Sep
28
to Nov 30
Outreach, Church-Wide

Christmas Gifts for 35 Children

This Christmas, Gainesville First UMC has committed to providing gifts for 35 children through the Hall Is Home for Holiday Initiative, supporting children in foster care and families who have recently been reunified.

Each child has a Christmas wish list with clothing, toys, books, and other requested items, with an estimated cost of $200 per child.

We need individuals, families, Sunday School classes, and small groups to sign up and sponsor a child’s wish list. You can also partner with someone else to complete a list together.

35 children. 35 wish lists. Let’s make sure every one is covered.

Sign up today to help make Christmas special for a child in our community. Email Misty Leach at mleach@gfumc.com. 

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Oct
4
to Oct 25
Church-Wide

We're In It For The Long Drive - Sermon Series

Golf is one of those rare sports where you're always playing two games at once: the one in front of you right now, and the whole round you're trying to finish well. Stewardship is the same way. It's not just about the check you write this fall; it's about the kind of person you're becoming, the kind of community you're building, and the kind of legacy you're leaving behind. This series uses the language and rhythms of golf to talk honestly about money, generosity, and what it means to be part of something bigger than yourself.

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Sep
6
to Sep 27
Church-Wide

Exodus - Sermon Series

Most of us learned Exodus as a children's story filled with plagues, a parted sea, and a man with a staff raised dramatically over the water. But read it slowly, and something else emerges. A fugitive who argues with a burning bush. A freed people who miss their chains. A wilderness where the bread shows up every morning and can't be stockpiled.

This September, we're spending four weeks in the story of Exodus because what happened in the desert is the story of what keeps happening to people who get honest about what holds them, what feeds them, and what they're really looking for.

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