THIS WEEK @ FMC — October 15-21
Holy and everliving God, by your power we are created and by your love we are redeemed; guide and strengthen us by your Spirit, that we may give ourselves to your service and live this day in love to one another and to you; through Jesus Christ our Savior. AMEN (Morning Collect from A […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – October 8-14, 2025
A pastoral letter regarding war in the Middle East (from Mennonite World Conference) October 7, 2025 is the tragic anniversary of an outbreak of violence that has led to hundreds of thousands of lives lost in the lands called Israel and Palestine and also in the larger region.
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – October 1-7, 2025
Sometimes we feel like asking God: are you paying attention? And God asks us too: are we paying attention? These honest words were part of our call to worship this past Sunday, part of a deeper dive into the story of Moses and the burning bush in Exodus 3.
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – September 17-30, 2025
This is a time for lament. Rev. Benjamin Cremer in a recent email newsletter defined the goal of lament as: “Making space for grief in all its forms to be heard in the hope for positive change to come.” This is also a time for a renewed and persistent commitment to nonviolence and love in […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – September 10-16, 2025
“Forgive us, our Father, for all the thing of which we are so poignantly aware and for those failures of will that have made it so difficult for us to respond to Thy will. . . . “
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – September 3-9, 2025
For in him [Jesus] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. (Colossians 1:19-20)
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – August 27-September 2, 2025
More than you know, more than you know, God’s love is with you. More than you know, more than you know, God cares for you. And more than you know, more than you know, God’s love is in you, walking with you, holding you, living with you. (VT 598 Connie Johnson-Evers)
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – August 20-26, 2025
Loving God,Coat the year before us with miracles of your mercy and strength, and help us appreciate most of all the bedrock miracle of your presence with us in every single ordinary, sacred moment.
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – August 13-19, 2025
God of love, who calls us to be peacemakers in a world of conflict, we come toyou with heavy hearts as tensions continue to rise between nations.Make us instruments of your peace.
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – August 6-12, 2025
Hope is not the expectation that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something is worth doing no matter how it turns out. ~Vaclav Havel
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