Stewardship
Tax Statements 2022
It’s that time of year again, and your Finance Office at FUMC Allen is preparing your Tax Statements for 2022 Giving. These will be mailed out by the IRS deadline of January 31 2023. You can also access a PDF of your giving statement on the church’s member database. To access your Member Record, visit THIS LINK and enter your user name and password. If you can’t remember your User Name or Password, you can easily retrieve either (or both)…
Because Someone Gave: A Story of Hope
Emily Wiley van Oosterom grew up at FUMC Allen, was confirmed here in 2002, graduated from Allen High School in 2008, and now lives in Amsterdam. When her daughter Charlotte was born three months ago, Emily began to reconnect with her faith family at FUMC Allen through our livestream and online presence. Emily reached out to me in July, knowing that she and her husband Marco were planning a trip to Texas. She very much wanted to have Charlotte baptized…
Focused on Hope Survey
Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness. Hoping is knowing that there is love; it is trust in tomorrow; it is falling asleep and waking again when the sun rises. In the midst of a gale at sea, it is to discover land. In the eyes of another, it is to see that he understands you. As long as there is still hope, there will also be prayer. And God will be holding you in his…