On Sunday June 10th, 2012, members of First Churches unanimously confirmed the Search Committee’s recommendation to call Reverend Todd Lowell Weir as First Churches’ next Senior Minister. Rev. Weir currently serves as part-time Interim Pastor at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Poughkeepsie, NY, as well as Program Director for Hillcrest House, a multi-service homeless residence. [...]
Please save February 9, March 9 and March 23 on your calendar in 2013. Each of these Saturdays will be a four hour dialog session about our congregation’s future. Margaret Keyser, the consultant who worked with First Churches regarding the Center for the Arts proposal, will be continuing work she began with the congregation last [...]
We worship together on Sunday mornings at 10:00. Child care is available during the academic year, with the Rainbow Room providing fun and safe time for younger children and our Sunday School providing Christian education and activities for elementary-aged kids. A coffee and community hour follows immediately after the service. All are welcome, please join [...]
We went to CONASPEH and had a closing/evaluation session with Patrick and Francoise Villier. They encouraged our questions and feedback. We discussed the education and computer programs. They very much appreciate our feedback and contributions. We both agree this is a relationship of mutual and deepening friendship. They told us more about the various CONASPEH [...]
NoHo Parade and Pride Day will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Northampton, MA. All ONA churches will march together to make a statement about the UCC’s message of inclusion and affirmation. Groups will meet at 11:00 AM in the parking lot behind Thrones Market (150 Main Street). The parade ends at the 3 County Fairgrounds (54 Fair [...]
FIRST CHURCHES, NORTHAMPTON AND THE HAMPSHIRE ASSOCIATION UCC, AND THE AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF MASSACHUSETTS WELCOME YOU TO ATTEND: INSTALLATION OF THE REV. TODD WEIR THE REV. RON FARR PREACHING APRIL 14, 2013 AT 3:00 PM CLERGY ARE INVITED TO ROBE AND JOIN PROCESSIONAL 129 MAIN STREET * NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE [...]
Holy Week Services At First Churches Palm Sunday – March 24 Blessing of the Palms @ 9:30 AM Please join us at Pulaski Park on Main St. next to the Academy of Music to begin the processional. Worship at 10 AM - You are welcome to start in the sanctuary and listen to the [...]
The final CROP Walk numbers from reached $3755, which will be doubled by a matching grant! We also gathered $60 pounds of food. Thanks to all walkers and donors, and especially to our organizers, Dori and Sandi. We will have more pictures to share soon!
Prayer Vigil Noon today Each week we pray at noon on Tuesdays in the hope of lessening violence in our world. We pray in solidarity with victims of violence, we contemplate our personal and collective misuse of violence, and pray for courage and strength in the struggle for a just peace in our world. [...]
Northampton CROP Hunger Walk 2013 Northampton, MA 4/28/2013 Walk Details Location: Lyman Hall in First Churches (10 Center Street, Northampton) Walk: Noon Walk route map For more information, please contact your CWS regional office. Every dollar raised for our CROP Hunger Walk will be increased this year! The Feinstein Foundation (www.feinsteinfoundation.org) will divide $1 million among [...]
My inner response to this scripture is best described by the word “disruptive.” It’s troublesome, unruly, unsettling, disturbing. We move from fortune telling slave girls, to demons being caste out, dark prisons of Philippi, Paul and Silas incongruently singing in chains, earthquakes, it all makes me feel like I’m watching an episode of Xena Warrior [...]
As a young Christian in my teenage years I struggled to understand the will of God. Now, some 36 years after my baptism and 24 years of preaching, I struggle to understand the will of God. Knowing God’s will challenges me at all levels. It is a daily personal challenge as I wonder about how [...]
Thursday’s Gazette reported the “Joy and Pride” store in Thorne’s is closing. The store has been iconic for gay pride in Northampton for 20 years. I was struck that as tolerance and acceptance for GLBTQ persons have increased, retail sales went down because there was less need for buttons and bumper stickers. A co-owner also [...]
These Spring, First Churches is pleased to host a book discussion group on Ron Story’s well-received and important new book about Jonathan Edwards. Ron gave a compelling sermon in October at First Churches regarding Edwards’s concern for the poor of Northampton in his day. Watch for the book to be available soon at Second Hour, [...]
The Sermon on the Mount – Jesus’s Core Spirituality Sunday Morning Bible Study @ 8:45 AM Our Bible Study group welcomes you to join us any Sunday through March as we study this rich section of scripture. Whether you are new to Bible Study or seasoned in reading scriptures, this is a meaningful opportunity [...]
Sermon for April 21, 2013 Based on Psalm 23 and written after the Boston Marathon Bombing Tuesday afternoon a Gazette reporter called to ask about my thoughts about the Boston Marathon bombing. “I hope this is not insulting to ask, but does this kind of attack shake your faith, or do you see it [...]
“Stumbling into the Beloved Community” – based on John 13:3-17, 21:1-19 Sermon by Rev. Ron Farr, UCC pastor, Emmanuel Congregational UCC, Watertown, NY, Laity Empowerment Project This summer, my wife Patty and I traveled out west in our little Prius to visit some of the big national parks: Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Tetons, [...]
Grave Words , Joyful Words April 7, 2013 John 20:19-31, Acts 5:27-32 I grew up Baptist and here is how we celebrated Easter. Every year we sang “Up From [...]
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