We are selling olive oil and other items produced in the West Bank and Gaza to help support family farms, to aid food security, and to promote peace in the Holy Land. We are taking orders through December 10th, 2023 for mid-December delivery (local DMV only). Please see the ordering instructions below. Al’Ard Organic – Al’Ard was started to support Palestinian farmers...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom on this Commitment Sunday as we draw our stewardship campaign to a close. The Gabrieli Quintet will provide beautiful music. The Rev. Laura Simmons will reflect on our theme “Because of You, Our Church Changes” lives as a stewardship testimony. Special guest Rev. LaShauna Austria will...
As we journey toward Christmas, we anticipate Christmas flowers decorating the sanctuary. We invite you to order a plant in honor or in memory of a loved one whose name will be listed in the Christmas Eve worship folder. Please complete either the digital form or the paper form enclosed in worship folders, beginning November...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom on Sunday as our children share the gift of song, Rev. Sam preaches, and we continue our stewardship theme “Because of You, Our Church Changes Lives.” Thaddaeus Elliott will call us to worship with a stewardship testimony. Our Children and Youth Choir...
Reflection on stewardship from First Church member Kim Darling Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth. Rates of suicide among youth have increased by 35% since 1999. More than 20% of all teens and 45% of LGBTQ+ teens considered suicide last year. Rates are higher for unhoused, Black, and Indigenous youth. Teens...
Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom on this communion Sunday as we continue our theme “Because of You, Our Church Changes Lives.” Meg Maguire will call us to worship with a stewardship testimony. Andrew Hamilton will lead us in the prayer of confession and words of assurance. The...
Join us at 10:30 on Sunday morning in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom as we mark All Saints’ Sunday and speak aloud, for the first time, the names of the ancestors who worked as enslaved laborers on the land on which our church now sits. Karen Pence will call us to...
Join us at 10:30 on Sunday morning in the sanctuary or on Zoom for worship. Rev. Sydney Avent will call us to worship with a stewardship testimony reflecting on the theme, “Because of You, our Church Changes Lives.” Rev. Sam will share a message with our children. Nan McConnell will serve as our scripture reader...
Thoughts on this year’s First Church Commitment Season theme: “Because of you, our church changes lives” The world is in flames. Now, more than ever, the world needs the church. To complete the tautology, for that reason now more than ever the church needs you. The theme of this year’s Commitment Campaign, “Because of you,...
As we launch the Stewardship Campaign this Sunday, October 15, I want to thank Rev. Karen Byrne for sharing her thoughts about stewardship as we reflect on generosity as a spiritual practice. Supporting First Church allows us to think together as a community about providing sufficient resources to ensure our church can change lives. Throughout...
