First Church 2022 Stewardship Campaign
Dear First Church Family, October 12, 2021 Our First Church worship committee chair, Peter Jabin, recently shared a translation of Psalm 78 that described…
Pastoral Letter: giving thanks, and looking forward
Dear First Church family, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It’s always good to begin with gratitude. I want to express my gratitude to the worship team at…
Support for Afghan Refugees & Haiti Earthquake Recovery
Grace and Peace First Church Family, We feel a sense of fragility as news of the devastation in Haiti continues to surface. We feel a deep heartbreak as…
Looking Forward to Livestreamed Worship
Dear First Church family, When I was a youth, “choose your own adventure” storybooks were all the rage. You would read a story about exploring a secret cavern,…
Pastoral Letter: “All are needed”
Dear First Church Community, As First Church begins to take steps towards gathering back together to worship in-person, we are reminded of another season when our congregation faced…
Pastor’s Column: A Rare Event
Dear First Church family, A rare event is defined as infrequent or few and far between. It is marked as being out of the ordinary. Unfamiliar. It is…
Pastoral Letter: There is Still Work to be Done
Dear First Church Family, After three weeks of witness and expert testimonies, and heart-breaking video footage, a jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder…
Pastoral Letter: Condemning the rise of anti-Asian Violence in the United States
Dear First Church family, grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ, This past year has made each of us more aware, perhaps more than…
Pastoral Letter: 500,000 as we begin 40 Days
As I write this letter to you, over 500,000 people in the United States have died from COVID-19. That number just takes your breath away, doesn’t it, as…
Pastoral Letter: Looking Back to Look Forward
Dear First Church family, The last six months since I was welcomed at First Church have been quite the whirlwind! From Zoom meetings at 4 in the morning…