Church Calendar

JAN 12: Guest Speaker Bishop Sally Dyck, Resident Bishop of the Northern Illinois Conference
FEB 2: Faithful & Inclusive leads: "What's this conversation about and who is saying what?"
FEB 23: Guest Speaker Rev. Neal Christie Assistant General Secretary for Education & Leadership Formation at Church and Society. Rev. Christie will be speaking as part of Social Justice weekend. View the UM social principles HERE.
MARCH 1: What is The United Methodist Church and how does it work in its structure and governance?
APRIL 5: Review Proposed Plans for General Conference 2020
MAY 3: Preparing for GC2020
MAY 17: What happened? Now what?

All students in grades 7 & 8 are welcome in this class. Led by Jim Hagedorn.
Please direct any questions about the confirmation process to Jane Cheema at jane@faithatfirst.com.

Pastor Jane is sending out the link and instructions for our first virtual Children's Chapel! Note this will be on a platform that is not Facebook, and will be finished by the time 10:30 a.m. Virtual Worship begins.

Worship will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/faithatfirst/  and saved permanently there.  A link to the worship bulletin is included in the Facebook Event for that Sunday's Virtual Worship service.

This group meets most Thursdays to discuss a book relevant to progressive Christianity. See below for the selected books this program year and the currrent schedule.

This group is always open to new participants.  Join us! For more information, contact Dennis Damon Moore at djmoore1941@gmail.com. 

Progressive Christianity2019-20: Readings to Date

1.David Brooks, The Second Mountain: TheQuest for a Moral Life (2019), 384 pages. Random House hardcover: $16.80.

2.Elaine Pagels, Why Religion? A PersonalStory (2018), 256 pages. Ecco hardcover: $18.29.

3. DavidHollinger, Protestants Abroad: HowMissionaries Tried to Change the World But Changed America (2017), 408 pages. Princetonpaper: $21.00.

4. ThichNhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ:20^th Anniversary Edition (1995/2007), 198 pages. Penguin/Riverhead paper: $10.87.

5.Michael J. Sandel, Justice (2009), 308 pages, FSG paper: $16.00.

6. TaraWestover, Educated: A Memoir (2018),352 pages. Random House hardcover: $14.60.

7.Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Holy Earth: TheBirth of a New Land Ethic (1915/Centennial Edition, 2015), 144 pages. Counterpoint paper:$15.95.

8.Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others(2019).  256 pages.  HarperOne hardcover: $16.88.

9.Richard Rohr, The Universal Christ: How aForgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe (2019), 260 pages. ConvergentBooks hardcover: $16.22

10.  Tara Westover, Educated.

11.  L.H. Bailey, The Holy Earth.

12.  Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy.

All students in grades 7 & 8 are welcome in this class. Led by Jim Hagedorn.
Please direct any questions about the confirmation process to Jane Cheema at jane@faithatfirst.com.

Pastor Jane is sending out the link and instructions for our first virtual Children's Chapel! Note this will be on a platform that is not Facebook, and will be finished by the time 10:30 a.m. Virtual Worship begins.

Worship will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/faithatfirst/  and saved permanently there.  A link to the worship bulletin is included in the Facebook Event for that Sunday's Virtual Worship service.

Join us for the monthly men's breakfast at 8:00 a.m. via zoom.  For the link, contact 
Bob Roth at rroth422@gmail.com or Don Gwinn at d_gwinn@comcast.net.

This group meets most Thursdays to discuss a book relevant to progressive Christianity. See below for the selected books this program year and the currrent schedule.

This group is always open to new participants.  Join us! For more information, contact Dennis Damon Moore at djmoore1941@gmail.com. 

Progressive Christianity2019-20: Readings to Date

1.David Brooks, The Second Mountain: TheQuest for a Moral Life (2019), 384 pages. Random House hardcover: $16.80.

2.Elaine Pagels, Why Religion? A PersonalStory (2018), 256 pages. Ecco hardcover: $18.29.

3. DavidHollinger, Protestants Abroad: HowMissionaries Tried to Change the World But Changed America (2017), 408 pages. Princetonpaper: $21.00.

4. ThichNhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ:20^th Anniversary Edition (1995/2007), 198 pages. Penguin/Riverhead paper: $10.87.

5.Michael J. Sandel, Justice (2009), 308 pages, FSG paper: $16.00.

