by Mary | Sep 17, 2024 | Featured, News
Guest Contributor: the Earth Care Committee Judith Campbell (chair), Phyllis Bird, Kathryn Calkins, Alex Chadwick, Eileen Chambers, Scott Fosdick, Marianne Griebler, Jason Lewis, Paula Scholl, Roxann Specht Does it really matter if we use plastic forks for the cake? ...
by Mary | Sep 3, 2024 | Featured, News
Are you looking for greater community at First Church? Are you an early Sunday morning riser and waiting for church to begin at 10:30? Do you wonder what God is telling us in our everyday lives? If you are asking one or more of these questions — or are just...
by Mary | Jul 9, 2024 | News
Our two summer interns introduce themselves and share their experiences at First Church. Ivy Joe Kuruvila I am from India and in my second year at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary pursuing a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree. While a summer intern at First...
by Mary | Jun 24, 2024 | Featured, Message
By Guest Writer Judith Campbell, Vice Chair of the Earth Care Committee On Saturday morning Phyllis Bird and I stood on the church steps at the Church Street Entrance with a big box to collect foam #6 for recycling. Most of us know it as styrofoam. It comes...
by Mary | Jun 11, 2024 | News
Summer worship began June 9 at 9:00am in the Memorial Garden with 70 persons gathered for outdoor worship. Many brought chairs; some borrowed them; and a handful of households opted for blankets. Two families with toddlers gathered together on the north side of the...
by Mary | May 14, 2024 | News
Join us this summer beginning June 9 for worship at our 9:00am outdoor service or at our 10:30am service in Tittle Chapel. This summer our two services will be very distinct in format. The 9am outdoor service will be conversational and reflection-focused; 10:30am...
by Mary | Mar 27, 2024 | News
For the 26th year, First Church will send a group of youth and adult leaders to spend a week in July serving with the Appalachian Service Project (ASP) making homes warmer, safer, dryer. Our youth are eager for this experience; we need your support to make it happen!...
by Mary | Mar 19, 2024 | News
Stories are powerful – powerful for the storyteller who reflects on meaningful insights, turning points, revelations, memories big and small and then articulates them into words. Stories are also powerful for the listener/reader who gains a close look of those big...
by Mary | Feb 22, 2024 | News
In the winter of 2023, a malfunction with our outer door access system required repairs and upgrades. Under the direction of Bill Brown, Omando Bastian who was serving in Interim Operations, and the Board of Trustees, the decision was made to replace our outer door...
by Mary | Jan 3, 2024 | Featured, Message
Other churches might envy the steady visitor traffic we have at First Church. We do not have trouble attracting visitors. Our challenge is welcoming and retaining them. Robert Crossman of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership proposes that worshippers pay attention...
