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212 Hotel Road
Knoxville, TN 37918
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  • YOU GUYS, calling all toddler snugglers! Our Early Childhood Ministry has several part-time job openings with shifts varying in date and time based on ministry needs. Tag someone magical who loves kiddos and Jesus and needs to make some extra CASH MONEY!⠀ .⠀ Current shift needs include: Saturday, Sunday, and Monday mornings, and Monday-Wednesday evenings. For more information, please call our church office at (865) 689-5175 ext. 115.⠀ .⠀ #fcumc #nowhiring #tagafriend #childrensministry #nursery #preschool #toddlersnuggles #ecmstaff #tagandshare
  • Let's talk about how this day, in a long line of days, is one of those days when the brokenness feels so very near. When the earth upon which we walk and the beating hearts inside our chests feel...cursed. When the sins of our fathers and of ourselves feel so much more real and consequential.⠀ .⠀ It seems we can post some sort of statement every other day praying for whatever tragedy has befallen whatever part of this broken world, because - while His mercies are new each morning - the night still falls heavy and burdened. Every day is an opportunity to pray, "God, be near," because our grief over natural disasters and social injustice and senseless violence is collective and unique and profound.⠀ .⠀ We as a church and as part of the Church know in our heads the answers: God is in control. God is near to the brokenhearted. God is tender and kind, present with those who mourn. God is a redeeming God, He who delights in healing and wholeness.⠀ .⠀ Yet we grieve and we mourn and we cry out in despair and even anger, red hot and raging at the utter brokenness of this world - at our individual inability to fix it all - at the darkest capacity of our own human hearts.⠀ .⠀ We as the Church don't really have all the answers. But we do have hope in the God who is infinitely more brokenhearted and infinitely more able to redeem. We do have the belief in the grace-filled God who invites His Church to be His hands and feet and tender nearness when worlds fall apart.⠀ .⠀ Let's put our faith into action.⠀ .⠀ 1. Pray - Continue to pray for those affected by hurricanes and earthquakes and mudslides and domestic terrorism.⠀ 2. Give - FCUMC supports @umcor for their wide-reaching response to disasters around the country and globe.⠀ 3. Bleed - Blood banks all over the nation are on standby, ready to respond to the urgent need in Las Vegas following the mass shooting earlier this week. If you are able, find a MEDIC Mobile Blood Drive.⠀ 4. Fix your thoughts - While responding to the brokenness in this world however you know how, tell us something true or pure or lovely in the comments.⠀ .⠀ God, be near indeed.
  • Back by popular demand! #UMW presents Project DIY at #FCUMC. Register now at www.fountaincityumc.org. You won't want to miss this!⠀ .⠀ Featuring workshops by @lulustearoom, @helpyoudwell, @powellflorist, and Broadway Family Karate. Hosted by @tearsa_smith. Fashion show by @follyboutique.⠀ .⠀ JOIN US!
  • That form though. #fcumc #fcumcpicnic #cornholeskillz #notjustapreacher
  • LIVE ACTION. Blessed by the food, fellowship, and beautiful farm to hold our annual #fcumc picnic. Barbecue is straight up ministry, y'all.
  • Confession: I do not say "picnic" normally. (Thanks, Yogi Bear!) But no matter how you say it, our churchwide pic(a)nic is always a great time full of delicious food and delightful fellowship!⠀ .⠀ This year, in addition to bringing a dish to share, we are asking each family to bring one Hygiene Kit to donate to @UMCOR for #HurricaneRelief. These kits super easy to assemble, and offer a quick hands-on ministry experience for your family! Check out {www.umcor.org} for the full Hygiene Kit items and assembly instructions.⠀ .⠀ We hope to see you there!⠀ .⠀ #fcumc #fcumcyouth #fountainkids #heybooboo
  • We at #FCUMC know that in order to be the hands and feet of Jesus, we need the LITERAL hands and feet of our awesome congregation!⠀ .⠀ Because we LOVE (seriously, we love you) our many volunteers and want to make it super easy to donate your (limited) time and (enormous) talent, we are now on @signupdotcom!⠀ .⠀ Check out our sign-up page at {http://signup.com/go/TEAOJAG} for a growing list of how you can get plugged in!⠀ .⠀ Thank you, we love you, let's get together and serve this world!
  • On Sunday, pastor @revamyaycock challenged us to choose hope.⠀ .⠀ In Exodus, we read the story of Moses, drifting as an infant down the Nile until the Pharoah's daughter finds him and spares him, raising him as her own.⠀ .⠀ We read of all of the choices in those few passages of Scripture; the Pharoah's choice built on fear, a young Hebrew mother's choice wrapped in a delicate hope, an Egyptian princess's choice filled with compassion.⠀ .⠀ And God's choice, as Amy preached, "to work through people who have no obvious power to accomplish His plan."⠀ .⠀ When our actions and beliefs and bold love foster hope and forsake fear, we are choosing God's way. We are choosing His plan of redemption, of filling this world with healing.⠀ .⠀ How will you choose hope today?⠀ .⠀ #tuesdaytruth #fcumc #umc #unitedmethodist #scripture #choosehope

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