6. TaraWestover, Educated: A Memoir (2018),352 pages. Random House hardcover: $14.60.

7.Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Holy Earth: TheBirth of a New Land Ethic (1915/Centennial Edition, 2015), 144 pages. Counterpoint paper:$15.95.

8.Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others(2019).  256 pages.  HarperOne hardcover: $16.88.

9.Richard Rohr, The Universal Christ: How aForgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe (2019), 260 pages. ConvergentBooks hardcover: $16.22

10.  Tara Westover, Educated.

11.  L.H. Bailey, The Holy Earth.

12.  Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy.

All are welcome to join in the fun for Limitless Zoom Game Nights every Thursday from 7:00pm-9:00pm. We start the night by checking in with each other. We have played a several games of Trivial Pursuit with groups of 4 led by Matt and Stephanie Peters and a game of Pictionary using the white board on Zoom along with randomwordgenerator.com/Pictionary. 

 We plan to go back and forth between these games as well as finding other options that will work virtually. 

All ages and stages are welcome to the Limitless Group.   Interested?  Contact Stephanie Peters at Stephdeloney@gmail.com.

All students in grades 7 & 8 are welcome in this class. Led by Jim Hagedorn.
Please direct any questions about the confirmation process to Jane Cheema at jane@faithatfirst.com.

Pastor Jane is sending out the link and instructions for our first virtual Children's Chapel! Note this will be on a platform that is not Facebook, and will be finished by the time 10:30 a.m. Virtual Worship begins.

Worship will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/faithatfirst/  and saved permanently there.  A link to the worship bulletin is included in the Facebook Event for that Sunday's Virtual Worship service.

This group meets most Thursdays to discuss a book relevant to progressive Christianity. See below for the selected books this program year and the currrent schedule.

This group is always open to new participants.  Join us! For more information, contact Dennis Damon Moore at djmoore1941@gmail.com. 

Progressive Christianity2019-20: Readings to Date

1.David Brooks, The Second Mountain: TheQuest for a Moral Life (2019), 384 pages. Random House hardcover: $16.80.

2.Elaine Pagels, Why Religion? A PersonalStory (2018), 256 pages. Ecco hardcover: $18.29.

3. DavidHollinger, Protestants Abroad: HowMissionaries Tried to Change the World But Changed America (2017), 408 pages. Princetonpaper: $21.00.

4. ThichNhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ:20^th Anniversary Edition (1995/2007), 198 pages. Penguin/Riverhead paper: $10.87.

5.Michael J. Sandel, Justice (2009), 308 pages, FSG paper: $16.00.

6. TaraWestover, Educated: A Memoir (2018),352 pages. Random House hardcover: $14.60.

7.Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Holy Earth: TheBirth of a New Land Ethic (1915/Centennial Edition, 2015), 144 pages. Counterpoint paper:$15.95.

8.Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others(2019).  256 pages.  HarperOne hardcover: $16.88.

9.Richard Rohr, The Universal Christ: How aForgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe (2019), 260 pages. ConvergentBooks hardcover: $16.22

10.  Tara Westover, Educated.

11.  L.H. Bailey, The Holy Earth.

12.  Barbara Brown Taylor, Holy Envy.

All are welcome to join in the fun for Limitless Zoom Game Nights every Thursday from 7:00pm-9:00pm. We start the night by checking in with each other. We have played a several games of Trivial Pursuit with groups of 4 led by Matt and Stephanie Peters and a game of Pictionary using the white board on Zoom along with randomwordgenerator.com/Pictionary. 

 We plan to go back and forth between these games as well as finding other options that will work virtually. 

All ages and stages are welcome to the Limitless Group.   Interested?  Contact Stephanie Peters at Stephdeloney@gmail.com.

All students in grades 7 & 8 are welcome in this class. Led by Jim Hagedorn.
Please direct any questions about the confirmation process to Jane Cheema at jane@faithatfirst.com.

Pastor Jane is sending out the link and instructions for our first virtual Children's Chapel! Note this will be on a platform that is not Facebook, and will be finished by the time 10:30 a.m. Virtual Worship begins.

Worship will be livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/faithatfirst/  and saved permanently there.  A link to the worship bulletin is included in the Facebook Event for that Sunday's Virtual Worship service.