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News and Updates

Keep up-to-date with events happening around First UMC, the larger church and in the community. If you do not already receive either our Wednesday newsletter, Friday worship email, or Faith Development emails, we encourage you to sign up on the form at the bottom of every page.

Charge Conference

Our annual Charge Conference was held on Sunday, October 6th. If you were not able to attend click below for the Charge Conference Booklet.

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Monday, October 14th, Closed. 

The church office and Ark Child Development Center will be closed for Indigenous People's day, Monday, October 14th. See you Tuesday morning.

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Fall Church Clean Up

We will not have programming night on Sunday, October 13th, we hope you enjoy your weekend. We will resume on Sunday, October 20th, with our fall work day from 4 - 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner.

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McCurdy Ministries Locker 505

New Opportunity to be involved with Locker 505. A group will meet at the church on the second Tuesday of each month to sort clothing and prepare it for distribution. If you wish to help meet at the church parking Tuesday, October 8th, at 1 p.m. We will carpool down and plan to work until about 4 p.m.

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Bell Choir & Choir News

Our bell choir and choir practices on Wednesdays! We invite new ringers and voices to join us. 6:30 p.m. Bell choir 7:15 p.m. Choir Questions about our music ministry contact Valerie Collins at dirmusic@lafumc.org.

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McCurdy Fall Festival

Support McCurdy's Fall Festival, Sunday, October 13th, from 3-5 p.m. Family fun with carnival games, music, food, and trunk or treat. McCurdy Ministries 362A South McCurdy Road. in Espanola.

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Kairos Cookie due October 16th.

Cookies for Kairos should be dropped off in the church kitchen by Wednesday, October 16th. Cookies should be packaged 1 dozen per 1 quart ziploc bag and labeled with the type of cookie. Thank you for being God's love in action!

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Men's Lunch Second & Fourth Thursday

Join us on the second & fourth Thursday at 11:30 a.m. for lunch. We visit a variety of restaurants in the area. Sign up for email notices at faith@lafumc.org.

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Community Food Pantry

Our community food pantry is receiving a lot use, we are grateful for all the generous donations from our community. We except donations at time. Donation suggestions: ●Shelf-stable milk ●Canned fruit, vegetables, beans, meat and soup with pop tops ●Packaged meals, such as Macaroni and Cheese, Rice-a-roni, or Tuna Helper ●Individually packaged snacks (granola bars, nuts, dried fruit, cheese and crackers…)

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Links update order: 

Mid-Week News - Wednesday
Programming Night - Thursday 

Worship Update - Friday 

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Calendar of Events

We do our best to keep this calendar as up-to-date as possible.

If you notice a mistake or something that is missing,

please contact the church office. 

For more information on any event posted, click the event on the calendar below.

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