First United Methodist Church

Pastor Wayne is enjoying a well-deserved vacation. He will be back for the services on Sunday, July 11th and back in the office Monday, July 12th.

Hi, Summer is upon us and I’m sure you have many activities already on your calendar. I hope one of those activities will be to attend a gospel concert we will have on June 19. Rick Schiff will be here and share his talents and gifts in music. Rick was one of two organists we [...]

The flowers, grass and the trees, well just about all of nature is starting to come forth from their winter nap. It won’t be long and we’ll be mowing and planting a garden, which at the end of this winter sounds pretty good to me.

You, as I, have probably been watching and listening about the earthquake in Haiti over the last week (at the time I’m writing this).  The devastation and carnage is overwhelming and I limit myself greatly on how much information I allow myself each day.

Hi, It is hard to grasp a hold of the fact that we are starting another year already.  I’m not going to belabor “that time seems to goes faster as you get older” saying, but !!!!!!!!!!. 

The Parsonage Annual Open House will be held Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Stop by and join in the fellowship with the Pastor and his wife, as they open up their home for all to see. There will be delicious refreshments served.

Pastor’s Report Church Conference November 8, 2009 I am happy to report that after eighteen months we finally have the churches  and parsonage put back together from the storms.

Wayne’s Workbench October 2009 Jeremiah 6:16 (NLT) This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’

Wayne’s Workbench Southeast Kansas belonged to the Indians when John Baxter followed a handful of other white squatters to the area about 1849. The tall, gun-totin’ preacher built a trading post beside a gushing spring of pure sweet water, a circumstance that gave the city its name.

August 18, 2005 By Tony Coble News Editor of the Baxter Springs News New Minister answers God’s call Although Wayne Handle, the new pastor at the First United Methodist Church in Baxter Springs, felt called by God to preach even during his teenage years like many in the ministry, he didn’t respond to that calling [...]