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...

Serving the Smallest April 24, 2019
The video showed a man kneeling beside a busy freeway during an out of control brush fire. He was clapping his hands and pleading with something to come. What was it? A dog? Moments later a bunny hopped into the picture. The man scooped up the scared rabbit and scampered to safety. How did the […]
Seeing the Light April 23, 2019
On the streets of Los Angeles, a homeless man struggling with addictions stepped into The Midnight Mission and asked for help. Thus began Brian’s long road to recovery. In the process Brian rediscovered his love for music. Eventually he joined Street Symphony—a group of music professionals with a heart for the homeless. They asked Brian […]
Second-Wind Strength April 22, 2019
At the age of fifty-four I entered the Milwaukee marathon with two goals—to finish the race and to do it under five hours. My time would have been amazing if the second 13.1 miles went as well as the first. But the race was grueling, and the second-wind strength I’d hope for never came. By […]
Washed Clean April 21, 2019
I couldn’t believe it. A black gel pen had hidden itself in the folds of my white towels and survived the washing machine, only to explode in the dryer. Ugly black stains were everywhere. My white towels were ruined. No amount of bleach would be able to remove the dark stains. As I reluctantly consigned […]

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