Administration
Campus Parking and Access Changes
Campus Parking and Access Changes Effective Sunday June 4 2023 In light of recent community events and our desire to provide radical hospitality to all individuals who have made the decision to worship with us and visit our campus, FUMC Allen will reduce the number of access points into our building effective Sunday, June 4. These changes will not only be in place for Sunday worship but also at other times during the week during business hours. The information…
Resources For Traumatic Times
On Saturday, May 6, 2023, a lone gunman opened fire on shoppers of the busy Premium Outlets Mall in Allen, Texas, killing eight people and seriously wounding seven. We are all traumatized and mourning this horrible tragedy in our community. FUMC Allen is offering a time of prayer on Thursday, May 11, from 6:15pm to 6:45pm to care for our church family and community. Our prayer service will provide a quiet, reflective space to pray, to listen, to light candles,…
Job Opening: Worship Media Director
First United Methodist Church of Allen is seeking a part-time Worship Media Director. This position prepares media for in-person and live stream worship services and supervises all live streaming technologies, including multiple cameras, video switching, and media integration. Church presentation software experience required. Experience with ProPresenter a plus. Ability to read music also a plus. Send letter of interest and resume to Rev Josh Esparza, JoshE@fumcallen.org.
FUMC Allen Welcomes New Associate Pastor
FUMC Allen’s Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) met with the Rev Josh Esparza on Thursday, May 19, and joyfully accepted his appointment as our new associate pastor. Rev Esparza is a Dallas-Ft Worth native who grew up in Frisco, Texas. Josh has spent the past four years serving as the campus pastor of Owenwood Farm and Neighbor Space, the second campus of White Rock UMC, and associate pastor at White Rock UMC. Josh began at Owenwood in 2018 with a…
SPRC Announces Staffing Update
In the United Methodist Church, pastors are appointed to serve a particular mission field and/or church for one year at a time. In 2017, Bishop Mike McKee appointed Rev. Jessica Wright to FUMC Allen as our associate pastor. This year, the Bishop and Cabinet have appointed Jessica to serve as the Associate Director of the Center for Missional Outreach of the North Texas Conference, effective July 1, 2022. This move is a wonderful opportunity for Jessica to live into her…
SPRC Announces Staffing Update
On behalf of the FUMC Allen family, the Staff-Parish Relations Committee would like to thank Susan Hale for almost 13 years of service to our church as a paid staff member. Now, God is calling Susan into a new season of life and service, which means Susan will be leaving her position as director of elementary ministry, effective May 15, 2022. Since 2010, Susan has served in several different ministry positions at FUMC Allen, including Director of Adult Discipleship and…
COVID 19 OMICRON UPDATE
As most of you know, the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly throughout our community, our state, and our country. Cases are spiking, and numbers are growing every day. According to today’s Dallas Morning News, “since the arrival of the omicron variant in North Texas in December, Allen’s active cases have increased by about 729 percent. As of Jan. 13, a total of 838 Allen residents were positive for COVID-19, up from 101 cases the week…
Our Response to New CDC Guidelines
In response to the new recommendations from the CDC, masks will be optional in worship and on the FUMC Allen campus for all persons who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 beginning this Sunday, May 16, 2021. FUMC Allen has followed the CDC’s guidelines up to this point, and that’s what we’ll be doing now as well. The CDC has indicated that the chances of a fully vaccinated person contracting COVID-19 are very low, and if they do, chances of having…
Lent/Easter Survey
Lent and Easter 2021 marked a move back toward life and worship as we once knew it. While the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed us to test our creativity and try new things, our goal during this Lenten and Easter season was to give to God our best as we continue to offer those traditions that ground us as Christians and help us equip others in following Jesus. We have designed our 2021 Lenten/Easter survey to gather your perspective…
Pandemic Safety and Sanitation Protocols
Pandemic Safety and Sanitation Protocols FUMC Allen has developed the following safety and sanitation protocols to help us ease back into a regular schedule of worship, recreation, education, and small group activities as we move into a post-pandemic world. Please read through these before returning to the building. If you have any questions, please contact Church Administrator Larry Wright. Your program and worship staff have started the process of defining church activities based on a risk tolerance level, which is…
COVID-19 Update for July 7 2020
Jesus taught us that the greatest command was to love God and to love our neighbor. John Wesley’s General Rules remind us that we are to first do no harm. Taking steps to keep one another safe is a way we can live into this command and be vigilant and proactive leaders in our community, doing our part to curb the spread of the coronavirus. To this end, FUMC Allen has made the following decisions, which are effective immediately: …
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