Therefore go and make disciples of all nations
...teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
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On Eagle’s Wings Ministry ~
Family Rescue and Restoration is pouring out Christ’s love in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, assisting destitute families living on about $1 a day. Families are desperate enough to sell themselves and their children for sex simply to eat.
On Eagles' Wings
is restoring hope with pragmatic solutions and complete reliance on Jesus. They hope to emulate Matthew 25:40, “...whatever you do for the least of theses brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Director Maggie Friedrich will be here on Sunday to share more about the ministry.
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Click on the ballons above to watch
First Church's 125th Anniversary Video. Check out what's special about our past, present, and future...
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Sunday, March 18 @ 10:30 AM
If you cannot make it, you can watch the
service LIVE online at 10:30 am.
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Mary Lou White's Memorial Service will be Saturday,
March 24th at 10:30 am at Westminster Tower's Chapel,
1533 4th Ave. West.
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Activities for March 16 - 24th:
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United Methodist Women
will be selling Fair Trade Coffee again Sunday. We have both regular and decaf 12 oz. packages for $9, regular breakfast blend "K" cups (package of 12) for $8 and Chocolate Bars (Very Dark and Milk) for $3. UMW partners with Equal Exchange to enable farmers in South America and Africa to receive equitable payment for their efforts. To purchase, come to Fellowship Hall after church.
We would also love to have you join us this Sunday for a Lenten Mission Meal featuring homemade vegetable soup, bread and homemade cookies for the cost of $7. The proceeds will help us fund United Methodist Women mission projects around the world and here in the United States. We have two in Florida - Cornerstone Ministries (in Tampa) and Wesley House (in Key West).
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Menu this week is choice of Salisbury Steak.
Dinner is served at 5:30.
Cost is $7 per adult, $18 per family.
RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED BY
MONDAY AT 4 PM.
You can mark your RSVP in pew pad or
call the church office.
Plan on staying for
Lenten Bible Study
at 6:30 in the Parlor.
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2018 Lenten Bible Study
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM. Come join us for dinner and stay for “Made For A Miracle” by Mike Slaughter, led by Pastor Clark in the Parlor.
At some time in our lives, most of us have prayed for or hoped for a miracle--an event that seems impossible but is brought about by God's transcendent power. But when miracles occur, did you know that you have a role to play?
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Lily orders: Use the special envelope in your Sunday bulletin, place checks
(payable to First UMC) or cash in the envelope in and place in it the offering plate or return to the church office
by March 26.
Or you can call the office.
Please take your lilies to enjoy or share with someone.
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Our Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, March 31 from 10-11am. This was a well attended Community Event last year and we will need a lot of volunteers to help.
There are a lot of ways you can help with this event: Donate candy filled eggs (2000 needed), decorations to lay in the grass to help hide eggs, or money to help purchase items needed.
All donations needed by March 25th
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Volunteer for set up, registration, snack, egg hiding, clean up and more! If you can volunteer, please call Becky McGowin at 941-748-0824 or Beth Rehberg at 941-815-2233.
Thanks for helping make this an exciting event!
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Dear First Church Family,
Your help is still needed...in response to the tragic loss of life of students and staff in the recent School shooting, Pastor Clark announced setting up a fund to send 17 community youth to the United Methodist Youth Camp in Leesburg this Summer . If you would like to contribute to this fund please note your contribution to “camp fund”. The cost of one youth to go to camp is $450. Thank you to those who have already supported this effort to make a difference in the youth of our community.
http://www.warrenwilliscamp.org/summercamp
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The Gathering, Homeless Ministry
“The mystery of ministry is that the Lord is to be found where we minister,” writes Henri Nouwen. “That is what Jesus tells us when He says: ‘Insofar as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mind, you did it to me’ (Matthew 25:40). Our care for people thus becomes the way to meet the Lord. The more we give, help, support, guide, counsel, and visit, the more we receive, not just similar gifts, but the Lord himself. To go to the poor is to go to the Lord.”
Come to the Gathering this Sunday morning and meet with the Lord!
(serving from 7am-8am)
NEEDS: men’s JEANS, all sizes; SOCKS, men’s white t-shirts, men’s shirts, MEN’S BOXERS, women’s underpants
ALL TOILETRIES, including razors, deodorant, wet wipes, & lotion.
THANK YOU for the donations this week, especially the new socks!
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Have you seen the movie "Dolphin Tale"? We will be going to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Tuesday, March 27 where Winter, the bottlenose dolphin, who stars in the movie resides. CMA is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of injured marine animals. We leave at 8:00 a.m. and the cost is $17.
For reservations, please call Bev Clapper, 756-9091.
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2018 Easter Activities
Lenten Bible Study ~ “Made For A Miracle”
by Mike Slaughter
Wednesdays, February 21 - March 28th
6:30 pm in FUMCB Parlor
Palm Sunday ~ March 25th @ 10:30 am
“Messiah Part II”
Holy Thursday Service & Communion
March 29th @ 6:00 pm in Fellowship Hall
Light Dinner Served @ 5:30 pm ~ soup and bread
Good Friday ~ March 30th
Cross Walk starts at 11 am at Trinity UMC, ends at FUMCB
Good Friday Service @ 12:15 pm
Easter Egg Party & Hunt ~ March 31st @ 10 am
FUMCB Courtyard
Easter ~ April 1st
Sunrise Service @ 6:30 am at Bradenton RiverWalk Amphitheater
Easter Service @ 10:30 am
FUMC Sanctuary
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First United Methodist Church of Bradenton
603 11th St. West
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-747-4406
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