Advent 2022 at First Pres
This Advent at First Pres…
Advent
All Church Advent Devotional 2022
We invite you to read the All Church Devotional on this page anytime, or download the file if you’d like to print any or all of the pages in this link.
Christmas Flowers
We decorate the church during Advent as a reminder that we have entered a new season of preparing our space and ourselves for the birth of our Lord, Jesus. You can help us welcome Him by contributing to the Christmas Decoration ministry, and make a donation in honor of a loved one. You can …
20th Annual Women’s Christmas Tea
Monday, December 5 5:45 PM Tea, Great Room 7:00 Christmas Program, Sanctuary This year’s Women’s Christmas Tea Mission Partner is the Josselyn Center, a nonprofit community mental health provider. To support our Tea’s mission partner, we invite you to bring monetary donations for the Josselyn Center, one of our church’s mission partners. If …
The Annual Christmas Pageant
The Christmas Pageant Sunday, December 18, 10:00 AM in the First Pres Sanctuary and on livestream First Pres children & youth will be leading the congregation in telling the Christmas story! If your family would like to participate in the pageant, roles include: sheep, angel or shepherd, manger characters, narrators, and scripture readers. Sheep, …
Advent Wreath Making & Dinner
Sunday, November 27, 5:00 – 7:00 PM, Fellowship Hall Our annual tradition of Advent Wreath Making and Dinner is back! Sign up below to join us in fellowship and make a special Advent wreath for your home! If you have any questions, you may contact Susan Noble at snoble@firstchurchlf.org, Pastor Jim Cochrane at …
Longest Night Service
Wednesday, December 22, 7:00 PM in the Sanctuary and live-stream on Online Church, Facebook, and YouTube → Download the Longest Night bulletin We have a tradition of gathering on the longest night, when there are more hours of darkness than light. It’s a time to come together for prayers and laments, to mourn the …
Carol Sing
Dress casually to church, and join us for a Christmas celebration with carols on Sunday, December 26!
Christmas Eve 2021
Join us for Christmas Eve worship in the Sanctuary or via livestream > Download Christmas bulletins here
Devotion, December 3, 2021: The Wonder of a Name
I have a collection of old family Bibles at home, some of which are well over 100 years old. There is my Confirmation Bible—the purple hardcover with my full name (including Gilbert!) embossed in gold letters on the front. There is the small Bible Dad carried throughout the South Pacific when he served as a …
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