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During the past year our session and staff have been working on a vision for our congregation. It's about all of us being committed to Jesus Christ and to the community of Christ at First Pres. We are asking everyone to join us and go ALL IN for the new...

Celebrate the Easter Season at First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn! We are excited to invite you to join us in observing this special time of year, during which we reflect on the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Whether you are a long-time member of our congregation or are...

The story of Abraham is as complex as it is ancient.  At the same time, we can see clearly in the story of Abraham many contemporary and timeless themes present in the journey of faith. Themes like: the call of God and the human response to God’s call on our...

Have you ever noticed the relationship between the words “characteristic” and “character”? Characteristics refer to the qualities of a person, place, or thing in order to describe it. Character is the make up or persona of a person. When we consider the characteristics or attributes of God, we are considering...

We read in the written accounts of the birth of Jesus that he was laid in a manger because there was no room for him in the inn. To this day, making room for Jesus remains an ongoing challenge for any who would seek to be his disciple. This Advent...

Long before followers of Jesus Christ were referred to as “Christians” they were known as adherents of “The Way.” There are multiple reasons for this. Jesus referred to himself as “the Way, the Truth, and the Life” in John chapter 14. The Gospel author Mark quotes from the book of...

Sometimes life feels like a struggle. Sometimes life is a struggle. This is not news to God; in fact, in the Old Testament, the Lord God names his people “Israel”- a Hebrew word that means struggles with, or wrestles with God. In Ephesians chapter 6 the Apostle Paul encourages the...

As a community of Jesus Christ, we stand in the aftermath of a historical movement of Jesus followers. Against all odds, the church of Jesus Christ was born amidst persecution by an imperial power, in a nowhere region, following an executed leader. But the Jesus Movement did not die when...

When the disciples recognized Jesus after the resurrection, they were filled with joy and awe. The phrase they exclaimed to one another was, “It is the Lord!” The earliest creed of the church was the simple phrase, “Jesus is Lord.” As we prepare to celebrate together the trajectory-changing event of...