HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT WEEK AT FIRST PRES: VIEW THE FULL CALENDAR Sunday, March 24 Join us for worship Sunday at 8:30, 9, 10 or 11 a.m. as we continue our sermon series, The Cross. Pastor Katie Fowler will preach from Hebrews 2:9-17. Adult Sunday Communities meet at 8:30, 10 and...
Friday, March 22 Today's Passage: 1 Peter 2:20-25 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for...
Thursday, March 21 Today's Passage: 1 John 2:1-6 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for...
As we seek to reach our world for Christ, it's vital to be able to enter into winsome and gracious conversation. Amy Julia Becker is a reliable guide for us as we learn to listen well and speak with grace. First Pres is glad to have Amy Julia here with us on the evening of April 3 as we have...
Wednesday, March 20 Today's Passage: Isaiah 53:1-7 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.He had no beauty or...
We are walking toward Easter with our eyes on The Cross. You can’t get to the resurrection without going through the cross. Sunday morning we talked about the main thing—the primary meaning of the cross of Christ: Jesus Christ came to become a sacrifice for our sins. Dying on...
Tuesday, March 19 Today's Passage: Hebrews 10:19-25 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a...
Monday, March 18 Today's Passage: John 1:29-42 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before...
Sunday, March 17 Today's Passage: Hebrews 10:4-10 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for...
Saturday, March 16 Today's Passage: 2 Corinthians 4:1-9 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary...