{"id":8,"date":"2014-01-15T18:11:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T23:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtownmethodist.org\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:26:12","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mtownmethodist.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Good things are happening at Morgantown First UMC. There is a loving spirit of optimism and faith. From the human perspective, everything in the life of the church begins with attendance. Our attendance is a way of saying that we are serious about our soul\u2019s salvation.<\/p>\n<p>Each Sunday worship service is a great time of sharing and singing our way into God\u2019s holy presence. We have wonderful well-planned services that lift up Jesus. This is a special time for reflection and renewal. It is time to seek the Lord. His second coming may be soon.<\/p>\n<p>Let us join our hearts in holy wonder as we \u2018\u2019worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.\u201d If you have not attended lately, come and meet the new pastor. God will be present to meet our needs. See you Sunday at 11:30 am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0000a0;\"><strong>OUR MISSION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0000a0;\"><strong>Develop Personal Relationships with God&#8230; Build Relationships with One Another<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Relationships \u2013 is our mission. We want to Bring People to God and Join Together the Church and the Community.<\/p>\n<p>We are here to transform the community of Morgantown and to impact our world through Worship and Fellowship, Discipleship and Outreach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #0000a0;\"><strong>Morgantown First United Methodist Church is here to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Help People Relate to God and to Each Other through Worship &amp; Fellowship.<br \/>\nHelp Meet the Needs of Our Community through Service &amp; Every Member Being a Minister.<br \/>\nReach Out to Share Jesus Christ with Everyone.<br \/>\nHelp All to Grow through Christian Learning as Disciples.<br \/>\nSupport the Community through Local Missions.<br \/>\nMake New the Community of Morgantown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #008000;\"><span id=\"en-NRSV-25383\" class=\"text Luke-10-27\">He answered, \u201cYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Luke 10:27)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #008000;\"><span id=\"en-NRSV-24211\" class=\"text Matt-28-18\">And Jesus came and said to them, \u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-NRSV-24212\" class=\"text Matt-28-19\">Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,<\/span><span id=\"en-NRSV-24213\" class=\"text Matt-28-20\"> and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Matthew 28:18-20)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mtownmethodist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSCN4350.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-129 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mtownmethodist.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSCN4350.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4350\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Rev. Scott Milby, Pastor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #a10000;\">Sunday School Fellowship 10:15 &#8211; 10:30 AM<br \/>\nSunday School 10:30 &#8211; 11:30 AM<br \/>\nWorship Services 11:30 AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good things are happening at Morgantown First UMC. There is a loving spirit of optimism and faith. From the human perspective, everything in the life of the church begins with attendance. Our attendance is a way of saying that we are serious about our soul\u2019s salvation. 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