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The Leavetaking Team hosted the first gathering to discuss Senior Minister Dan Smith’s upcoming departure from First Church, and now plans to proceed with offering opportunities to meet one-to-one or in small groups to hold each other’s thoughts, worries, ideas,…

As the Interim Search Team, we are tasked with finding a full-time interim minister, who will provide pastoral leadership after Dan leaves and as we seek to call a “settled” minister. We are following the UCC Call Process for interim…

An Ecclesiastical Council (EC) is the final step in the process leading to ordination in the United Church of Christ. The EC for First Church’s former Pastoral Associate Jaz Buchanan is taking place on Tuesday, April 9, at 7:00 p.m.,…

Fifty years ago, on Sunday, April 7, 1974, at 3:00 p.m., First Church Music Director Peter Sykes gave his first harpsichord recital. (He was a sophomore in high school.) To commemorate the occasion, Peter will present a virtual harpsichord recital…

Thank you to everyone who responded to our call for updated directory information. We have made all the changes in our database and have printed a limited number of paper copies of the new Parish List. You may pick up…

Dear First Church, I write with very sad news. Many of you know that Alice Kidder has been in and out of the hospital for several weeks for a range of health concerns and was experiencing significant decline in recent…

Formed almost one year ago, the First Church and Friends Welcome Corps Team has been preparing and waiting for our matched Welcome Corps refugees, Nuro and Idle, to arrive. The team recently learned that they are delayed indefinitely for unknown…

If you wish to donate memorial flowers for loved ones this Easter, please send the names of those to be remembered to Kirsten Manville in the First Church office by March 24. Contributions of $20 to help defray the cost…

First Church seeks to update our membership database with new information about YOU, including updated contact info like a new email address, phone number, or physical address. On Wednesday, February 21, all those in our directory database should have received…

On Sunday, April 7, 9:30 – 10:15 a.m., join First Church’s 5th graders to hear about their learning during this Church School year. Prepare by reading Stella By Starlight, a middle reader novel set in rural North Carolina during the…