First Connections News Magazine Archive



FIRST CONNECTIONS is a news magazine published monthly, and mailed to our church family the first Wednesday of every month.  If you are interested in submitting an article or idea for this new publication, contact Maggie Trask, mtrask@firstumc.org.  Articles are due the first of the prior month, for example, the February issue is due January 1, the March issue is due February 1, the April issue is due March 1, and so forth.

OCTOBER, 2009-Inaugural Edition, Vol. 1, Issue 1 Rethinking Church. "God has called us to reach out to all people, and if we are effective our church will continue to grow. Accommodating that growth will mean some serious rethinking of how we present the Gospel. We will not change the Principle, but we will rethink many of the methods."                                                       -- Rev. David McEntire

NOVEMBER, 2009-Anniversary Edition, Vol. 1, Issue 2 Reclaiming Our Past - Embracing Our Future: 125 Years of Ministry "As we ‘claim the past’ in the upcoming celebrations this  month, may we also ‘embrace the future’ that God holds out before us. Just as it was 125 years ago, the future is a blank slate upon which we must seek God’s guidance and direction for the ministry we have yet to discover."                                                         -- Rev. June Edwards

DECEMBER, 2009- Advent Edition,  Vol. 1, Issue 3 The Messiah:  God's Gift to the World "Countless lives have been changed in coming to know the love and mercy of Christ. That same gift is available to all who will receive and accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God’s gift has eternal, life giving consequences."                                                        --Rev. David McEntire

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