First United Methodist Church Poteau

06/24/2026

VBS 2026 is Almost Here!

Grab your hiking boots and get ready for an unforgettable adventure! Join us at Poteau First United Methodist Church for LIVE IT OUT VBS, a fun-filled summer camp-themed week inspired by the great outdoors, lake days, campfires, and discovering how to love like Jesus!🥾🏕️

When?
July 6-9
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Registration is now open, and we can't wait to see you there!

Use the link to sign up now!
Incoming Pre-K - 5th Graders

https://vbspro.events/p/a20bf2

06/22/2026

Reminder: Dinners With Love is this Thursday, the 25th. Serving is from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Dinners to go -- all are welcome! Spread the word!

06/22/2026

06/21/2026

DAILY MEDITATION | June 21, 2026 by Fr Henri Nouwen

One At The Wellspring Of Pain And Joy

From: The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society

When one has the courage to enter where life is experienced as most unique and most private, one touches the soul of the community.

The man who has spent many hours trying to understand, feel, and clarify the alienation and confusion of one of his fellow men might well be the best equipped to speak to the needs of the many, because all men are one at the wellspring of pain and joy.

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Reflection Question: Who might you be called to listen deeply to today?

'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
- Luke 10:27

06/18/2026

DAILY MEDITATION | June 17, 2026 by Fr Henri Nouwen

Come Home

From: A Spirituality of Homecoming

Jesus is the host who wants to gather us around the table, the Good Shepherd who invites his people to a table where the cup is overflowing (Ps. 23).

This is not a stern, harsh Lord, but the lamb of God who says, “Come into my home.”

We can read the whole Bible with this image in mind. God is continually inviting us to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of our life (Ps. 27:4). The Lord wants to be our home.

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Reflection Question: How might centering the image of God inviting us home affect your reading of Scripture?

One thing I ask from the Lord,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in his temple.
- Psalm 27:4

06/16/2026

Good morning from the Arkansas Annual Conference in Hot Springs! Incoming Pastor Desi, Pastor Jason ( Desi’s spouse at Mena, AR) and Pastor Susan say hello. We snapped a quick picture at the reception for the retiring pastors.

06/16/2026

Present and future, all in one picture!

So much joy!

Even more holy mischief in all their eyes!

What a holy, happy trinity of servant leaders...blessings they are...each and every one, Revs. Susan Whitley, Desi Sharp Brumit, and Jason Brumit!

06/13/2026

DAILY MEDITATION | June 13, 2026 By Fr Henri Nouwen

Heart Speaks To Heart

From: The Road to Peace

The spiritual life means that the Spirit of Love is given to us so that we can live with that Spirit within us.

With that Spirit in us, we are able to recognize the same Spirit in the world. The Spirit blows where it wants, so the Spirit is everywhere. It's in the people who are dying, people with AIDS, people who are broken, and people with disabilities.

To watch for Christ in the world is to see that the spirit within us recognizes the Spirit among us so that the spirit speaks to Spirit, heart speaks to Heart, love speaks to Love.

To watch for Christ is to be attentive to the presence of Christ in the world and in our heart. It's not a kind of emotional or intellectual gymnastics.

If we carry God in our hearts, we see God in the world.

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Reflection Question: How might you recognize the Spirit in your world today?

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
- Psalm 90:2

06/13/2026

DAILY MEDITATION | June 12, 2026 by Fr Henri Nouwen

Making Love Visible

From: Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety

It is God's love that allows us to love one another.

It is that first love that is the basis for all creative human relationships. It is that love that we want to make visible to each other, among each other, and with each other.

Jesus said, “Love one another because I have loved you first.”

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Reflection Question: Who are you struggling to love today and how might making space to connect with God's love help you to respond in more loving ways?

How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
- Psalm 36:7