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Praying for From Your Heart Ministries

March 7, 2019 By Rev. David Alexander Leave a Comment

Kerri Smith and her husband Jeff are members of our church and regularly attend our Saturday Night service with their family. Kerri is also the Founder and President of From your Heart Ministries. Here is how Kerri expresses the story of how this ministry was born. From Your Heart Ministries has been a journey of God […]

Thoughts from your pastor regarding General Conference

March 6, 2019 By Rev. David Alexander Leave a Comment

Dear First Family, The work of the called session of the United Methodist General Conference has come to an end. Delegates from around the world will be returning home in the days ahead, and the question that leaders all across our United Methodist connection will be asked is this, What was the outcome? If you […]

An invaluable gift to First Methodist Mansfield

January 12, 2019 By Rev. David Alexander Leave a Comment

Today’s post is an excerpt from my Friday E-note from January 11th, 2019 celebrating my friend and partner in ministry, Dr. Jim Conner. I hope you had the chance to read yesterday’s note from our Executive Pastor Dr. Jim Conner. Jim shared that after 42 years of pastoral ministry he has made the decision to […]

Welcome the Reyenga family!

June 28, 2018 By Rev. David Alexander 5 Comments

We are thrilled to welcome Shea Reyenga to our ministry staff as our new Minister of Evangelism & Teaching. Hailing from the Hoosier State, Shea was baptized at Topeka UMC in the heart of Amish country and grew up at Trinity UMC in Elkhart with his family. Shea came to Texas to do his undergraduate […]

How Humility Can Bring you Beyond the First Step

January 12, 2018 By Rev. David Alexander Leave a Comment

Today’s post comes from Jimmy Kinley, who regularly blogs at www.becomegreater.wordpress.com. Jimmy is a member of First Methodist Mansfield and recently shared this post with me. I am grateful for him allowing me to share it here with you. “‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, I […]

Prayers you might pray

September 8, 2017 By Rev. David Alexander Leave a Comment

This post is a supplement to the first message in our Talking with God message series and includes three historic prayers you might use in your own practice of prayer. Lord’s Prayer Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in […]