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.

This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, FPCE director of communications. Dear Friends, I had been a believer in Jesus for many years, perhaps more than two decades, before I made the connection that Pentecost is directly connected to the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost at our 10

This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, First Pres director of communications. Dear Friends, Each morning, I have a silly little ritual. After finishing my breakfast, I wad up my paper napkin, stand at one end of our tiny kitchen and seek to throw the napkin into the plastic trash can at

This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, First Pres director of communications. Dear Friends, The span of 40 years has particular spiritual significance in the Bible. When the Israelites let fear guide them rather than trusting that God would give them the land he promised, they are made to wander in the