Once again, the Interfaith Action SNAPGap collection is being collected at First Pres by our Deacons! This month we are collecting toothpaste and toothbrushes. You may recall that SNAPGap items are personal care and household products that cannot be purchased with federal benefits. You may buy the toothpaste and toothbrushes online here. Or anywhere you
Kindergarteners & 2nd graders are invited to participate in Bible Sunday! We're delighted to present personalized Bibles to our K & 2nd graders later this spring (and extend the invitation to last year's K & 2nd graders as we missed a year last year!) If you haven't yet RSVP'd and YOUR child would like to participate later this spring
The 2024 Palm Sunday Special Offering has been designated to go to our First Friends ministry to area refugees. You can still give toward this ministry either by donating online (choose 2024 Palm Sunday Offering from the Fund drop-down), or by asking for a Palm Sunday Offering Envelope from the front desk.
Join with other FPCE volunteers as we work volunteers from the Lighthouse Rotary Club to fix up a residential home of BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE. We will be doing both indoor and outdoor work. Sandwiches and light snacks will be provided. The specific address will be posted soon! This work will be done on Saturday April 27 with
Sheraz Akhtar, a mission partner and former attendee of FPCE, will be in Evanston/Chicago for two weeks beginning May 8 and is looking for a place to stay. He will be here without his family, so just a room for him will be great. Mission Council will help care for him. Please email or
The First Pres Sunday Morning Audio-Visual Team is looking for more volunteers to help serve during our regular services and special events. We are hoping to double the size of our current team in order to make scheduling easier. Positions include: Projection slide operator Video streaming director Sound board engineer We provide LOTS of training
Welcome a recently arrived Syrian family to the U.S. by providing rides to and/or from church on Sunday mornings. They have minimal English, but are eager to learn about Christianity and be part of our church family. Two cars will be needed. Visit https://firstpresevanston.org/rides for details & to sign up or scan the QR code
Ben Graham, FPCE Youth Ministry Director First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, IL., is excited to announce the hiring of Ben Graham as the church's new youth ministry director. He will lead our ministry to junior high and high school students. Ben began his work life in the construction industry in the Pacific
First Pres member & author Amy Timberlake's delightful chapter book Skunk and Badger has been adapted into a theatrical production now playing at Lifeline Theater. Themes of loving your neighbor and welcoming the stranger play within the adventures of these quirky and charming Odd Couple-esque roommates. Join the author, her mom, Hannah, and friends in attending
The Book of Acts was written by Luke—with the Apostle Paul’s extensive assistance—to defend Paul on the occasion of his pending trial before Nero and to bring the most important news in world history to the capital of the Empire, to the Roman hierarchy, to Nero himself, and to the Gentile world. (Acts 20:24 23:11,
