Calling All First Church Elves

Mark your calendars and share with your friends – The First Church Holiday Fair is set for Saturday November 17th from 10:00am – 3:00pm. Fellowship Hall will be transformed into a festival of...

Working for Christ

Thanks to everyone who helped out with the clean-up of the CNK Play Yard last month. Over 15 people arrived after nine o’clock Saturday morning and pulled weeds, raked the mulch, painted the...

Stewardship Team

The Stewardship Team has begun meeting again after taking a short break during the summer so that we could rest, reflect, and return with fresh ideas and enthusiasm towards strengthening and supporting First...

Deacon Corner

The Deacons Team reminds everyone that the flower sign-up sheet is located on the closet door next to the stairs. Please help to beautify the sanctuary during worship as you honor a loved...

Support the Food Pantry

The Christian Education team would like to ask for your help to supply “Paper Goods” for October. Suggested items could be paper towels, napkins, paper cups etc. Please place the items in...

Thrift Shop

Thrift Shop – Thrift Shop – Exciting news – perfect for Christmas for that future “rodeo rider.” The Shop has been donated a Radio Flyer Rocking Horse in excellent condition looking for a...

Breeze Church Management System

You may have heard that you can set up automatic giving (or one time donations) through Breeze. If this is something that interests you, log into your Breeze account and use the “$...

Pancake Breakfast

First Church is again hosting a Community Pancake Breakfast on the FIRST Saturday of the month from September – June from 8-10am in the church Fellowship Hall. Drop by as you head off...

Mission Update

Here we are starting our Fall and Winter Seasons. Missions plans to set up our Pajama Clothesline the second week of October. Last year we collected 40 plus sets of pajamas for...

Thrift Shop

Thrift Shop – HELP – HELP needed – can you volunteer a few hours a month to help staff the Thrift Shop?? With summer on its way – vacations – holidays, etc., staffing...

Pastoral Relations Team

Pastoral Relations Team is now organized and meeting on a quarterly basis – January, April, June , October and is prepared to enhance the effectiveness of the Church’ s mission and ministry. Any...

Deacon’s Corner

Greetings from the Deacons Team! There is a flower sign up sheet located on the door of the Deacons closet. You may sign up to provide flowers for the altar in memory of...

Choosing the Trail October 23, 2018
I have a beautiful autumn photograph of a young man on horseback in the Colorado mountains as he contemplates which trail ahead to follow. It reminds me of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken.” In it, Frost ponders two pathways that lie before him. Both are equally inviting, but he doubts he will return […]
Treasure in a Pumpkin October 22, 2018
As a young mother, I was determined to document my daughter’s first year of life. Each month, I took photos of her to illustrate how she had changed and grown. In one of my favorite pictures, she is gleefully sitting in the belly of a hollowed-out pumpkin I purchased from a local farmer. There she […]
My Real Face October 21, 2018
For years, feelings of unworthiness and shame over my less-than-godly past had an adverse impact on every aspect of my life. What if others discovered the extent of my blemished reputation? Though God helped me muster up courage to invite a ministry leader to lunch, I strived to seem perfect. I scrubbed my house spotless, […]
Always Accepted October 20, 2018
After several years of struggling to keep up in her studies, Angie was finally taken out of her elite primary school and transferred to a “normal” one. In Singapore’s intensely competitive education landscape, where being in a “good” school can improve one’s future prospects, many would see this as a failure. Angie’s parents were disappointed, […]

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