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Latest News – Jan 2-8, 2020

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on January 3, 2020

First United Methodist Church Bristol, Tennessee Your Weekly e-Newsletter and Events Schedule January 2 –…

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From the Pastor’s Pen – Thankful

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on December 4, 2019

I am thankful for: a warm coat on a cool morning, buses and drivers to…

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From the Pastor’s Pen – Bringing Christ’s Kingdom

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on October 14, 2019

In fourteen hundred ninety-two
Columbus crossed the ocean blue
It’s one of few mnemonic devices that has stuck with me. I’ve been thinking about it this week, as we’re approaching Columbus Day, and I wondered why I’d never learned any more of the poem from which the couplet is extracted.

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From the Pastor’s Pen – Perspective

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on October 3, 2019

I had a change of perspective last week. It might not be life-changing or foundation-shaking, but it was a shift, at least for a little while.
I have routines I like to follow. They make me comfortable. It disturbs and aggravates me when they are upset.

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From the Pastor’s Pen – Noticing

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on September 21, 2019

There is a squirrel who comes to the church and sits on our overhead brick structures to crack open nuts and have a meal. I watched him after a Sunday service once, and he didn’t seem at all perturbed about having an audience.

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From the Pastor’s Pen – Embracing Change

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on August 13, 2019

The last Sunday of July, several of us from First UMC celebrated the installation of…

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From the Pastor’s Pen – Doing What You Where You Are

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on August 9, 2019

Last Sunday morning, we awoke to the news of a second mass shooting in Ohio compounding the fear and helplessness we felt following a Saturday attack in Texas. A few years ago, those twin events would have sent us into a tailspin of horror and active calls for legislative response, but community-shattering acts of terror like them have become normal…

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From the Pastor’s Pen – King’s Bread, A Historical Footnote

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on July 26, 2019

A colleague asked, via social media the other day, what United Methodists’ experience was using King’s Hawaiian Bread for Holy Communion…

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From the Pastor’s Pen: Spoken to

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on June 7, 2019

I caught myself this week, following a sneezing fit, lamenting that what was left of Spring was a plethora of allergens with none of the color and bloom that ought to accompany them. That was a grumpy thought, though. What I enjoy most about Spring isn’t actually the color. It’s the sound.

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From the Pastor’s Pen: Come Together

  • by FUMC Bristol
  • Posted on May 29, 2019

Our vision: Building a community where anyone can become a deeply committed Christian. I’ve been dwelling on what a future looks like for FUMC in the past few months. I have some ideas, some possibilities, maybe some concerns and even fears.

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