Advent Is Happening!

Celebrate the holiday season with us at our festive Advent Is Happening! event, open to individuals of all ages. Immerse yourself in the spirit of Advent as we offer a wide range of engaging activities and entertainment for everyone to enjoy. Get your creative juices flowing by participating in our Advent-themed crafts. Indulge your taste buds in the art of cookie decorating, where you can unleash your inner artist and turn plain cookies into edible masterpieces. In addition to these exciting activities, we have planned various surprises and delights to make this event truly memorable.

Fall Bonfire

It’s time for the Fall Bonfire! Come one, Come all! Celebrate the season with us as you bring your family to White Oaks Farm (6641 N. Zeeb Road, Dexter, MI) for s’mores, cider, games, and more! Join us on October 15, 4 – 6 p.m. There will be snacks. BYOB if you’d like to share some beer or wine with other adults. Dogs welcome! We’ll have everything you need for the s’mores and some additional nibbles! (note: rain date is October 22, same time!) Sponsored by Congregational Life Committee. Questions? Info@firstpresbyterian.org

Singing Justice

The Adult Faith Formation and Worship and Music Ministries are pleased to present the seminar recital, “Singing Justice: Recovering the African American Voice in Song.”  Centered on the creative contributions of Black musicians, poets, singers, and composers through song (words and music), “Singing Justice” is is an initiative of the Humanities Collaboratory of the University of Michigan. Childcare is available. A reception in the Social Hall will follow the performance.

Habitat West Willow Beautification Day

Join First Pres and Habitat for Humanity along with West Willow (WW) residents in activities to beautify the West Willow community. Activities will include cleaning out flower beds, working in the community garden, cleaning and organizing inside the WW Community Resource Center and Tool Lending Library, yard clean-up, landscaping, litter pick up, and helping residents dispose of items in dumpsters.
 

Open Doors Creative Arts Series: Rising Tide - The Crossroads Project

Rising Tide unfolds in a series of vignettes exploring the natural world from which we have emerged - and the human world that has emerged from us. With an original score by composer Laura Kaminsky, the music erects a contemplative space within each vignette for the audience to process what we now know. The event is free and open to the public.

 

Care & Compassion Learning: Listening for Life

The Listening for Life presentation entitled Listening Sets the Bruised Heart Free will bring to life the value of listening, the three levels of listening: the person being listened to, the internal thoughts and feelings of the listener, and the voice of the Holy Spirit during or after the listening encounter. Vignettes will be used as examples of what listening entails and how the right kind of listening will bring life, hope, and healing to the one who speaks, setting the bruised heart free.

Meet the Residents

One of the distinct features of First Presbyterian Church is our role as a teaching and learning congregation with a Resident Ministry Program. Since 2001, our congregation has learned from and with 33 Resident Ministers who now serve in a variety of ministry capacities around the country. During their two years, Residents teach and preach, administer sacraments and offer pastoral care, innovate new worshipping forms, and serve our community in meaningful ways.

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