by Mary | Apr 5, 2022 | Events, Featured
Here are the links for worship this Sunday: YouTube Livestream link is HERE. Register here to participate in person. Â Advance registration recommended for April. April 10 Worship Bulletin Welcome Folder (Virtual worshippers, please sign) Online Offering...
by Mary | Apr 4, 2022 | Featured, Message
The Earth Ministry Committee shares environmental stewardship practices for Earth Month and every month. Did you know? Industrial agriculture in the United States–the industry behind much of what you find at the grocery store–produces a large percentage of the...
by Mary | Mar 30, 2022 | Featured, News
Senior Pastor Grace Imathiu has announced that the 2022 Easter Offering is designed to support reparations in the City of Evanston. How did the decision get made? When did the fundraising start? Why important? MATT First Church donors, over 90 households, have...
by Mary | Mar 21, 2022 | Featured, News
The idea for the current Where Is God Calling You? inventory began in early 2020. The Nominations and Leadership Development Committee decided to create a tool to help individuals in the congregation identify their skills and passions. Â This info, the “Nom...
by Mary | Feb 25, 2022 | Featured, News
On Sunday, February 27th, 2022, at 10:30 am the congregation of First United Methodist Church (FUMC) will present a check for $50,000 to the Evanston Community Foundation (ECF), specifically in support of the Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston group. These...
by Mary | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, News
Welcome to the new First Church website, built during the pandemic and almost entirely virutally! We invite you to explore the site. You might check out the calendar, worship service information, our home page that welcomes visitors, the latest church news, summer...
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...
