THIS WEEK @ FMC – January 22-28, 2025
While we do not yet know what will unfold in 2025, we do know we have a unique opportunity as disciples of Jesus rooted in the Anabaptist tradition to, as MennoMedia puts it, take time to be “Looking Back, Living Forward” as we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the beginnings of the Anabaptist movement. […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – January 15-21, 2025
“In this new year, may you find comfort knowing that, like the Magi, a light will guide you home. Rest in the hope that you never truly go alone – the love that knows your name goes alongside you and before you. Let this assurance fill you with peace and courage, open to the new […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – December 25, 2024 – January 14, 2025
For a child has been born for us, a son given to us;authority rests upon his shoulders, and he is namedWonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6) This is the week we open our hearts to make space for the ‘holy Child of Bethlehem’ to ‘descend on us … cast out our sin and […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – December 11-24, 2024
An excerpt from the Third Sunday of Advent reflection: Do the Good that is Yours to Do (by Kayla Craig; part of A Sanctified Art: Words for the Beginning worship resource) This Advent, in the quiet spaces of our hearts, where God’s still, small voice speaks, we are called to discern what is ours to […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – December 4-10, 2024
A prayer for Advent: Almighty God, who came to us long ago in the birth of Jesus Christ, be born in us anew today by the power of your Holy Spirit. We offer our lives as home to you and ask for grace and strength to live as your faithful, joyful children always. Through Jesus […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – November 27-December 3, 2024
Happy New Year! I do realize January 1, 2025 is over a month away. However, in the church liturgical year, this week marks the beginning of a new year. Traditionally, the Sunday drawing the church year to a close (the Sunday before Advent begins) is observed as Christ the King Sunday. Themes for this Sunday […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – November 20-26, 2024
Advent begins this year on December 1! To guide our worship services, we’ll be adapting resources created by A Sanctified Art around the theme Words for the Beginning. A devotional booklet with artwork, poetry, hymns, and questions for journaling and reflecting is available. Hard copies are on the table in the foyer at church, and […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – November 13-19, 2024
a blessing for keeping your heart soft when everything is broken (by Kate Bowler) Blessed are you who see it all now. The terrible, beautiful truth that our world, our lives seem irreparably broken. And you can’t unsee it. The hungry kid. The exhausted mom. The woman who wonders if any of this is worth […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – November 6-12, 2024
“What kind of person would I like to be?” … all the time, in every sphere of life, including politics? This identity and purpose clarifying question is at the core of the book The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life, written by Michael Wear, and the focus of our […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – October 30-November 5, 2024
Relationship and community building are one of the many reasons I’m grateful for the work and ministry of Mennonite Central Committee. Our Wednesday evening sessions have already given us a glimpse of this “faith in action” through stories and updates giving concrete examples of love of enemy and neighbor alike. I also find MCC’s e-memo […]
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