MESSAGE FROM RICKY Dear Friends, There are so many great things going on at the church this week! January is back in full swing!  This past Saturday our gym was packed as 140 kids (and their families) joined us for the start of Upward Basketball. This is a wonderful...

MESSAGE FROM RICKY Dear Friends, We had a wonderful day of worship this past Sunday as we began our new sermon series, "Back to the Basics." We looked at the topic of prayer, a fundamental practice for us as Christians. I challenged us all to make prayer a priority in...

MESSAGE FROM RICKY Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I pray that each of you had a wonderful Christmas season and have begun a brand new year with joy. Every year (and every day) is a gift from God for which we all should be thankful.   As we begin a new year, it is...

MESSAGE FROM KATIE Dear Friends, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas! We had a wonderful weekend at First UMC celebrating the birth of our Savior with over 600 people in worship between the Come and Go Communion and our Candlelight Christmas Eve Service. On...

MESSAGE FROM RICKY Dear Friends, This is THE week! The week we've been looking forward to all Advent Season. I'm sure you've been preparing too! All the shopping, baking, and cleaning, (and trying to be good for Santa!) all leads up to this week! This week began with...

MESSAGE FROM RICKY Dear Friends, This past Sunday in worship we lit the Pink Advent Candle, which stands for joy, and reminds us of the joy that we celebrate at the coming of Jesus. As I think about this past week at the church I see joy all over the place. I saw joy...

MESSAGE FROM RICKY   Dear Friends,   I wanted to share the news that Debb Tubb, our communications specialist, has accepted another job and is leaving the staff this week. Debb joined our staff team just a few months before COVID in 2019, and was...

MESSAGE FROM RICKY Dear Friends, The word "Advent" means "arrival." It is a season of the church that looks in two directions. First, it looks back into the past, to celebrate the arrival of Jesus, born as a child more than 2000 years ago. Second, it looks to the...

MESSAGE FROM RICKY Dear Friends, What's your favorite Thanksgiving food? Mine is dressing with cranberry sauce. And, to be clear, I mean the gelatin style cranberry sauce that comes right out of the can--the kind you can slice! I love all the traditions around...