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,...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Mar 8, 2023 | Featured
Calling all book lovers, storytellers, performers, and readers of ALL ages! Our Change for Change recipient, Erie Family Health Centers’ Reach Out and Read program, is leading its annual Reach Out, Read Out! Virtual Storytime Series this March. This...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Mar 8, 2023 | Featured
First Church’s Progressive Christian Reading Group begins a four-week discussion of Obery Hendricks, JR., Ph.D.’s Christians Against Christianity: How Right Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith on March 23 at their Zoom gathering. The...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Nov 15, 2022 | Events, News
The Progressive Christianity Reading Group will begin to reflect on/respond to Walter Brueggemann’s “Journey to the Common Good” (updated edition) on Thursday Nov. 17, and continues on Dec. 1, 8, and 15 at 1pm via Zoom. A copy of the book is available in the church...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Oct 26, 2022 | News
On Nov. 13, the focus of 10:30 worship is “How will we live our faith in this new chapter of the UMC?” Worship will feature youth, new adult members, and celebration of our congregation as a member of the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN). Helen Ryde,...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Oct 19, 2022 | News
We are delighted to welcome Rachel Shepherd as a member of the Children’s Ministry staff. Keep reading to hear from Rachel and learn more about what she is bringing to our family here at First Church! My name is Rachel Shepherd, and I come to the area...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Oct 18, 2022 | Featured
Please support Youth Ministry’s clothing drive for ESCCA (Evanston School Children Clothing Association) and their motto “No Evanston child should miss a single day of school for need of warm, sturdy clothing.” The clothing drives focusses on items especially...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Oct 7, 2022 | Featured, News
On October 16th, First Church will welcome Rev. Dr. Javier Viera, President and Professor of Education and Leadership at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary to preach for Bible Sunday. On the Sunday our third graders receive their Bibles, a rite of passage for...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Oct 6, 2022 | Featured
We are thrilled that First Church will be a site for Open House Chicago again this year and look forward to sharing the gem that is our church building with curious and interested visitors from around Chicagoland. Help provide hospitality for our guests...
by Liesl Hoeldtke | Sep 20, 2022 | Events, Featured, News
The Earth Care Committee invites church members and friends to conversation on the book “Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred” by Victoria Loorz. A spiritual director and cofounder of the Wild Church Network, Loorz, is the founding pastor of The...
