Christmas Eve is coming soon!       Though our Christmas Eve services must be physically distant this year, “Christmas Connection” bags can help you invite friends, family, and neighbors to join you for our virtual service. Inside these bags will be the traditional “Silent Night” candles (2 per bag) to help bring the light […]

Well, the leaves have been changing for a while now and I am sad to say they are beginning to fall. The weather is getting colder and even the fun Fall activities—the apple picking and trips to the pumpkin patch—are beginning to end. It is at this time that I can’t help but thinking that […]

Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that […]

In Person Worship Info Dear First United Methodist Church Family, We will be offering in-person worship for our 11am service, beginning this Sunday, September 27! The Rapid Response Team has put together a set of processes for in-person worship that minimizes the risk of spreading COVID. As we learn more about COVID and our worship […]

Please view the below information regarding potential phased reopening of the church for in-person worship. Sept 17 2020 Rapid Response Team Letter and Reopening Information Ames First UMC Phased Reopening Plan

This ministry year of September 2020 through August 2021, the theme is Grace: hearing grace, receiving grace, speaking grace, accepting grace, giving grace, and living grace. On Sunday, September 13, Pastor Kerrin kicked off the theme with her sermon “God’s Umbrella of Grace.” Here is that sermon. Scripture readings from the service were Ephesians 2:4-10 […]

“Grace.” Collin saw this in Hobby Lobby while we were looking around. He was interested in it and asked me what I thought. I said “Well, it’s broken.” It had been heavily discounted because it was broken so I started looking at the one that was as it should be. He said “No, that’s the […]

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]

It has been such a joy these last couple of weeks watching through the office window as the families have come to take care of the rainbow garden on the corner. The kiddos have ended up drenched in the watering process and there have been a lot of giggles! But the laughter in the garden […]

Hello FUMC, Throughout this pandemic, the Church Council has vigilantly followed and discussed the pandemic, and how to respond to it. As mentioned by Pastor Kerrin, a subset of the Church Council, called the Rapid Response Team, has been formed to be more agile and responsive to the changing landscape, and to ensure decisions and […]