During the Advent and Christmas Season, our congregation receives the last of our denomination’s four special offerings. In keeping with the joy that has come to the world through the Christ Child, the Babe of Bethlehem, we gladly dedicate this offering to support two special groups of people in our Presbyterian family. One-half of the [...]
The Protestant part of the Christian Church family has historically identified October 31st (All Hallow’s Eve) as Reformation Day because on this date in 1517 Martin Luther, a Catholic Monk, posted his famous 95 Theses on the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany. This year at First Church we will celebrate Reformation Sunday during worship [...]
Dear Christian Friends, World Communion Sunday (originally called World Wide Communion Sunday) originated in the Presbyterian Church, USA. In 1936 for the first time, the First Sunday in October observance was celebrated in Presbyterian Churches in the U.S. and around the world remembering our oneness in Christ. Since 1980, when the Peacemaking Offering began, our [...]
