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Upcoming Events
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Register for Summer Camps
Registration opens Dec 1 for children's ministry camps and Jan 1 for children's sports camps. Come join us as we play and create, design and experiment, sing and dance, and serve and worship!
Men's Grief Group Coffee
Wed, 1st Wednesdays, 7-8:30am, Ogden Fellowship Hall
If you’ve experienced a loss and are looking for support in a space specifically for men, you’re invited to join Rev. Scott Luginbill for coffee and conversation.
10:45am and 12pm Communion
2nd-5th Sundays, Ogden Fellowship Hall East
Communion time options are expanding! Choose 10:45am or 12pm any Sunday starting Jan 12, with the exception of 1st Sundays.
Network Seniors' Net Home Delivery Help
Mon-Thurs weekly, 9am-3pm, Network's service area
Sign up to assist our area seniors! Network's Seniors' Net is in need of home delivery drivers.
Richardson Area Interfaith Habitat Walkathon
Sat, Feb 22, 8:30am-12pm, UTD Parking Lot, corner of Floyd/Lookout
Support Richardson Area Interfaith Habitat for Humanity by walking or supporting a walker. Proceeds provide funds for the 2025 house build.
An Evening with Rev. Adam Hamilton
Mon, Feb 24, 7-8:30pm, Sanctuary
Join us for an inspiring evening with Rev. Adam Hamilton, Founding Pastor of Church of the Resurrection and renowned United Methodist author and speaker, as he shares insights on Wrestling with Doubt: Finding Faith.
Dessert Theater 2025: Generations
Shows: Fri, Feb 28, 7pm and Sat, Mar 1, 3 and 7pm, Worship & Arts Center
Auction and Dessert: 1 hour prior to each show
The Journey Youth Choir presents their 12th annual musical revue, featuring past and present hits, with the Jubilation Choir
Habitat Build
10 Saturdays, Mar 1 - May 10
Help build a house! Tasks vary depending on the stage of construction for the build sites.
Volunteer for Read Across America Day
Mon, Mar 3, 8:30-9:15am, Mark Twain Elementary
Volunteer to read to Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Graders at Mark Twain for Read Across America Day! You'll need to arrive at 8:30am to select a book, and reading begins at 8:45.
Ash Wednesday Services - Mar 5
Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, a time to repent and prepare for the coming of Easter. Services feature music, a short meditation, Holy Communion, and the Imposition of Ashes.
6:30am, 12pm, 6:30pm w/ livestream, 4:30pm offsite, YouTube
Small Groups: Wrestling with Doubt
Various times and locations
New Small Groups are forming for Lent! These peer-facilitated groups will explore our church-wide study and worship series, Wrestling with Doubt, using Adam Hamilton’s book.
Game Night
Tues, Mar 11, 6-8:30pm, Mays Hall
Join us for Adult Game Night on the 2nd Tuesday of each month! Play fun games and meet FUMCR members. Bring your dinner/sandwich and eat with us before the games get started. All adults welcome!
More Than Sunday Podcast Season 11
Mar 12 - Apr 23
This season is a companion to a church-wide Lenten study and worship series. We discuss Adam Hamilton's book, Wrestling with Doubt: Finding Faith with the author and other special guests from FUMCR.
Garden Ministry Tomato, Herb, and Pepper Sale
Sat, Mar 15, 9am-12pm and Sun, Mar 16, 9am-12pm
Come out and get fresh plants for your garden grown by our own Garden Ministry members in the greenhouse. $4 per plant.
Ramadan Dinner with the Dialogue Institute Dallas
Sun, Mar 23, 7-9pm, Coleman Family Hall
We are excited to invite you to a special program and Ramadan Dinner with the Dialogue Institute. Register by Mar 16.
Soul Care - Women's Night of Worship
Tues, Mar 25, 7-8:30pm, Worship & Arts Center
All women are invited to an evening of inspirational worship and music. Come as you are and bring your friends to pray, sing, be encouraged, and be inspired as women of faith.
Burgers, Bubbles, & Bids
Fri, Mar 28, 6-7:30pm, Playground Plaza
Join FUMCR Preschool for our End of Year celebration! Enjoy burgers, a Bubble Bus, and a silent auction featuring projects from our preschool classes and several fun baskets.
Lenten Offering
During the Lent and Easter season, we have the opportunity to bless children attending public schools in our community with a special offering:
- Richardson ISD
- Children First
Women's Spring Retreat
Apr 4-5, Prothro Center
All women are invited to join us for our annual Women's Retreat - a short respite from your daily routine at beautiful Lake Texoma that is sure to offer new friendships and restore your soul.
Service of Hope
Sun, Apr 6, 5-6 pm, Worship & Arts Center + online
Please join us for our Service of Hope where we will draw strength from our faith and community to find healing from our everyday struggles.
Palm Sunday Worship
Apr 13
Join us as we begin Holy Week in commemoration of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem for Passover. Worship services will include palm parades, special music, and messages of hope.
Easter Story Walk
Apr 13-18, Playground Plaza
Bring your family during Holy Week to prepare for Easter morning! Walk through the story, The Mystery of Easter, to help your children understand the events around Jesus’s resurrection.
Easter Egg Hunt
Sun, Apr 13, 4-6pm, Oliphint Field
Join us for face painting, petting zoo, crafts, photos with the Easter Bunny, and more!
Maundy Thursday Worship
Apr 17, 7pm, Sanctuary & Livestream
Maundy Thursday (also called Holy Thursday) is the first of the three days of solemn remembrance of the events leading up to and immediately following the crucifixion.
Good Friday Worship
Apr 18, 7pm, Sanctuary & Livestream
Our Good Friday service will commemorate Jesus's last earthly day with scripture, special music, and pastoral message.
Easter Sunday Worship
Celebrate Easter in worship with us!
Traditional Worship - 8:30, 9:45, and 11am
Traditional Worship Livestream - 11am
Modern Worship - 9:45 and 11am
Online Worship - 9:45am and YouTube
Tuesday Afternoon Movies
Movies are free and all are welcome, so invite a friend!
Movies begin at 1:30 pm on most 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in the Worship & Arts Center.
Kindergarten Bible Presentations
Sun, May 4, 11am-12pm, Sanctuary
All 11am worshipers will gather together for a special blended service. Kindergarteners will receive their own Bibles during the service!
2025 Senior Luncheon
Sun, May 4, 12-2pm, Bartula Family Life Center
Graduating high school seniors and their families are invited to a celebratory luncheon and presentation of the 2025 Scholarship Awards. No cost, but registration is required for planning purposes.
Everybody Sunday School
Select Sundays, 9:45-10:45am, Coleman Family Hall
Join us for an exciting intergenerational learning and serving opportunity where we will come together as a church family - children, youth, and adults - for a combined Sunday School experience.
High School Mission Trip
June 22-28
This summer, we are taking all of our students who completed grades 9-12 to Santa Fe, NM for a week of serving others, great friendship, and lots of fun.
Junior High Mission Trip
July 6-11
Teenagers, join us for a week-long trip in Norman, OK, where we will unplug from our phones and get to live out the church's mission by worshipping, having fun, and serving others together!