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Did you know that you can add military members or other people in need of prayer to our prayer lists?

Please click one of the buttons below to let us know how we can lift someone in your life up in prayer!

Progress has continued thanks to your generous support.

We added one new item to this update to replace the broken water fountain in the Fellowship Hall.   Altogether, 6 of the 9 items on the list have been funded!

Every gift—large or small—always makes a difference. 

Join us, Saturday, 12/05 from 9 AM to 11 AM, for our annual Breakfast with Santa Event.  There will be a photo opportunity and a craft along with breakfast. Tickets are $10.00 each for everyone 2 and up, under 2 is free.   Every person in attendance will need a ticket.  
Use the button below to purchase tickets. 

Join us on Thursday, November 12th at 1 PM for our first Work Party!  

Click the button below to sign up to volunteer the day of the event!

Please mark your calendars for Giving Tuesday on December 1. Thrivent has offered to partially match all gifts to First Church made on that day through their giving platform. This is part of a program where they will contribute $3 million to support organizations like us on that day. The gifts do not need to be for any particular program or purpose; they can be for: Completing (or catching up on) your 2026 pledge or offering, Christmas offering, A special project (like the bathrooms or wish list items), Prepay a portion of your 2027 offerings
 You don't have to be a Thrivent account holder to take advantage of this. Whatever you are planning on giving to the church between now and year end (or even next year), why not do it on December 1?  

Hi! Our next book club meeting will be on November 14 at 10:00 AM in the church library. We'll discuss The Wishing Bridge by Viola Shipman. Happy reading!

Thanksgiving Food Basket packing is planned for Thursday, November 19th at 9 AM. **Please note this is a change from past years** We will be collecting donations of non-perishable food items for Thanksgiving food baskets starting Sunday October 26th. Envelopes marked “Food Baskets” are available on the Welcome Center and can be placed in the basket or offering plate. Special Note: We need frozen turkeys for the Thanksgiving baskets. Turkeys can be dropped off in the freezer located in the Kitchen next to the fellowship hall.  Volunteers will be needed to pack the food baskets. Please sign up on the sign-up sheet located on Welcome Center.

Join us on Thursdays, beginning October 15th from 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM for our Men's Basketball at Kinsner Elementary School.

Do you have a bicycle (adult - or child-size) that could use a second life?

Please contact Pierre David and he will pick it up, repair it so that it is “like new” (if necessary), and then take to the Redeemer Crisis Center on W. 30th Street in Cleveland.