From August 24, 2025 Sermon - Genesis 16:1-16 1) With whom in the passage do you most relate to: Sarai, Hagar, or Abraham? Why? What do you feel like you have in common with them? 2) Do you truly believe that God's grace can reach as far...
From August 17, 2025 Sermon - Genesis 15:1-241) When it comes to difficult aspects of our life, what sounds more appealing: a) answers to our questions about the circumstances or b) the presence of God even if we never understand? Given your answer, what makes...
Session Hello to our church community,For those of you that missed our most recent congregational meeting, a quick recap:We gave an update on the state of the church and some encouraging things from the last few months, including full sanctuaries on Sundays, a wonderful music ministry...
Outreach If you’ve ever gone on a search to find more details on our Outreach ministry partners (what orgs/individuals does FPC support, etc.), you probably didn’t find much. The Outreach Committee is working to resolve that by better utilizing our website, bulletin boards, etc. But for...
Worship I hope this newsletter finds you well and filled with the grace of God. As we navigate this season of transition without a lead shepherd, I want to share how I have seen God at work as I have had the responsibility of making sure we...
The Wheatons Update from the Wheaton family, EPC missionaries to an unreached people group in North Macedonia:We began 2024 in the middle of our team's planning retreat. Many good discussions were had and it was a joy to see deep alignment on values which impacted what...
Facilities As you have surely noticed, certain panels of our stained-glass windows have been disappearing and reappearing, one or two at a time, for the last few months. While this is somewhat inconvenient (special apologies to those of you who have had the sun in your...
Children and Family Advocacy Center Our October ministry partner spotlight is on CFAC. You might not be familiar with the acronym yet, but CFAC is an organization that First Pres has supported for several years now, only you might remember them as CAC. For over 20 years,...
Dogwood Literacy Council September in Siloam this year promises the confluence of two things I hold dear but have never tried to hold together, literally: Mums and Tacos! Now, I and you can get that chance on September 16th at the city's 2nd annual Hispanic Heritage...
