Bystander Intervention Training to Support LGBTQIA+ Grow more comfortable recognizing and interrupting LGBTQIA+ harassment using effective strategies for intervention. skills to identify various forms of LGBTQIA+ harassment and proven intervention techniques, led by Right To Be. Learn how to apply these intervention techniques to different scenarios with other allies committed to creating a more inclusive […]
The Earth Care Committee holds its monthly Styrofoam collection time at First UMC Evanston on the third Saturday of the month at the Church Street entrance between 10am and Noon. Material to be collected includes all clean No. 6 plastic foam. Acceptable items include disposable coffee cups; take out containers (such as clamshells); plastic plates, […]
Calling all Young Adults! Join us for our Potlucks every other week at 5:30pm. Feel free to bring your favorite side item or dessert! Contact Sydney Harkrider at sydney@faithatfirst.com for the location!
HOME (by Tim McKinley) is a musical-liturgical project being reprised by singers in Northern Il Conference and led by Mark Bowman, one of the first directors of the Reconciling Movement in the UMC to open the church to LGBTQIA+ folks and all! Two HOME worship experiences are being offered in the Chicagoland area on June 22nd […]
First Church's Children's and Youth Ministry programs are returning to Camp Wesley Woods in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, June 23-27, 2024. Join us for an extended five-day overnight camp experience suitable for children and youth entering grades 2-8 in the fall of 2025 as together we seek to create life-giving relationships and life-changing memories in Christ.
