First United Methodist Church of Lombard, IL
Growing in Discipleship - Serving Community - Witnessing in Christ - Gathering in Worship
Sunday, May 16, 2021 Ascension Sunday/Seventh Sunday of Easter Online & In-Person Worship Celebration – 10:00 in the morning Order of Worship for Sunday, May 16 Link to Facebook Live Ascension Day begins a period of waiting for the followers of Jesus. The risen Christ, who has been wonderfully and unexpectedly present with […]
Sixth Sunday of Easter Online & In-Person Worship @ 10:00am On-line Baptism of Evangeline Mae Teater Any religious tradition can turn into an insider’s club. While in Christian scriptures we read of Jesus and Paul calling out those who adhered to the law in ways that were restrictive of others, Christians have done the […]
Fifth Sunday of Easter Online & In-Person Worship Celebration @ 10am (CST) Love calls us away from drawing borders and building walls, to erasing lines and building bridges. Loving one another calls us to see the burdens we have placed on others that excludes them: the burdens of racism, sexism, ableism, the burdens of […]
Sunday, April 25, 2021 – 4th Sunday of Easter Online & In Person Worship Celebration 10:00AM The teaching of Christ to lay down one’s life for another is the greatest act of love: to set aside our own desires to meet the needs of others. 1 John 3 teaches us we cannot be faithful to […]
Third Sunday of Easter Online & In –Person Worship Celebration 10:00AM The resurrection is more than just a past event or a ticket to life after death. It is a lived reality that has the potential to change us and our world, if we can only believe, open to the change it […]
Sunday, April 11, 2021 – 2nd Sunday of Easter Online & In-Person Worship @ 10:00am There is nothing wrong with us for grieving—it is what we are supposed to do. The resurrection, in all three accounts, doesn’t immediately bring joy, relief, and wonder. It begins with grief, then invokes fear—but the kind of terror […]
Sunday, April 4, 2021 – Easter Sunday! Sunrise Worship at the Church’s Patio 6:30am Online & In-Person Worship @ 10:00am There is nothing wrong with us for grieving—it is what we are supposed to do. The resurrection, in all three accounts, doesn’t immediately bring joy, relief, and wonder. It begins with grief, then invokes […]
Great Three Days” (“Triduum” in Latin): Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday Maundy/Holy Thursday On this night we gather to remember. We open our hearts and minds to relive the pain and victory which have become for us the doorway to the eternal. We recognize the Shadows which encroach […]
Palm/Passion Sunday What do you say about Palm Sunday that you haven’t said before? Last year, we thought we would be leaving our isolation, our shut-down, our quarantine within weeks, but it did not happen. This year, we know that the end is coming as vaccinations are on the rise, but for many, we will […]
Fifth Sunday in Lent As we near the end of the season of Lent, Jesus prepares for his death, and for what will be revealed to the world in his death and resurrection. Jesus came to bring a change—a change in the way of our thinking, a change in our understanding of our relationship with […]
