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 Mary | Nov 9, 2022 | Featured, News
Once again, First Church will host the Interfaith Action Emergency Shelter for three weeks over the holidays, from December 25, 2022 to January 15, 2023 . Our congregation is one of nine faith communities involved this year. Interfaith Action of Evanston (IAE)...
by Mary | Oct 19, 2022 | Featured, News
The children’s entrance during the opening hymn on Rally Day 2022 was festive and full of energy as usual, with books in place of balloons. The church program year began with a “Peace Library Processional.” Church members and friends were encouraged to help the...
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...
by Mary | Sep 15, 2022 | Events, Featured, News
NOTE: Due to transportation issues, the Fisk University Choir Concert was rescheduled for Nov. 19. The following article includea the updated info. We are delighted to celebrate the 100th year of ministry of our Evanston partner Sherman United Methodist Church by...
by Mary | Sep 6, 2022 | Featured, News
For decades the strong partnership between First Church and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary has reaped benefts on both sides of Sheridan Road. For Garrett, First Church is a vibrant (and geographically convenient) training ground for seminary students who...
