News & Views
Do You See What I See: Paying Attention
As I sit here in my Apartment Home, after just opening my blinds for the day, the sun is pouring… More >
What is your attention worth?
This past month I have had the privilege of exploring the theme of Paying Attention with our Youth Group in… More >
Paying Attention
In March, we reflect on paying attention. Our attention is powerful: it focuses us on what really matters; it can… More >
Embodying Resilience
Wintertime in Wisconsin!!! Just two days ago, I opened the blinds in my apartment home to a fresh layering of… More >
Kimberlee’s Contemplations
This past month has been a whirlwind of hope and heartbreak. Somehow, we continue moving through the rhythms of our… More >
Embodying Resilience
Our February theme, Embodying Resilience, names that resilience lives in the body. While our thoughts route the signals of stress… More >
New Ends for a New Beginning
First Church is beginning the process of revising the Ends that guide the direction of our work, both within the… More >
Practicing Resistance
These early days of 2026 are here. How are you today? How were your holidays/HOLYDays over the last many weeks?… More >
Kimberlee’s Contemplations
The holiday season is still echoing all around us, and I find myself reflecting on the complicated relationship so many… More >
Practicing Resistance
Our January theme is “Practicing Resistance,” which we’ve had arguably too much opportunity to do lately. We will have another… More >
Don’t Let It End (Food Pantry News, Good and Bad)
In Food Drive 2025’s very first week, with SNAP suspended, our congregation brought in 395 pounds of food for Interchange… More >
Choosing Hope
December 2025 is HERE! It is sometime said, time goes by so fast. However, for me, and in this political,… More >
Choosing Hope
Dear First Church Members and Friends, Every day, the skies are getting darker, earlier. Our human bodies respond to the… More >
New Director of Administration Hired
We are so pleased to welcome Manni Marquez to the Director of Administration role, which he will begin on December… More >
Forge Our Future Endowment Campaign is 3 Years Old!
Some of you will remember how we kicked off the campaign with a joyful Halloween block party in late October… More >
Join the Cast of the Holiday Pageant
This year’s holiday pageant will be on December 21 at 10:00 a.m. It’s titled “Hope of the Holidays.” Join us… More >