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Worship Schedule

Sunday
  9:00 am  Sunday School
10:00 am  Worship
11:30 am  UMY Meeting
  3:00-6:00 pm  Koinonia groups

Monday
  9:00 am  Monday Maniacs

Tuesday
  6:00 pm. Koinonia group

Wednesday
 
1:00 pm  Winter Study
  5:45 pm  Wed Night Out
  7:30 pm  Choir Practice

Thursday
  7:00 pm  Council/Committee meetings

Friday
  9:00 am Happy Holy Huggers
 
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Bee-Attitudes Boutique

A mission project of the United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church

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Welcome to this work in progress

We're continually developing this web site so that all might see Jesus in the life of His church called First United Methodist. Please pray with us as we watch this site grow and we share Jesus in this very special way.

World Communion SundayWe'd invite you to put your cursor over every picture on our pages like the one to the right and the others. There's a message there for you. Some of the maps and other drawings may have them too. Take a look. There's lots of fun in this site.

Our pastor, Rev. Jim Wiltbank, joined us on July 1, 2007. He came from Epworth UMC in Phoenix and has been faithfully serving us since that time.

The following people make up our church staff. To find out more about them, simply click on their name.

Pastor - Jim Wiltbank
Administrative Assistant - Laura Duran
Music Director - Nita Alspach

To read the latest Newsletter article from the pastor, click below. Our newletter articles are published in .pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. If you do not already have this software, you can get a free copy by clicking
here.
 

January 2012 Message from the Pastor

For comments or more info, drop us an email.

For questions regarding the website or if you would like something posted, please email the office at office@yuma1st.org.

 


 

 

120 Year Celebration

Mark your calendars for the year 2012. That year marks the 120 year anniversary of Methodism in Yuma. Many wonderful things are being planned for next year. If you'd like to see more, please go to the web page called "120 Year Celebration" or click here and we'll get you there.

MARY HOLLAN
Sunday, January 29, 2012
7:00 pm

On Sunday, January 29th, First United Methodist Church will host singer/pianist Mary Hollan for an evening of Broadway Hits, Music Great and Gospel favorites. Orginally from Aberdeen, South Dakota, Mary has been singing professionally for many years. On the bigger stages Mary has opened for Chubby Checker, Mary Wilson of the Supremes, the Coasters and the Drifters. She has sung for Senator John McCain and also sung the National Anthem at the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game.

Here is Arizona, she performs at churches of all denominations, plus performing at resort and private party functions. Our evening performance will include songs such as "Sentimental Journey", "The Glory of Love", "Wind Beneath My Wings", Broadway show tunes from "The Sound of Music", "The King and I" and "Show Boat". The evening will also include gospel favorites like "Amazing Grace" and "My Tribute" and "In the Garden".

Mary currently lives in Goodyear, Arizona.

YUMA JAZZ COMPANY
February 15, 2012
7:00 pm

The Yuma Jazz Company Quintet will present a "Tribute to Jazz Icons" at First Church at 7:00 pm on February 15th. Consisting of live music along with projected images and verbal anecdotes, the event will pay tribute to jazz greats Luis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Benny Goodman and others. The music will be performed by the popular local quintet, comprised of Steven Henning, trumpet and flugelhorn, Brian Carlson, saxes, Carl Posch,guitar, Jon Knudtson, bass, and Brandon Coz, drums.

The group has played together professionally for about 10 years, performing many public concerts and private events as well as providing great live music for local establishments. The quintet's three original music CDs - Shades After Dark (2004), 95 North (2006), Street Scene (2010) - have received glowing reviews in regional and national publications, have been featured on local radio and TV stations and have gained some international notice, garnering radio airplay in Canadian and Australian markets.

More information on Yuma Jazz Company, including public performance schedule, reviews and CD pruchase and downloads info can be found at www.yumajazz.com .

RAINBOW STATION
February 29, 2012
7:00 pm

Rainbow Station is a community choir for children ages 4-14. They practice once a week on Thursdays and perform a variety of music for civic events, RV parks, nursing homes, etc. Wendy Turner is the founder and director of the group which has been entertaining Yuma audiences since 1984. If you love to sing and move, you should join us! You can contact the group at (928)329-1373.

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Lord, Is It I?

2011 Edition A Great Success

For the 9th year, "Lord, Is It I?" has once again completed its presentations to the Yuma community. This year's cast were seen by over 450 people in two different settings - once at Gila Mountain United Methodist Church in the Foothills on Palm Sunday afternoon and once at First Church on Maundy Thursday. This dynamic drama, depicted through the setting of Leanardo daVinci's famous painting of the Last Supper, shares an understanding of who Jesus' Disciples really were and what their thoughts might have been on that dreadful Thursday evening when Jesus was arrested. The pictures above are but a few showing the intense feelings portrayed in this year's drama. For more details of this year's presentation please press here or go to the "Lord Is It I?" web page on this site.

Make a note for next year and come join us. You won't be sorry.