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A Message on Peace
A note from Drew: I really care about your wellness in reading and engaging the topic of gun violence. I encourage you to care for…
Kate’s Musings – June 2
Time flies when you are having fun! Just one month to go. As we look to one month from now, the Rev. Karyn Richards-Kuan will…
Kate’s Musings – May 26
This is not what I was going to write about this week. However, it is what is on my heart and what I am musing…
An Update on Our Denomination
It has been quite some time since you’ve received an update like this from one of your pastors. Like United Methodists all across our connection,…
Ordinarily
Pentecost, the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church, marks the turning point between the fanfare of…
MFSA Newsletter
The Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA) has been around for a long time - advocating for justice wherever and whenever it needed.
From the FUMC Finance Committee
Your First Church Finance Committee is pleased to provide you with this brief update on church finances.
Kate’s Musings – May 19
Greetings from Day 10 of isolation. My hope and prayer are to test negative tomorrow and to be able to see you on Sunday with…
Covid-19 Guidelines – Update May 5
Portland FUMC’s COVID Response Team continues to reference established metrics based on risk level for Multnomah County.
Kate’s Musings – May 5
I am writing this from my birthplace and the first seventeen years of my life, where my father still lives - Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. It contains…
Singers Welcomed!
The Chapel service is back now and we are looking for a few people who might want to assist in leading the singing! It would…
Maximize
As a community growing in our own intercultural competency, we have learned that minimizing our differences can hold us back from all that God hopes…
Kate’s Musings – April 21
Our first in-person Easter in three years. I saw people joyfully hugging each other. I heard squeals of delight and variations on a theme of…
Afghan Welcoming Committee Update Apr 15
On April 6th, Global Missions met with the program director and volunteer coordinator for Lutheran Community Services Northwest.
New Prayer Book
A collection of Rev. Andy Oliver’s prayers, illustrated by Ryan Hutchison’s paintings, has been published! Titled “And Even for This Day: Prayers of Uneasy Allegiance…
Kate’s Musings – April 14
For the first time in three years, we are having in person Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter services. It is so very tempting to…
GYTTE News – March 2022
"Give Ye Them To Eat" (GYTTE) was founded in 1977 as a social outreach project of the Methodist Church of Mexico to combat hunger and…