How do we effectively confront racial injustice? We need to move beyond talking about racism and start equipping ourselves to fight against it. How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice provides groups and individuals...
January Mission Emphasis: Immigration Care Team
Our January mission emphasis is the Immigration Care Team (ICT), a ministry offering active support and provision to asylum seekers and other immigrants. In Spring 2020, there was a request to sponsor a young woman from a Central African country, who was seeking...
We Need Children’s Books
Children's Books Needed for Pickle Book Sale We host a “Quarter Book Sale” every December and May at Pickle Elementary. If you, your family, or friends can donate any new or gently used books --- current titles, please --- appropriate for preschool through 5th grade...
Christmas Eve Services
Join Us on Christmas Eve First United Methodist Church of Austin invites you to worship with us on Christmas Eve. We've expanded the number of services to help control crowding at our prime time services, and we ask you to register your attendance in order to enable...
Advent at FUMC
WORSHIP "The Journey" Advent Series This Advent Season, we join God's journey into our world. Step by step, drawing on the work of historians, archeologists, and theologians, we will retrace the steps of those involved in the birth of Jesus. We'll travel through the...
November Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is November 13-21, 2021 sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless. During November, FUMC is working to raise awareness about the pressing problem of hunger and homelessness with educational and service...
November Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Month
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is November 13-21, 2021 sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless. During November, FUMC is working to raise awareness about the pressing problem of hunger and homelessness with educational and service...
Food Drive for Caritas of Austin
Help fight hunger by bringing canned goods to church! All contributions will be donated to Caritas of Austin, a local nonprofit working toward preventing and ending homelessness in Austin. With your help, the Caritas Pantry provides take-home groceries to families as...
November Mission Emphasis – Christmas Breakfast for the Homeless
For over 20 years, FUMC has sponsored a Christmas Eve Breakfast in the Family Life Center. We provide a hot breakfast, served restaurant style with hosts and a smiling wait staff. After breakfast, guests receive a gift of hats, gloves, lip balm, socks, bus pass, and a...
Generosity Series and Commitment Sunday
Sanctuary Worship Series: God Gives Us Sundays, October 3-October 24 God gives so much. Even as we endure challenges, it's not hard to look around and see the gifts God has given and continues to give, especially through the ministry of FUMC. Over the next few weeks,...
Time and Talents Survey
Prayers, Presence, Gifts, Service, and Witness Upon uniting with this Christian community, we respond to the question: “As a member of this congregation, will you faithfully participate in its ministries by your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and...
October Mission Emphasis – Casa Marianella & World Communion Sunday
Casa Marianella & World Communion Sunday Together, we welcome and care for the poor, the stranger, the sojourner, the outcast. Together, we enable national and international graduate students to change the world. This October, our communion rail offering will be...
First Word From Pastor Taylor – You Need People
Dear Church, You need people. We all need people--those who create a safe space to wonder about life's questions, who accompany us in our struggles and celebrate with us in our joys. These are the people that tangibly remind us of God's presence along the journey of...
First Word from Pastor Taylor – Church in the age of COVID, July 2021 edition
Dear Church, Nearly two months after our return to in-person worship, I know I'm not alone in expressing how wonderful it is to join together in worship through gathering, hearing God's Word, celebrating the Sacraments of Communion and Baptism, and being...
Coffee with the Pastors
Sunday, August 8, 10:00-10:45 a.m., SAN Parlor Looking for your place to plug in at FUMC? Let us help you! Come visit with the pastors and other leaders in this periodic series of coffee and conversation. It's a casual way to find out more. New and long-time members...