Thoughts from Jim Teague FPCE director of communications. There is probably nothing in this life that keeps me more grounded in my relationship with Jesus than music. I simply cannot imagine spending the last 40+ years of walking in faith (sometimes more successfully than others) without having had songs and hymns to turn to in
Thoughts from Jim Teague FPCE director of communications. If you play golf anywhere near as badly as I do, then you understand what it means to have a bag full of options and none of them good. I have, on rare occasion, hit my driver straight and true, but rare is the hole where I
This week's feature article is written by Jim Teague FPCE director of communications. Advent Conspiracy: Worship Fully. Spend Less. Give More. Love all. AC Week 4/Christmas: Love AllIn the first chapter of her book Advent: The Season of Hope (Fullness of Time), author and Anglican Priest Tish Harrison Warren writes "Advent
Interfaith Action of Evanston Sue Murphy, Executive Director Interfaith Action of Evanston (IAE) coordinates the Warming Center/Overnight Shelter/Hospitality Center/Soup Kitchens in Evanston. Made up of many of the different faith communities, it is one was we join with people of other faiths to serve the hungry and homeless population in Evanston.
This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, FPCE director of communications. Dear friends – Young squirrel looking for love. I am fascinated by the lives of squirrels. Seriously. I don’t do it very often, by I find it extremely entertaining to sit in my car or on the steps of
This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, FPCE interim senior pastor. Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, This week in worship we’re taking a closer look at Moses. He’s one of my favorite Biblical leaders because Moses was a curious person... and because he did a good job leading a
This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, FPCE director of communications. Dear friends – "Earthrise" by NASA/Bill Anders - Source, Public Domain, Link Those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s had the privilege of witnessing the “Space Race,” watching as the USA and USSR battled to
This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, FPCE director of communications. Dear friends – Author Paul Miller begins his book A Praying Life, by encouraging us to “become like a child.” He notes Jesus encouraged his disciples in childlike behavior on more than one occasion (Mark 10:14-15, Matthew 18:3, just to name
This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, FPCE director of communications. Dear friends – In Romans 16, the final chapter of that book, the Apostle Paul instructs the believers in Rome to pass on a litany of personal greetings: 1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church at
This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, FPCE director of communications. Hopefully you have noticed over the past few weeks that First Pres is taking part in the sewing of a quilt to celebrate the opening of a sewing school run by our partner Monique Misenga in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
