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Worship Service - January 9, 2022
No ScriptureTo view, this service you can follow the link to our Facebook page: Sunday, January 9th Worship Service
Good morning, good morning! My name’s Leroy Barber - I’m
the Director of Innovation for an Engaged Church in the Greater
Northwest Area of the United Methodist Church. It is good to be
here this morning. It has been a wonderful, wonderful weekend
where we celebrated Christ! We celebrated Christmas and I pray
A Service of Music - January, 2, 2022
Today's service did not include a sermon but instead an array of wonderful music performed by our bell ringers, singers, and musician.
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The World Is About to Turn - December 19, 2021
Luke 1:39-55Some years it seems as if the lectionary lessons for Advent go well out of their way to make sure that we spend much time in preparation and in longing for the way the Kingdom of God will break forth in the light at the darkest part of the year. So finally on this fourth Sunday of Advent, we read for the first time about the two baby boys, the two protagonists of the story: John and Jesus. Even in today’s readings, however, we do not hear their names from reading the lesson although we hear them in our minds because we know the story so well.
It is almost however poetic justice that the story begins with these two women experiencing extremely extraordinary beginnings to their families. The story of Jesus' life is told in such a manner that it has bookends at the beginning and the end that are remarkably unique. These bookends,
The Waters of Salvation - December 12, 2021
Zephaniah 3:14-20, Isaiah 12:2-6“Thank God we can’t know the future, or we’d never get out of bed.”1
Some of us remember back to December 31, 1999. People were predicting that there would be mass chaos the next day, the Y2K prophesies of the world temporarily unable to use technology due to the 4 digit rollover from 1999 to 2000. People withdrew cash from banks in case credit cards and ATMs did not work. Backup files were created from computers in homes and offices. It seemed silly at the time, but there was enough fear to hedge a bet on.
Not much happened where I lived in Juneau Alaska. I think the most difficult task for me was figuring out how to reset the time stamp on my cordless landline phone and answering machine. I don’t own a landline and can’t reset to this day the phone lines in the office. But no
Prepare The Way of The Lord - December 5, 2021
Luke 3:1-6“He’s making a list, checking it twice,
Gonna find out who’s naughty or nice . . . “
For some children, and perhaps even adults, most of us learn at an early age to start watching what we do or say, how we play with others, our tone of voice, our helpfulness around the house and community, and any other number of ways to be on the “nice” list rather than the naughty.
Somehow the lectionary Gospel reading for today doesn’t seem to have that same effect on each of us, yet we hear some version of these words each year as well:
“Prepare ye the way of the Lord,” John calls people to a baptism of repentance. Every valley will be filled and the mountains and hills will
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National Day of Prayer May 7th, 2026
Join us as we partner with the Moscow Interfaith Association for the National Day of Prayer on May 7th, 2026. We will be joined by many different faiths and traditions at the Moscow First United Methodist Church at 7pm. Everyone is welcome!
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Neighborhood Theatre Presents "Our Town"
Mark your calendars for Our Town, a benefit staged reading for Family Promise – May 3, 2pm!
Heralded as “the greatest American play ever written,” three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thornton Wilder’s Our Town shows us that even the most ordinary life, is an extraordinary thing indeed.
Synopsis: set in the fictional town of Grover’s Corners (a closeknit community much like our beloved Moscow) between 1901 and 1913, the play is divided into three acts: an ordinary day, a wedding, a death. The story follows two neighboring families, the Webbs and the Gibbs, and their children who grow up together, fall in love, and are married ‘until death do them part’ (act 3).
Please join us, The Neighborhood Theatre, for a staged reading of this thought-provoking and heartfelt classic. The production is FREE though donations are welcome with all proceeds benefiting Family Promise hosted at Moscow First United Methodist Church. Bonus: with any donation amount, folks will be entered into a raffle for a beautiful handmade quilt generously provided by local artisan Sue Anderson.
When & Where: Sunday, May 3, 2pm @ Moscow First United Methodist Church
Who’s invited: EVERYONE! ALL congregations that collaborate for Family Promise and any friends, family, neighbors, etc. are most welcome so please spread the word! This event is intended as a celebration of our work together and a show of gratitude to our Family Promise partners.
Please note… The whole event will last up to 3 hours. There will be two intermissions, including one longer break with light refreshments provided. While the script is appropriate for all ages, the length and complexity of topics (marriage; death) may be challenging for some younger viewers.
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Sunday morning parking at the church is available in the high school parking lot on Third Street across from the church and in the city lots west of the church. These lots are available only on Sunday mornings. A small lot for handicapped parking is available just off of Adams Street on the north side of the church, with an accessible entrance directly into the sanctuary. A lift operates between the Fellowship Hall (3rd Street level) and the Sanctuary. William Sound System Receivers and Headsets are available to assist with hearing problems.
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Moscow, ID 83843
Church Mission
The First United Methodist Church of Moscow, Idaho takes as our mission to be the body of Jesus Christ, ministering to a community which draws strength from its diversity. Our mission centers on the worship of God, expressed through varied forms of prayer, preaching, music, and ritual. See more...