AI: Tool or Terminator
"AI: Tool or Terminator, a study of Magnifica Humanitas" for five weeks on Tuesdays.
Music re-Members our Grief - Contemplative Service
Featuring vocalists Carly Bates (keys) and Matt Charest (guitar).
Grief can leave us feeling scattered and disconnected from ourselves. Music does not erase our sorrow or force us to move on. It creates room for tears, longing, anger, memory, and love. A song can hold what is too heavy to explain and remind us that our grief does not need to be carried alone.
Art Share
After worship join us for Art Share 2026. Performance and Display Art that heals. Bring a dish to share for the potluck.
Healing Circles
Grief is the air we breathe as we experience loss and death on a regular basis. Whatever you might be grieving, the healing circle empowers you to be your own best healer as each person shares their story. Meeting once a month for 4 sessions, Sept - Dec. Orientation is Sun Aug 23 at noon after worship.
Living Water: The Seasons of Creation
Every Drop is Sacred with Rev Doug Bland (storytelling) and Pastor Susan (Message)
Living Water
When the wells run dry with Rev Doug Bland (storytelling) and Pastor Susan (Message)
Author Dora Rodriguez
Join us for a powerful and inspiring time with Dora Rodriguez, nationally recognized speaker, author, humanitarian, and advocate for migration justice.
In 1980, while fleeing civil war in El Salvador, Dora Rodriguez was one of only thirteen people found alive after a catastrophic crossing of the Sonoran Desert.
Living Water
The River of Life with Rev Doug Bland (storytelling) and Pastor Susan (Message)
Special Congregational Meeting
Amend Bylaws to increase the Moderator Term from 1 to 2 years and hearing general updates on ministry and plans for First Church UCC PHX.
PET BLESSING
Celebrating the Feast of St Francis and World Communion Sunday.
Bring you furry and slithery friends to worship with us and they can receive a special blessing.
Celebrate World Communion Sunday with breads from around the world.
Día de los Muertos
Celebrate our ancestors on the ofrenda. Special guests Calpulli Aztec Dancers and Potluck
Young Adults
Join us for a young adult Story Circle led by Loree, The Healing Project at First Church
Living Water
Becoming Springs of Living Water with Rev Doug Bland (storytelling) and Pastor Susan (Message)
Music re-Members our Joy
Featuring Joshua Santa Cruz, Music Director at First Church for 9 years.
Joy is more than happiness or the absence of struggle. Joy can rise in the middle of uncertainty, gather us into celebration, and return us to the goodness of being alive. Music awakens the body, lifts the spirit, and invites us to delight in one another and in the beauty still present in the world.
Music re-Members our Stories
Featuring Kendall Gilder on guitar.
Music awakens the body, lifts the spirit, and invites us to delight in one another and in the beauty still present in the world.
Music re-Members our Beliefs
Featuring Kendall Gilder on guitar.
The songs we sing shape what we believe. They give language to our deepest values, questions, hopes, and understandings of the Sacred. Sometimes we sing because we believe; other times we sing until belief becomes possible again. Music helps us remember the faith we have inherited while inviting us to imagine a faith wide enough for who we are becoming.
Music re-Members our Connections
Featuring Bailey Zick on steel pedal guitar.
Music reminds us that we belong to one another. A band becomes music only when its members listen, respond, make room, and trust one another. Each person brings a distinctive sound, yet together they create something no one could make alone. Music reconnects us with community and reminds us that every voice matters.
Celebrate your Pride
Join us for worship as we celebrate our Pride. Wear your expression of pride. Christopher Schouten will share on Beyond the Binary.
Beyond the Binary: Embracing Both/And
BEYONE THE BRINARY: EMBRACING BOTH/AND
The Contemplative Way helps us navigate a fearful world. We will learn how to see through awareness, letting go, acceptance, and moving beyond the binary. Join us for worship live or virtual in June 2026.
Acceptance: Making Peace with Reality
ACCEPTANCE: MAKING PEACE WITH REALITY
The Contemplative Way helps us navigate a fearful world. We will learn how to see through awareness, letting go, acceptance, and moving beyond the binary. Join us for worship live or virtual in June 2026.
LETTING GO: LOOSENING OUR GRIP
LETTING GO: LOOSENING OUR GRIP
The Contemplative Way helps us navigate a fearful world. We will learn how to see through awareness, letting go, acceptance, and moving beyond the binary. Join us for worship live or virtual in June 2026.
AWARENESS: WAKING UP TO WHAT IS
AWARENESS: WAKING UP TO WHAT IS
The Contemplative Way helps us navigate a fearful world. We will learn how to see through awareness, letting go, acceptance, and moving beyond the binary. Join us for worship live or virtual in June 2026.
Heat Respite 2026
Heat Respite Cooling Center June 1 - Aug 10. First Church: Sun - Wed; Grace Lutheran Thurs - Sat.
Charity Lockhart - Guest Vocalist
Pentecost Sunday with Golden Buzzer winner Charity Lockhart and fire eating Rev Doug Bland
Easter
9:00 AM: Children Easter Play. 10:00 AM: Easter Egg Hunt. 10:30 AM: Celebration Service with brass.
Mourning Light - Grief Workshop
Grief Education: Join grief expert Shea Darian for practical tools for navigating the grieving process.
Holy Week Service
Contemplative Holy Week Service: Palms to Handwashing, Communion, and Good Friday