In Our Right Minds
The season of Lent is designed for our grief, our darkness, our feelings of despair, our hopes and wishes for things to be as they…
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Lent at First Church 2021
The season of Lent is designed for our grief, our darkness, our feelings of despair, our hopes and wishes for things to be as they…
Library Corner
After emerging from arguably the worst year in living memory, we are again starting to find things to be thankful for, the vaccine rollout being…
News from the Sacred Circles
We are off to the start of a new and hopefully brighter, year, with renewed commitment to address immigrant and racial justice.
People’s Inauguration 2021
On January 20, Joe Bidden will take the oath of office as president of the United States of America. Given the multiple and traumatic events…
Updated Food Donations
Many of you have asked us at Lift UP to re-print desired food items to donate for the Preston's Food Pantry, we have provided a…
Library Corner
The FUMC Library is still providing the service of getting books to people in the congregation. This is still a work-in-progress, but for the time…
Aha! I Might Be Wrong!
For the month of January we will be looking at Epiphany moments of life and faith that open hearts and change minds.
Christmas Offering
This Christmas your church especially needs your gift to help us recover from a $60,000 deficit caused by the Covid shutdown.
Merry Christmas
From the General Board of Global Ministries Street Children Ministry UMC, MMC Cambodia
Update from the Sacred Circles
About 60 Sacred Circles formed under the leadership of the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIrJ) and have been active throughout Oregon.
Canaan Fair-Trade Olive Oil
Several people at last month's "drive through" ordered olive oil, which will be arriving this week. We ordered enough so that folks who didn't get…
Christmas Pageant
Join us during the 10:30 worship on December 20th for a Christmas pageant like no other!
From the Sacred Circles
As we approach the end of the year, housing protections for communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic are coming to an end. Many low-income, immigrant,…
We’ve Waited Long Enough
For Advent, this year our worship series "We've Waited Long Enough" will look at redefining what it means to wait for God's kin-dom to be…
Books Available From the Library
The Library will be coordinating book returns and check-outs at the Holiday Party Pick Up on Saturday.
Hope in Every Step
Hope in Every Step is an exhibition supported by the Creative Spirits Committee of First United Methodist Church of Portland.
Grate-FULL
During the month of November we will be looking at thanksgiving, even when it doesn't change our circumstances.