Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner

Top ‘o the mornin’ to all. Our St. Patrick’s Dinner was a great success. Thanks to all who attended. A special thanks to all of you who worked so hard to make this...

Missions

The Missions committee would like to thank everyone for their donations and help during the month of February. We are still hoping that the money contributions to Missions will increase. As Christians of...

Musical Happenings this Month

GOT TALENT? We want YOU to be a part of the First Church Talent Show – Sunday April 28th 3 pm All Ages, all talents welcome! If you can rap, dance, sing, juggle,...

Support the Food Pantry

The Christian Education Team would appreciate your help… in striving to support our local Food Pantry. While we can always use canned and dry goods, seems there is a serious shortage for other...

Rosie’s Place Collection

Grace Schultz has chosen First Church and Rosie’s Place for her Senior Project for National Honor Society. She will be collecting Hats, Mittens, and Scarfs here at First Church and delivering them to...

Fundraising Team

Congratulations and thank you to Bonnie Hadaway VanBuskirk, Beth Kitson, Francine Palmer, Jane Hodge, Linda Bean, JoEllen Graham and Gail Sim for taking on the challenge of coordinating and inspiring Fundraising. Kristen Schultz...

Trustee Message

Working for Christ The Finance and Buildings and Grounds members of the Trustee Team wish to extend a HUGE Thank you to those who so generously have funded Parsonage repairs. Donations of money,...

Deacons Corner

Greetings from the Diaconate!Hello from the Deacons Team! The Deacons Team reminds you that the 2019 Flower Chart is posted on the door of the closet. You can remember a special person or...

Stewardship

On November 18 our fall Stewardship campaign will come to an end as we accept and bless our pledges for the coming year. Stewardship means giving back to the church, caring for it...

Working for Christ

The Trustee Team will be providing the opportunity for everyone to work together to care for our church. The plan is to gather between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm the first Saturday of...

City Reach

City Reach and Barefoot Sunday are Upon Us! This Sunday, March 3rd, is Barefoot Sunday! Please bring your gently-used or new shoe donations to church with you. We would also appreciate new...

Transition Team Update

Thank you to everyone who took time to review our Church Profile. We have reviewed the comments which you have left for us and made a few minor additions and clarifications based upon...

The Blessing Is Coming March 25, 2019
A friend and I went for a walk with her grandkids. While pushing the stroller, she commented that her steps were being wasted—they weren’t being counted on the activity tracker she wore on her wrist because she wasn’t swinging her arm. I reminded her that those steps were still helping her physical health. “Yeah,” she […]
Singing in the Spirit March 24, 2019
During the Welsh Revivals of the early 20th century, Bible teacher and author G. Campbell Morgan described what he observed. He believed the presence of God’s Holy Spirit was moving on “billowing waves of sacred song.” Morgan wrote that he had seen the unifying influence of music in meetings that encouraged voluntary prayers, confession, and […]
Obscured by Clouds March 23, 2019
A rare super moon appeared in November 2016—the moon in its orbit reached its closest point to the earth in over sixty years and so appeared bigger and brighter than at other times. But for me that day the skies were shrouded in gray. Although I saw photos of this wonder from friends in other […]
Bearing the Burden of Wrongs March 22, 2019
On January 30, 2018, almost thirty-eight years after his conviction, Malcolm Alexander walked out of prison a free man. DNA evidence cleared Alexander, who had steadfastly maintained his innocence amid a myriad of court proceedings that were tragically unjust. An incompetent defense attorney (later disbarred), shoddy evidence, and dubious investigative tactics all put an innocent man […]

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