Lent & Easter 2020
Encountering Jesus
Ash Wednesday Services • Feb 26
6:30 am • Chapel
12 noon • Worship & Arts Center
6:30 pm • Sanctuary
Dr. Clayton Oliphint, preaching
All services will include imposition of ashes and special music.
Childcare • 3-year-olds and younger • 6:30 pm only
Lunch available following the noon service for $10 • No reservation required
Bedtime Blessings
Gather your family to watch a bedtime story video, share prayer, and offer blessings on each of the 40 days of Lent.
Lenten Journey
Thur, Mar 5 • come & go, 7 am - 7 pm • Sanctuary
A spiritual encounter of prayerful meditation, journaling and reading designed to open your heart in anticipation of the resurrected Christ in your life. Six meditation settings will be created in the sanctuary featuring Jesus' last six statements on the cross, as well as the resurrection, to offer insight on your faith journey. Participate at one or more tables. It is a self-directed time of prayer.
Music that Moves the Soul
Tue, Mar 10, 7-9 pm, Worship & Arts Center
Musicians will share songs that "move their souls" in their various styles and from their unique journeys and perspectives. This will be a very meaningful evening of fellowship, music, and reflection.
Easter Egg Hunt
Sat, Apr 4, 10 am - 12 noon, indoors in case of rain
Come join us for a morning of fun! Along with thousands of candy filled eggs, we will have a face painter, bounce houses, a balloon artist, and so much more!
Egg Hunt Schedule
10:30-10:45 am - 2 years old and younger
10:50-11:05 am - 3-4 years old
11:10-11:25 am - 4-5 years old
11:30-11:45 am - 6 years old and up
Palm Sunday • April 5
Traditional Worship • 8:45, 9:45, 11 am
Modern Worship • 11 am
". . .the crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, 'Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!' " - John 12: 12–13 NIV
Let us worship together as we begin this holiest week of our faith.
A View from the Underside
Tue, April 7, 7 pm, Worship & Arts Center
Al Staggs brings the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, to the stage. The audience is brought into the prison cell where Bonhoeffer awaits execution and listens to his struggles with evil, injustice, and God.
"When I watch Al Staggs as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, I am confronted by the deepest moral questions of what it means to be a witness and how I am using my life." -Bill Moyers
No charge, but donations will be taken. Learn more: peacewithjustice.com/index.php/dietrich-bonhoeffer
Maundy Thursday Service
Apr 9 • 7 pm • Sanctuary
Childcare • 3-year-olds and younger
Good Friday Service
Apr 10 • 7 pm • Sanctuary
Childcare • 3-year-olds and younger
Easter Eve Service of Baptism & Membership
Apr 11 • 5 pm • Sanctuary
Easter Sunday • April 12 • Celebration of Hope
Christ the Lord is risen today, ALLELUIA!
7:30 am • Chapel
8:30, *9:45, & 11 am • Sanctuary • Dr. Clayton Oliphint, preaching
9:45, *11 am Modern • Worship & Arts Center • Dr. Josh Fitzpatrick, preaching
*Live Streamed at fumcrlive.com
Childcare • 3 years and younger beginning at 8:30 am
Communion • during 7:30 am service
Parking available at the YMCA on Custer Road • shuttle service to church campus
No Sunday school for children, youth, or adults
Lenten Offering
Your gift will support two local non-profit efforts.
Justice For Our Neighbors is a Methodist Immigration Ministry that has provided low-cost immigration legal services since 1999. Each day they put into action the Methodist Social Principles of loving our neighbors as ourselves and providing for the welfare of immigrants.
GO Camp is a mobile United Methodist Camp that brings the camp experience to underserved communities within the North Texas Conference. GO Camp provides opportunities for children and youth to experience God in nature and equips young leaders in safe spaces by connecting them to local United Methodist Churches and their communities.
Lent & Easter 2016
Ash Wednesday, Feb 10 - Easter, Mar 27
Lent & Easter Sermon Series: Questions
"I find that whenever I'm reading the Bible and Jesus asks a question, I really need to pay attention because usually there's a teachable moment . . . Jesus is trying to teach me something." - Dr. Clayton Oliphint
Sermon Titles & Scriptures
Lent
Easter Egg Hunt
Holy Week
Easter Sunday
Lent/Easter Offering
Ash Wednesday Services
Feb 10 • 6:30 am, Chapel • 12 noon & 6:30 pm, Sanctuary
Special music, imposition of ashes and message by Dr. Clayton Oliphint at all services
Childcare for ages 4 and younger at noon and 6:30 pm
Lenten Journey
Wed & Thur, Feb 17 & 18, 7 am - 7 pm, Sanctuary
A time of prayerful meditation, journaling and reading that will help you move through the season of Lent anticipating the resurrected Christ in your life. Six meditation settings featuring Jesus' last statements on the cross and the resurrection will be created in the sanctuary to offer insight on your faith journey. Walk at your own pace for this self-directed time of prayer.
