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Welcome Pastor Allen “Al” Coffin!

We would like to welcome Reverend Allen “Al” Coffin as the new pastor at Fairfield First United Methodist Church!  Rev. Al comes to us from Walcott Calvary United Methodist Church in Walcott, Iowa. 

Rev. Al is married to wife, Diane.  They have 2 adult children.  Pastor Al is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church and has also served United Methodist congregations in Columbus Junction and Columbus City.

Please lift up Pastor Al and Diane in your thoughts and prayers as they start their new journey with us.  We look forward to getting to know you!

Sunday, July 5th Service

We will continue our services outdoors for the July 5th service. In an attempt to beat the heat, we will have an earlier start time for the outdoor live service, Facebook, and Zoom. The weather will dictate the start time. The radio time will be the same start time no matter the weather. Here is what you need to know:

SUNNY WEATHER – 9:30 AM Start time – We will have the live service outdoors. We will also be on Zoom, and Facebook live at this time. We will record the service for replay on the radio at 10:35 AM.

INCLEMENT WEATHER (Rain) – 10:35 AM Start time

We will be indoors with only essential personnel as we had been doing it during the quarantine.

Radio, Facebook and Zoom on Sunday

For our Sunday service will be available on the radio, Facebook and on Zoom. We hope and pray that you will continue to be guided by the Holy Spirit as you grow in the love of Christ Jesus!  Please join us in Worship this Sunday on 1570 AM-KMCD!

Join us with Zoom! Here is the meeting access: Please click Open Zoom Meetings if you see the system dialog.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89068016440?pwd=REFvVmhvQys5c1daK3B3WU4zaHdJQT09

Meeting ID: 890-6801-6440
Password: 070520         

The service will be live on Fairfield First United Methodist Church‘s Facebook page. Search and friend us to be able to view the service LIVE!!  We will share a link to the recording after the service for replay.

Here is the bulletin for the Sunday service on July 5, 2020.

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In-person Worship Service Guidelines

Listed below are our strict guidelines for our church which we are asking you to follow during the outdoor services:

  1. Maintain 6 feet of social distancing between families.
  2. Masks are encouraged.
  3. Humming only during songs.
  4. No restrooms. The church will be LOCKED at ALL times.

As we move into the next phase at FUMC, we ask that you bear with us as we navigate this time. As a committee, we welcome any and all suggestions and will do our best to meet the needs of our congregation. Feel free to contact one of the committee members listed below with any questions or concerns. 

Committee Members: Carrie Brownlee, Jim Flinspach, Kathy Horn, Angie Lamb, John Stever, Elly Stremsterfer, and Jay Thompson

Thank You and Best Wishes Rev. Beth

As you may or may not know, June 14 was Rev. Beth Harbaugh’s last day preaching at Fairfield First United Methodist Church. The SPPR Committee would like to thank Rev. Beth for all she has done for the church. From empowering the church with bringing back the worship committee, encouraging church members to become leaders of the church, to establishing a lay leader group and helping them to create a discipleship pathway,
Rev. Beth has encouraged and nurtured our congregation to use our spiritual gifts to be the best disciples of God that we can be. Just like 1 Peter 4:10 says, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”
We wish Rev. Beth the best of luck at her new ministry with Women at the Well. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” We know she will do great things for them and the Conference, just as she did for us! Please accept these gifts as a token of our appreciation and as a remembrance of the good times, we have had together.  Thank you for all you have done and good luck on your new journey!
Remember Lamentations 3:22-23, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Thank you for all you have done and good luck on your new journey!
Carrie Brownlee, SPPR Committee Chair

Help for Research Study

A member of our congregation, Sylvia Richards, is conducting a research study and has asked for our help. The purpose of the study is to explore how one’s experience of Christianity helps to develop faith and sustain faith over time.

All adults (18 years and up) in Jefferson County with a Christian background are eligible to participate in the study. 

This study is limited to Jefferson County, but not limited to the United Methodist Church. All adults from any of the churches in Jefferson County are invited to participate, as well as those who don’t attend any church, as long as they have some background with the Christian tradition. 

I would like to have as broad a range of participants as possible–those who attend church every Sunday as well as those who seldom or never attend (and everyone in between). 

There are two phases to this study:

  1. An online questionnaire that takes about 10 minutes to complete. People can participate directly online, or they can call or text me at 641-451-0527 to participate by phone. The link to the online survey is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ChristianResearch    
  2. Phase Two is a followup to the questionnaire and involves a personal interview with the researcher (Sylvia Richards). It could be in person or on Zoom. Completing the online questionnaire does not obligate anyone to be interviewed.  

Please invite all your friends in Jefferson County to participate in the online questionnaire. It is easy and fun! Talk to your friends, post on Facebook, or send an email. Thanks so much for your help!

Link to Facebook Live Replay

Thank you to those that attended our live broadcast Sunday! Here is a link to view the broadcast if you missed us!

Donate Money with Your Amazon Purchases

Fairfield, First United Methodist is now an option to select to send a portion of your Amazon purchases if you use AmazonSmiles. Click the link to start helping today!