Reception in the Great Hall Pre-service in Glenna Hall

Friday, June 20, 2025 (4 p.m.), and Saturday, June 21, 2025 (wedding)

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 […]

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.