Christian Education and Formation

Open Spirits

At First Church, we yearn to become as welcoming of God as God is of us. In the past, we prided ourselves on our Christian education programs. The Vision now asks us to think beyond education to formation—beyond knowledge about God to an experience of God and the formative practices of the faith that reach body, mind, and spirit. Through study and small group participation, through worship, art, and spiritual practice, our children, youth, and adults are exploring what it means to be friends with God.

Imagine a church that is as welcoming of God as God is of us, a church discontented with the status quo in its Christian life, a church that studies, prays, practices and praises with receptive hunger, deeper every day. Imagine a church that wants to know about God and to experience God, a church unafraid of diving deep and finding joy. Imagine a church that creatively accompanies and supports its children, youth and adults on the Way of Christ. Imagine a church that respectfully invites others to share its joy, know its Source, and enter the circle of love.

Imagine a church of open spirits, a church that is friends with God, a church of praise, practice, self-gift and proclamation: Imagine First Church in Cambridge!

From God's Vision For Us: A Way of Hospitality

• For Adults
• For Children and Youth
• Small Groups
• Havruta