Inquirers Breakfast and Diaper Packing
2025-11-01 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Dining Hall
Inquirers and First Church friends are invited to help Bundled Blessings Diaper Bank by packing diapers for an upcoming distribution day. We’ll gather in the dining room at 9am for breakfast, then roll up our sleeves and get to work! Children and other family members welcome.
Interested? Please reach out to mary@faithatfirst.com.

Social Justice Intersections - A Sacred Remembrance: Evanston's first Black Resident, Maria Murray Robinson
2025-11-02 09:15 - 10:15
Social Justice Intersections – A Sacred Remembrance: Evanston’s first Black Resident, Maria Murray Robinson
Join in a discussion led by Melissa Appelt as we remember Maria Murray Robinson, Evanston’s first Black resident.
How did she arrive in Evanston? What do we know about her? How is her life interwoven with First United Methodist Church? What are the ways we can tell her story/our story as we approach our 175th anniversary?
Please join us on November 2 at 9:15 am for an overview of the possibilities and limitations confronting this historical challenge.

Stewardship/Finance Leadership Meeting
2025-11-02 11:45 - 12:30 | Glenna Hall

Adult ASP Trip
2025-11-06 - 2025-11-09
Join us this fall for Adult ASP, building community and making homes warmer, safer, and drier for the people of Central Appalachia.
Questions? Email: thegrantbailey@gmail.com

Faith & Parenting Class
2025-11-09 09:15 - 10:15
Sundays at 9:15am in Room 24. BEGINS NOVEMBER 9TH.
Does not meet on First Sundays of the month.
Faith & Parenting offers a space for parents of children at various stages to share and reflect on how their personal and familial faith journeys are nurtured and challenged through the vocation of parenting. Brief guided reflections based on scriptures from children’s Sunday School will accompany each session.
For more info, contact Colin McDonald, Director of Children’s Ministry, at colin@faithatfirst.com .

Youth Council
2025-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Conference Room

Faith Around The Table
2025-11-09 17:00 - 19:00
Are you hungry for meaningful conversation and deeper connection with your First Church community? Do you like to eat food? Then this group is for you! One Sunday a month from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, each group of 8 people gathers for a potluck meal and discusses a topic relating to faith and spiritual formation. Group members commit to meeting for six months. We’ve identified group leaders who will lead each group and host the first meeting with potential for others to host subsequent gatherings or use church space. Groups will launch in November. Come be a part of what others in the church have found to be deeply meaningful and nourishing!

Please email Andrew Schumacher (andrew.r.schumacher@gmail.com) for more info and to sign up.

Nominations Committee
2025-11-10 18:00 - 20:30 | Dining Room

Nominations & Leadership Development Committee
2025-11-10 18:15 - 19:30 | Dining Hall

Lantern Walk (Total Child families)
2025-11-13 07:30 - 08:30 | Memorial Garden

Church Council Meeting
2025-11-13 18:30 - 21:00 | Glenna Hall

Bottoms Up: Diaper Bank Fundraiser
2025-11-16 17:00 - 20:00
Sunday, November 16, 2025 at Double Clutch Brewing Company, Evanston.

Mozart's Requiem- Dress Rehearsal
2025-11-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Sanctuary

Mozart's Requiem
2025-11-21 18:00 - 21:00 | Dining room and sanctuary
Concert is from 7:30-8:30pm. More details to come!

New Member Sunday Walk Through
2025-11-23 09:30 - 10:10 | Tittle Chapel
Inquirers and First Friends gather before worship on New Member Sunday to review and walk through the liturgy.

New Member Sunday
2025-11-23 10:30 - 11:30

Stewardship Meeting
2025-11-23 11:30 - 12:30

Testing the OWL
2025-12-01 10:00 - 11:30

Soup Kitchen Leadership
2025-12-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Glenna Hall

Contemplative Practices Group
2025-12-01 10:30 - 11:30
Advent Contemplative Practices Group on Zoom:
In the 1960s, the well-known Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, brought contemplative practice out of the cloister into the realm of ordinary people. In the 1970s, Father Thomas Keating developed a form of contemplative practice called centering prayer; and John Main, a Benedictine monk, advocated a practice of contemplative meditation.
We will be utilizing the small group format for contemplative practice outlined in the book “Where Two or Three Are Gathered” by Rev. Daniel Prechtel with an emphasis on lectio (reading), meditatio (meditation), oratio (prayer), and contemplatio (contemplation).
The contemplative practice group will meet on Mondays, December 1st – December 22nd during Advent from 10:30am-11:30am on Zoom and will be facilitated by Glynis Doyle.
If you have any questions, would like to receive an outline of the format of the class, or would like to register, you can contact Glynis at dleedoyle@gmail.com.

First Wednesday Potluck & Christmas Movie Night
2025-12-03 17:30 - 19:30 | Dining Hall
Bring a side or dessert to share and join your church family for pizza and a movie at this special extended “movie night” edition of First Wednesday Potluck!

RSVP here!

Bundled Blessing Packing with FUMC Men's Group
2025-12-03 18:30 - 20:00

Skokie Library Diaper Packing
2025-12-05 15:00 - 16:30

Diaper Bank
2025-12-06 10:30 - 12:00

Congregational Care Meeting
2025-12-07 11:30 - 12:30

Congregational Care Christmas Bag
2025-12-07 11:30 - 12:30

Piano Tunings
2025-12-09 09:00 - 15:00 | Sanctuary ;Glenna Hall ;Dining Hall
Heat on. No work or cleaning during this visit

Advent Luncheon
2025-12-10 11:00 - 14:00 | Dining room and sanctuary
Advent Lunch – On Wednesday, December 10, at 11 am First Church members (and inquirers!) are invited to come together to celebrate Advent with festive music and lunch.
RSVP: here

Pop Up Soup Kitchen with Soul & Smoke
2025-12-12 14:45 - 17:45 | Kitchen ;Fountain Foyer ;Dining Hall
