Therefore go and make disciples of all nations
...teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
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Draw closer to our Savior in the days leading up to Easter with "BLESSINGS OF THE CROSS", a devotional by Billy Graham, Max Lucado, Anne Graham Lotz, Stormie Omartian.
More than a simple retelling of the Easter story, this Easter devotional eBook will walk you through the Gospel accounts on the life of Jesus, and the difficult road he walked during the final weeks before His crucifixion.
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Sunday, February 18 @ 10:30 AM
If you cannot make it, you can watch the
service LIVE online at 10:30 am.
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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 @ FUMCB Parlor
Palm Sunday ~ March 25th @ 10:30 am
“Messiah Part II”
Holy Thursday Service & Communion
March 29th @ 6:30 pm in Sanctuary
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 @ TBA
Easter ~ April 1st
Sunrise Service @ 6:30 am at Bradenton RiverWalk Amphitheater
Easter Service at FUMC @ 10:30 am
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Activities for February 18 - 24:
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Boy Scout Sunday February 18, 2018
Boy Scout Troop 8 will be here for Presentation of Colors
then stay to help with
RISE AGAINST HUNGER
.
Boy Scout Troop 1 started meeting at First in 1917. It disbanded when the Scoutmaster, Lawton Moon, went off to fight
in WWI in 1918.
Troop 8 chartered and began to meet here in 1923.
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THIS SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 18TH
PLEASE JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER ON SUNDAY.
After worship we will have a light lunch and then package 10,152 meals for the starving through
Rise Against Hunger
(formerly Stop Hunger Now).
We need all the help we can get! Lunch is FREE.
Last year we were able to bless 61,912 hungry people in Haiti by filling their empty stomachs.
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CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY!
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EVERYONE IS INVITED!
Join us for a narrated sightseeing lunch tour cruising through the inter-coastal waters and the Gulf of Mexico on the Marina Jack II out of Sarasota on
Tuesday, February 20
. We will leave the church at 10:30 a.m. and the cost is $40. Every seat has a view of the water. You might even see a dolphin.
Contact Bev Clapper 756 9091 for more information and to make a reservation.
The last luncheon in Fellowship Hall for the season is
Tuesday, March 13 at 12:00 Noon
. Following lunch, Penny Musco, author of
Life Lessons from the National Parks: Meeting God in America's Most Glorious Places,
will be talking about those life lessons. Please join us. For lunch and the trip please call
Bev
Clapper, 756 9091, for more information and to make your reservation, call the church office or mark the pew pad.
Have you seen the movie "Dolphin Tale"? We will be going to the
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
where Winter, the bottlenose dolphin, star of the movie, swims with a prosthetic tail, on Tuesday, March 27. 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.
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Menu this week is Baked Stuffed Ziti.
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
begins on February 21st 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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795 million people worldwide do not have enough food to lead a healthy, active life. Together, we can help end hunger in our community and around the world! Join Pastor Clark as he walks from Palmetto, across the Green Bridge and back on Sunday, February 25th at
2 PM. Call the office or click on link below to sign up to walk, to support a walker, or for more information.
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The Gathering, Homeless Ministry
Needs: men’s jeans, all sizes, ALL TOILETRIES, including small hand
sanitizers.
We need volunteers. Just come between 5:30 am to 7 am and we will put you to work.
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Valentine Musical
This year’s Valentine Musical will be February 25th. Tickets on sale Sunday. Bring your sweetie, your friends, and your family for a fun night.
5 PM Auction to benefit the Music Program
6 PM Dinner - Tickets on sale Sunday
7 PM Musical
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125th Celebration!
March 4, 2018
Worship, Lunch Under The Big Top, followed by
The Ditchfield Family Singers
at 2 pm.
RSVP REQUIRED FOR LUNCH.
Menu is Pulled Pork, BBQ Chicken, Mac n’ Cheese, Potato Salad, Baked Beans, and Corn Fritters. Catering by Hickory Hollow.
Please fill out the form in the Sunday bulletin and place in offering plate, call or email the church office by
February 14th.
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125th Anniversary Celebration ~ March 4, 2018
Have you noticed the outside banners with the colorful First United Methodist Church Bradenton -- 125 Years --
Celebrating God's Love in Action around the church? On March 4 First Church is presenting an exciting day for you, your friends and loved ones, and invited guests who are all important to our past, present, and future. Beginning with the 10:30 service the Vice-Mayor Gene Brown will read a Proclamation declaring March 4, 2018 First United Methodist Church Bradenton Day. A brief video about our church, its past, present, and future, will be shown. Worship service participants will be our own Pastor Clark, Organist and Music Director, Jim Culver, and the Chancel Choir as well as: former
pastors Richard Nussel and Tom McCloskey, District Superintendent Rini Hernandez...., trumpets, and longtime FUMCB member and former principal clarinetist of the Florida Orchestra, Brian Moorhead.
Following the service, everyone is invited to the
Hickory Hollow
catered lunch. This will be held on the lawn under a tent with overflow seating in the Fellowship Hall. There is no cost for lunch, but donations will be greatly appreciated, and
reservations are needed.
Fill out form included, bring to church or mail in.
At 2:00 the ever popular
Ditchfield Family Singers
will present a celebration concert in the Sanctuary.
We urge you to attend this event of First Church's 125-year legacy, and the celebration of God's continuing promise of love for the next 125 years and beyond.
Become part of this historic celebration day!
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We’ve extended the deadline! In case you have forgotten the email address to send in your memory for our "Memory Quilt, " send it to
Memorybook@fumcb.com
or Evelyn's
Blribware@aol.com
.
Of course we can't read them unless they are sent. (Smile here.)
Remember it doesn't have to be long, a couple of paragraphs will do. Thanks for the memories.
Blessings,
Evelyn Keller
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First United Methodist Church of Bradenton
603 11th St. West
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-747-4406
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