It is once again time for the Annual Coat Drive! Last year we received many warm and cozy coats. The coats were handed out to our unhoused and in needContinue reading “Annual Coat Drive Time!”
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Thank you from Loaves & Fishes
“Dear First United Methodist Church, Thank you for your generous donation towards the General Fund program. We wouldn’t be able to do any of our work without the support fromContinue reading “Thank you from Loaves & Fishes”
A Decision About Parking Lots
Decision about Parking lots
Declaration on Climate Emergency
By JB Brayfindley “Nobody wants to be here decrying what is going on—declaring a climate emergency,” stated Pastor Mary Westfall, board member of the Sacramento Area Congregations Together (SacAct)Continue reading “Declaration on Climate Emergency”
Prayers
We all have people and situations we pray for. In our church family we have several we pray for regularly, who are in treatment or dealing with long term disease.
The Unforgotten
First Church does a lot of BIG loving. It’s beautiful, laudable, and honorable. People are transformed, welcomed and inspired from online worship, a powerful webpage, community meals, Family Promise’s workContinue reading “The Unforgotten”
Community Meal Update March 2021
Thank you to our Burrito chefs. Each Saturday before Community Breakfast Juan Valdez, starts making the beans and rice. He cooks large quantities making pans of rice in the ovenContinue reading “Community Meal Update March 2021”
Did We Do Our Job?
March 2020. COVID requires shut downs of most of the lives we had. Churches and schools and business in the millions were shuttered. Many businesses and churches will not everContinue reading “Did We Do Our Job?”
FAMILY PROMISE OF SACRAMENTO 2021 VIRTUAL EVENT TAKE OUT DINNER
STARTS AT 7:00PM ON APRIL 24, 2021Please join Family Promise in its 2021 Virtual Event celebration of 16 years of helping homeless families in Sacramento become self-sufficient and get intoContinue reading “FAMILY PROMISE OF SACRAMENTO 2021 VIRTUAL EVENT TAKE OUT DINNER”
The Sandwich Service
What an amazing congregation here at First United Methodist Church! When Laura Reed and Anna Weihman put out the request for support in making sandwiches to help feed the unhousedContinue reading “The Sandwich Service”
