Join us Tuesdays at 7:30pm during Advent as we discuss the book The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life by Brother Lawrence. Brother Lawrence was a 17th century Carmelite monk in Paris. He entered the monastery as a lay person where he worked in the kitchen as a cobbler. …
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Taking Faith Home is a new weekly faith formation resource to help you, your household, and/or small group grow in love with God and neighbor. Here are a few key features: Based on the Revised Common Lectionary–a three-year cycle of scripture readings that are used to varying degrees by most mainline Protestant churches. Gives examples …
The Franklin United Methodist Church is a proud supporter of the Franklin Food Pantry. Each month, we solicit donations to supply the pantry with Ensure. This provides the pantry with something that it does not receive from the regional food bank. We try to give the pantry four (4) cases each month. Each case costs …
The Franklin United Methodist Church is moving to a new kind of church record keeping solution called Realm. It primarily serves the administrative needs of our leadership, but it also offers some exciting opportunities to support the way you are involved in our church. It will make it easier for our church family to connect …
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Racism is sinful. “Racism is the combination of the power to dominate by one race over other races and a value system that assumes that the dominant race is innately superior to the others… We commit as the Church to move beyond symbolic expressions and representative models that do not challenge unjust systems of power …
As religious leaders of diverse traditions we understand life to be the greatest and most sacred gift endowed by our Creator. Inherent in that gift is the inalienable right to live freely and without fear. The May 25, 2020 abhorrent killing of George Floyd, in Minneapolis, at the knee of a law enforcement official, sworn …
The Christian tradition has, from the beginning, relied upon story to both share the faith and guide people in their faith. Using a children’s story bible, The Beginner’s Bible (Zondervan, 2005), we will spend the summer reading stories of the faith. Use the chart below for your own study and devotions. We hope you will …
Dear members and friends of Franklin United Methodist Church, On March 13, in response to the growing concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19, I made the difficult decision to cancel in-person worship. The following Sunday, a Church Council meeting was called, and the decision was made to follow the mandates coming from the Governor’s Office …
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