We are delighted to announce that Sybil Donley has stepped into an expanded role as our Children & Middle School Ministry Coordinator, effective August 1! This newly expanded position builds on Sybil’s wonderful work with our children’s ministry to now include our middle school youth—a growth that
Read more →Our 2026 Sierra Service Project (SSP) team spent the first week of August in Del Norte County, California —ancestral land of the Tolowa Dee -ni’ people. They helped build safer structures, tended gardens that nourish communities, and restored sacred lands. To explain more about the history of
Read more →Our Prayground made its debut during worship on July 19, and many families have already enjoyed the worship tools available for children in the Sanctuary. We will continue to observe how children are using the space and how we can adjust before all our families are back
Read more →The preschool typically hosts three to six weeks of summer camp. We listened to the community, and we are doing nine weeks this year! We’ve been having lots of fun with water play, chalk, basketball (we have had a large interest in basketball this year!), projects including
Read more →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 →Faith formation at FCC is designed so our children can build on their understanding of faith concepts and choose how they might love God, their neighbors and themselves. In Kids Community, we’ve been learning about how we can feel safe like a chick under a hen’s wing
Read more →As the 2026 school year comes to a close, our preschool reflects with gratitude on the wonderful memories made, the meaningful connections built and the love that continues to grow within our community. We are especially grateful that our dedicated staff members have chosen to return for
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At FCC during social hour, connections meals, and other special events, our children have enjoyed playing games with our members, volunteers and visitors. Do you have any games gathering dust or take joy in buying new games to share? Let’s incorporate them in our social times! We
Read more →Our Children’s Ministry Coordinator Sybil Donley has been invited to join the UCC 2026 “Love of Children” Cohort. The program is funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment’s Nurturing Children Through Worship & Prayer Initiative. Love of Children aims to nurture a supportive community of practice
Read more →In Kids Community we’ve introduced The Homework, which is a memory piece that captures some essentials of Faith: Every time our kids can say even part of The Homework, we clap and cheer for them. They may start to challenge their grown-ups to see if they know
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