by Mary | Jan 14, 2022 | Featured, News
After Dow Kirkpatrick was appointed senior pastor of First Church in 1962, one of his first acts was to invite his former colleague from Atlanta, Martin Luther King, Jr., to preach at his new church. After months of negotiation to find a date in King’s busy schedule,...
by Mary | Jan 7, 2022 | Featured, Message
It’s 7 a.m. with a windchill of 15 below in Chicago. The last of 20 overnight shelter guests left the building at 6:45 a.m. Used bedding, stuffed into large laundry bags, is ready for pickup; it will be returned, clean, for tonight. Two morning shift volunteers, along...
