First United Methodist Church DeSoto

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"We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou still our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation escape tribulation;
thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!"
- "We Gather Together" stanza 3

[06/18/20]   A note regarding the worship service online:
Last week's service was "slow" sometimes. We THINK this may be due to the words' being added in. We're working on it!

Please continue to give "comments" feedback so we know what you're experiencing. And don't forget there is a YouTube alternative that doesn't seem to have the same issues.

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FATHER’S DAY IS SUNDAY, JUNE 21

We won't be together in person that Sunday but we WILL be together in spirit at our 10:30 a.m. WORSHIP LIVE! service.

We still want to celebrate Father's Day in the same special way as we did for Mother’s Day:
We are inviting all of our members who will be joining us for the live service to SEND IN a 1-2 sentence thought, remembrance, or accolade for their father. Gary & Kelsi will attempt to read these during our Celebration Bank time on Father’s Day Sunday.

Please email those to [email protected].

Be pithy, be funny, be teary-eyed...but please -- be brief!

As before, if we are unable to read your entire submission during the service, all submissions will be posted to Facebook in their entirety.

WORSHIP LIVE! 6-14-20

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Our church staff 😃
What a great team!

Our Sunday morning WORSHIP LIVE! Staff

WORSHIP LIVE! 6-7-20

Coming Full Circle

The remarkable story of Ruben and Alina Esquivel is told here!

https://www.tmf-fdn.org/blog/coming-full-circle/

tmf-fdn.org Ruben and Alina Esquivel's story began in Cuba, a country torn apart by political upheaval. Their story is a tale of two families who endured the repressive Batista regime and shared in the excitement when Fidel Castro toppled his rule on January 1, 1959, only to experience disillusionment and betra...

DON'T FORGET our All-Church Check-Up Zoom meeting.
TONIGHT @ 7:00 PM

Here is the link.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87256081854?pwd=VUY3bStKaUFRVzJaR3VaSjM0MHhVQT09

You should have received the PASSWORD by email. If not, call the church office before 3:30 p.m.

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This First Sunday we will again celebrate a Love Feast in lieu of Communion. Be sure to have your consumables handy for that portion of the service. Anything but the traditional bread and grape juice will do - even Starbucks & Krispy Kreme! The focus is on God’s love for us and for each other. Celebrate with us!

The National Council of Mayors have asked for a Day of Mourning and Lament for the 100,000+ victims of covid-19.

Merciful Lord, hear us as we cry out in pain. We come to you remembering so many who have died from this new virus. We come to you lifting up their families who have suffered such loss. We come to you asking for your Spirit of wisdom on first responders who put their health at risk to serve and medical personnel who are weary in body and spirit and scientists who chase a cure.

We come grieving with those who have lost jobs and livelihoods and opportunities to attempts to protect one another by staying apart. We ask for help to feed those who are hungry, shelter those who lose their homes, love those who fall into despair.

Walk with us, Good Shepherd, while we tread through the valley of the shadow of death. Bring us to green pastures and still waters, to a time of health and wholeness, and to a place where we are able to share your love with all our neighbors.

We pray in the name of the one who shared our grief and carried our sorrows, even Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Join Us as Change Agents in the Journey Toward Racial Justice

A word from our North Texas Conference leadership:

https://mailchi.mp/ntcumc/join-us-as-change-agents-in-the-journey-toward-racial-justice?e=e5ba24a8aa

mailchi.mp To the Clergy and Laity of the North Texas Conference: The events of the past few days and weeks have added new and chilling chapters of prejudice, discrimination, police brutality and the senseless loss of life to our broader American history book. These chapters tell the stories of the lives o.....

Bishop McKee's Sermon

A special Pentecost Sunday sermon from our North Texas Conference Bishop

Thank you, church, for your generous gift to the DeSoto Food Pantry.

WORSHIP LIVE! 5-31-20

Start making your plans NOW to get into the SPIRIT of Pentecost, THIS SUNDAY!

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Commission sets dates for postponed General Conference; will explore new uses of technology | The United Methodist Church

New dates have been announced for the postponed 2020 General Conference, now General Conference 2021: August 29 - September 7, 2021, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

It's never too early to begin praying for General Conference!

umc.org The Commission on the General Conference has announced that General Conference will take place on August 29 - September 7, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minn.

The "moment of remembrance" on Memorial Day is at 3:00 p.m. Please pause for 60 seconds; pray.

God of us all, we come giving thanks for those who served our country by giving the "last full measure of devotion" that we might be free. Bless us as a country that we might be a blessing for the world. We pray in the name of the servant Lord who gave himself our of great love. Amen.

John Wesley was the founder of the Methodist movement. On May 24, 1738, he was at bible study . . .

WORSHIP LIVE! 5-24-20

Our Devotional Thought for the Day

by Katie Cannon

Don't miss our WORSHIP LIVE! service this Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. as we observe Memorial Day Sunday.
A BRASS QUARTET will join us to help accompany the hymns: "God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand", "Be Still My Soul," and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". In addition, the Brass Quartet and Organ will play "Eternal Father Strong to Save."
We pause to remember those who lay down their lives in the service to our country and the protection of our freedom. Join us!

Our Devotional Thought for the Day 5-21-20

"Resiliency" by Alina Esquivel

[05/21/20]   LAUGH OF THE DAY

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXpW0WpuQA/?hl=en

Our Devotional Thought for the Day

by Kelsi Bullard
Youth & Children Director

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Our Devotional Thought for the Day

by Rev. Gary Stephens
Associate Pastor

Our Daily Smile

WORSHIP LIVE! 5-17-20

Don’t forget! Tomorrow morning at 10:30 am.! WORSHIP LIVE!

Bishop McKee Offers Insight On The Reopening Of Churches

A word from our Bishop regarding the re-start of in-person worship.

https://mailchi.mp/ntcumc/bishop-mckee-offers-insight-on-the-reopening-of-churches?e=e5ba24a8aa

mailchi.mp Greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ!   At the end of May, most of the buildings of United Methodist churches in the North Texas Conference will have been closed for public worship for 12 weeks. At the time of announcing the closure in March, I wrote that I had never closed a church for public wor...