Fairmont United Methodist Church • Raleigh NC

Families Helping Families - Fairmont folks provide a Christmas meal and gifts/gift cards for several families in the Family Promise program. Family Promise of the Triangle began in 1994 as Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network (WIHN), providing church-based emergency shelter and meals to Wake County families experiencing temporary homelessness. Since then, they’ve expanded the services they offer to include prevention, rapid rehousing, on-site emergency shelter, transitional housing, and two post-shelter stabilization programs. If you or a group of you would like to provide Christmas (meal & toys) for a family LINK HERE to the sign up genius, contact Henry Jarrett at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or sign up at the Sign Up board.

Robeson County Church and Community Center Christmas Store: They are partnering with their local county- wide school system and sponsoring the 246 students who have been identified as homeless or housing insecure. This could encompass those living in campers, vehicles, hotels or in other unstable living conditions. Please bring unwrapped gifts to the church library by Sunday, December 8. Read more for a list of Toy/Gift Recommendations.

Thursday, December 12
    Cocoa & Caroling - meet under the oaks at 6:00 PM for neighborhood caroling, followed by cocoa and cookies.

Sunday, December 15
    Special Christmas Music by the Chancel Choir at 11:00 AM Morning Worship
    Sunday Night LIVE! - 7:00 PM, Christmas Program featuring The Women of Faith, Men’s Recovery Choir and Fairmont
    Gospel Revue

Sunday, December 22
    Morning Worship - 11:00 AM,  an impromptu Christmas Pageant retelling the Christmas story with children,
    costumes, and props.
    Sunday Night LIVE! - 7:00 PM

Tuesday, December 24
    Christmas Eve Service - 5:00 PM, Communion, Brass, Candlelight, and more!
    Dinner in the Fellowship Hall following the service.

Sunday, December 29
        Service of Lessons and Carols at 11:00 AM morning worship and at 7:00 PM Sunday Night LIVE!

Order online, use THIS LINK, or use the paper form available in the Narthex to order your poinsettias: Red & white 6.5" for $11. Drop filled out form in the offering plate; deadline to order is December 9.

Discover Fairmont Class -- If you would like to know more about Fairmont, get a tour of the church, get more involved, or maybe even join the church, talk to Pastor Scott after the service, or email him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. A class or time of conversation can be organized soon.

Just one more Mission Lunch - proceeds will go toward our Connectional Giving and is sponsored by the Church Council. The last Mission Lunch of 2024 will be Sunday, December 8 in the Fellowship Hall immediately following morning worship.

Our congregation, Fairmont UMC, is a "Lighthouse Congregation" of The North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church in partnership with The United Methodist Collective and the Office of New Faith Communities. Our Church Council met on March 9 and voted to become a Lighthouse Congregation! In doing so, not only do we commit to remaining a part of the United Methodist Church, but we also commit to serving those who have lost their church homes through disaffiliation or closure.

We are committed to this work in the following ways:

• Worship: Providing worship opportunities whether online or in person. These services should be intentional about engaging and welcoming new people into the fold.
• Discipleship: Creating space to learn and grow, through small group gatherings, Bible studies and prayer opportunities.
• Mission: Inviting fellow United Methodists into opportunities to serve through hands on ministries. This can include things like backpack ministries, community gardens, literacy and C4C programs, or anything that involves making a difference and sharing the love of God with others.
• Sacrament: Communion will be offered at least one Sunday a month, but also may include invitations to communion outside of traditional worship such as mid-week gatherings and in small groups.
• Pastoral Care: Offering care such as hospital visits, gatherings at coffee shops, and finding ways to be available to those who are in need of pastoral care. This is not just the responsibility of the pastor, but includes ways in which the congregation may engage in visitation ministries, meal trains, and communications ministries.

Learn more about Lighthouse Congregations here: https://nccumc.org/umcollective/lighthouse-congregations/

We are still experimenting with the sign up process to find the "sweet spot" of keeping the Little Pantry full, without creating a situation where our wonderful volunteers drive to the church only to find it already overflowing!

Please consider signing up as yourself, your family, a Sunday School class, or other group. If you live too far away from the church to fill it, but would like to participate, please consider purchasing a Food Lion or Aldi gift card, and we will find a volunteer who lives near the church to partner with you as your shopper.  Filling the pantry costs approximately $50  (for staples) to $75 (for more ready-to-eat meals). Please remember to check the expiration dates, if you're pulling food from your own pantry.  

Need more info? Contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 919-412-3230.  Ready to sign up?
Use this LINK to Volunteer.

New Feature for our Website and email newsletters: We are going to feature voices from the congregation sharing their experiences of Fairmont events, service, and community fellowship. Over the next few weeks we'll hear from Ken Dulaney about the Book Study, Amanda Rhodes about volunteering at the Wilson Temple UMC Food Pantry, and from Susie Mallard Barnes about Fairmont's mission lunches.
We now have "Our Stories to Tell" under the "Journey Together" tab.