Call to Confession: Leader: We cannot earn God's grace or favor. It comes to us as a gift freely given. Confident in God's love for us, let us confess our sins before God and one another. Prayer of Confession: All: Gracious God, we come before you in need of forgiveness and grace. You call us [...]
At the Franklin First UMC Main Campus, our invasive clean ups don’t just happen once a year. We strive for 2-3 each year, as many of our wild spaces are inundated with particularly large amounts of bush honeysuckle and Chinese privet! At our “weed wrangles” everyone has an opportunity to use our “Weed Wrenches”; with [...]
“Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared. When they found the stone rolled away from the entrance, they went in. But they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus, and they did not know what to think. Suddenly two men in shining white [...]
There was a man named Joseph, who was from Arimathea in Judea. Joseph was a good and honest man, and he was eager for God's kingdom to come. He was also a member of the council, but he did not agree with what they had decided. Joseph went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. [...]
Pilate then called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people, and here I have examined him in your presence and have not found this man guilty of any of your charges against him. Neither has Herod, for [...]
When the time came for Jesus and the apostles to eat, he said to them, “I have very much wanted to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer. I tell you I will not eat another Passover meal until it is finally eaten in God's kingdom.” Jesus took a cup of wine in [...]
The Festival of Thin Bread, also called Passover, was near. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus, because they were afraid of what the people might do. Then Satan entered the heart of Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve [...]
Then Jesus told them a story: When you see a fig tree or any other tree putting out leaves, you know that summer will soon come. So, when you see these things happening, you know that God's kingdom will soon be here. You can be sure that some of the people of this generation will [...]
Welcome to this self-guided Holy Week activity that’s perfect to do all by yourself or with your family as you experience the stations of the cross in a whole new way. The walk begins here at the start of the cedar-lined drive and will end at the cross in the Glade. You will scan a [...]
”And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.” And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him, but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were [...]
