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Devotion from Pastor Rachel (Jan. 14)
Devotion from Dr. Jon (Jan. 13)
Devotion from Pastor Rick (Jan. 12)
Devotion from Michael LeBlanc (Jan. 11)
Farewell Chat with Pastor David & Michael Robert
Bishop Carter’s Response
Watch Bishop Carter’s response in his Facebook video below.
Jonah Daily Devotion (Jan. 7)
We are so grateful for our clergy and elected lay leaders who have provided daily devotionals to our church family since mid-March. In a demonstration of appreciation, we are giving them a few days off! We invite you to participate in the scripture devotional below.
Jonah 4: 5-10 (NIV)
5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6 Then the Lord God provided a leafy plant[a] and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. 7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”
“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
10 But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
January 2021: Annual Database Clean-up
Help us do some Spring Cleaning this Winter!
Help us do some Spring Cleaning this Winter! Join us for our Annual Database Clean-Up to assure our records are up-to-date. There are 3 ways you can update your information:
- Login to Realm at fumcwp.org/realm
- Call the church office at 407-644-2906
- Click the link below to complete a quick survey
Reeves Center Update – January 2021
Welcome to 2021! The permits have been approved for the renovation of the 4 Pillars Counseling and Enrichment Center. This process has required a tremendous amount of patience and perseverance. We are so grateful for the 4 Pillars Lay Team who continue to work towards building a center of healing and wholeness for the church family and larger community. Stay tuned for more details!
More news from the Reeve Center:
Thank you to the communications team who has created a Reeves Center page on our website under the Discover tab: https://fumcwp.org/reevescenter/. Listed are search tabs of the ongoing church ministries at our center: TCA, Studio 150, Foundry and soon to be 4 Pillars Counseling and Enrichment Center. Check it out!
If you would like to learn more about the Reeves Center, take a tour, or learn how you can get involved, please contact Denise Meyer at denisem@fumcwp.org.
Jonah Daily Devotion (Jan. 6)
We are so grateful for our clergy and elected lay leaders who have provided daily devotionals to our church family since mid-March. In a demonstration of appreciation, we are giving them a few days off! We invite you to participate in the scripture devotional below.
Jonah 4: 1-4 (NIV)
Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion
4 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. 3 Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”