Faith in Action
Faith in Action is a program designed to act out our belief that we as a community are responsible for the welfare of our environment and the people within it. Our slogan is Don't Go to Church — Be the Church which means we don't just pray for the people in need, but we assist them as we are able.
At First United Methodist Church, we affirm that faith isn’t just a set of things we say we believe. Instead, faith is following, obeying, and imitating the one who saves us. We hang on to this idea, even though some churches have decided that faith is only about a list of beliefs and a happy feeling in worship.
Faith in Action Sunday a great day to invite someone to come with you to church. What a great way for someone new to get to know some new friends, than to work together! And what better way to show off the character of church, than to see our faith in action! A lot of people will find it less intimidating to come and work than to come and worship. If they have skills, that’s great; if not, that’s great too.
On this special Sunday, we put our focus on the community of Albion itself. Stay tuned for more information to be posted on this page and announced in church. I look forward to see you on Faith in Action Sunday.
What Have We Done in the Past?
In the past we have done projects including working on
- Cleaning work at the Forks Senior Center (read their Thank You letter)
- Habitat for Humanity houses
- Cleaning up local parks and downtown areas
- Completing small repair jobs on local homes
- Raking leaves for those who are unable to
- Making cards and sending them with tasty treats to people who are too ill to leave their homes or those living with financial challenges
- Sorting items for donation at AIM (read their Thank You letter)
- Quilting for the Linus Project
- Preparing flood buckets
- And Church Youth have prepared shoe boxes filled with toys for Christmas
Comments? Questions? Ideas?
If you have ideas about projects to add to our work list pass your idea along to Rebecca Van De Ven or Pastor Jeremy. Alternatively, you may use the Contact Form on this website. If you do the latter be sure to include "Faith in Action" in the Question/Comment box of the contact form.