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Calling Conversations ~ December 10, 13
Seeking your input! Let your voice be heard. Look for the Calling Conversation table to share your ideas with Transition Team members. Stop by after worship on December 3 and December 10, as well as Wednesday, December 13 at the Soup & Singing gathering. Members of the...
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Soup, Singing, and Sweaters Dec. 13!
Find your favorite Christmas Sweater, make a pot of yummy soup, and warm up those vocal cords! Join us on Wednesday, December 13. Soup will be ready by 6 p.m. and carols will start soon after. Sign-up via SignUp Genius below: You don’t want to miss this...
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Advent Candlelight Garden – Dec. 17
Wintertime in Oregon helps illuminate how the light and warmth that has been radiated externally throughout the seasons of spring, summer and fall can now be cultivated to radiate within us. A time of “Advent” is universal, for Advent means the coming or arrival of something important....
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Lay Discussion: Biblical Perspectives on Reproductive Choices ~ Dec. 17
What does the Bible say about family planning and abortion? Are there prochoice verses in the Bible? Two verses in the Torah are pro-choice, whereas one in the Wisdom Literature may or may not offer a contrary perspective. For anyone interested in the questions and controversies surrounding...
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The Giving Tree – gifts due Dec. 18
As has been our tradition for many years, the Giving Tree will again provide opportunities to help the less fortunate in our community during this holiday season. The organizations we will help this year include the Refugee Resettlement Coalition, Nightingale Hosted Shelters, Centro Latino Americano and ShelterCare....
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Third Act Lunch ~ Monday, Dec. 18
The next Third Act lunch is scheduled for Monday, December 18 at 11:30 a.m., in the Fellowship Hall. Don Gall will present a discussion question for the group to consider. Please plan to sign up on either Sign Up Genius or on the easel in the Church...
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Christmas Eve services ~ Dec. 24
Sunday, December 24 10 a.m. Christmas Pageant and music, including bells and other special musical offerings 8 p.m. Lessons and Carols Candlelight Worship with Festival Choir and other special musical offerings...
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Taizé Longest Night Service – Dec. 21
If you yearn for Advent’s invitation for quiet, reflections, simplicity and prayer, come and be with church community in the Chapel for the Advent Service of Taizé. This service of silence, readings and beautiful music is the perfect way to draw close to God and one another...
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Pastor’s Letter: The Surprise of Compassionate Listening
Friends, I began this Advent season in worship inviting us to wait and watch expectantly for the surprising ways, even amidst growing darkness, that Spirit can move. Knowing our deep stories, personal and collective, and how they shape what we can know or not know as true...
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Homestay Opportunities for JT in March 2024
Hello FCC Friends! My housing is covered through February of next year. Thank you hosts! I’m having great success in finding housing so keep it up with spreading the word! If you are going to be gone from your home for two weeks or more and don’t...
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YEAR ROUND IN THE COMMUNITY
The Interfaith Prayer Service
Interfaith Prayer Service provides a special occasion to pray for peace, cherish our loved ones, reflect upon the interconnectedness of all beings, and to uplift our hearts and minds in a safe environment for all. We bring together different faith communities in the spirit of harmony and growing appreciation, while nurturing confidence on the universal power of love and unity for all. Look at the IPSI website (http://interfaithprayer.org/) to learn more or to see this month’s theme. Free Childcare.
We meet in Eugene on the 11th of every month at the Main Sanctuary, 1166 Oak St., Eugene, Oregon (This is the First Christian Church building). 6:45 p.m. prelude music, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. service, followed by fellowship. Bring your family and friends!:
