Vacation Bible School 2025
Game Night Vacation Bible School will be held June 9 – 12, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Students Pre-K (5 years) through 6th grade are invited to join in a week of fun, as we learn about the Fruits of the Spirit through engaging Bible stories, crafts, games, and more!
We’re Hiring! – Facilities Team Member (Evening/Weekend, Part-Time)
First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is a busy church with an active schedule. Each day brings children, senior adults, high school students, and dozens of church members to attend classes, meetings, and other events. We are seeking a skilled and discerning Facilities Team Member who values the role they play in making…
New Summer Shoppe Launches June 2025
For over 50 years First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge has provided Christmas toys, food and personal hygiene/paper baskets to in need families within our Community. This year, Tennessee has significantly scaled back the state’s summer food program to help families with children access food during the summer months when school is not in…
Lectio Divina – Luke 24: 1-6
Luke 24: 1-6 (NRSV) But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body. 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling…
Lectio Divina – Luke 19: 28-31
Luke 19: 28-31 (NRSV) 28 After (Jesus) had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied…
Lectio Divina – John 12: 1-3
John 12: 1-3 (NRSVUE) Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and…