First United Methodist Church

Service Times

9am Contemporary | 11am Traditional

Studio 150 Dance Camp – Fairy Tales

You are joyfully invited on an enchanted journey! Everyday we will enter the world of a different fairy tale with dance, music, theater & art. Create fairy wands, tiaras, dress up, and dance with your favorite fairy tales! Engaging teachers will captivate your child’s imagination and engage their love of dance. This 4-day camp promises to fill quickly and space is limited. Special performance on the last day of this camp!

Half day camps geared for our younger dancers age 3-5 years.

Studio 150 Dance Camp – Princess

Welcome to Princess Camp, where all things magical begin! Give your little dancer the opportunity to experience everything “princess” through music, dance, theater, and arts and crafts. Princess campers will be exposed to a variety of dance styles including ballet, jazz, modern, tumbling and musical theater.

 

 

Summer Book Study: Invisible Women

Dates:
June 1, 15, 29 | July 13, 27 | August 10
7-8:30pm on Zoom

Join us for a six-session, summer book study with our dear friend Barbara Thompson! Barbara will lead us through Caroline Criado Perez’s 2021 book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men which—through careful research—sets the stage for a conversation about gender equity in families, workplaces, communities, and the church. Each session will be held virtually on Zoom to allow maximum participation, inclusive of our friends far and wide. Read on for more about the book and then register and order your copy today!

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Data is fundamental to the modern world.  From economic development to health care, from education to public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions.  But because so much data fails to take gender into account and treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are built into our systems. Women pay tremendous costs for this bias—in time, in money, and often with their lives.  Author Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality in Invisible Women.

Kaitlin Curtice Applied: Kinship

Join us for a two-part discussion in response to Kaitlin Curtice’s March lecture and her new book Living Resistance. Please come for one or both as you’re able!

On May 10th we will gather in the Marcy Chapel at 7PM to discuss personal practices, inner work, and contemplative dimensions of resistance that Curtice inspires us to choose for ourselves.

On May 24th we will gather outdoors in the Lakeside Chapel at 7PM to discuss dimensions of kinship, that is our connection to each other, our communities, and the natural world. We will also focus on wisdom that Curtice speaks directly to the church and consider how we can nurture ecosystems of healing and wholeness. (The Marcy Chapel will serve as a rain location.)

This event is open to all, including those who missed the talk and haven’t read the book! You may certainly lean in with us and strengthen the insights we derive together.

Please note, you only have to register once for this 2-part event!

Kaitlin Curtice Applied: Embodying Resistance

Join us for a two-part discussion in response to Kaitlin Curtice’s March lecture and her new book Living Resistance. Please come for one or both as you’re able!

On May 10th we will gather in the Marcy Chapel at 7PM to discuss personal practices, inner work, and contemplative dimensions of resistance that Curtice inspires us to choose for ourselves.

On May 24th we will gather outdoors in the Lakeside Chapel at 7PM to discuss dimensions of kinship, that is our connection to each other, our communities, and the natural world. We will also focus on wisdom that Curtice speaks directly to the church and consider how we can nurture ecosystems of healing and wholeness. (The Marcy Chapel will serve as a rain location.)

This event is open to all, including those who missed the talk and haven’t read the book! You may certainly lean in with us and strengthen the insights we derive together.

Please note, you only have to register once for this 2-part event!

DEI Ministry: Pray Away Screening & Discussion

Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Ministry is a community partner for a special Orlando screening of the film “Pray Away” on April 30th! This Emmy-nomiated Netflix documentary explores stories from former leaders and a survivor of ex-gay conversion therapy, speaking about its lasting harm and devastating persistence. This is recent history, and yet faith-based organizations are mobilizing right now to bring this dangerous practice back. While Christians disagree on roles for LGBTQ persons in families and church, the pseudo-scientific practice of conversion therapy is widely condemned as traumatizing.

Our DEI ministry invites you to watch this screening with us! A panel discussion will follow the film featuring community advocates, conversion therapy survivors, and faith leaders. It will take all of us working together to ban conversion therapy in Florida and protect the next generation of LGBTQ persons.

The event is FREE but registration is required. Doors open at 6:30pm and the program begins promptly at 7:00PM. Parking available in the garages off McRae Ave or Alden Road.

Family Movie Night – The Lorax

Join us on July 23 for our Summer Family Movie Night to watch The Lorax! All ages are invited to the gym at 5pm to watch the movie that inspired our worship sermon series.

Dress comfortably and bring blankets, pillows, camp chairs. Pizza, popcorn, and drinks will be provided, but please RSVP.

 

Cinnabar Film Series: The Last Temptation of Christ

Cinnabar is a monthly film series designed around hospitality and curiosity. Films engage our full selves. They inspire, reveal, challenge, question, and enchant us. Our church’s Kinfolk young adult ministry sponsors Cinnabar as a form of spiritual creativity in our Orlando community.

What do we do? First, we share snacks, drinks, and reconnect with each other. Our host then offers an introduction and invitation to the film they’ve chosen and we watch together in a warm and welcoming space. After, we circle up to reflect together. Our one rule is we never say a film was good or bad; we just talk about the impressions it made on us.

Coming up on April 12th: The Last Temptation of Christ
Happy early Easter! We’re celebrating with (an infamous) film about Jesus. It won’t be like any others you’ve seen. David Witwer is hosting, here’s what he has to say:

This is one of the most provocative, layered, unique, and dangerous films I’ve ever seen. This is NOT like The Passion of the Christ (people keep asking that). Let’s just say the book it’s based on was banned and a theater in Paris was burned to the ground by religious terrorists when they showed it. But it’s also NOT anti-religious. It’s one of the most honest, raw, and imaginative films I’ve seen that wrestles with religion and spirituality. It’s a film that demands a response, and a curious community like Cinnabar is the perfect place to watch it.

NOTE: First-century Palestine was not a family-friendly place. This film is intended for adults and contains graphic violence, sexuality, and nudity.

Find us at Ligature Coffee, just look for our signs! 6:30 for snacks and chats and the film will start soon after. Tickets are available below as a way to donate to the cause, but registration is not required.

Children’s Ministry Summer Party

Let’s kick off Summer together! Families with children are invited to gather for dinner, inflatables, and crafts in the gym on Friday, May 19th from 6:00-8:00pm.

This will be a great night of connection and fun for all ages. Parents should join their kids at this event.

Easter 2023

6:30am Sunrise (Lakefront Chapel)
9am Contemporary (MFLC Gym)
10am Fellowship & Refreshments (Courtyard)
11am Traditional (Sanctuary)

Join our hearts in one accord to celebrate the Risen Lord! It’s the most joy-filled day on the Christian calendar and we encourage you to be a part of our on-campus celebrations. Exciting music and an engaging sermon help us rediscover how Jesus calls us to experience living.