First United
Methodist Church
Breaking News!
Annual Yard Sale - March 13th
Our Annual indoor yard sale will be held on Saturday, March 13th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 pm. Set up is Friday March 12, starting at 8:00 a.m. Items for donation may not be brought in before Friday. This year good clean gently used clothing will be accepted for resale. No shoes or handbags. A bake table will be provided for your home baked creations. Lunch will be available.
Start collecting your resale items. Please call Jean Spotts 610-326-2622 or Dottie Smith 610-367-0167. If you can volunteer any time during these two days, your help is needed and appreciated. In the event of inclement weather, this event will be rescheduled for the summer. Proceeds benefit the church budget.
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Welcome to the Online home of First United Methodist Church of Pottstown, PA
We are honored that you are visiting our web site. As a church, one part of the body of Christ in the world, we are always striving to find new ways to share the message of Christ's grace and the love of God to current and prospective members. The Internet allows us to reach people we may never have been able to contact before.
Please use this site to access the information you need about our congregation and its mission and ministries. You may also find resources here for deepening your faith. We look forward to hearing from you and answering any questions you might have.
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610.326.0560 - Church
610.326.0678 - Pastor's Home
570.486.4086 - Pastor's Mobile
Worship Schedule
9:00 am
Modern Worship
Sunday School for children and youth
9:15 am
Sunday School for Adults
10:15 am
Traditional Worship
For more information about our worship services, click here.
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414 East High Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
About Us
Learn more about First United Methodist Church by clicking on the links below.
Church Meeting Minutes and Other Information (fumcop blog)
Special Events
Annual Church Yard Sale Plans Underway
Plans are underway to hold an indoor yard sale on Saturday, March 13th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 pm. Set up is Friday March 12, starting at 8:00 a.m. Items for donation may not be brought in before Friday. This year good clean gently used clothing will be accepted for resale. No shoes or handbags. A bake table will be provided for your home baked creations. Lunch will be available.
This Week at First Church
Sunday, March 7th
First Church Modern Worship
First Church Sunday School - Children
First Church Sunday School - Adults
First Church Traditional Worship
10:45 am
Sunday School for Thessalonica
12 Noon
Worship for Thessalonica
6:00 pm
Narcotics Anonymous in Fellowship Hall
7:30 pm
Sunday Night Bible Study
Monday, March 8th
7:00 pm
Church Resources Team Meeting
Tuesday, March 9th
8:30 am
Bible Study at the VIP Diner
Thessalonica Worship
Wednesday, March 10th
9:30 am
Womens Study at Donna Eckers Home
6:15 pm
Alleluia Ringers Rehearsal
6:30 pm
Worship Band Rehearsal
Chancel Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, March 11th
Friday, March 12th
12 Noon - 4 pm
Bookstore Open
Saturday, March 13th
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Sunday, March 14th
Bible Study on "The Shack" in Community Room
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Why Bother?
Why Should I Attend Church?
Let's say its Sunday morning. Its raining and 40 degrees. In a certain house in our town, a man is roused awake by his wife. "Get ready for church," she says. "Why should I drag my tired body out of this bed and go to, of all places, church? Okay, the sermon is good, especially when Jim is preaching, and they have that modern-ish music at the 9:30 service. But I can get good music on the radio if I look hard enough, and half those pastor types put their sermons on the internet nowadays. I can just stay home where its warm and dry," he says, though because he's not quite awake yet, it does sound a bit slurrry."
I have a hard time arguing with this guy. This is the way I feel on rainy Sundays, and sometimes when its not raining. But you're the pastor! Yes, that's true. Perhaps I should not be feeling that way, but there it is.
Let's face it, from a certain point of view church is simply not an attractive idea. This is especially true of the way church is often done nowadays. Its even truer in the mainline denominations, and the Methodist church is certainly one of those. Say the word "church" to someone and the mental picture they'll form is likely to feature 150 year old hymns and strict-faced people telling them, from the pulpit and other places, how to behave.
I'm not going to argue that this picture doesn't reflect reality. But I am going to suggest that there is something more, something deeper.
The number one reason I go to church, and would go to church even if I weren't required to be there, is relationships. "Now hold on just one minute!" you say, "The number one priority in a church is supposed to be God!" I can't argue with that; you're absolutely right.
But get this: God is with me all the time. God is everywhere I go before I even get there. I can go nowhere to get away from God's presence. If I want to be with God, I dont even have to get up from the chair in which I am sitting as I type this.
If I want to experience the presence of God in this world however, I'd better get myself into relationship with Gods people, and that means spending some time in church. And it's not because church buildings are in and of themselves containers of Gods presence. It's that church buildings are, at least once each week, containers of people who know God, and that means that God himself is there. I can say this with confidence because of something the apostle Paul wrote, The church is the body of Christ. Jesus said so too, although he wasnt quite as succinct as Paul. Jesus Christ is present to the world today through his body, which we call the church. Not a building but a people.
I want to experience God in my life, in other words, I want a relationship with God. So every Sunday, raining and 40 degrees or not, I get up. I prepare myself to experience God, and I do just that by being with His people, the church.
I hope you'll come and see for yourself what I'm getting at.
Jim Jannotti, former Associate Pastor at First Church and current Pastor at Temple UMC.
Pottstown
Pennsylvania
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