Weekly Update for September 12, 2024
We hope everyone is having a fantastic week. Here are some updates for all the happenings around First for the week. We’re Kicked Off! We had a great Fall Kick-off last week! It was a delightful service full of worship and a consideration of Isaiah 5. We looked at how God has provided us a […]
Weekly Update for September 4, 2024
Summer is over!! I don’t care wha the calendar says. But that’s ok, because the Fall rocks, too. Fall Kick-off is this Sunday! It’s finally here: a celebration of new things to come with Fall Kick-off. It’s been an incredible summer of administrative updating, technology additions, remodeling and planning. And all that work is building […]
Weekly Update for August 28, 2024
Beat the heat with some cool facts about our cool church: September 8th Fall Kick-off Summer’s about over, but that doesn’t mean the fun has to end! In fact, the fun is just beginning with our line up of new Fall programming. Join us Sunday, September 8th for a special Kick-off worship service at 9:30 […]
Weekly Update for August 22, 2024
Fall Kick-off! It’s been a great summer season, but we’re ready to get back to our regularly scheduled program! Sunday, September 8, 2024 (just two weeks away) will be our Fall Kick-off, where we will remind ourselves of our mission as a local church and learn about the options for discipleship, fellowship, and service for […]
Weekly Update for August 15, 2024
Lots to cover this week, so let’s jump in! RightNow Media is available to you! Just a reminder that First has a subscription that allows any of our members (as well as any friends or family you’d like to add) to access RightNow Media for free. This is a “Christian Netflix” so-to-speak. It has shows […]
Weekly Update for August 7, 2024
Welcome to August! A lot is happening as we enter the last third of summer. Enjoy the updates… City of Portage Farmers Market Proposal As some of you already know, the City of Portage is interested in some portion of our property (half to all of the grass area east of the parking lot) to […]
Weekly Update for July 31, 2024
Hello, church family. Everyone enjoying the heat? Bethlehem Journey is December 12-14, 2024 For those who are new to First, Bethlehem Journey is a live production of the nativity and we are excited to bring it back this year (as well as our Christmas Eve service). As mentioned last week, the Team leaders have graciously […]
Weekly Update for July 25, 2024
Greetings from Lawton, MI! I got the opportunity to speak to a 150 grade school campers at Miracle Camp and Retreat Center this week, which included Robie Fletcher, my niece and kids from several area schools! What a privilege to share the Gospel with these kids. We’ve been studying the book of James together. Pray […]
Weekly Update for July 18, 2024
Greetings from Bayfield, WI! Don’t worry, there’s not much to report this week so I won’t spend much time “working”. Nikki and I are having a great get-a-way and are enjoying the beauty of Lake Superior. Today we sea kayak! Family Fun Night – August 12, 2024 Did you sign up yet for this fun […]
Weekly Update for July 11, 2024
Can you believe it’s mid-July already?? Here’s the latest info and summer happenings here at First: Fresh Emails for Teams As a part of our continuing updates for tech, we have cleaned up our email addresses for the Teams and ministries at church. We had many random emails that were not being used, so the […]
