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TENT – August Mission Emphasis
The Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT)is the largest trans-led, trans-focused organization in the state of Texas. TENT is an organization dedicated to furthering gender diverse equality in Texas through a racial justice lens, with an intersectional...
Pickle Elementary- July Mission Emphasis
For 15 years, FUMC Austin has partnered with Pickle Elementary School, finding fun ways to empower and care for students like hosting the semi-annual book sale. It is no secret, though, that the last few years have been extra challenging for teachers and staff, so we...
Join This Dream Team!
Reset and Prep the Sanctuary Sunday, June 5 | 12:15PMSanctuary For some time, Mary Higgs has prepped and reset the Sanctuary once a month, staying after the 11:00AM worship service concludes to tidy the pews and refill the resources found there. She has faithfully...
Called Charge Conference
Called Charge Conference Sunday, June 5 | 12:00PM | Sanctuary A brief Charge Conference has been called immediately following the 11:00AM worship service on Sunday, June 5. The agenda for this meeting includes one item: the election of a delegate to Annual...
Church Office Schedule
The church office will be closed on Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, May 31, at 9:00AM. Have a safe and blessed holiday! Our pastors are on call during holidays. Call 512-478-5684, press 213, and leave a message for a return...
May 2022 Mission Focus: UMCOR
Mobile Loaves and Fishes “Everything we do is about relationships. The biggest lesson we have learned over the years is that we are not a food ministry. We merely use food as a conduit to connect human to human and heart to heart.” — Alan Graham, Founder & CEO ...
Mission Emphasis for May 2022
“Everything we do is about relationships. The biggest lesson we have learned over the years is that we are not a food ministry. We merely use food as a conduit to connect human to human and heart to heart.”— Alan Graham, Founder & CEO of Mobile Loaves and Fishes ...
Youth Mission Fundraising 2022
Youth Mission Trips: KEY To Spiritual Lives of TeensAt FUMC Austin, both middle and high school students are taking trips away from home this summer, serving and learning through partnerships with Appalachia Service Project in eastern Kentucky and Reach Beyond Mission...
An Update on Masks and Worship – April 2022
Updates to FUMC Austin's Policy on Masks and Worship As we stay on this journey together through the COVID-19 pandemic and consider masks and worship, FUMC Austin remains committed to leading with love of neighbor across our community. For this reason, we continue to...
Season of Celebration
As we continue to celebrate Easter—a season in the church that isn't only one day, but 50, though it is also paradoxically a single joyful feast—FUMC Austin will be hosting a time of fellowship and fun snacks in the Narthex and on the Front Porch immediately following...
Recognizing Graduating Seniors 2022
Graduation is an exciting milestone at any age! We want to recognize all graduating seniors—high school, college, or graduate school—in the FUMC Weekly on May 15. Please provide a picture of the graduate, name, school graduated from, degree(s) received, and future...
Church Office Schedule
The church office will be closed on Monday, April 18, in observance of the Easter holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 19, at 9:00 a.m. Have a safe and blessed Easter! Our pastors are on call during the holiday. Call 512-478-5684, press 213, and leave a message...
Easter Offering 2022 — Justice for Our Neighbors
Dear Church, New Life. This is the promise asylum seekers cling to as they first navigate foreign terrain and later foreign languages, laws, and systems of power on the journey to legal status in the United States. "No one leaves home/unless home is the mouth of a...
Holy Week Hospitality
Holy Week Hospitality Sunday, April 10, 12:15 p.m. Sanctuary At Easter, an extraordinary number of guests, friends, and extended family join FUMC for worship. As an act of hospitality, help us prepare the Sanctuary for Holy Week by staying after the 11:00 a.m. worship...
Child, Youth and Vulnerable Adult Safety Training
As part of Trusted Con Confianza, the Rio Texas Conference Child, Youth, and Vulnerable Adult Safety Policy, all clergy, staff, and volunteers in ministry with these populations must be certified every two years by following these three steps:1 Register with Safe...
