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Call on the Advocate - October 20, 2019
John 14: 15-31 This is a powerful passage in Jesus’ relationship with his disciples. As Dan said, it was the night of the Passover, before Jesus went to pray in the garden of Gethsemane, before he was betrayed, before he was tried, and before he died on the cross. It was before the disciples’ grief at having lost their teacher, but in anticipation of all that would come, all they would struggle with, and all they would need to know after he was gone from their presence.
In many ways, it strikes me as one of those conversations you don’t understand at the moment. The words make sense, you can take something away from it, but the heart of what’s being shared won’t make sense until you have a
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Genesis 2:7
Psalm 150 One of the things theologian, professor, and author Jack Levison highlights is how “ruach” (in Hebrew) is both “spirit” and “breath”. (It’s also breeze and gust…it can be big or small). He says, in essence, to breathe is to commune with God. Breath and Spirit are so interconnected that he prefers to read “spirit-breath” any time either appears in the English scriptures. He wants us to be
World Communion Sunday - October 6, 2019
1 Corinthians 12:12-26 This passage has a lot of meat. In case your French or Spanish are a little rusty, let’s do a quick summary of the main points:
• One body, many parts
• Baptized by one Spirit
• Together as Jews and Greeks, slaves and free
• Can’t discredit ourselves
• Need our diversity
A future of Hope- September 29, 2019
Philippians 3:10-14 How many of you have ever been to prison? Not just for a sight visit, or for work, but to prison? Ok, so maybe you don’t want to raise your hand for that one, but let’s think not about cement walls and bars, but let’s think about some of the ways we talk about prison or jail:
• bound
• locked up
Stand Firm - September 15, 2019
1 Peter 3:13-18a When I served in Riverside, we worked a lot with folks who were chronically homeless. We were not a downtown church. But homelessness was an everyday issue for us. In large part, because it was a big urban city, but also because the city had “cleaned up” downtown, which didn’t mean they fixed the problems with homelessness, drugs, and prostitution, only that they pushed those people further away from the main street. Which landed them in our neighborhood. They slept at the church and hung out (and drank) during the day. It first came to us as an issue—a problem. The
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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...