FCC Endowment Committee – Friday Fun Fact, 3-3-23 Our Endowment Fund is money donated by the congregation and placed in investments to help provide for the church’s ministries. By protecting the core of those gifts, in carefully chosen stocks, we grow our Endowment fund. This allows us to
Read more →Greeting church attenders and new visitors on a Sunday morning is a vital part of creating a meaningful, welcoming worship experience. We all know how good it feels to be seen and invited into the community. And whether it’s catching up with old friends or making new
Read more →A small group convened January 26 to reimagine Pastoral Care at FCC. This group included Pastor Nancy, Youth Minister Mark Lindberg, Seminarian Beth Pfeiffer and Board Moderator Dan Close. The goal of this meeting was to discuss ways that the larger congregation could become engaged in pastoral
Read more →by Brenda Johnson Kame’enui Boreal forests comprise the ring of green around the northern edge of our planet, home to caribou, martens, lynx, moose, and other forest-dwelling creatures that rely on the pristine forests for survival, along with birds. A billion migratory birds that fly across North
Read more →Our new gathering time on Saturday evenings from 5 – 7:30 p.m. has been fantastic! We will continue hosting these gatherings once a month, with our next gathering planned for Saturday, February 25 (stay tuned for more details!). All middle school and high school youth are welcome
Read more →New book study: The Power of Kindness The Power of Kindness is an examination of a simple but profound concept. Piero Ferrucci, one of the world’s most respected transpersonal psychologists, explores the many surprising facets of kindness and argues that it is this trait that will not only
Read more →It is with great joy that I share with you the new development in my life. After 9 years of serving as Director of Children and Family Ministries, I have taken on a Title 1 Teacher position with the 4J School District and am teaching reading and
Read more →Dear Congregation, The Transition Team continues to work on behalf of the congregation to fill the position of Intentional Interim. The Rev. Dr. Nancy Ellet Allison will be with us through February 22, and we are working to find someone to join us as soon after that
Read more →Greetings from your FCC Board! January was another busy month in the life of FCC. Our worship services were full of life with attendance over 200 persons in the sanctuary and viewing online for many weeks. A highlight was the Service of Separation for Pastor Jonathan officiated
Read more →Priest, poet and scholar John O’Donohue, begins his poem “For a New Beginning” writing: “In out-of-the-way places of the heart,/Where your thoughts never think to wander,/This beginning has been quietly forming,/Waiting until you were ready to emerge.” These words aptly describe a part of the process this
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