by Liesl Hoeldtke | Jan 31, 2024 | Message
In this short book, Annie Proulx (author of The Shipping News; Barkskins) relates what interests her most about these often misunderstood landscapes, which were decimated in both Europe and North America in the past few centuries. For Europeans–both at home and in...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured, News
By guest writer Kathy Cheney-Egan on behalf of the Reconciling Congregation Task Force On February 9, 2014, FUMC Evanston made a somewhat formal but very important decision. We decided to become a Reconciling Congregation in the United Methodist Church which by...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Jan 10, 2024 | Featured
As a young woman, Jane Goodall was the first person to study great apes in the wild. Her subject animals were Chimpanzees of Africa, and her observations had a broad impact on the study of animal behavior.Today, Jane Goodall travels the world with the message of...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Dec 6, 2023 | Message
A Message from the Earth Care Committee While you are observing your holiday traditions, the Earth Care Committee has some suggestions for reducing the waste they often generate. When hosting parties, use your china, glassware and cutlery instead of plastic or paper...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Aug 31, 2023 | Message
The word in the Potawatomi language for the soft grass that grows near sun-filled meadows is wiingaashk, what author Robin Wall Kimmerer describes as the “sweet-smelling hair of Mother Earth” while also noting that its scientific name, Hierochloe odorata, means “the...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Aug 31, 2023 | Events, News
The First Church Earth Care Committee holds a Styrofoam collection on the third Saturday of each month from 10:00-noon at the 516 Church Street entrance. Material to be collected includes all clean No. 6 plastic foam. Acceptable items include disposable coffee cups;...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Aug 31, 2023 | News
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” – George Washington Carver The Covenant Hike Group returns this fall and invites new participants who have a wonder of the...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Jun 22, 2023 | News
First Church is a venue for the Great Lakes Regional Convention of the American Guild of Organists June 25-28, 2023. Organists from around the region will gather for four days of concerts, workshops, and worship services featuring instruments throughout the North...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Jun 6, 2023 | Featured
As these two Children’s Ministry staff members step down at the end of the program year, we offer our thanks and gratitude for all of their good work. Below they reflect on and share their experiences. Rachel Shepherd, Nursery CoordinatorMy role in the...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Apr 26, 2023 | Featured
The Progressive Christianity Reading Group announces its final book selection of the program year. The group will discuss Do I Stay Christian? A guide for the doubters, the disappointed, and the disillusioned on Thursdays, May 4-25, at 1pm online. Brian McClaren,...
