Part 2 of a 2 part telling of the Offerings story.  Recorded live at a recent Offerings family meeting where members past and present talked about how we got where we are and where we go from here. 

Part 1 of a 2 part telling of the Offerings story.  Recorded live at a recent Offerings family meeting where members past and present talked about how we got where we are and where we go from here. 

In this episode Todd, Chad, Jim and Teddy sit down with Rev. James Williams, our Lexington District Superintendent, to talk about how United Methodist churches in general get pastors, and what happened here at First UMC over the last couple years. 

In this episode Todd, Chad and Jim sit down with Bill Mattingly to talk about our financial model, the simplicity it actually models, the trust we have at First Church and how it is more affordable to be One Church with Multiple Expressions. 

In this episode Chad, Todd and Jim sit down with Bill McKinney to talk about how First Church is both complicated as a whole and simple at the community level.  We talk about the difficulty in feeling like one and in how we communicate some really important information without it always being right in front of us.  

We are joined for this mid-summer special by Dr. Howard Snyder to talk about the connection between the rise of the church in the first centuries, the renewal of the church through the rise of Methodism, and what that means for First UMC today.  

Teddy, Todd and Chad talk through our heritage, our current realities, and why we will be crossing new streets in Lexington. 

Chad, Todd and Teddy talk about evangelism as a local project and the significance of our baptismal vows. 

We are joined by Cameron Bibb, Downtown Family Pastor, and Dr. Ruthann Reese, from Asbury Theological Seminary as we discuss what it means to serve in the church and in the world. 

In this episode we are joined by Drs. Ellen Marmon and Steve Martyn as we talk about "Grow" as part of our disciple making strategy.