What
matters
to you,
matters
to us.

What
matters
to you,
matters
to us.

What
matters
to you,
matters
to us.

Seek
Think
Grow
Explore
in Community

Seek
Think
Grow
Explore
in Community

Seek
Think
Grow
Explore
in Community

Serve
Participate
Work
Help
the City

 

Serve
Participate
Work
Help
the City

 

Serve
Participate
Work
Help
the City

 

Celebrate
Praise
Worship
Remember
the Holy

 

Celebrate
Praise
Worship
Remember
the Holy

 

Celebrate
Praise
Worship
Remember
the Holy

 

We are a church in the heart of the city, drawing people from the wider metropolitan area and coming together for the common good.  We seek to know God. We engage in service near and far.  We celebrate diversity and feel blessed by new challenges.  We care about the City.

The Easter journey is over, but maybe it is just beginning.  We are challenged to “leave the tomb.”  We have been told that Jesus is going out ahead of us to Galilee, to our city and challenging us to follow him. There we will see Jesus, just as he told us.  May our journeys now be transformed by the journey he took so long ago. Alleluia.

CLICK HERE to read about educational programs in our L.O.F.T. (“Living Our Faith Together”) schedule.

Sunday, May 20

9:15 am Bible Workbench
10:30 am Worship Sid Fowler preaching
Reception of new members (please speak to Sid if you want to join)
11:30 am Fellowship Hour in the Narthex
12 noon Adult Nurture program on Gun Control
read more about this Program
read more about the Gun Control Movement
6:30 pm HOLY CONVERSATIONS read about HOLY CONVERSATIONS

Wednesday, May 23

6:30 pm HOLY CONVERSATIONS with former moderators
read about HOLY CONVERSATIONS

Sunday, May 27 Pentecost

9:15 am Bible Workbench
10:30 am Worship Sid Fowler preaching
During worship the Christian Education program will be visited by Pierre Sanders of the L’Arche Community in Washington, D.C. Pierre, a Step Master and graduate from Voorhees College, is a live-in assistant at L’Arche. He will share his life with those who have intellectual disabilities, connecting our young people to a community outside our church but inside the larger city. Further information about the community at L’Arche can be found at: http://www.larche-gwdc.org/
11:30 am Fellowship Hour in the Narthex
12 noon First of two Adult Nurture programs on Aging
read more about the Nurture programs

 Sunday, June 3

9:15 am Bible Workbench
10:30 am Worship with Communion Sid Fowler preaching
11:30 am Fellowship Hour in the Narthex
12 noon Second of two Adult Nurture programs on Aging
read more about the Nurture programs

Thursday, June 7

5:30 to 7:00 pm FIRST THURSDAYS @ FIRST CHURCH
click here to learn more

Sunday, June 10

DC Pride weekend: Parade on Saturday, Exhibits on Sunday
Central Atlantic Conference UCC Annual Meeting weekend at the University of Delaware
9:15 am Bible Workbench
10:30 am Worship Bonnie Hardy preaching
Church School Recognition Sunday
Second Sunday Offering goes to Strengthen the Church
To celebrate LGBT Pride Weekend, teens from the Off the Wall Theatre Company will express their piece “Mind Set,” a multi media dance and musical interpretation of how cultural barriers impact individual expression. We welcome these talented and insightful teens into our midst by inviting people of all ages to worship together on this important Sunday. More information about the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D.C. can be found at: http://www.capfringe.org/who-we-are.html
11:30 am Fellowship Hour in the Narthex

Sunday, June 17

9:15 am Bible Workbench
10:30 am Worship Michael Joseph preaching
read more about Michael Joseph (his ministry in Columbia is directly supported by First Church)
11:30 am Fellowship Hour in the Narthex
noon Adult Nurture program with Michael Joseph
After church join a group going to a Nationals baseball game (the game is at 1:05)

HEADS UP ! ! ! . . . . . . . .  KEEP THESE DATES IN MIND (some are still tentative)
Sunday, July 1 All church potluck dinner after church (starting a new tradition for first Sundays)
Thursdays, July 5, August 2, September 6 etc. . . .FIRST THURSDAYS @ FIRST CHURCH
Sunday, July 15 A Service to honor/thank the construction workers who built our building
Sunday, August 5  Hiroshima Remembrance service
Saturday, September 8  Penn Quarter Festival
Friday and Saturday, September 14-15  Church Planning Retreat
Sunday, October 14 Fall Congregational Meeting

Click here to view the worship folder for our Dedication Celebration Feb. 26, containing prayers, litany of dedication and a hymn commissioned for the day.