Resourcing local pastors and churches in the Fairway District to help make disciples of all nations for the transformation of the world.
Grace and peace. I want to thank you for all the work you are doing to engage youth in your community. I greatly appreciate all that you are doing. Thank you to those who have followed the link below and filled out the form. We want to keep you informed of what is happening in… Continue Reading→
Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty. –… Continue Reading→
To see March calendar: Prayer Calendar – March 2021
“A field has to be broken open before it can grow anything up.” Ann Voskamp That’s Lent isn’t it? The breaking open?The breaking up and open of how we have become… comfortable… settled…certain?The breaking open over 40 days of self-reflection and self-denial,so that self recedes. Breaking open eyes to look, really look, to see our… Continue Reading→
Grace and peace. Thank you to those who logged on for the zoom meet and greet. Don’t worry if you forgot or couldn’t make it, I will schedule another one soon. I want to say thank you to all of you that work with youth. The work you do is appreciated. The list that we… Continue Reading→
Grace and peace. My name is Justin Wells and I am the new District Youth Coordinator (incase you missed the last newsletter). I am here to work with the youth, youth leaders, and pastors of the district to assist local churches in ministry for, with, and by junior high and senior high youth more effectively. And… Continue Reading→
Both my parents were avid readers. They always had a book by their chair at home and took one with them wherever they went. Now, my 91 year old father is always listening to stories.Due to macular degeneration, Dad is legally blind and unable to read words on a page.Yet, because of the wonderful blessing of Services… Continue Reading→
God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.5 God is within her, she will not fall; God… Continue Reading→
“Finding Peace in an Anxious World” is a mission study sponsored by the Fairway District United Methodist Women on February 27 from 10am- 3 pm. This study, presented via Zoom and led by Claire Cox-Woodlief, is based on the Serenity Prayer and is open to all – whether members of UMW or not. The study… Continue Reading→