Join us on Sunday, August 18 for a picnic at the church. We will start with a shortened outdoor service at 10am, then enjoy hot dogs, burgers, and veggie burgers along with potluck side dishes. People with last names starting A-M should bring salads or sides, and folks with last names...
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This coming Sunday, August 11, guest organist Andrew Monath will be playing 4 pieces of music on the organ! Andrew has selected the following piece’s to play throughout the service: PRELUDE – Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation – Purcell / arr. Jason Krug SPECIAL MUSIC...
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As we have entered into our early summer worship services, we have already been blessed with beautiful and meaningful June offerings from Old First family members Richard K., and Anna & Alexa S. As we enter into July, I thought I would share the musical offerings coming up, so you...
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Ok, so those of us who take the stairs in the Sanctuary building — especially those who do so without even thinking about it — you might not even realize that some of our co-worshippers use the elevator. For some, they couldn’t worship with us without the elevator. (It’s...
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The UCC Takes Some Strong Stances on Environmental Issues At the General Synod, three Resolutions were considered and passed relating to Love for the Earth. The one that we can all get our arms around and should consider adopting as a congregation is about stopping the use of foam...
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As we’ve moved into the slowing of summer months, the church office is working to have several repairs and cleaning done around the church. In July, we are hoping to get the carpet in the nursery replaced. We have also scheduled for the bathrooms in the social hall to be deep...
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Dear Friends: Even though I appreciate your interest in reading about a composer, or piece of music that I play for one of the services, this month I’ve decided to dedicate this article to all of you at Old First. Many of you may know that Sunday, June 9 is my last Sunday playing at...
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Starting next Sunday, June 16, worship service will move to 10am, and Sunday School will go on hiatus for the summer months. This will last until the beginning of September.
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Dear Friends: Another month has gone by and I’ll be coming to Old First on Sunday, May 19th to add organ to the music ministry. The postlude I’ve selected is called: “Tollite Hostias”- “Praise Ye the Lord of Hosts”, by Camille Saint-Saens...
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The Congregational Life SLG has begun discussing the church’s use of disposable paper/plastic products on Sunday mornings. As many churches and organizations work to reduce or eliminate the use of disposable products, Congregational Life would also like to begin this discussion...
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