Master Plan Community Forum Update
On Saturday, March 26, the FUMC Austin Community gathered to collect our hopes, dreams, and ideas for our ministry facilities at the Master Plan Community Forum, hosted by our team from Heimsath Architects. Our architects shared information they've gathered over the...
Easter Lily Sale
The lily is a flower that comes from a bulb. It seemingly dies away, then returns with new life each year. In this way, they are a powerful symbol of Easter resurrection. FUMC members and friends are invited to place lilies in the Sanctuary on Easter Sunday to the...
Vacation Bible School (VBS) 2022
Knights of North Castle: The Quest for the King's Armor July 25-28, 2022 We're so excited to host in-person Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the first time in three summers. Join our quest and spark joy by signing up your child or volunteering today.Calling all...
Breath, Belovedness, and the Postponed General Conference
Dear Church, Last week, we learned that the meeting of the General Conference, the legislative decision-making body of the United Methodist Church, already postponed twice, will now be postponed once again. The meeting will now take place in 2024, when the next...
March 2022 Mission Focus: UMCOR
Imagine you wake up one morning. A man-made or natural disaster has occurred. Lives in your community have turned upside down. It’s a citywide or statewide disaster. What do you do? This is the plight of many people in the United States and around the world. Whether...
Master Plan Community Forum
Save the Date: Master Plan Community Forum Saturday, March 269:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.Sanctuary Reimagining the ways that we use our facilities for ministry is an act that we do together, listening for God's Spirit to lead us. In order to do that, we need the whole...
State of the Church 2022
Learn More: The State of the Church 2022 This week, Pastor Taylor shared the State of the Church report at FUMC Austin's leadership summit. For highlights of 2021 and a preview of what we are looking forward to in ministry in 2022, click below and read the digital...
Lenten Labyrinth Experience
March 2-April 14Murchison Chapel During the season of Lent, our labyrinth will be available in Murchison Chapel. A labyrinth is an ancient pattern for prayer, meditation, and contemplation and can provide space for time set apart to re-center oneself. FUMC...
Mercy & Justice Action Groups
The Mercy & Justice team is looking for people to be part of our action groups! Action groups are led by members of this community of faith that are focused on a specific area - doing the work and inviting others into the work. We're multiplying ministry! Action...
Austin Marathon
The Austin Marathon is a Sunday morning travel and parking challenge, for sure. It's also an opportunity to give thanks for the way this faith community is at the heart of a vibrant city and a chance to cheer on our neighbors. Bring your patience and enthusiasm and...
Tutors Needed for Pickle Elementary
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and/or Thursdays3:30–4:30 p.m. FUMC has a long-standing relationship with Pickle Elementary through its book sale and other literacy projects, and now needs reading and math tutors for their 5th graders. Help students advance their skills in...
Lenten Small Groups
Find community in a Lenten Small Group as you puzzle through some of the foundational questions of faith together over this six week period that is set apart for reflection. Small groups of 8-12 participants will be guided by group facilitators to consider questions...
FUMC is Hiring!
CHILDCARE COORDINATORPart-time / $15 per hourFUMC is looking for a responsible, loving Childcare Coordinator to manage our Sunday morning childcare classrooms and staff. This is a 6-hour per week position, from 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Sundays, with 1 hour of time at...
February Mission Focus: Huston-Tillotson University
Each month we highlight a ministry or program that we see transforming lives and invite you to support it with your prayers and gifts above and beyond your regular financial support. February’s mission emphasis is Huston-Tillotson University. As Austin’s oldest...
2022 UMW Legislative Event
Saturday-Tuesday, January 22-25 In-Person and/or Zoom This event brings together women of faith from across the Lone Star State to learn, pray, and advocate for freedom, justice, and opportunity for all God’s children. Legislative Event 2022 focuses on providing...