Activities are especially preschool-friendly and include: a prize walk, cookie and pumpkin decorating, family photo op, movie room, mummy bowling, ring toss, face painting/tattoos, bounce house. Bring … [Read more...]
Churchwide Celebration Picnic
October 20, 12:15 p.m., West Capitol Lawn We will celebrate our ministry and growth in generosity at a churchwide picnic. Bring your picnic blanket and come prepared to purchase lunch. Have a favorite outdoor game to share? Feel free to bring games – washers, kickball, or even Frisbees – as we gather for fellowship and fun! Registration requested by Thursday, October 17. … [Read more...]
FEAST
Sunday, October 20, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Family Life Center, Garrison Chapel FEAST is a new kind of dinner church program that aims to build bridges among young adults from different churches and even different denominations in the Austin area. FEAST is based on the most ancient form of Christian communal worship: the love feast. Before the first cathedral was built, early Christians gathered in … [Read more...]
FUMP 40th Anniversary Event
Sunday, November 17, 1:00-3:00 p.m. SAN Wesley Hall First United Methodist Preschool will celebrate its 40th Anniversary. Please join us for a come and go celebration with refreshments, photo displays, and a stroll through the campus. See old friends, tour the renovated preschool, and see fun photos from every decade. We hope for a great turnout from current and former families. Hope you … [Read more...]
Generosity Series and Commitment Sunday
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." —Matthew 6:21 Sanctuary Worship Series: Enough Sundays, September 29-October 20 Money holds great power in our lives—sometimes too much power. While this is a resource we need to meet our needs and accomplish our goals, it can often become a great challenge for us. This fall, we're diving into God's wisdom for how to approach … [Read more...]
Community First! Service Day
Saturday, November 9, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Community First! Village, 9301 Hog Eye Road, Austin TX 78724 Community First! Village provides affordable, sustainable housing, and a supportive community for the disabled, chronically homeless in Central Texas. A typical service day could entail harvesting the gardens, laying pathways, tending the chicken coop or goats, dry landscaping yards for … [Read more...]
Coffee with the Pastors
Sunday, October 27, 10:00-10:45 a.m., SAN Parlor Want to connect deeper in our FUMC community? Come visit with the pastors and lay leaders in this periodic series of coffee and conversation. The emphasis of this first gathering will be on the Mercy and Justice ministries of our congregation and how to get involved. New and long-time members are welcome. … [Read more...]
Study and Discussion of What is the Bible?
Tuesdays, October 29-November 26, 6:30-8:00 p.m. FLC Room 103 Author Rob Bell goes deep into the Bible to show how it is more revelatory, revolutionary, and relevant than we ever imagined and offers a compelling argument for why we need to look at it in a fresh, new way. What Is the Bible? provides insights and answers that make clear why the Bible is so revered and what makes it truly … [Read more...]
Congregational Care Opportunities
Congregational Care Team Needs You However you may receive God’s call, please join our Congregational Care Team to enable us to become a more loving, caring congregation by contacting Robbie Ausley, our Congregational Care Committee Chair, at robausley@gmail.com or 512-784-8971. Blood Bank Ministry Makes arrangements to have the blood bank come to the church four times a year. They also … [Read more...]
Mobile Loaves and Fishes Third Sundays
365 days a year, Mobile Loaves & Fishes’ volunteers hit the streets of five cities to serve the homeless. They have served over 4.5 million meals in five cities, across four states over the past 16 years. Today, FUMC plays an integral role in this ministry. Our “Downtown Alliance of Churches” MLF truck is staffed by volunteers from at least eight different churches. FUMC provides the kitchen … [Read more...]
“Feed My People” Breakfast
Come experience this ministry that serves breakfast to over 300 of our homeless neighbors, and provides other essential services for them. FUMC hosts the breakfast every Tuesday and Thursday; you are welcome to join us on any day, but especially on 4th Tuesday when FUMC also sponsors the breakfast. Cooking begins at 4:45 a.m., serving begins at 5:45 a.m., and clean-up is usually complete by … [Read more...]
Giving Faith Stories
During the 2019 Fall Generosity Campaign, "Enough", individuals were asked to share their faith stories about why they tithe and give out of generosity to First United Methodist Church. Through these stories, we hear of God at work in people's lives and through the body of our church. October 6, 2019 - Rebecca Leonard October 13, 2019 Coming soon! October 30, 2019 Coming … [Read more...]
LGBTQ Work Group
Sunday, October 27, 12:15 pm EDU Murchison Chapel The Mercy & Justice Team is building an LGBTQ Work Group. We are seeking a diverse group to plan and lead outreach and engagement with the Austin LGBTQ community. This group will also explore ways to support our LGBTQ members as well as ways FUMC can more fully live out our values of inclusion. Come be a part of this conversation, we need … [Read more...]
en-COURAGE: a rally for Rio Texas UMC Next
Saturday, November 2, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Gruene United Methodist Church 2629 East Common Street, New Braunfels, TX Do you hope for a more inclusive future for the Methodist Church? Are you in need of some hope and encouragement along the way? Come join us for en-Courage, an event to unite and mobilize Methodists in the Rio Texas Conference! Let’s gather with other United Methodists in … [Read more...]
Lunch & Learn: Homelessness and Front Steps
Sunday, November 10, 12:15 p.m. SAN Wesley Hall Natalie Freeburg is the Community Relations and Volunteer Coordinator for Front Steps. Front Steps is one of the largest providers of services for those experiencing homelessness in the Austin area and manages the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH) in downtown Austin. The ARCH is a day resource center and overnight emergency … [Read more...]
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