Join First Church community members as a 2026 Dining Team Volunteer! Whether volunteering regularly or just one time, your gifts of hospitality and community building are needed as we welcome ~70 neighbors each Thursday evening at Soup Kitchen. Join the training and information session Sunday, December 14th from 12-1:30pm. RSVP requested by Friday, December 12th via Realm […]
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. […]
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. […]
