by Mary | Jun 1, 2022 | Featured, News
For Immediate Release:Over a dozen Evanston congregations join forces to support Reparations On Jun 13, 2022 at noon at Fountain Square (1601 Sherman) in Evanston over a dozencongregations will launch their combined efforts to support reparations in Evanston across...
by Mary | May 11, 2022 | Featured, News
A final wave of fundraising begins Sunday for our summer Appalachia Service Project (ASP) mission trip. The 2022 ASP leadership team at First Church has a goal of raising $10,000. For the 24th consecutive year (with the exception of 2020), First Church will send a...
by Mary | Apr 28, 2022 | Events, Featured, Message, News
Anyone familiar with the First Church congregation knows that this faith community “expects and respects” (as one retired pastor says) questions about scripture, theology, and religion. It is no surprise, then, that we are a congregation of readers, with six...
by Mary | Apr 12, 2022 | Featured, News
Forty persons gathered at the church on Saturday, April 9, for the second ever “Mission Morning,” a collaborative effort between the Mission and Outreach, Fellowship, and Membership Committee. Like the first such gathering in November, this one elicited incredibly...
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 25, 2022 | News
After two years off from hands-on building and repair projects, First Church adults were happy to spend Saturday, March 19, serving with Habitat for Humanity in Lake County. The last adult work trip was in February 2020 on the South Side of Chicago and also with...
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. This info, the “Nom...
by Mary | Mar 15, 2022 | News
First Church’s February 27 worship service and $50,000 gift toward reparations in the City of Evanston have caught the attention of individuals, organizations, and the media locally and nationally. What seems to be most compelling to those who learn about this...
by Mary | Mar 6, 2022 | News
The Commission on the General Conference has announced that General Conference was further postponed until 2024. General Conference, originally scheduled for 2020, was rescheduled due to the pandemic to August 2022. General Conference is normally a quadrennial...
by Mary | Mar 3, 2022 | News
On March 1 the Nominations and Leadership Development Committee of First Church approved a proposal for a new Worship Commission. The proposal articulates the purpose and task of this new group as follows: An appointed body of 6-8 members representative of the larger...
