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7520 W Lapham St, West Allis, WI 53214   –   414-774-5500
Email: fumcwaoffice@fumcwa.org 

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One Service: 10:30am with Live Streaming on the Church YouTube Channel


8:45 am Coffee Fellowship
8:45 am 3K-Gr 12 Sunday School & Choirs
9:00 am Adult Christian Education
10:15-11:45 am Nursery Care
10:30 am Worship Sanctuary / YouTube
11:30-11:50 am Church Library Open


Food Pantry – Open Wednesday March 13 and 27, 2:30 to 4:30

This Lenten season, instead of giving up something, why not GIVE something. Our Food Pantry is in need of support. Click here for more information and decide if this mission is one you could support.

Each month, we will be suggesting two items that are most needed for our families seeking assistance. March items: CEREAL and BODY WASH. If you are able to provide any of these items, we would be very grateful. ANY non-perishable food, personal care item, or monetary gift that is donated is greatly appreciated and will help us to continue this great mission of First Church. Place items in the Mission Corner located in the Narthex

“If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry, and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” – Isaiah 58:10


Holy Week 2024

Palm Sunday: March 24 – 10:30 am Worship-Sanctuary/YouTube; 11:30 am Palm Sunday Brunch in Fellowship Hall
Labyrinth Walk: March 27th at 6:30 pm  Join us for a guided labyrinth walk followed by a Jesus is Risen Celebration. This event is open to AWANA Clubbers and families, 3K-5th Sunday School Class and families, grandparents and grandchildren.
Holy Thursday: March 28 – Prayer walk the Labyrinth (9:00 am-9:00 pm) in Fellowship Hall; 7:00 pm Worship – Sanctuary/YouTube. Jesus washed the feet of His disciples out of humble servanthood. Christ gave us this new commandment – to love one another as he loves us. At the service, we will collect socks for those in need as an act of fulfilling this commandment. 
Good Friday: March 29th- 12:00 pm – Facebook & YouTube – Pastor Ron, Tom Bolton, and Julie Bryson will read the Passion Narrative with music accompaniment.
Easter Sunday: March 31 – 8:30 am Easter Sunrise Service – Fellowship Hall (Youth-Led) followed by Light Breakfast and Fellowship; 10:30 am Worship- Sanctuary/YouTube

Click here for pdf of Holy Week events.


Upcoming Events

Click here and start bookmarking your calendar for these upcoming events: March Movie Matinee, Labyrinth Prayer Walk, Palm Sunday Brunch, Easter Sunday Celebration.


Library Share For Lenten Season

The Church Library has set up a book cart of Lenten Book Resources in the Gathering Room. It will be there throughout the Lenten season. You can borrow a book from the cart to help you deepen your faith as we move through the 40 days of Lent.


 Baskets of Hope

The Sunday School Lenten Mission project will be collecting coins during Lent to purchase Baskets of Hope. The money will be sent to Heifer International. Click here for more information.


The United Methodist General Conference is Coming Up

Every four years, United Methodists from around the world come together to do the business of the global church. Here representatives from every Annual Conference and delegates, including those from our Wisconsin Annual Conference, meet to pray, discuss legislation, and add to or update the rules of the Church found in the United Methodist Book of Discipline. The last Discipline came out following the 2016 General Conference, and it doesn’t take a mathematician to realize that was more than 4 years ago! But, COVID intervened, and the scheduled 2020 Conference was postponed. This year, however, we will be conferencing as a global church from April 23 to May 3, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina. All General Conferences have been interesting and important, and this one will be no different. So, to help us stay informed, here is a website where you can find out more information, including a “Beginner’s Guide” to the General Conference as well as summaries of the legislation that will be considered.
Go to: https://www.wisconsinumc.org/about-general-conference
Whether or not you check out the detailed information, please keep our denomination, our conference, our delegates, and our congregation in your prayers during this important time.


AWANA 

Click here for more information and for sign up forms.


Vacation Bible School

Please save the week of July 15-19, 2024, for VBS. Click here for more details!


National Domestic Violence Hotline

Domestic Violence can affect anyone, at anytime, and in any relationship.
If you feel like you are experiencing abuse, reach out to the 24/7 hotline by calling 414-219-5555. 


Remember Ukraine During 2024

Click here to see how you can help during the holiday season, or any time of the year.