Lenten Devotionals
Sign up to receive 2016 Lenten Devotionals via email
Easter Egg Hunt
Mar 19, 10 am - 12 noon
Bring your friends for the bounce house, face painting, craft, balloon artist, petting zoo, photo ops and more. Egg Hunt begins at 10 am. Hosted by the Journey Sunday school class.
More info: Journey.FUMCR@gmail.com
Palm Sunday
March 20
Services at 8:45, 9:45, 11 am, 5 pm
Noon at First
Save Me a Seat
Add lunch for $8/day, reservations required. Pay online or in Shawver Welcome Center on Sundays in March.
Serving line opens at 11:45 am
Live Streaming 12:15 - 1 pm fumcrlive.com
Mon, Mar 21 Video
Story of the Holy Land, facilitated by Dr. Becky Bruff, featuring Holy Land trip participants' stories of experiencing God on the trip
Tues, Mar 22 Video
Story of the Passover, facilitated by Rabbi Elana Zelony, Congregation Beth Torah, featuring a Seder experience
Wed, Mar 23 Video
Story of Hymns, facilitated by Mike Lightfoot, sharing "back stories" of some favorite hymns
Childcare available by reservation only. Call 972.996.0120.
Maundy Thursday Service
Mar 24, 7 pm, Sanctuary
Stories from the Table: a family service in the sanctuary using drama and music to present stories of the disciples as they gathered for the Last Supper with Jesus. Communion will be served.
Child Care available: 4 years and younger.
Good Friday Service
Mar 25, 7 pm, Sanctuary
The Story of Darkness: a service of poems, scriptures, music and eventual darkness as we remember this holiest of days in our Christian faith.
Child Care available: 4 years and younger.
Easter Eve
Saturday, Mar 26, 5 pm, Chapel
A service of baptism
Easter Sunday, March 27, Celebration of Hope
*7:30 am, Chapel
Rev. Julie Klossner, preaching
*8:30, **9:45 & 11:00 am, Sanctuary
Why Are You Weeping? Dr. Clayton Oliphint, preaching
5 pm access Contemporary, Sanctuary
Why Are You Weeping? Rev. Rich Rindfuss, preaching
* Special time
** Live Streamed at fumcrlive.com
Communion on Easter Sunday is only offered as a part of the 7:30 am service.
Parking at the YMCA on Custer Road with shuttle service to church campus will be available all morning.
Children's and youth Sunday school will not meet. Childcare will be available for 3 and younger at 8:30, 9:45 and 11 am services.
Lenten/Easter Offering
Our Special Offering will benefit two agencies and programs. One is local; one is national in scope. Lives can be changed through the help of FUMCR and the contribution we make.
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The Agape Resource and Assistance Center in Plano is a holistic, cutting-edge, innovative, servant ministry of peace and justice committed “to providing critical Housing and Life Skills that empower women and their children to transform from Crisis and Poverty to Self-Sustaining, Fulfilling Lives.” Agape will accomplish this mission through collaboration, advocacy and service delivery to help our most vulnerable neighbors in need move toward their goal of a quality, self-sustainable life.Service areas include all Collin County zip codes and those within 5 miles of East Plano Agape House. The focus is, first, to serve children and youth to break the poverty cycle and, second, to support families in crisis and facilitate permanent change for all. Agape is assembling and will manage an inventory of stable, safe and affordable housing utilizing existing facilities. Agape will collaborate with existing mercy service agencies to create a holistic continuum of care (sustenance, physical and spiritual wellbeing, education, and counseling) and will advocate for action to fill unmet needs such as affordable and effective childcare and job skill training. More about Agape
UMCOR Relief-Supply Kits help provide care for the most vulnerable people during times of crisis. UMCOR collects 6 types of kits for global distribution and cleaning buckets for US distribution after storms. These kits are bedding, layette, birthing, school, sewing, and health kits. In addition, cleaning buckets are distributed to U.S. areas hit by natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods. Kits help sustain everyday life for people who lack ready access to essential supplies. They provide vital support for UMCOR’s global development work and make a tangible difference in people’s lives. Kits and buckets are collected at UMCOR depots such as Sager Brown in Baldwin, La. for distribution to locations around the world. Our support of these kits and buckets provides UMCOR with financial resources to purchase the needed items in bulk so that they can be distributed to communities and individuals wherever the need exists. The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is dedicated to alleviating human suffering around the globe. UMCOR’s work includes programs and projects in disaster response, health, sustainable agriculture, food security, relief supplies, and more. More about UMCOR Relief-Supply Kits
