Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom as we celebrate Earth Sunday. Peter Byrne will call us to worship and speak our Land Acknowledgement. Rev. Sam will share a time with our children. The First Church Choir will sing, “For the Beauty of the Earth,” accompanied by our guest...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we continue to celebrate the risen Christ in Eastertide. Jamey Moore will call us to worship with a poem. Rev. Sam will share a time with our children. Andrea Orozco of Interfaith Power & Light will offer a Moment...
Hannah Long-Higgins’ film “Speaking Their Names: Remembering the Enslaved People Who Worked This Land,” beautifully shows the historic All Saints worship service at First Church in October 2023. This 13 minute film features excerpts from Dr. Renee K. Harrison’s sermon and interviews with Meg Maguire, Rev. Amanda Hendler-Voss, and Antonio Austin, the Howard University Ph.D. student whose research uncovered the names of the enslaved...
Friends, What a glorious Easter we had last week! It was so wonderful to see so many of you for our beautiful worship service and then to celebrate our community with the exquisite pancake breakfast and the super fun Easter Egg hunt. We so hope you can join us this Sunday for a special service...
Artist Rafael Rodriguez will exhibit his work in our building March 17-April 14. We encourage you to take some time to view his art. His work powerfully tells the story of migration.
Join us in the sanctuary at 10:30 on Easter Sunday or click here to join us by Zoom as we celebrate Jesus’ victory over the grave and the new life of resurrection! We are grateful to welcome back the Gabrieli Brass Quintet. Rev. Laura Simmons will serve as our liturgist. Rev. Sam will invite our children and youth...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom on this Sunday of Palms & Passion as we welcome the Gabrieli Quintet and continue our theme, “Written on the Heart.” Peter Tracey will speak the words of acclamation to call us to worship, followed by a processional of palms during the...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom on this fifth Sunday in Lent. Lucille Dickinson will serve as our Lenten candle liturgist, reflecting on our theme “Written on the Heart as she extinguishes another candle, drawing us deeper into the shadow of this season. Rev. Sam will share a time with our children. The First...
Join us in the sanctuary at 7:00 PM for a Tenebrae worship service of shadows on Thursday, March 28th or click here to join us by Zoom as we remember Jesus’ final week and crucifixion. We will mark this holy evening with scripture readings recounting the betrayal, desertion, arrest, denial, and crucifixion. Following each reading, we will...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom on this fourth Sunday in Lent. Cindy, LaTayna, and Jonah Bohrer-Purnell will serve as our Lenten candle liturgists as they reflect on our theme “Written on the Heart” and extinguish a candle, drawing us deeper into the shadow of this season. Rev. Sam will share a time with our...
