FGUMC Prayers for the following families this week:
Kali Block and Ormie Gilbert
Lectionary Readings for this Sunday:
Acts 3:12-19
Psalms 4
1 John 3:1-7
Luke 24:36b-48
The Faith Journey Continues...
Trust Unreservedly That You Are Loved
The word faith is often understood as accepting something you can’t understand. People often say: “Such and such can’t be explained, you simply have to believe it.” However, when Jesus talks about faith, he means first of all to trust unreservedly that you are loved, so that you can abandon every false way of obtaining love. That’s why Jesus tells Nicodemus that, through faith in the descending love of God, we will be set free from anxiety and violence and will find eternal life. It’s a question here of trusting in God’s love. The Greek word for faith is pistis, which means, literally, “trust.” Whenever Jesus says to people he has healed: “Your faith has saved you,” he is saying that they have found new life because they have surrendered in complete trust to the love of God revealed in him.
- Henri Nouwen
Visit Pastor Cho at Panera Bread 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Pastor Cho has resumed his visiting hours at Panera Bread on Black Rock Turnpike from 10:00 am – 12:00 noon. Please stop in and say “hello”!
"Supporting Our Youth" Ministry
Before the pandemic, we had gathered together a committee that worked to send cards and notes and a small package to the youth in our church. This included junior and senior high school students and those away at college. We would like to send a new greeting during lent, and are looking for volunteers to help us. If you are interested, please contact Kristina Joukhadar at kjoukhad@optonline.net or 203-255-4814. Thank you!
COVID Vaccine Update
Fairfield Health Department is scheduling appointments for residents to receive the vaccine. Connecticut residents 16 and older are now eligible to schedule an appointment.
Please visit the Department of Public Health for the Town of Fairfield to learn how to register or call 203-256-3082 for assistance
Let’s read one chapter of the Bible - one day at a time.
Pastor Cho will send you a daily email or text. Please let Anne at fairfieldgrace@sbcglobal.net know if you would like to read one chapter of the day and/or receive one verse of the day that Pastor Cho chooses to highlight from that chapter. You can receive both or just one.
chapter of the day = COD
verse of the day = VOD
We are currently reading from the Book of Psalms.
Share Joys or Thanksgivings with photos!
Send a picture or pictures that show your joys, thanksgivings or any moments you encounter God any where. Send them to Anne Regan, Parish Office Manager at fairfieldgrace@sbcglobal.net.
You can find sermons from last Sunday on the FGUMC website!
