Current and upcoming events

New Adult Sunday Classes:  Join one of our new adult Sunday school classes.   There are five adult classes at 10:00 a.m.

▪ Café and OJ Class in Wesley Lounge
▪  Adult Book Study in pastor's office
▪  Class on relationships in Epworth Room
▪  Class on the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church
   in Centennial Room     
▪  Class on "Understanding Islam" in the chapel

Men's Retreat:
The first FUMC men’s retreat will take place Friday evening, April 25 (6 p.m.) through Saturday morning, April 26 (noon) at Spirit in the Desert Lutheran Retreat Center in Carefree, Arizona. Pick up a registration brochure in the church office or click here. For additional information, contact Rev. John Flowers at   jflowers@firstumcphoenix.org.

Concerts:
April 27: At 3 p.m. David W. Gotch, associate director of music, presents "Pieces of Eight" a recital on the Sipe organ and Steinway piano featuring the work of Schubert, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Debussy, Couperin, Bizet, Messiaen, Donizetti and Sowerby.

May 4: As a part of the Masterworks concerts, on Sunday, May 4 at 7 p.m., the FUMC Chancel Choir will join with twenty-three members of the Phoenix Symphony, David Gotch and soloists, to present Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. Composed in 1965, this work of three movements features a setting in Hebrew of one complete Psalm (Psalm 23), along with a verse or more of six others. The young shepherd-king David is brought to life in the lyrical second movement in which a boy soprano, in our concert, Evan Pensis, chants the Psalm 23 to the accompaniment of a harp. 

The second half of the concert, the choir will be singing René Clausen’s Psalm 100, with double piano and xylophone, and Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47) also by René Clausen. The choir will close with T’filat HaDerech a Hebrew blessing.

Tickets are not required for concerts and recitals; admission is free. Everyone in the community is invited to attend.