First Congregational Church COVID Protocol change The FCC COVID Protocol Safety Team has continued to meet regularly to review the community COVID risk transmission data. Lane County’s risk level has decreased from Medium risk to Low risk, where it has remained for several weeks. We are a Mask Affirming Community. Anyone may decide that wearing a mask
Read more →Each year, Americans use 13 billion pounds of paper towels. We can drastically reduce that if we “shake and fold” and use one paper towel. Watch Joe Smith from Concordia University in Portland present a TED – Ed talk in 2012:
Read more →Breakfast Brigade Every Tuesday from 2 to 3:30 p.m., we will be making sandwiches in the FCC kitchen. Join us in making a difference any Tuesday afternoon. Recently, Eugene Catholic Worker (serving the homeless at Washington/Jefferson since 2003) was absorbed by Burrito Brigade in order to maintain
Read more →Inviting all parents to Sunday morning We Are Family gatherings. This is a time for parents to visit and connect with each other. We are self-led and topics range depending on the interest of those who attend (past topics have included discussion of the lectionary readings progressive
Read more →Saturday, April 29, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. We will be collecting plastics labeled #2, 4, and 5. Labels must be removed and the containers must be squeaky clean. We will also collect Styrofoam at this event. PLEASE NOTE: Sanipac and Lane Apex garbage services are currently
Read more →FCC has been involved in a ministry with the Annex Family Shelter for over 20 years. We have evolved with the program and its locations, always being flexible with the changes on location for the overnight guests and in providing food. This year we are providing dinner
Read more →The FCC Church Board has been busy working on three main tasks during the month of December. First, we organized a small Transition Hiring Team under the leadership of Martha Pitts. This team is charged with developing a job description for the Intentional Interim Pastor position. The
Read more →In November, Don Gall led a three-part adult education program on “Native Americans and the Christian Church.” The participants met for a fourth session to discuss possible responses. Then a small group of nine church members met again, forming a working group to carry the questions raised
Read more →Before you toss out your old clothes to make room for new, think about the best place to toss them. You’ve no doubt wondered if you should give your son’s old football jersey to Goodwill or put it in a rag bag. American clothing is an environmental
Read more →Music Ministries finished 2021 on a triumphant note, experiencing both our first major choral program and our first time singing without masks since 2019. It was an amazing feeling. But that feeling was short-lived, as the rapid spike of the Omicron variant in January of 2022 brought
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