First United Methodist Church of Lombard, IL
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Dear Friend, 16th Sunday after Pentecost The kingdom of God isn’t about fairness, it’s about God who has enough love for everybody and then some. The abundance of God’s love means that we have an abundance of resources in this world to help others if we choose to live into God’s ways. If we choose to […]
Dear Friends: A note to offer our apologies for the technical difficulties we experienced last night for “Coffee Chat” with Pastor Luis. That is how it is with technology. Sometimes the unexpected happens. We are sorry for any inconvenience it may have caused. The video is uploaded and is on our Facebook page if you […]
Dear Friend, 14th Sunday after Pentecost Who are our enemies? Our Sunday readings cause us to wrestle with a challenging issue. What do we do when someone has sinned against us? When someone causes us harm? How do we handle this when they are part of our community, our family? While the Hebrew scriptures were written […]
Dear Friend, 13th Sunday after Pentecost Summer 2020 Worship with Bishop Sally Dyck & NIC Cabinet Centering The seeds God has planted in us are always ready to break forth, no matter the season. There is always time to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. You always have possibility dwelling within […]
Dear Friend, 12th Sunday after Pentecost We often look for signs that point toward God’s reign, or God at work in our world. But instead of looking for signs, Jesus is asking us to see himself at work in us and in our world, right now. Prophets point to the way, but Jesus himself is the […]
Dear Friend, 11th Sunday after Pentecost Faithfulness is about aligning our actions and words with what we believe. All too often, we say we follow the commandments, but fail to live out the commitment to love our neighbor beyond lip service. If we say we want peace, we must work for justice, rather than simply condemning […]
Dear Friend, 10th Sunday after Pentecost Living by faith is easier said than done. It’s much easier for us to say we subscribe to a set of core beliefs, and much harder to live those core beliefs and values. We’ve been taught to love our neighbor, but it’s always easier to love those who are similar […]
Dear Friend, The ways of this world call us to look to our own desires first, our own comforts, preserving our way of life. But God has called us into a way of compassion, where we are moved from within to the needs of this world. We are moved by compassion in our gut that […]
Dear Friend, Renewal of Baptismal Covenant Water sustains life for humans, animals, and plants. We clean with warm water and relax in cool water. We find peace listening to the roar of the ocean or taking a stroll in the rain . Water is important to our life both inside and outside of the church In the Sacrament […]
Dear Friend, One of the great struggles of our present age is to break out of binary thinking. Good people and bad people. Good cops and bad cops. You’re either in or you’re out. Instead, when Christ told the parable of the wheat and the weeds, it’s similar to how John the Baptist told the […]
