Celebrate an Earth-Friendly Christmas

Celebrate an Earth-Friendly Christmas

As we anticipate the coming of the Christ Child this Advent, how can we live more deeply into our call to be good stewards of our earthly home? The Earth Care committee has a few ideas to make our Christmas celebrations more sustainable and just as joyful.   ·...
Our Story of Joining the Reconciling Movement

Our Story of Joining the Reconciling Movement

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...
Keeping Holiday Celebrations Low-Waste

Keeping Holiday Celebrations Low-Waste

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...
Earth Care Library Recommends: Braiding Sweetgrass

Earth Care Library Recommends: Braiding Sweetgrass

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...
Covenant Hike Group Returns This Fall

Covenant Hike Group Returns This Fall

  “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...
Organ Convention Comes To Evanston

Organ Convention Comes To Evanston

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...