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  • Mark your calendars! Our Missions Celebration weekend is March 29-31. For details, check out our website at fountaincityumc.org or call the church office at (865) 689-5175.
  • Join us for the Spring Edition of this popular event on April 7 from 4-6pm! Learn more at fountain cityumc..org
  • Our Sunday services are still on as scheduled! Please use your best judgment out there - stay dry!
  • All Tuesday activities at the church have been CANCELLED due to the forecast of snowy weather! Celebrate Recovery is still tentatively scheduled - stay tuned!! And stay warm!
  • Happy New Year from your FCUMC staff! For a lot of us, 2018 was a mixed bag. Whether or not you're ready to kick 2018 to the curb, let's focus on what January 1 can mean. Here's to a fresh start, a new dawn, a whole new year! In case you need some ideas for a new year's resolution, we share some of our goals for 2019! . We resolve: "Not to lose my religion at the I-640/Broadway exchange..." -Tom Ballard, senior pastor, probably not future Uber driver; "To count every moment." -John Gargis, associate pastor, reigning corn hole champion; "To have a piece of chocolate every day." -Melissa Greene, administrative assistant, scheduling czar; "To make healthy choices!" -John Patterson, director of operations, lead chaos wrangler; "To share laughter with a coworker, family member, and friend every day." -Donna Lewis, director of children & family ministries, benevolent pied piper; "To not make any resolutions." -Daniel Doubleday, director of youth ministries (probably speaking for ALL OF US, let's be honest); "To walk myself to better health while seeing the sights of Fountain City." -Jenny Cook, early childhood ministries coordinator, baby whisperer; "To stop thinking I can cut my own bangs." -Jessie Buttram, director of communications, fashion novice. What are some of yours?
  • I don't know how it happens every year - the date never changes - but every year I find myself on the threshold of Christmas day wondering how we got here so fast, standing in a daze covered in cookie crumbs and an irreverent amount of glitter and scotch tape. (You feel me.) . Despite all of its hype, its frantic kinetic energy, its mall traffic and long lines, Christmas is really just the culmination of a season of waiting, of keeping watch for what's to come. We've said it many times here, #Advent is anticipation. And as we finally cross that threshold of Christmas, we hope you have a place to stop for a moment and focus on what we as the Church believe is paramount: for unto all of us, a Savior is born, Jesus Christ the King, born to die and resurrect and reconcile. If you don't have a place to hear that good news, we invite you and your family to join us during any of our Christmas Eve services or Christmas Day televised programs. #fcumc #fcumcadvent
  • Let it be healing. . For many, the holiday season can be bittersweet. Sometimes, for some, just bitter. For some, it’s something heavy when the whole world around you celebrates while you hold grief and pain in your heart. . Pain, by design, demands notice. It’s a way for our bodies to tell our brains and our hearts that something isn’t right. The long story is, we aren’t meant for this dim existence. We were created for eternity and wholeness, yet here we are, fastened to a life that can be brutal. . We believers subscribe to the truth that God - in His infinite kindness - brought that eternity and wholeness back down to where we are, right here, right now. He gave us His creation, His Spirit, His Son. Here on earth, we get glimpses of heaven, of how God always intended for life, and life abundant, to be. . Here on earth, we get a God who delights in the healing; of body, of mind, of spirit and soul. . We pray this season of #Advent brings you a sense of healing, of wholeness. If you need prayer or just someone to reach out to you this holiday season, call us or leave us a comment and a pastor will reach out. . #fcumc #fcumcadvent
  • Let it be peaceful. . On this second Sunday of #Advent we light the candle symbolizing peace - the hope for peace and the working toward it. For those of us who struggle with the virtue of patience (::raises hand::), any season of waiting and anticipation does not feel peaceful. Rather, it feels charged, anxious, fidgety. But one of Jesus' divine titles is the Prince of Peace. His arrival long-awaited, and often not patiently so, and with Him comes redemption, triumph, and yes, finally - at last - peace. Join us this Sunday of peace as our chancel choir and gifted musical guests testify to this Advent season, ushering us into God's presence through music. You have two chances to catch this program live - this afternoon at 3pm and tomorrow evening at 7:30pm. Join us! #fcumc #fcumcadvent #fcumcchoir

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