Heat Respite 2026
Heat Respite Cooling Center June 1 - Aug 10. First Church: Sun - Wed; Grace Lutheran Thurs - Sat.
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.
Healing Circles 2nd Sun and Wed
Navigating grief through life loss and change. Grieving and healing your way.
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.
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
American Teenager Book Launch
From an award-winning journalist comes a vivid and moving portrait of trans and nonbinary teenagers across the country, following their daily triumphs, struggles, and all that encompasses growing up trans in America today Nico Lang (they/them) is a nonbinary award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience covering the transgender community’s fight for equality.
Healing Circles 2nd Sun and Wed
Navigating grief through life loss and change. Grieving and healing your way.
Bike Coop
Monthly gatherings to receive donations, repair bikes and plan future events.
Ash Wednesday
6:30 - 7:00 pm drive through ashes and 6:00 pm worship service @ New Hope
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
On December 24, First Church UCC will gather for a beloved tradition: our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. This sacred evening invites us to pause, reflect, and celebrate the birth of Christ with warmth, music, and light.
Even in the darkness, the light calls us forward.
Featuring heartfelt reflections from Chrissy Dart and Liz Warren, whose stories illuminate the power of memory, and resilience.
Yoga Nidra
Discover Yoga Nidra—a guided journey into deep rest and stillness that renews the body, calms the mind, lifts the spirit, and awakens inner healing.
Carols and Cookies
Mark your calendars for Carols & Cookies on December 19! Join us for a heartwarming evening filled with festive music, sweet treats, and joyful community spirit. Whether you love to sing along or simply savor the sounds of the season, there’s a cookie (or two!) waiting for you.
A2A
Calling all people with different abilities, disabilities, mental illness, caregivers, and allies.
Please join us at a meeting to embark on a journey of value and inclusion.
