Sunday School – All Summer

Sunday School will continue all summer for any child who is in attendance! We have had a great year, with many new faces joining us, and we look forward to keeping that momentum...

Thank You! Thank You!

Carnival rides, ice cream, popcorn, candy, friends and neighbors galore – The Olde Home Days Fair is coming to a close for another year! For over 65 years the family and friends of...

Strawberry Shortcake Festival June 3rd

First Church in Pembroke’s Olde Home Days Fair Committee will be hosting a Strawberry Shortcake Festival on Saturday, June 3rd from 1:00 – 3:00pm. Enjoy a Strawberry Shortcake, made with fresh strawberries, served...

Pancake Breakfast June 3rd

Something NEW at the First Church in Pembroke’s Olde Home Days Fair this year! The fair committee will be hosting A Pancake Breakfast Saturday June 3rd from 8-10am in the church Fellowship Hall....

H.O.M.E. – Orland, Maine

H.O.M.E. (Homeworkers Organized for More Employment) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1970 dedicated to keeping and enhancing the quality of life for low-income and homeless families. Through services, stewardship of resources, and...

West Virginia Workcamp

Warm, Dry and Safe Description The Cabell-Lincoln County Work Camp is a multicultural and relational Christian ministry designed to provide an experience in mission (home and church repair) for youth and adults in...

City Reach

City Reach is the opportunity for the youth and the adults in the church to learn about homelessness in Boston. The group spends a Friday night during the winter working in small groups...

Stephen Ministry

First Church supports an active Stephen Ministry program for its congregants and the wider community. According to their website (stephenministries.org) “Stephen Ministry is the one-to-one lay caring ministry that takes place in congregations...

Very Good! June 26, 2017
Some days seem to have a theme running through them. Recently I had one of those days. Our pastor began his sermon on Genesis 1 with two minutes of breath-taking, time-lapse photography of blossoming flowers. Then, at home, a scroll through social media revealed numerous posts of flowers. Later on a walk in the woods, […]
Soaking Up God’s Word June 25, 2017
When our son Xavier was a toddler, we took a family trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. As we entered the building, I pointed to a large sculpture suspended from the ceiling. “Look. A humpback whale.” Xavier’s eyes widened. “Enormous,” he said. My husband turned to me. “How does he know that word?” “He must […]
Here to Serve June 24, 2017
It was time for our church to commission a new group of leaders. To symbolize their roles as servant-leaders, the church elders participated in a memorable foot-washing ceremony. Each of the leaders—including the pastor—washed each other’s feet as the congregation observed them. What they did that day was modeled for us by Jesus Christ, as […]
Playing in Concert June 23, 2017
During our granddaughter’s school band concert, I was impressed by how well this group of 11- and 12-year-olds played together. If each of them had wanted to be a solo performer, they could not have achieved individually what the band did collectively. The woodwinds, brass, and percussion sections all played their parts and the result […]