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Come join the conversation! Each week, one of the pastors will reflect upon and ask questions of the focus texts for the upcoming Sunday’s worship. We invite you to read, reflect, and engage. Ask your own questions, or provide your thoughts on ours, in an email to the author if you’d like. Scripture is meant to be engaged in community, as we seek a way toward living our faith.

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. A letter will be sent this week to Gail Fitzpatrick-Fox for a recent hospitalization, recovering at home.

Walk Kalamazoo to Jerusalem

The Health Ministries Committee invites everyone in the congregation to get healthy by getting moving this spring! Join us in our ‘Walk to Jerusalem!’ We need to collect 3,589 miles to make our imaginary trek from Kalamazoo to Jerusalem. Get your walking shoes, swim suit, bike, cane, or walker ready!!! What kind of exercise counts?…

Isaac Banquet – RSVP by April 24

You are invited to attend the annual ISAAC Banquet, “Unity and Persistence” on Saturday, May 6. Seating begins at 5:30 and the Program/Banquet begins at 6:00. The Keynote speaker is Dr. Ruben Martínez, a nationally-known scholar on societal change and equity issues. The Rev. Robert Rasmussen (grandfather of Rob Bradford) and the Northside Ministerial Alliance will be given awards for their outstanding…

All-Church Read for Lent

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.…

Congregational Announcements – Week of March 26, 2017

SAVORING THE LECTIONARY: Sunday, March 26 Kurt Grossman will lead the Sunday morning Lectionary Study, beginning at 9:00 in Room 302. One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) The OGHS offering is collected each year during the week preceding Easter. This long-standing special offering benefits three specific ministries within the Presbyterian Church (USA). Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) receives 32% of the OGHS offerings…

First Presbyterian Church Weekly Calendar: March 19, 2017

Sunday, March 19 8:45am – All-Church Breakfast, Dining Room 9:00am – Lectionary Study, Room 302 9:15am – Reading Aloud, Room 300 9:30am – FPC Choir rehearsal, Choir Room 10:00am –  Childcare, Rooms 208 and 211 10:30am – Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45am – Children’s Church School, U.L. 10:45am – Youth Church School, L.Level 11:45am – Green P’s Forum, Room 314-315 12:00pm –…

Kalamazoo Public Library/Reading Together: March

The Kalamazoo Public Library’s Reading Together book for 2017 is Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. This is a book that lends itself particularly well to discussion and understanding of several currently relevant issues. You may visit http://readingtogether.us, or pick up a brochure at any…

Lenten Concert Series

First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo on Bronson Park at 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. Refreshments will be available following each recital. Free will offering.…

Self-Development of People

What is Self -Development of People (SDOP)? Self-Development of People (SDOP) is a ministry of the Presbyterian Church that affirms God’s concern for humanity. We are Presbyterians and ecumenical partners, dissatisfied with poverty and oppression, united in faith and action through sharing, confronting, and enabling. We assist the Presbyterian Church in carrying out its global commitment to work toward the self-development and…

Christian Education Updates – Week of March 19, 2017

Lenten Devotionals for 2017: A leaflet entitled “Lenten Devotionals” is available for FPC families at the church entrances. Please take only one per family. These devotionals are wonderful for personal or family meditations during Lent. Church School Teachers will meet on March 26th (not the 3rd Sunday of the month) at 9:30 in Room 301. CHILDREN Nursery Infants and children up to age…