Good evening church friends and families,

I hope and pray that the first week of school has gone well for many of our families. For teachers, administration and students in the Kent school district, our prayers continue with you in these important days. We will officially kick off our Fall programming this Sunday, September 11th.

On September 11th, we will be sharing free water bottle stickers. You are encouraged to bring your favorite water bottles, coffee cups or drink holder that is special to you. If you are joining us for worship online, we will have some stickers available during office hours throughout the week as well.

In addition to our free give-always, we will also be pairing up students with adults in our faith community as prayer partners. If you are interested in supporting one of our students through prayer and encouragement, please contact Ann Mayer. Ann.Mayer@fwumc.org. We will also begin our new 5-part sermon series called 24/7 Faith as we use Luke 19 as our guiding Scripture to focus on Radical Hospitality. I’m looking forward to seeing you all online and in-person this Sunday at 10am.

Coming up this Fall, we will be hosting a health fair on October 1st. In addition, we will be hosting an online All church charge conference will be via zoom October 20th, 7-8pm.