Sunday @ First!
We hope to see you tomorrow morning at 9am or 11am for worship at the First United Methodist Church of Eugene!

Our 9am worship is featuring an all-comers choir this Sunday - some come one and come all, if you would like to join in the making of beautiful music this Sunday! The call-time for the all-comers choir is 8:15am in the sanctuary. And we welcome guest organist and pianist Karen Williamson to worship with us in our early, traditional service.

We have some great music lined up for 11am worship, and I a particularly looking forward to our team's work with Oceans (Where Feet May Fail), which you can listen to here!

Scripture has a lot to say about prayer, and you can take a sneak peek at our scripture reading from the Gospel of Matthew, by clicking here.

And over the next few weeks we will be looking at what Anne Lamott calls the "three essential prayers" - help, thanks, and wow! On prayers of "help" Anne writes:

"It is all hopeless... The planet does not seem long for this world... Help. Help us walk through this. Help us come through.
It is the first great prayer."

Maybe you have had one of those prayer moments, when you have been earnestly looking for help. Or maybe you have been the answer to someone else's prayer for help - God works that way too! And as we kick off Stewardship Season we will celebrate all the ways in which your gifts help people in our community and around the world.

I'm really looking forward to diving into this three week look at prayer with you. Can't wait to see you in worship!
~ Pastor Adam
Sign up this Sunday to support Our Children's Trust!
Donna Haines will be collecting signups this Sunday between the worship services - 350 Eugene is organizing a bus on Monday, October 29th, to take folk from our church parking lot to support the youth plaintiffs who are doing incredible work on behalf our planet and generations to come. You can learn more about their work by clicking here.
Children and Youth this Sunday!
We will have Godly Play for kids age 4 - 12 in both of our worship services this Sunday morning.

Youth group with Wendy meets at 11:15am!

Our new nursery space in the parlor is open for our youngest worshippers.

And children and youth are invited to come at 10am for a time of ringing with our fabulous bell choir director, Shira Fadeley. Our Ring/Sing/Serve program is off to a great start! Thank you Shira!
Sunday Morning Men's Group!
The men's group is meeting tomorrow at 8:00am!

 This is a great group of guys, and they are particularly good at welcoming first-timers - oh, and they always have great coffee! They meet in the church library!
Come Restore with Us!
Looking for a chance to make some new friends or meet someone new in a more casual environment? Well, Restore might be just for you. We meet up all over Eugene, usually Sundays at 5:00pm .

This Sunday we will meet at Vero Espresso House for coffee and conversation. The coffee is on us! Hopefully the weather will let us find a spot to sit outside there.