Back by popular demand the group will gather again on Wednesday, May 2 and Wednesday May 9.
We meet in the back room at the Goose Hollow Inn. They are located right across the street from the church.
We discuss upcoming sermon topics, church life, our lives, and scripture in an informal atmosphere. Join us!
Cheers!
On Sunday, May 6 at 5:30 PM in the Fireside Room, come and enjoy a time to learn about our larger United Methodist Church.
Every Four years a body of equal numbers of lay and clergy gather to set the policies and directions for the whole global denomination.
This Quadrennial Session is April 24 thru May 4, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Our own Pastor Donna is a member of this year’s delegation.
On May 6 Pastor Donna will return and share with us her experiences. We welcome Karen and Pastor Donna. All are encouraged to come and bring a dish to share.
Sundays April 29 and May 6 at 5:30 PM in the Fireside Room come and enjoy a time to learn about our larger United Methodist Church.
Every Four years a body of equal numbers of lay and clergy gather to set the policies and directions for the whole global denomination.
This Quadrennial Session is April 24 thru May 4, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Our own Pastor Donna is a member of this year’s delegation.
On April 29 Ms. Karen Bolin will be our presenter on what General Conference is and what will be the key issues. Karen was a part of the 2008 delegation and has been a long term active lay woman.
On May 6 Pastor Donna will return and share with us her experiences. We welcome Karen and Pastor Donna. All are encouraged to come and bring a dish to share.
At 9:00 AM in the Fireside room beginning April 15, a new series will begin. It will feature known members of First Church sharing how they became persons of Faith and their core beliefs.
There will also be a moderator who will help participants understand and share their stories.
The series will last through Eastertide.
Come and enjoy a cup of coffee and this post Eater series.
The registration deadline is near!
If you have been waiting for an opportunity to worship and play with your church community, FUMC Unplugged is designed with you in mind.
Come unwind, unplug and reconnect. April 13-15.
To register, download a registration form and send it to the church office:
First United Methodist Church
1838 SW Jefferson Street
Portland, OR 97201
or via email to Megan Humphreys-Loving: mhumphreys-loving@fumcpdx.org
The registration Deadline is March 16.
Registration fees are due March 23.
At FUMC Unplugged you can expect:
Cost:
Pathways through the Epistles is an adult Sunday School class that meets from 9 to 10:15 AM from February 26 to March 25 in room 110. It is taught by Rev Dr. Tom Rannells.
We will do an overview of Romans, I Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews and Philippians with detailed study of one passage from each of the letters. Participants are encouraged to bring their own Bible and to have read each letter prior to class.
Intergenerational Ping Pong is a weekly exercise/fellowship group which meets 5 – 7 pm every Thursday in our gym.
It is a fun way to build friendships and ping pong skills. Its timing enables members of our youth JuBELLation (bell) Choir and our Sanctuary Choir to arrive early and enjoy the fun of this intergenerational group prior to their participation in their rehearsal that same evening.
Everyone from youth to seniors are invited and participants are welcome to arrive and leave at their convenience between 5:00 and 6:15.
Usually somewhere between five and a dozen people show up. Some participants enjoy going out afterwards to share a healthy meal.
one of our youth writes:
I like it so much its because it’s ok if you show up and ok if you don’t. But it’s really fun if you come because everyone is nice and goes easy on you if you arent very good (me) and if you dont know how to play.
Rev. Dr. Tom Rannells will lead a four-week class entitled: Reading and Using the Bible. This class will begin Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 9:00 AM in room 110 and continue through February 5.
Those who are newer to the faith or those who would like a “refresher course” on the Bible are encouraged to attend.
This is a place to get a new start with the Bible in a community of seekers. Over the four weeks we will ask together: What is the Bible? How did we get the Bible? How Shall We Live Through the Bible?
This class meets each Sunday from 9:15 to 10:15 AM in Room 134 This weekly study analyzes current events from a Methodist perspective. FaithLink is a study for individuals or groups who want to apply their United Methodist beliefs to current faith issues and world events. Please join us each Sunday for lively discussions and inspiration.
This class meets each Sunday morning at 9:00 AM in Room 202. In October, the class began discussing Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, by Karen Armstrong.
Join us for a discussion of the book Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, as a part of First Church Reads. The Christian Century recently listed this as one of the top books of the decade. There will be a discussion of the novel Gilead on Sundays, November 13 and 20 at 9:00 AM in the Fireside Room.
Marilynne Robinson’s brief novel, Gilead, tells the story of a pastor’s theological struggles, as well as struggles with his grand- father’s engagement in the Civil War, with his own loneliness through much of his life, with his brother’s loss of belief, with his father’s desertion of the town, with the hardships of people’s lives, and above all his struggle to forgive. Gilead won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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