Please Welcome Our Candidate for Associate Pastor, CHRISTINA (Chrissy) WESTBURY! The Associate Pastor Nominating Committee is delighted to recommend her to you as their enthusiastic and unanimous choice for the position of Associate Pastor. Chrissy comes to us from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She will graduate on May 14th with a Masters in Divinity and…
RICKMAN HOUSE Rickman House needs prizes for their monthly BINGO games. Contributions of dish soap, laundry detergent, shampoo, and other personal care items would be appreciated. There is a box in the church mailroom for your donations. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Volunteers are needed for Habitat for Humanity on Saturdays in June and July. We need volunteers for construction and for food/lunch. Mike…
IN OUR PRAYERS In Our Prayers: Please sign the Deacon notebooks (found in the Narthex and the Lovell Street lobby) as a way of sharing the love of our church family with members. Letters will be sent this week to Gary and Pamela Zandt, on the death of Gary’s sister Sue Doan, on the death of her mother, Dorothy “Dotty” Callander Tim…
Join the Health Ministry for our first group walk on Wednesday, April 26 at noon…meet at Bicentennial Park (SW corner of Kilgore and Lover’s Lane). No registration is needed and the distance will be determined by the walkers. Also don’t forget the CROP walk on Sunday, April 30. Watch the weekly church announcements for updates,…
Adult Christian Education Committee will meet in Room 301 at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 13. CHILDREN NURSERY: Infants and children up to age 3 are invited to our nursery on the second floor (ML) during Worship. CHILDREN’S CHURCH SCHOOL: Church School will meet today following the Moment for Young Worshipers. Our lesson: “A Palm Sunday Parade” is based on Matthew 21:1-11.…
The arrival of the joyful celebration of Easter, as well as the appearance of those little green leaves and crocuses, tell us that the annual miracle of spring renewal is here. The last week of April is designated as “International Earth Week”, and the Green P’s Committee would like to invite you to participate in several related special events at FPC or…
LENTEN CONCERT SERIES at FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo on Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo (212 S. Park Street) is offering a free Lenten Organ Recital Series on five Thursdays during Lent. The 50-minute concerts begin at noon and are open to the public. The concerts will feature a variety of organ music played by accomplished organists.…
Members of the congregation are invited to be part of an All-Church Read for Lent, which began on Monday, March 6. Together we will read the book Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer” by Richard Rohr, O.F.M. In his book, Father Rohr offers a personal retreat for those who hunger for a deeper spiritual life, but don’t know what contemplation is.…
Members of our refugee family, the Zamels, need assistance in gaining driving skills so they may become licensed. If you have experience in teaching others to drive—especially on the road practice—and would be willing to help, please contact Donna Schonveld at schonveld@comcast.net or call 598-3345.
The Health Ministries Committee invites all in need of healing—physical, emotional, spiritual—to come to a Service of Healing following worship on Sunday, April 30. The half-hour service will be in the East Transept and will begin as soon as the sanctuary is clear and quiet. Scripture, music, prayer, the laying on of hands, and anointing with oil will all be part of…