It's already the end of February, and that brings us to another great Community Meal! Invite a friend or neighbor to join in with us for dinner together this Sunday at 5PM, and a fu n activity. We were inspired by Valentine's day, to come up with a game show based on the theme! It will be a lot of fun you won't want to miss!

The Church Council will be meeting this Thursday, Sept 19. A copy of the agenda is available online. The topics include a recommendation on the Faith Community Pastoral Search, a Vision Team Update, and Council openings in the coming year. 

If you have a topic to suggest for a future meeting, or any questions or concerns, please direct those to the council member from your congregation. Please pray for the council as they meet for wisdom, discernment, and unity in decisions to be made.

Our Church Council meets monthly, generally on the third Thursday of the month. Coming up for 2024 we have several council roles open:

• Moderator, Assistant Moderator, Secretary

• Congregational representatives (for Faith Community and Common Ground) 

Council nominees should be a person who has joined in membership, and able to serve Butler Church as a whole. 

Thanks for joining us in prayer as we together discern leadership for the coming year. Click here for more info. 

This Sunday, February 23 is our All-Church Combined Service!  With our special focus on our partner agencies, and our own Dr. Andre Stephens, president of FPU, will bring the message. There will be worship in multiple languages and we will be taking a special offering as part of the service. The morning will start with a special Butler Cafe at 9:30AM in the courtyard celebrating January & February birthdays and anniversaries! The service will follow in the sanctuary.

We hope you'll come back again in the evening for a fun Community Meal, too!

We are part of a church family that goes far beyond Fresno! Each February we have a special focus on these local and global partner agencies of our Mennonite Brethren family: the US MB churches, the Pacific District Conference of MB churches, Multiply, and Fresno Pacific University and Seminary. This Sunday we will give a special offering for the support  of these agenc ies; our goal is $15,000. Thank you for prayerfully considering what amount you feel led to give. You can give online now to "MB Agencies Support" or bring your gift this Sunday. 

We give you all the teachers and staff who work there,

We give you all the students who study there.

We pray our schools would be places of great discovery, adventure and creativity. May they be places where students love to learn and where they learn to love, A place where every one is respected and all are deeply valued. (More....)

May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage month. Here at Butler Church, we’re blessed to worship together with brothers and sisters from several Asian cultures! In our Asian Grace congregation alone, we have members who are Khmu, Lao, Mien, and T’in! And beyond that we have Filipino, American Samoa, Korea, and Cambodian represented within our broader church family and congregations!  This article, written a few years ago from the perspective of a Korean-American pastor, provides insight on why celebrating AAPI histories, culture, gifts, and experiences is actually a form of worship.

If you do not have someone to celebrate the holiday with, let the church office know so we can be in touch with you. Please note that the church office will be closed Thursday and Friday,  November 28 & 29.  The church office is regularly open Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, and Fridays til noon. 

All the Butler congregations will be decorating the Sanctuary & Family Center on Saturday, November 30th, at 10am. Come join in the fun! (There will be goodies too!) If you are able to help, please let the church office know.

Pastor Connie has also prepared an advent devotional booklet! Copies will be available on Sunday if you would like to have a series of advent readings to follow and reflect on. We will conclude the advent season with our traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight service on December 24! 

Our Christmas Eve service on Tuesday, December 24 will be at 6:00PM. It's a great opportunity to invite a friend or neighbor! Each congregation will have a part in the service, and our children will also be singing. We'll conclude the evening with our tradition of singing carols by candlelight outdoors, weather permitting. We'll also have goodies to share following the service!

Thank you to the many who have been faithful in stewardship through regular financial giving. As we approach year-end, please consider making a special gift to Butler Church. Suggested designations are Amor y Fe and Common Ground. To count toward this year, all donations need to be received or postmarked by Dec 31st. Thank you.

New Year's greetings to all of our Butler family! As we enter this new season, may you continue to lean into Hope, share Peace, seek Joy, and live out the Love we have in Christ! 

We praise God for the many new faces we’ve seen during our Sunday school classes recently! We are now in need of volunteers to help during both service times. Thank you for pouring out to our children, loving on them, challenging them and most importantly teaching them about Jesus. If you are interested in volunteering, contact our Children's Ministry director, Maria Galvan!