First Congregational Church has a long history of valuing children, youth and families as a priority for ministry. This has been supported with an outpouring of volunteer care, coordinated effort and generous funding for events, activities and ministry to our families and to this neighborhood. Our denomination
Read more →Ten people gathered ’round the coffee table in the Sojourners Room in June to discuss Rev. Sarah Lund’s recent book on neurodiversity, Blessed Minds: Breaking the Silence About Neurodiversity. As a neurodivergent person herself, Rev. Lund has an upfront and personal understanding of the stigma associated with
Read more →It’s been just 6 months since FCC made a donation to Hosea Youth Services and Connected Lane County to help unhoused youth find a pathway to employment. The semi-annual report is impressive.
Read more →With gentle and repeated rains in the middle of June, gardeners could relax and turn off the auto sprinklers and timers for a few days. As the weather warms and possibly heats up extremely, we want to keep plants alive while not wasting water. The general message
Read more →According to the Oregonian, 70,000 people in Oregon have lost their supplemental food benefits or SNAP benefits in the past months due to cuts by the current federal administration. FCC’s Social Justice and Witness Committee is spending time this summer looking at the impact of these cuts
Read more →Significant effort is continuing in the church office (with new issues still being discovered) to clean up accounts and establish appropriate procedures. Regular reporting is still being worked out. The Finance Committee discussed simplification of reporting to the Board and Finance Committee. There was a suggestion that
Read more →Worship is key to our being a community grounded in Spirit. From the greeting at the door, to the Benediction, how we worship together matters. Your Worship Committee is sponsoring a survey to see how members of the congregation feel about the typical Sunday worship experience, both
Read more →June signaled a month of transition and continuity with annual changes of Board membership and our June Board Retreat and Meeting, the semi-annual Congregational Meeting with recognition of FCC high school graduate recipients of Elkins-Nelson Scholarships on the 50th anniversary of this endowed scholarship fund, plus continued
Read more →July 5Chosen JourneysMatthew 11:16-19, 25-30 July 12A House DividedMatthew 13:1-9, 18-23 July 19Wheat and WeedsTogetherMatthew 13:24-30, 36-43 July 26Weaving the FutureMatthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Read more →‘Ohana Youth Group will meet Sunday, July 12 at 12:30 p.m. at FCC and walk to a nearby restaurant for lunch together. We will gather in the lower parking lot and leave as soon as the SSP youth join us after their pre-trip meeting. After lunch we
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