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Pastor Dick’s final service at FCC – May 1, 2022
May 1st Pastor Dick’s Final Service Pastor Dick lead and preached on this Sunday. Communion was celebrated. Worship concluded with a Service Recognizing the End of Pastor Dick’s ministry with us.
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Retirement Party Was Fantastic
What a send off! What a great party! My deepest thanks to everyone involved who made my retirement party such a huge success. The whole event was so well planned and really allowed time for me to visit with all the people from church and the community who attended. It was delightful and wonderful. I…
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End of Life Seminars
End of Life Planning: Practical Wisdom and Guidance for the Journey First Congregational Church offered a series on “End of Life Planning: Practical Wisdom and Guidance for the Journey” during 2021. Presenters included clergy, a local funeral home, a church leader and other professionals involved in this work. These presentations were offered in person in…
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Our Story in Pictures
OUR STORY Oct 2021 pictures
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Advent to Epiphany
The holiday season started with Advent on December and ended with Epiphany on January 6, 2022 Advent 1 – November 28th “Housing the Holy” Advent 2 – December 5th “A Place at the table for Peace” Advent 3 – December 12th “How Much is Enough? Joy” Advent 4 – December 19th “Room with a View…
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Hello, First Congregational UCC in South Haven!
Hello, First Congregational UCC in South Haven! We are so happy to be joining your community and working as Co-Music Directors. Our goal is to choose music which supports Pastor Jeffrey and Mike’s themes and messages for Sunday Worship. We also hope that the music inspires you and makes you feel good. We are…
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Blueberries, Blueberries, Blueberries
Blueberry pie making! 430 pies made at bake-a-thon plus many homemade baked goods donated. Lots of people helped in many ways – baking at home, participating in the bake-a-thon, selling pies at three locations. There were lots of hard workers at the bake-a-thon including, children, teenagers, and adults of all ages. Baked 10:00-9:30 PM…
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Children’s Ministry celebrates Palm Sunday
Children’s Ministry celebrates Palm Sunday Our children met for a fun event with animals. We met real donkeys and re-enacted the Palm Sunday story with palm branches on Palm Sunday. The event was at the Fellinlove Farm (6364 144th, south of Holland) on March 28 at 2:00. In addition, all our families received a Resurrection…
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Donate Five to Help Others Survive
Donate Five to Help Others Survive The High School/Middle School youth groups want to say a big “Thank You” to our church family for their great support of the “Donate Five to Help Others Survive” canned food drive to support the We Care Food Pantry. Thanks to your generosity, and the generosity of Albemarle Corporation,…
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Young Adult Holy Week Program
Young Adult Holy Week Program All young adults (18-55) and their families are encouraged to join us for our Zoom Holy Week Program on March 28 at 6:00. We will be sharing Easter memories, reading the Scripture of Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Easter), celebrating Holy Communion together and talking about our “Good Deeds” jars. Contact Celeste…
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March 2021 Book study small groups
Next Book Study to Begin March 7th The book that we’ll be reading will be Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned How to Ask Questions, by Rachel Held Evans. “Using, as an illustration, her own spiritual journey from certainty to doubt to faith, Evans challenges us to disentangle our faith…
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Book Study Small Groups
Book Study Small Group on Sundays begins Jan. 10 on Zoom Art Ayers extends an invitation to attend a Zoom book study, set to begin on Sunday, January 10, at 3pm. The book is entitled Living the Questions: The Wisdom of Progressive Christianity (2012), and the authors are Rev. David M. Felton and Rev. Jeff…
