YMEN Family Fun Night – Building Bridges Between Communities Friday, March 9, 6:45-9pm in the First Pres Celebration Hall (aka gym) All individuals and families are invited to share a potluck dinner and an evening of fun and bridge-building. After dinner, we’ll build bridges together out of Styrofoam board and…
Maundy Thursday Worship (March 29) 7pm | Chapel | A Communion service commemorating the new mandate “love one another” which Jesus gave to his disciples at the Last Supper. Includes “Taize” style music and prayer sung by choir and congregation. Nursery open. Good Friday (March 30) Noon-3pm | Prayer Partners…
Friday, March 9, 7pm at Grace Lutheran Church, 493 Forest Ave, Glen Ellyn The Irish band Tríréad performs a St. Paddy’s benefit concert for the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry. The trio includes piper Max Dunne, fiddler Ian King and vocalist Nora Byrd. Advance tickets are $15 and $20 at the…
First Pres is thrilled to be welcoming Blake Riboli as the Director of Student Ministries. In order to welcome Blake well, we’d like to give as many parents as possible an opportunity to meet Blake in an informal and warm setting. Below are a series of “Meet Blake” dates and…
March 4 & 11, 4:30-7:30pm, dinner and childcare provided Interested in taking the next step into the community of First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn? The New Members Class, led by Pastor Chris Griggs, will give you the opportunity to enjoy new relationships and to learn more about the mission…
Caring and providing for the needs of an aging parent is like hiking in the wilderness. A map and resources for the journey would be helpful. It is necessary to understand the ins and outs of Medicare, Medicaid, home health care, nursing homes, assisted living, of knowing it’s time to give…
Church Family, How rooted are you feeling today? I mean “rooted” in a good way; rooted in the sense of being firmly established, resistant to the winds of life, and able to draw nourishment from the soils in which you currently stand. We spent a lot of time in the…
Sunday, Feb. 25, 8:45-11:45am in the Gathering Place Sr. High students will host a bake sale to raise funds to purchase computers for the new STEM center at the Kamwenge Secondary and Vocational School in Uganda. The STEM center, which serves refugee and local children in Kamwenge, will be completed…
Sunday, March 4 (Classic Service): Choir with Orchestra Adults and teens: Have you always wanted to sing with an orchestra? Join us in singing “Libera Me” from the Faure Requiem. Attend 1 or 2 rehearsals & warm-up: Thursday, Feb. 22; rehearsal 7:30-8 p.m. Thursday, March; 1 rehearsal 7:30-8 p.m. Sunday, March 4; warm-up…
Church Family, Back in my youth ministry days, we used to use the phrase “Mandatory Opportunity” with our students to talk about some specific events. It wasn’t employed as a coercive term, just as a gentle reminder that there were some things that were so important that our participation in…
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