April 20 2025

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April 20, 2025 • LIVE STREAM VOLUME: • When you connect to YouTube to watch the livestreamed worship service from home, please do two things: • 1) Turn up the volume control at the bottom of the YouTube screen, and • 2) Adjust the volume on your computer, laptop or other device. BOTH VOLUME CONTROLS need to be on and adjusted to the desired level. If you are still having problems with hearing the live stream at home, please let us know. (Note: We have increased the volume output from our sound system at church, which we hope helps.) • SUBTITLES: • If you would like to include subtitles to your screen, then please press the close captioning button [CC] hovering your mouse curser over the video • WELCOMING STATEMENT • The First United Methodist Church of Santa Barbara celebrates the diversity of all God's children and welcomes the unqualified inclusion of all people in our church. We acknowledge the pain of exclusion and discrimination in the church and seek to form bonds of healing and connection with our LGBTQ siblings. We invite all people of every race, background, sexual orientation, and gender identity to join us on our faith journey as we strive toward living more fully Christ's message of love. • OUR MISSION • Today we continue our devotion to creating disciples for Jesus Christ and making the good news available to anyone who desires to hear it. All preaching and teaching is grounded in Scripture, informed by Christian tradition, enlivened by personal experience, and tested by reason. Along with other Christian denominations, we believe in God – expressed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The United Methodist Church is part of the church universal. All persons, regardless of race, color, national origin, status, or economic condition, are welcome to attend our churches, receive Holy Communion, and be baptized and admitted into membership. • VISION STATEMENT • The vision of FUMC Santa Barbara is to provide a welcoming place where the congregation encompasses multiple generations, diversity is respected and celebrated, and commitments of faith lead to acts of mercy, social justice, and compassion. We encourage and support each person on their Christian journey of faith and offer a variety of ways of connecting with God through: • Fellowship and Caring Ministries • Understanding through Teaching and Learning • Mission, Outreach and Service • Creative expressions of Christian Faith • First United Methodist Church • 305 East Anapamu Street • Santa Barbara, CA • One License Number: A-734590 • https://www.fumcsb.org • #santabarbara #fumcsb

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