09/01/2026
FUBC welcomes Rev Michael Harvey as our interim minister! He has a wealth of experience assisting congregations as they begin the process of finding their next 'settled' pastor. We look forward to his spiritual leadership. Here is the first of his weekly email messages. (If you would like to join the email mailing list to receive them as published, contact [email protected])
Hello Church!
September 6 is Communion Sunday.
The text for that Sunday is Matthew 18:15-20:
“If your brother or sister sins against you,
go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone.
If you are listened to, you have regained that one.
But if you are not listened to,
take one or two others along with you,
so that every word may be confirmed
by the evidence of two or three witnesses.
If that person refuses to listen to them,
tell it to the church,
and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church,
let such a one be to you as a gentile and a tax collector.
Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth
will be loosed in heaven.
Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.”
To think ahead about the message I have my interpretation of the well known text the Great Commission for your thinking.
Jesus speaks to his students:
Universal Authority has been given to me.
As you go into the world
Work with people
To create societies devoted to life-long learning.
Immerse those societies in the presence of God,
who created them and cares for them,
who came among them as one of them,
and whose very Life is upon them.
Instruct them in all my teachings.
Remember I am with you to the very end of your work.
Matthew (28:18-20)
Life-long learning lives in the questions.
Blessings, Pastor Michael
