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2025

Docember

CHRISTMAS IN ACTION
ADVENT DEVOTIONAL WEEK 1: STREAMS OF LIGHT

November

WHY WE'RE UNITED METHODIST PART 4: WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT DOING GOOD
FINANCE COMMITTEE BUDGET UPDATE

WHO DECIDES WHAT: THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE
THOUGHTS ON A SNOWY MONDAY

FINANCE COMMITTEE BUDGET UPDATE
GRACE UPON GRACE: THE HEART OF UNITED METHODIST THEOLOGY

October

MEET THE STAFF: DUANE PRILL, PRINCIPLE ORGANIST
WHERE WE CAME FROM: THE BIRTH OF METHODISM

30 YEARS OF MUSIC AND COMMUNITY: A CONVERSATION WITH ASBURY ORCHESTRA'S FOUNDER
"MEDITATION" PREMIERE: NOVEMBER 9

WHAT IS A CHURCH CONFERENCE?

WHY WE'RE UNITED METHODIST: THE POWER OF CONNECTION
THE OLDER ADULT FALL LUNCHEON
A BLESSING FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY by BISHOP HÉCTOR

SAVE THE DATE: CHURCH CONFERENCE TOWN HALL – OCTOBER 26
CONNECTING THROUGH VOLUNTEERING

September

ENOUGH ON CONNECTIONS WITH EVAN DAWSON
FINANCE COMMITTEE BUDGET UPDATE

LIVING THE DREAM
THE COLUMBARIUM LIVES
LAMENT AND RELEASE by BISHOP HÉCTOR A BURGOS-NUÑEZ

MEET THE STAFF – DR. CARL JOHENGEN, DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH BY MIKE MULLIN

MEET THE STAFF – JOHN ORMSBEE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
THE MEMORIAL GARDEN BEGINS TO BLOSSOM

CONNECTION SUNDAY – CONNECT, GROW, DO MORE GOOD
PRAYING FOR MINNEAPOLIS BY BISHOP HÉCTOR A BURGOS-NUÑEZ

August

MEET THE STAFF: DAVID STITH
MORE GREAT READS FOR LATE SUMMER

THE GREAT BEE CAPER
FINANCE COMMITTEE UPDATE

"B CAMP" WRAP-UP
FROM THE DESK OF BISHOP HÉCTOR: ENDORSEMENT OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES

HOME-GROWN TALENT: CHARLIE BOHRER
THE BUZZ ON CAMPUS: VBS BEE-GINS!

July

CREATIVE COMMUNION: THE COLLABORATIVE MAKERS GATHERING
IN THE FLOW: ONE WAY DRIVE REINSTATED

A MISSION TRIP TO FORT MYERS – A REFLECTION by ELLIE CADY
PRIDE – "NO MATTER WHO YOU LOVE..."

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
SECOND MILE GIVING CAMPAIGN UPDATE

PRACTICING RESPECT
RAINBOW SUNDAY

June

GET TO KNOW DEB BULLOCK-SMITH AND HOLLY TEMMING

LELEND PENNINGTON MEMORIAL
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 GRADUATES!

JUNE 22 TOWN HALL REMINDER
THE GREAT BOOK DEMOCRACY

PENTECOST 2025
OFF-MONROE PLAYERS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER

ASBURY FIRST FINANCE COMMITTEE UPDATE
ASBURY FIRST'S MINISTRY IN NICARAGUA

May

THOUGHTS ON MEMORIAL DAY BY REV. KATHY THIEL
UMC SOCIAL JUSTICE POSITION STATEMENTS

SACRED GROUND
WHAT'S NEW AT THE LIBRARY

AN INTERFAITH SERVICE OF HEALING
SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE

ASBURY FIRST COMMUNITY THEATRE PRESENTS: MY FAIR LADY
FLOWER CITY BEEWORKS — AN INTERVIEW WITH NICK LORD

April

CHILDREN'S SUNDAY: IN THE IMAGE
NATIVE AMERICAN MINISTRIES

LENTEN DEVOTIONAL WEEK 7: EASTER MORNING
AN EASTER MESSAGE FROM OUR BISHOP
COMING SOON: THE COLUMBARIUM & MEMORIAL GARDEN

"GOD'S WAY VS. THE WORLDLY POWERS' WAY" by REV. PAT DUPONT
LENTEN DEVOTIONAL – WEEK 6: HE STAYED THE COURSE

March

HOLY WEEK AT ASBURY FIRST
LENTEN DEVOTIONAL WEEK 4

LENTEN DEVOTIONAL WEEK 3
LITURGICAL COLORS 101

LENTEN DEVOTIONAL WEEK 2
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH Part 2

LENTEN DEVOTIONAL WEEK 1
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

REAFFIRMED AND REIMAGINED VALUES STATEMENTS
LENTEN DEVOTIONAL

February

ON GRATEFULNESS
DIVERSITY AS CELEBRATION

WHY PRAY?
BLACK UNITED METHODIST LEADERS PT. 2

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY
PHEORIS WEST'S "THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST"

THE FALSE GOD OF NATIONALISM
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE

January 

WARMTH AND HOSPITALITY IN THE COLDEST MONTHS
WON'T YOU BE OUR NEIGHBOR?

INTRODUCING: THE SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE
ELECTED OFFICIALS

BULLETIN COVER FLOW
LGBTQ WEDDINGS
MONDAY READER