THIS WEEK @ FMC – April 23-29, 2025
Shoots of SpringBy Joseph Givens (Mennonite Mission Network – France) I was a young idealist.I thought the world could change,That green shoots of spring would emergeFrom the dark frosty ground.If I could just say the right words,Then people would hear;Their minds and hearts would openTo the suffering they now ignore.The world could be better,If people came together,Joined hands,Sang the sweet […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – April 16-22, 2025
We believe that many years ago a peaceful parade wove its way through the streets of Jerusalem. We believe that on that day the people cried out, longing and praying for a better world. We believe that these longings came from a place of deep hope, and we believe that hope cannot be silenced. So […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – April 2-15, 2025
We believe in a seeking God, a with-us and before-us God, a chasing-after-us God. We believe that no matter where we wander or what mountains we climb, this God— the God who walked the streets of Jerusalem, shook hands with lepers, patted children on the head, and told stories of love— is always close at […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – March 26-April 1, 2025
We believe in a God who loves and tends to us like a gardener. We believe that like the trees, some seasons are for growth, and some seasons are for rest. Some days require pruning, and some require planting. Fortunately, we believe that our green-thumbed God sees us and cultivates the sweetest fruit. So may […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – March 19-25, 2025
Affirmation of faith We believe in a Christ who teaches, sees, affirms, and celebrates all of who we are. We believe in a Christ who invites us to use our gifts for good and celebrates every step we take in that direction. We believe in a Christ who understands our anxieties and is gentle with […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – March 4-18, 2025
When it feels like the ground is shifting under our feet it’s a good time to pause and sink our roots deeper into the One whose steadfast love we believe is more powerful than any other force, including death. Recently, on the podcast Everything Belongs (with Richard Rohr), James Finley was asked “How do we […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – February 26-March 4, 2025
Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things in wondrously reigning, guarding with sheltering wings, ever gently sustaining. Have you not seen all that is needed has been held in God’s gracious ordaining? Praise to the Lord, who will prosper our work and defend us. Surely God’s goodness and mercy shall daily attend us. Ponder […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – February 19-25, 2025
Prayer of Thanksgiving – A Sixteenth Century Anabaptist Prayer Oh God, preserve us and your keeping,that we may not faint and abandon your word.Let us enjoy the faithfulness which you have shownthrough your son, Jesus Christ.Kindle in us the fire of divine love;lead us to practice […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – February 12-18, 2025
Keeping up with the unfolding story of Jesus’s teaching and healing in the Gospel of Luke, today’s text includes the familiar story of the healing of the centurion’s son, and the raising from the dead of the widow’s son in Nain. Both stories focus in on people who were on the edges of Jewish society […]
Read postTHIS WEEK @ FMC – February 5-11, 2025
Remember Jesus’ first sermon, as recorded in Luke 4, in his hometown of Nazareth? In it, he clearly oriented his mission and purpose toward seeing and lifting up ‘the other’ – the poor, blind, oppressed, and imprisoned. A few weeks ago Pastor Jim urged us to note, as we read Luke, that evidence of Jesus […]
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