Updated Covid-19 Response
Beginning Monday, March 29th, masks will be encouraged, but no longer mandatory.
As staff we have been dedicated to keeping the congregation safe and comfortable. We appreciate everyone’s patience in these uncertain times and pray we can continue to move forward from the Covid-19 pandemic. Although case numbers have been decreasing, we still have many members who are waiting to receive vaccines. Due to this, we are still encouraging masks, social distancing, and washing hands. Please respect one another’s comfort levels and decisions.
Additionally, with the change in our mask requirements we remind everyone that singing does increase the spread of the virus. Please be sure to wear a mask if you are singing along in our services.
Please protect all of those around you by practicing social distancing, wearing masks and washing your hands.
March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday Service
“Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Worship with us on this beautiful Palm Sunday!
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Untie the Colt, Spread Your Cloaks, and Shout Hosanna!
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March 28, 2021
by Pastor Charles Nyamakope
Scripture Reading: Mark 11:1-11
Today, Christians around the world are celebrating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is called “Palm Sunday,” because the crowd welcomed Him by spreading palm branches in His path. Our scripture today is all about a parade. A big, huge parade, complete with a guest of honor, a dozen grand marshals, and an adoring crowd waving greenery and shouting acclamation and praise. They line the streets with their cloaks and cause such an applause that the powers-that-be take notice.
All four gospels cover this story but in their own unique way, as the gospels do. The way that Mark tells things is notable, and perhaps even providential. Important things happen as Jesus journeys into the City of Jerusalem to his persecution.
- On The Road To Calvary, Jesus Picks Up A Colt
1As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, 5 some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt? They answered as Read more…
Help Deliver Meals on Wheels!
Meals on Wheels helps enhance the nutritional health, social contact, and safety of the homebound, handicapped, and persons convalescing in Garden City. Each year we serve our community as a church family by delivering Meals on Wheels for our local Senior Center.
Join us this year in serving our community through this valuable program!
We will be delivering Mondays through Fridays from April 12th to May 7th. Meals need to be picked up at 11:00 am at the Senior Center.
Contact the church office at (620)275-9171 or leah@fumcgc.com for information on how to sign up!
Holy Week Services and Activities
Holy Week begins THIS WEEKEND, March 27TH & 28th with our Palm Sunday services! Join us to celebrate Jesus Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem! We have lots more in store, check it all out!
Palm Sunday
Saturday, March 27th | 5:45 PM | Chapel
Sunday, March 28th | 9:30 AM | Sanctuary
Holy Week Activities
Grab an activity bag on Palm Sunday or in the church office and participate in daily activities to rejuvenate your relationship with Christ!
Easter Celebration Read more…
March 21, 2021 Worship Service
Join us for the 5th Sunday of Lent!
Dinnertime Reflections
The Power of the Cross
(John 12:32)
Enjoy and discuss these readings with your families throughout the week to dive deeper into our gospel lessons!
To save us (Hebrews 5:8-9; Rom. 8:30)
To change us (John 12:23; Rom. 8:29)
To empower us (John 12:26, 36)
To love others (1 John 4:16,19)
To forgive others (Rom. 15:4)
To overcome (John 16:33, Rom. 16:20)
To rejoice in trials (Heb. 12:2, James 1:2-4)
New Service Times Coming Soon!
Beginning on Easter Sunday, April 4th, we will begin worshipping at two times on Sunday mornings! Please join us for one of our three weekend services and Sunday School!
Saturdays
Saturday Night Light at 5:45 PM in the Chapel
Sundays
First Service at 8:30 AM in the Park
Second Service at 11:00 AM in the Sanctuary
Sunday School
Sunday mornings at 9:45 AM
Seeking Full-Time Building Maintenance Personnel
We are hiring for a Full-Time Building Maintenance position.
This position fulfills both building and grounds maintenance for our church and parsonages and operates Monday through Friday.
If you are interested in this position, please contact Jenny Maier at (620)275-9171 or jenny@fumcgc.com.
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Abundant Life
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March 14, 2021
by Pastor Joel Plisek
4th Sunday of Lent
Scripture Reading: John 3:14-21
Jesus, in the gospel of John, says that is why I came. He says that I have come so that they may have life, abundant life. Friends, today our gospel reading is in John chapter 3, which is one of the great life chapters of the Bible. We are reading the story of Nicodemus who was a Pharisee.
Pharisees prided in themselves religiosity. They followed the letter of the law to its purity. They were conscience of their relationship with God and the way that they had it all together. This one, Nicodemus, was very wealthy and seemed to have it all together, but truth be told, Nicodemus did not have it all together. He realized that there was something wrong in his life, and so, he secretively in the middle of the night went to see Jesus, a rabbi that he had heard about. Jesus says something very strange to Nicodemus. It was that he was born once but needed to be reborn. He needed to come to life a second time, and not by what he could do, but only by what the Holy Spirit could do.
Nicodemus was confused and he asked how he could go into his mother’s womb and be reborn a second time. Are you kidding?
Then Jesus starts to explain. He uses the example of the Israelites who had disobeyed God in the book of Numbers. They had complained against God so much that God had enough and sent poisonous snakes to Read more…