We are blessed to have Pastor Sunshine as our pastor at Columbus FUMC. Her journey to ministry reflects a life rooted in faith, service, and a love for people.
Born in Montana, Pastor Sunshine is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. She has called Texas home for more than 44 years, where she built a life of service and community before answering God’s call to ministry.
Pastor Sunshine brings a heart for hospitality, a passion for caring for others, and a desire to help people experience God’s love. She welcomes all who come through the doors of Columbus FUMC and looks forward to walking alongside our congregation and community.
Debora started working as a Wesley Nurse in October 2011. Her office is located in the Family Life Center. She works with the community and congregation collaborating outreach programs and ministries. She also receives referrals from the LaGrange Tejas Health Clinic, Columbus Lion's Club, for vision assist, and the local Columbus Medical Clinic. She works helping to educate patients on their chronic disease conditions, provides a diabetic supply program to the underserved diabetics, along with helping patients find resources for their medical needs. Free blood pressure and glucose screenings are provided in her office or at other community locations. Currently she is facilitating two sitting exercise classes at Oak Bluff Village, and Courtwood Apartments in Eagle Lake. She also helps the food pantry give groceries to those in need. Please feel free to call her at her office 979-732-5275.
Our Team
Jill Jurica: Bookkeeper
Patsy Sobel: Pianist
Percy & Lily Waddle: Landscape/Janitorial
Beliefs
THE PRIMACY OF GRACE
Grace, simply defined, is God’s gift-giving nature – the powerful, undeserved, loving activity of God in human existence.
THE CENTRALITY OF JESUS
God’s initiative of love is uniquely and ultimately expressed in Jesus Christ. Jesus is literally “grace personified”.
THE NECESSITY OF CONVERSION
If Jesus is God’s ultimate gift of grace, then conversion is consciously saying “yes” to the Gift and “thanks” to the Giver.
THE GOAL OF MATURITY
The goal of the Christian life is to look to Jesus for guidance and look like Jesus in lifestyle; what methodists call holiness of heart and life.
THE PRIORITY OF MINISTRY
Ministry is meeting the needs of people with the power of Christ.
THE GUIDANCE OF SCRIPTURE
United Methodist Christians hold the Bible as God’s inspired and essential witness to God’s redeeming work toward God’s creation.
THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH
The Bible describes the church as “the body of Christ;” that is, the visible and communal expression of Jesus in the world.
CONCERN FOR SOCIETY
Jesus is God’s indispensable gift not only to individuals, but to all levels and expressions of human community. Marriages, families, neighborhoods, corporations, cities, states, governments and nations, and the whole earth need Jesus as much as any individual does.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTIPLICATION
The church of Jesus Christ is meant to be a movement and we believe that in order to be a movement we must multiply. We are committed to multiplying our impact through church planting and multiplication.
