HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT WEEK AT FIRST PRES: VIEW THE FULL CALENDAR Sunday, April 7 Join us for worship Sunday at 8:30, 9, 10 or 11 a.m. as we continue our sermon series, The Cross. Pastor Tim McConnell will preach from 2 Corinthians 5:14-20. Adult Sunday Communities meet at...
Friday, April 5 Today's Passage: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a...
Thursday, April 4 Today's Passage: John 15:9-17 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that...
Wednesday, April 3 Today's Passage: 1 John 4:7-12 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us...
God pours out His blessings on us, and one way we show gratitude is by giving back. Each year on Palm Sunday, we take a special offering called Give Back the Blessing to provide tangible help to one City Engagement Partner and one Global Mission Partner Meet Our Local...
I’m excited for tomorrow night when Amy Julia Becker will be with us for our Family Conference, Small Talk: Conversations about Faith and Life. Abigail and I have known Amy Julia since she was a college student and we were volunteer counselors at a weeklong camp. Now she is a...
Tuesday, April 2 Today's Passage: 1 John 3:11-18 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil...
Monday, April 1 Today's Passage: John 3:5-17 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my...
This Wednesday evening we welcome Amy Julia Becker, an author, speaker, mom and Christ follower. As we seek to reach our world for Christ, it's vital to be able to enter into winsome and gracious conversation. Small Talk will allow us to learn, to listen well and to speak with grace. Find...
Sunday, March 31 Today's Passage: Romans 5:1-10 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we...