Momentum Youth’s 8th Annual Chili Cook-off will arrive this Sunday, February 22, 5:00-7:00pm.  $2/person at the door gets you a full chili dinner, as well as an opportunity to taste the entries! Enter YOUR favorite chili by CLICKING HERE or contact Janelda Lane at jlane@fumcstw.org 

Throughout the season of Lent, we are once again partnering with other United Methodist Congregations to support "Rise Against Hunger." This global ministry works to end hunger by providing nutritious meals and sustainable food solutions to communities facing food insecurity around the world.

Lent invites us into prayer, fasting, and generosity. As you consider what sacrifice you might make during this season (like that daily coffee, a weekly meal out, that streaming subscription you keep forgetting about, or some other small sacrifice) we encourage you to use those funds to support this life-changing mission.

Our community goal is to raise $10,000 by Easter Sunday. These gifts will fund our May meal packaging event: 21,000 meals to be shared with communities around the world facing food insecurity. Let us meet this need together!

Last Friday, February 13th, we hosted our 8th Annual Night to Shine!  It’s such an honor to host this Nationwide Special Prom every year, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation.  206 volunteers from the community and around the state worked the event, with some arriving early Friday morning to set up and decorate, transforming our Family Life Center to reflect this year’s theme of Under the Sea.  So much love and special attention was given to the 162 very special guests, including members of our very own Faith Class. Starting with a walk down the red carpet, their night included fancy outfits, music, dancing, karaoke, supper, bingo, a photo booth and new friends.

Big thanks to our Momentum Youth who represent us as hosts, as well as to our church staff who helped prepare for this amazing annual event!

This past Tuesday we hosted our annual Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner and fundraiser for Rise Against Hunger. Thank you so much to everyone who came, ate, and fellowshipped, volunteered to make and serve pancakes, and to those who generously donated towards our Lenten offering as well!

What a meaningful beginning to the season of Lent! Our two Ash Wednesday services were beautifully attended, with more than 170 people joining together for worship, prayer, and the imposition of ashes. Thank you to everyone who helped lead, serve, and participate as we entered this holy season as a church family. May this Lenten journey draw us ever closer to Christ and to one another!

We kicked off February with two meaningful shopping days, serving 14 families on Saturday and 4 more on Monday. We were especially excited to welcome four new families who shopped with us for the first time.
To continue meeting the needs of our foster families each month, Hope House is always grateful for donations of gently used clothing in sizes newborn through teen. Our Amazon Wish List is kept up to date with our current needs and remains an easy way for supporters to help and can be accessed by CLICKING HERE.

A heartfelt thank‑you goes out to our dedicated volunteers who make each shopping day possible, and to our church family and community whose generosity sustains this mission. Your support ensures that every family who walks through our doors feels seen, supported, and cared for.

Our annual Community Easter Eggstravaganza is hopping closer, and we need your help to make it egg-straordinary! Please donate plastic Easter eggs in the baskets by the welcome desks and spread some egg-streme joy throughout our community.

Feeling egg-specially helpful? If your church Small Group, Sunday School class, or Bible Study wants to shell-ebrate Easter by helping stuff eggs, we’d love to have you join the fun!
Don’t leave us scrambling - contact Irene Upson at iupson@fumcstw.org to donate eggs or to get your group involved.