Category: Church Updates

An open invitation to our Upcoming Virtual Visioning Sessions

 As our nation, state and community have more people vaccinated against COVID-19, we all seek a sense of normal. But what will normal look like? Will we just go back to living like we were in January 2020? Probably not. A lot has changed. Even church has changed, but God is calling us to still be the church. This means that we must adapt how we do ministry – to make it relevant to where people are today and find creative ways to share God’s love for all of us. 

 To help our church’s ministries respond to God’s call, we want your help. We’re inviting you to participate in virtual visioning sessions. In each session, ministry areas will share a short presentation and update on their values and priorities as we emerge from the pandemic. We will facilitate a visioning discussion where you will have the opportunity to share ideas and provide feedback for the future of the ministry area. We see the sessions as an opportunity to inform our church family about our vital ministries, gain your feedback about the ministries’ future and participate in shepherding the ministries’ resurgence into the new normal. Join us!

– Ben Howell, Leadership Council Chairperson 

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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

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.

As we are in this period of pandemic, we are reminded of how important family is to our spiritual connection. Along with many houses of worship and businesses, earlier in March, we pivoted from on-campus worship/ministries to online offerings. Earlier this fall, with the guidance from our Leadership Council and leaders from the Florida Conference, we reopened a portion of our on-campus operations – including Sunday morning worship. Our reopening process has included the implementation of CDC guidelines, new policies, and enhanced safety protocols. All these efforts are because our church leadership chooses to prioritize the safety of others – our most vulnerable. This is the reason that we ask those on-campus to stay physically distanced, refrain from hugging each other, and at times sit a little longer in their seats so that we can ensure that everyone leaves the building in a safe manner.  

Part of our safety procedures now calls for online registration. For us, registration is an important way that we honor the safety of our larger family. Though we temperature checks upon arrival, registration provides a proactive way to manage contact tracing – which is very important. Though an individual or family may not be experiencing COVID-19 symptoms when they join us for on-campus worship, it is possible that later in the week they develop the virus. Through our registration process, we can efficiently and quickly contact those who were exposed.   

For our church, this is not just a ‘what-if’ situation. Over the past several months as on-campus operations have resumed on a phased basis, we rely on these safety protocols, which have been utilized repeatedly and are invaluable to our ability to quickly provide notification and take action when exposure occurs. Currently, Pastor David is self-isolating out of an abundance of caution and in accordance with our protocols. We share this information with you as transparency is important to our church leadership team.  We appreciate your patience and cooperation in protecting the health and safety of our family. 

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