This theme is an attempt to put our bodies proximate to others' experiences, so that we may be in solidarity and go and tell. To bear witness is to embody and encounter in the present and in the future. It requires us to be awake, to be present, to act with courage, and to tell the truth. We must bear witness to places of brokenness and injustice in the world, but as a people of a different way, the Way of Jesus; an alternate narrative in this world -- we also bear witness to awe. May this be a time of not looking away from injustice and going to tell about it. May it also be a time of finding awe in the everyday, and going to tell about it as well.
2024 LENTEN FOCUS: BEARING WITNESS
more about the theme
worship times
Typically, First UMC only gathers for in-person worship on 1st and 3rd Sundays, leaving other weeks for full participation in other faith communities or assembling meals for unhoused neighbors at The People's Assembly downstairs. Because bearing witness to genocide and poverty will wear us down, we will intentionally gather weekly:
February 18 March 10
February 25 March 17
March 3 March 24
Learn more about our Easter sunrise service here.
activities
Poetry for Palestine
February 16, 6-8pm
(Japanese American Solidarity with La Resistencia)
February 18, 1pm
Tacoma City Council
Mass Poor People's & Low Wage Workers' State House Assembly
March 2, 10am Assembly
March 16, 11am-4pm