Please join us for the Fall Congregational Meeting at noon on Sunday, October 20, following the regular worship service. This will be a hybrid meeting with both Sanctuary and Zoom attendees. One key item will be an update from our Director of Music Ministry Search Committee. We will also have a year-to-date budget update. ...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom as we celebrate the baptism of Simon Hendler-Voss and mark Indigenous Peoples Sunday, concluding our fall theme, “Choose This Day.” Hannah Long-Higgins will call us to worship by leading us in a land acknowledgement. Simon will be baptized by Rev. Amanda and Rev....
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom as we celebrate World Communion Sunday and continue our fall theme, “Choose This Day.” Chandra DeNap Whetstine will lead us in a prayer of confession and offer words of assurance. Andrew Hamilton, Nora Marsh, and Dwan Reece will offer special music. LaTayna Purnell and Michael Enseki-Frank will serve...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday for worship as we welcome musical guests, the Relic quartet. Peter Tracey will call us to worship with a reflection on our fall theme, “Choose This Day.” Rev. Sam will share a time with our children. We will enjoy special music from...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom for worship on this Faith & Democracy Sunday. Sandy Sorensen will call us to worship with a reflection on our fall theme, “Choose This Day.” Three of our youth will reflect on democracy with the support of Rev. Sam. The First Church Choir...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday for worship. Nick McConnell will call us to worship with a reflection on our fall theme, “Choose This Day.” Rev. Sam will share a time with our children. We will enjoy special music from the Witness & Wonder Collective (Casey...
Cries, Comfort, Courage Too Deep For Word: The Persistance of Refugees, Displaced Communities, and Immigrants Barbara Gerlach shares the following about her upcoming art show at First Church, running from September 1 through October 20 with a special opening on September 8, Homecoming Sunday: “The attack of Hamas on Israelis on October 7, 2023, followed...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Homecoming Sunday as we greet old friends and welcome new faces to worship together. Special musicians will include Katie Koza on violin and the Gabrieli Brass Quintet. Chandra DeNap Whetstine, our seminary intern, will call us to worship with a reflection...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we welcome Tanya Wallace-Gobern as our preacher on this Labor Justice in the Pulpit and celebrate communion. Dennis Turner will serve as our Designated Musician. Rev. Sam will lead us in a litany for labor justice and...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we welcome the Rev. Laura Simmons into the pulpit and continue our summer theme, “Sowing the Seeds.” Thaddaeus Elliott will call us to worship with a reflection. Rev. Sam will invite our children forward for a blessing of the...
