19 November 2018

Downtown Mesa Is The Center of The Universe



 
Give a politician a microphone and that's what you get - a somewhat over-blown statement and a pep rally no matter what the occasion is. However, the congregation of The First United Methodist Church of Mesa was gathered to celebrate and mark the milestone of its local start-up in 1893 with humble beginnings inside a barn on Main Street and Stapley Drive. The Church has now grown and prospered into a 14-acre complex here in downtown at the SEC of Center Street & First Avenue.
That is the reason to celebrate a church that is open for everyone, not just a chosen few. A politician was not the center of attention at yesterday's 9:00 a.m. special worship service for the gathering of hundreds of the congregation inside the majestic interior of the The First Methodist United Church >
As you can see, it's one of downtown's not-so-small wonders with a soaring pipe organ behind the altar where the choir, pastors and Bishop Bob Hoshibata raised the spirits of  joy inside the sanctuary.
Mesa Mayor John Giles and his wife Dawn were part of the congregation of parishioners gathered on November 18th. He spoke afterwards at an 11 o'clock luncheon.
http://firstchurchofmesa.com/
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Here's a 04:37 streaming video uploaded to YouTube 3 days ago that was shown in the program preceding lunch inside Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church celebrates 125 years
Published on Nov 15, 2018. Join us on a journey through the last 125 years of First United Methodist Church of Mesa history
 

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In case you missed it 12 days ago, here's a well-written Special to The East Valley Tribune
Mesa church ringing in 125 years of worship
 
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