by FMC Office | Jun 18, 2020 | E-Vine
Council had two meetings before our world dramatically changed. Covid 19 forced us to move to Zoom meetings as we tried to finalize our Priorities and Questions in this new world of pandemic. The Pastors, Council and committees continue to work on the First Priority...
by Michael Crosby | Jun 11, 2020 | E-Vine
Political ImaginationThe task of prophetic communities shaped by God’s love and justice, according to Walter Brueggemann, is to nourish and evoke an “alternative consciousness,” one that is not confined by the measures of what’s possible but is shaped instead by the...
by Michael Crosby | Jun 5, 2020 | E-Vine
Jesus was a Jewish man with brown skin who was murdered by the state police after an act of civil disobedience resulted in the destruction of public property. He was accused of inciting the people to riot. This Jesus is the center of our faith. These historical facts...
by FMC Office | May 21, 2020 | E-Vine
Mark Jaeger writes, “We invite you to join with us and with your loved ones and communities to mourn together the world’s losses and sorrows. We also invite you to join us in holding a moment of silence at sundown on Memorial Day, when we will light a candle and step...
by Michael Crosby | May 14, 2020 | E-Vine
In a recent email to FMC’s Service & Outreach Committee, committee Chair Janet Guthrie offered this frame of realistic hope from Arundhati Roy: Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no...
by Michael Crosby | Apr 16, 2020 | E-Vine
Several weeks ago, congregational chair Karen McKenzie started using the phrase “shelter in faith.” It was during a Spiritual Leadership Team zoom meeting, and we were discussing how the existent – though somewhat feeble – Care Group structure might help us all stay...
