Worship with us this Sunday
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Worship with us this Sunday

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday. Rev. Jason Carson Wilson will reflect on our summer theme “A New Thing” as a call to worship. Karen Pence and Diane Brenneman will serve as scripture readers with focus texts from Genesis 42 and 45 (Joseph reveals himself...

Worship with us this Communion Sunday
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Worship with us this Communion Sunday

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Communion Sunday as we continue our summer theme, “A New Thing.” Member in Discernment, LaTayna Purnell will preach. Special music will be provided by Eric Olson. Susan Anderson and Nora Marsh will serve as scripture readers, reading Acts 8: 23-40.  Rev. Amanda and...

Worship with us this Sunday
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Worship with us this Sunday

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we welcome youth from the Minnesota Conference of the United Church of Christ to worship with us. Lindsay Swisher, our Assistant Moderator, will call us to worship with a personal reflection on our summer worship theme, “A New Thing.”...

Worship with us this Sunday
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Worship with us this Sunday

  Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we continue our summer theme, “A New Thing.” Rev. Amanda Hendler-Voss will preach and special music will be provided by the First Church Choir who will sing “The Storm is Passing Over.” LaTayna Purnell and Nan McConnell will serve as scripture readers. We will...

Worship with us this Sunday
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Worship with us this Sunday

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we hear the reflections of our youth about their service learning trip to Appalachia and continue our summer theme, “A New Thing.” Rev. Sam McFerran will serve as our worship leader, and Grace Campbell, who co-led the Appalachia service...

Worship with us this Communion Sunday
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Worship with us this Communion Sunday

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom this Communion Sunday as we continue our summer theme, “A New Thing.” Rev. Laura Johnson Simmons will serve as our worship leader, leading us in the prayer of confession and words of assurance. Special music will be provided by the Gabrieli brass...

Worship with us this Sunday
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Worship with us this Sunday

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom as we continue our summer worship theme, “A New Thing.” Erin Williams will offer a personal reflection as the call to worship. Andrew Hamilton will lead us in a responsive reading of Psalm 86:1-12, including a sung refrain. Robin Olson will provide...

Join Bible Workbench this Summer
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Join Bible Workbench this Summer

Bible Workbench is First Church’s regular adult Bible study. Each week we read a Bible passage (one of the lectionary readings for that week) together with a small set of secondary readings relating to that passage. We are a hardy band of seekers who come together with a shared sense of curiosity about the Bible...

Worship with us this Juneteenth Sunday
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Worship with us this Juneteenth Sunday

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom as we celebrate Juneteenth Sunday and our final Sunday with the choir before summer. Peter Byrne will lead us in the prayer of confession and words of assurance. Rev. Sam will offer a commissioning blessing for the youth before they...

Worship with us this Pride Sunday
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Worship with us this Pride Sunday

Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom as we joyfully celebrate Pride Sunday! Rev. Barbara Gerlach will serve as our worship leader. Rev. Jason Carson Wilson will offer a reflective call to worship. Riley Kiss and LaTayna Purnell, Member in Discernment, will serve as our scripture readers with focus...