Inviting & Involving

Events & Promotions

Group Counseling for Youth

Group Counseling for Youth

Youth who are experiencing anxiety, isolation, or stress due to COVID-19 and the changes this year has brought are encouraged to participate in group counseling sessions provided by Katy Oliphint. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 10/5/2020 12:00 AM

Senior Adults Conversation with Clergy

Senior Adults Conversation with Clergy

Mon, Oct 12, 11:30 am - 1 pm, via Zoom

Our Senior Adults, and any who wish to join, will have the opportunity to visit with FUMCR clergy. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 10/12/2020 11:30 AM

UMW Unit Program

UMW Unit Program

Tue, Oct 13, 6:30 pm, via Zoom

Marie McCoy, president of Supporters of the Opportunity School for Mentally Challenged Children in Chennai, India, will present updates about the school. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 10/13/2020 6:30 PM

Greenery Fundraiser

Greenery Fundraiser

Through Oct 25

The Journey Youth Choir's Annual Greenery Fundraiser is going on now. Help support the youth choir when you purchase the beautiful Sherwood Forest Farms greenery from a choir member. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 10/14/2020 12:00 AM

Richardson Area Habitat Build

Richardson Area Habitat Build

Thursdays & Saturdays, Oct 17 - Dec 10, 7:45 am - 3 pm

Help build a house for a qualified family. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 10/17/2020 7:45 AM

Fall FUNFest 2020

Fall FUNFest 2020

Sun, Oct 25, 4:30-6 pm, Parking Lot

Reserve a parking space for your family; the activities will come to you - physically distanced carnival games, pop-up cake walk, prizes, costume parade, and more! ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 10/25/2020 4:00 PM

Blood Drive

Blood Drive

Sat, Oct 31, 10 am - 4 pm, Parking Lot

Donate blood in the Carter BloodCare Bus and receive a free COVID-19 antibody test. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 10/31/2020 10:00 AM

International Christmas Market

International Christmas Market

Nov 1-8, online only

Give gifts that give life to others! Purchase fair-trade crafts, textiles, coffee, chocolate, chili and bean soup mixes, as well as shares of non-profits that improve lives. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 11/1/2020 12:00 AM

Permission to Grieve

Permission to Grieve

Sundays, November 1-15, 2-3:30 pm, via Zoom

A 3-week course for those who have experienced losses of all kinds this past year as the holidays approach. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 11/1/2020 2:00 PM

Student Ministry Family Block Party

Student Ministry Family Block Party

Sun, Nov 8, 4-5:30 pm, FUMCR Parking Lots

Families of 7th - 12th graders are invited for an afternoon of fun family activities and worship. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 11/8/2020 4:00 PM

Advent at Home

Advent at Home

Register to Pick Up a Kit Nov 15 or 22

Families are invited to create a Jesse Tree to use as a daily Advent calendar. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 11/15/2020 11:30 AM

Totebags for Homeless Individuals

Totebags for Homeless Individuals

Each year, FUMCR provides totebags filled with toiletries, snacks, socks, hats, and gloves to individuals who are homeless.

Participate by giving online and/or volunteering to help fill bags. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 11/16/2020 12:00 AM

Network Food Drive

Network Food Drive

Sun, Nov 22, 1 - 3 pm, Your Front Porch

Men of Faith volunteers will pick up donations from homes within the area that Network serves. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 11/22/2020 1:00 PM

Christmas Poinsettias

Christmas Poinsettias

Honorary and memorial donations for Christmas poinsettias are listed. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 11/24/2020 12:00 AM

Making Room: an Advent Study

Making Room: an Advent Study

Sundays, Nov 29 - Dec 20, 6 pm, Zoom

Delve into Christmas themes of loving neighbors, welcoming strangers, inviting people into relationships, and guiding others into the community with God. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 11/29/2020 6:00 PM

Service of Hope

Service of Hope

Sun, Dec 13, 5 pm, Sanctuary and Livestream

A service for those dealing with grief, depression, addiction, sadness, or loss. Please register online for in-person service. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 12/13/2020 5:00 PM

Toy and Coat Drive

Toy and Coat Drive

Bins will be in place Nov 1 - Dec 14 at the doors that lead into the Shawver Welcome Center

Senior Adult Ministry invites donations of new, unwrapped toys and new or gently-used, clean coats. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 12/14/2020 8:00 AM

Christmas Eve at Home Kits

Christmas Eve at Home Kits

Register by Dec 15 to request your Christmas Eve at Home kit that will provide you with items to make this Christmas Eve special and memorable as we worship together from home. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 12/15/2020 11:59 PM

The Message of Christmas: A Living Nativity

The Message of Christmas: A Living Nativity

Thur & Fri, Dec 17 & 18, 6:30-8:30 pm

Drive through the church parking lot and experience living vignettes of Christmas. Please register so we can accommodate everyone in a timely way. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 12/17/2020 12:00 AM

Home for Christmas Concert

Home for Christmas Concert

Watch our Dec 11 concert on demand!

Join us for our first ever at-home Christmas Concert, featuring music from across decades and styles, performed by the talented musicians of FUMCR! ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 12/25/2020 7:00 PM

December 27 Worship

December 27 Worship

ONLINE - 9:45 am Traditional Worship / 11 am Modern Worship

IN PERSON - 9:45 am in the Sanctuary, Dr. Josh Fitzpatrick preaching ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 12/27/2020 9:45 AM

2021 Learning Communities

2021 Learning Communities

2021 Learning Communities are forming and you're invited! Join a small group online for a book study, Bible study, or Enneagram session. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 1/5/2021 6:30 PM

North Texas Conference Writing Contest

North Texas Conference Writing Contest

The Church Outside the Building:
What My Local Congregation Did During the Coronavirus Pandemic

You are invited to submit a story celebrating the continued ministry of FUMCR since March 2020. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 1/6/2021 12:00 AM

Children's Choir

Children's Choir

Sundays, 3:30-4 pm, via Zoom

We have fun singing and learning together every week. Come join us! ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 1/10/2021 12:00 AM

Men's Retreat 2021

Men's Retreat 2021

Jan 15-17, 2021, Bridgeport

The weekend will include fun, fellowship, and mission work, along with messages of encouragement and discipleship for men of all ages from John Tolson. ^^button-text^^

Event Beginning: 1/15/2021 6:00 PM