First United Methodist Church of Evanston, IL

Piano Tunings
2025-03-13 09:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Sanctuary

Mom's Night Out
2025-03-13 18:00 - 21:00
Join us for the Woman’s Club of Evanston Revue, “Life is But a Meme!” benefiting the Ted Fund. Ladies night is Thursday, March 13 at 8 PM. Doors open at 7:30 at the WCE clubhouse, 1702 Chicago Ave. Tickets are $50 each. Evelyn McGowan reserved a table for us. There are several seats left! Come for the songs and skits, laugh about Evanston and our world , support the all-volunteer cast, and benefit the Ted Fund! http://tedfund.org/ (a great cause!). We will meet for dinner at Prairie Moon at 6pm before the show. If you just want to come for dinner, please email Linda Federer at lfederer30@gmail.com.
You can pay Evelyn McGowan via cash, check , PayPal (em4mail@gmail.com), or please email for Venmo or Zelle. It’s always a fun event!

Apollo Chorus of Chicago Concert
2025-03-15 05:00 - 21:00
Thursday, March 13, 2025 rehearsal (evening, time TBD)
Saturday, March 15, 2025 concert (Brahms’ Requiem)
Will need dining room and Glenna Hall

Jerry Specht Memorial Service
2025-03-15 10:00 - 13:00 | Tittle Chapel

Peace Circle
2025-03-15 13:30 - 15:00 | Dining Room
Peace Circles are one way to join the separated. In areas of conflict and misunderstanding around areas of division, be it race, gender, age, sexual orientation and many isms that you may identify, it is a format of listening to each other’s stories by responding to prompts. This is an effort to join what divides and joins us in being a beloved community. I am requesting a sign up of a limit of 14 participants. Once people have registered, I will send information on the circle format.

New Member Sunday
2025-03-16

Creation Camp Informational Session
2025-03-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Room 34
Parents, caregivers, counselors and campers interested in learning more about this year’s Creation Camp are encouraged to join Children’s and Youth Ministry camp leaders after Worship on Sunday, March 16 for an information and Q&A session designed for new and returning families alike. Get informed and get excited before we get going!

Bundled Blessings diaper packing with Northfield Girl Scouts and moms
2025-03-16 14:30 - 16:00 | Room M

School Picture Day
2025-03-18 08:00 - 15:00 | Glenna Hall
Total Child will host a school picture day for current students. The photographer will set up and take photos in Glenna Hall.

All-Bach Organ Concert
2025-03-21 19:30 - 20:30 | Sanctuary
Dr. Brian Schoettler presents an all-Bach organ concert in observance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday. Included on the program is Bach’s monumental Passacaglia and, maybe the most famous work for organ, the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. The 7:30pm concert is free and open to the public.

New Members-First Friends Lunch
2025-03-23 11:40 - 12:40

Pat Kline's Celebration of Life
2025-03-29 | Sanctuary

ASP Sunday
2025-03-30

Handbell Choir Rehearsal
2025-03-30 10:00 - 10:15 | Sanctuary

Visitor Coffee and Tour
2025-03-30 11:30 - 12:30 | Glenna Hall
Curious to further explore First Church? Want to meet others in the congregation and tour the building? Visitors and others new and not-so-new to First Church are invited to stay after worship on March 30 or April 13 for a Visitor Coffee. The event will include informal conversation, coffee and snacks, and tours of rooms in the building where “the magic happens” (to quote Pastor Grace). Information on the Inquirers Class will be available. Please RSVP for either date here.
Questions? Please reach out to Mary Taylor-Johnson,
Director of Membership and Engagement, at 847-864-6182 or mary@faithafirst.com.

Music Ministry
2025-03-30 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-04-08 14:30 - 15:30 | Sanctuary

Evanston Lighthouse Rotary
2025-03-31 16:30 - 21:30 | Dining Room

Festival Choir Rehearsal
2025-04-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Choir Room
Adults and high school youth from the congregation and the community rehearse in preparation of Handel’s “Messiah” (Parts II & III) for the Festival Choir Concert on May 16, 2025. No audition is required.

