13 May 2021 0 Comment

Sign-Ups

Sunday Evening Outdoor Worship Beginning Sunday, June 6, at 5 pm, we will hold in person worship outdoors on the Plaza. This service of song and prayer is designed to last 30 to 40 minutes and is intended to bless you as the day closes...
11 May 2021 0 Comment

Limits

Author: Nicole Speer But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.” ~Matthew 16:23 “Where will your discomfort...
4 May 2021 0 Comment

Called to Courage

Called to Courage                                                                                                Author: Eric...
27 Apr 2021 0 Comment

A Teachable Spirit

Author: Chris Braudaway-Bauman “ . . . a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that truly is life.” I Timothy 6:19 As we prepare to emerge from the pandemic and come back together, church...
15 Apr 2021 0 Comment

HOPE: Light in the Darkness

Author: Larry Dansky Love bears all things . . .. hopes all things . . . So now faith, hope, and love abide . . . 1 Corinthians 13:7,13 Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu The...
9 Apr 2021 0 Comment

The Greatest of These is Love

Author:  Karen Hoover Love bears all things . . . hopes all things, 1 Corinthians 13:7 On Good Friday at 4:30 in the afternoon we entered the sanctuary, having made a COVID timed-entry appointment to see the Butterfly Memorial...
6 Apr 2021 0 Comment

In Memory

In memory of the more than 500,000 people who died from COVID-19 and in honor of their families and the frontline workers who have risked their lives in service to others, members and friends of First Congregational Church folded thousands...
6 Apr 2021 0 Comment

Agape

Author: Nicole Speer I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. ~John 13:34 A couple of months ago I was having tea with a friend when I saw a man walking down...
30 Mar 2021 0 Comment

The Story Doesn’t End Here

Author: Linda Kowatch Today we find ourselves in the midst of Holy Week. Just two days ago we celebrated Palm Sunday as Jesus entered Jerusalem under the triumphal cheers of “Hosanna!” Most of us know some of the other significant...
23 Mar 2021 0 Comment

Help Wanted

Author: Libby Black   At the annual meeting in March the question was asked: What percent of our pledges goes toward Mission and Social Action? My answer is, absolutely, 100%.    Church is a place where we learn to...