Click above to
submit a confidential prayer request to Rev. Smith. Your request
will not be shared with other groups unless you request it. However,
the Covenant Prayer Group and Church Staff meet for prayer weekly and
would be honored to include your request. Prayer Works!!
TELEVISION
SCHEDULE
Sunday at 8:45
am - Live on Murray Electric Channel 15
Sunday at 11:00
am - Live on Murray Electric Channel 15
Monday at 8:00
pm - Murray Electric rebroadcasts current Sunday service
SERMONS
and WEEKLY DEVOTIONALS
Each week's sermon is now available to read and
print online from our web site. In the upper right part of this web page
you will see the pastor's picture and links to his offerings. You
can read his online devotional, find a sermon, or look at his Bible study
notes. You can also Sign up for the Weekly
Email Devotional from Rev. Smith. You can be a part of
this weekly spiritual enrichment opportunity by e-mailing Steve Kroehler
at adminassist@murrayfirst.com.
You have to cook
anyway...or at least some of the time. So, a few simple
things to change in the kitchen that are painless and help the environment:
Put lids on saucepans to stop heat from escaping; chop food into smaller
pieces so that it cooks more quickly; select a pan no bigger than required
for the amount of food you're cooking and a burner no bigger than the
pan; and get the most out of your burner's energy by doubling or tripling
up by cooking several items on top of each other in a stacked steamer.
SUNDAY
NIGHT BOOK CLUB
The
Sunday Night Book Club meets on the 4th Sunday of each month, from 5:30
- 6:45 PM to discuss "a book of the month."
Some
of the books to be read in coming months:
A
Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
The
Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
Leap
of Faith (Queen Noor)
They
Poured Fire On Us From the Sky (Benson Deng)
How
To Be An Open-Minded Christian Without Losing Your Faith (Jan
Linn)
My
Hope For Peace (Dr. Jehan Sadat)
Clay's
Quilt (Silas House)
Nothing
But NetsNothing
But Nets
The
people of The United Methodist Church have joined hands with the United
Nations Foundation, the National Basketball Association's NBA Cares, Sports
Illustrated and other organizations to support Nothing But Nets,
a global grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria.
You can help prevent malaria deaths by purchasing a net for only $10.
To buy a net, you can place your donation in the blue containers placed
around the facilities or mail to the church office.
Walk By Faith
Meetings are every Tuesday and Thursday at 9 AM
in the CLC gym. Everyone is welcome to join this fun and lively group.
We begin with some warm-up stretches, then walk for 20 minutes before
cooling down. This is a great low-impact workout for all fitness levels.
Hope to see you this week!
Eunice's Food Ministry
A new ministry has been formed to honor Mrs. Eunice
Chambers for her love and her dedication to FUMC. This ministry will work
in cooperation with H.E.L.P. (His Everlasting Love Provides). Your donations
will be used for the purchase of emergency food for the needy. On the
third Tuesday of every month we will be sacking the commodities for the
senior food program at Needline. Please join us in this service! For more
information contact the church office.
Monthly Bible Study and
Lunch
Spend your lunch hour exploring God's word.
This study and luncheon is open to everyone and is on the 4th
Tuesday of each month. Lunch is
served at 12 noon in the social hall with Bible study by Rev. Richard
Smith following. Meal is provided by the United Methodist Men and
donations are accepted.
Youth and Children's Ministries
Our children and youth ministries have so much
going on, they have their own sites! Check out the activities by clicking
on the YOUTH and CHILDREN links above!
Visitor
Center
Early
Light
Quilters