Pastors Paragraphs
Rethink Church
by Rev. Bill Donahue
To rethink something means that one “thinks again about a choice previously made.” Rethink Church is a new campaign by the United Methodist Church that challenges us to meet our community with a renewed...
Welcome New Director of Youth & Family Ministries - Chris Knuth
“For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10 Have you ever asked yourself what you are on this planet to do? I ask myself that question often, and since I want to be like Jesus I ask myself how He would...
“Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors . . . Open House”
“Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2).So, let us entertain you and invite you to our Open House at 11310 Greenview (off Adelaide, just south...
Through the Rainbow and the Cross
Rainbow SundaySunday, November 13, we will receive your “Estimate of Giving” card for 2012. The card will be handed out during worship, completed there and placed in a basket. I’m calling this Rainbow Sunday.For the last three...
Forgive and Forget
Ever utter the phrase, “I’ll forgive, but I won’t forget”? Sure you have. This is a half-hearted attempt to be honest about our feelings and dishonest about our intentions. Behaving this way is a typical self-serving notion of...
Victim 0001
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I changed, because something changed me (and for most of those of you who are reading this). What changed us is what we saw, in the most horrific and heroic ways one can imagine. That day there...
Fresh Fruit
Rev. William Donahue
Thankfully, the fruit of the Spirit is not diminished by the seasons of the year. This fruit is available year-round. What is this fruit? The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,...
FUMC Welcome Rev. Bill Donahue
Our new senior pastor, Bill Donahue, believes in breaking down the walls between the community and the church. Bill has taken to heart the words of John Wesley (one of the founders of Methodism), who said, “All the world is my...
VISION OF THE FENTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
“To welcome, incorporate, sustain and transform individuals through the Holy Spirit to be loving Disciples of Christ. As a result lives will be changed, servants developed, and God’s gifts and graces will be realized and...
The Lenten Season
By next Sunday, we'll be more than a third of the way through Lent. Easter Sunday (April 24) will be here soon enough. As I write this, I note it is the first day of spring! We're again feeling the warmth of the sun. ...
Happenings at Fenton UMC
Below are described a few interesting happenings around FUMC which merit a detailed word -- in three big paragraphs…
FIRST: Lent begins with its Ash Wednesday worship observance on March 9. Historically, Lent has and is...
I'll Take Tea Over Twitter Any Day
A week ago my computer went kaput. Then my cell phone went berserk. In the same week I feigned indifference during a funeral when cell phone after cell phone ringer went off in middle of it. (You must know, the best part is...
Human Relations Day - Jan. 16
Human Relations Day is one of the six church-wide Special Sundays of The United Methodist Church. The Human Relations Day offering strengthens outreach to communities in the United States and Puerto Rico, encouraging social...
"An Attitude of Gratitude"
A New Way in the New Year
And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. Matthew 2:12
Having seen and worshiped Jesus, the Magi had a new attitude, a new experience,...
The Advent Season
The word Advent means "coming" or "arrival." The focus of the Advent season is the coming of Jesus into the world; during the four weeks before Christmas, we remember his birth and look forward to his return. Advent, then, is a...