Wedding
2025-04-04 08:00 - 2025-04-05 17:00 | Tittle Chapel
Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5, 2025 – Wedding Rehearsal and Wedding Ceremony

Dinner for Earth Care Committee and Special Guests
2025-04-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Glenna Hall

Earth Care Sunday
2025-04-06

Children's Council
2025-04-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Dining Room and Conference Room
Children’s Council acts as both a work committee and an advisory board to the Director of Children’s Ministry. The Children’s Council focuses on formulating and supporting the vision of our various children’s ministries. We consult with the Director of Children’s Ministries to plan the yearlong calendar. Under the umbrella of Children’s Ministries are the following programs: Sunday School, Chapel, Connect 456, Nursery, Summer Camps (Creation Camp, VBS, Family Camp), Fellowship Groups, Pageant, and holiday celebrations (e.g, Advent, Lent, Easter).

Bundled Blessings Diaper Bank hosting ETHS Community Serivce club for diaper packing
2025-04-10 16:00 - 17:30 | Room M
Bundled Blessings Diaper Bank hosting ETHS Community Service club for diaper packing on Thurs. 4/10, 4-5:30 pm in room M. Contact Nancy Brown at 847-271-1712.

Mom's Night Out
2025-04-10 18:30 - 20:30
Come Join us for some lively conversation and friendly moms of all ages!!!!
Every MOM is Welcome!
Julie Womack’s home with Jess Chadwick as Cohost
RSVP to womackjulie@gmail.com
Bring something to share if you wish – no guilt!

ASP Fundraiser Dinner
2025-04-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Dining Room
Come join us as our youth and adult volunteers tell you all about our annual Appalachia Service Project mission trip! We need your help to help the people of Appalachia! Please join us for a pasta dinner and consider our auction table so you can donate to our cause and get a gift out of it! Hope you’ll help our Youth Ministry go on ASP for the 27th year!

Children in Action
2025-04-13 12:00 - 13:30
Children in grades 1-6 are invited and encouraged to step into service on Palm Sunday, April 13 from 12:00-1:30 p.m., with lunch provided! This month, we’ll help inspect and sort plastic Easter eggs to reuse all we can for this year’s Easter Eggstravaganza before painting and decorating real eggs of our own! Registration required. See details and register here.

Bookends and Beginnings hosts author Colm Toibin
2025-04-15 16:00 - 20:00 | Sanctuary
Evanston bookstore, Bookends & Beginnings, hosts author Colm Toibin, for the paperback release of his latest book, Long Island. They anticipate 300 attendees. Program to begin at 7:00 with doors open at 6:00. Contact person for the church: Krys Juleen

Children's Ministry December Monthly Dinner
2025-04-16 00:00
Children’s Ministry Month Dinner Gathering, Contact: Colin McDonald, colin@faithatfirst.com

Labyrinth Walk During Holy Week
2025-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Memorial Garden
Labyrinth Walk during Holy Week: Walk the labyrinth at the church in our Memorial Garden during Holy Week. Walking a labyrinth is a spiritual practice that involves walking a path (at our church, a circular single path design) to the center and back out again. It can be a time for prayer, reflection and healing. Why walk a labyrinth? …to see life as a journey of faith, to quiet the mind and practice mindfulness, to gain insight and self-knowledge, to feel solace and comfort, to renew strength and perspective, to pay attention and be present in the moment. The labyrinth will be available to walk from April 16th-18th, Wednesday-Friday during Holy Week, from 12:00 noon-1:00 pm. A member of the Faith Formation Council will be there to provide information and help guide you. You may find your way to the labyrinth by entering the Church St. door or by entering directly through the outside gate off of Hinman Ave.
