Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor Dear friends - During our observance of Lent this year, we will be learning together through a teaching series called "everything [in] between." This series is an invitation to navigate the polarities in our lives with more faith, intention, and openness to be transformed. It
Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor Have you ever practiced prayer-walking? During worship services, we usually pray while sitting or standing, perhaps while waiting to go up to the communion table. Prayer-walking is simply the practice of walking while praying. LOL—that's obvious! Really! It's an easy way to pray for others
Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor Whew! We made it through the Christmas rush of December. In December, we are stressed out and busy, worried about lists and gifts. In December, we are merry-makers, people-pleasers, and goodwill-wishers. But in January, we turn our thoughts to the new year. In January, we
Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor. Let’s lift up once again that FPCE is a diverse church. Twenty percent of you have been drawn together into this body of Christ from all over the world, including two of our newest members who come from Shanghai and from Nigeria. You are diverse
Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor. First Pres, you have lived through a huge amount of transition in the last 2½ years, with Rev. Hylton’s and Rev. Golbek’s leaving, with recent staff transitions, even with COVID pivots before that. Thanks to good leadership, caring small groups, active deacons and Stephen Ministers,
Ever wonder if some great and powerful Wizard of Oz works behind the scenes to decide what happens at this church? Nope! Not if you join the conversation. After all, we’re in Evanston, not Oz! We need your input into the next right steps for FPCE. What is God calling the church to be and
Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor. Wow! The church has been abuzz throughout this Lenten season! Six weeks of the series Wandering Heart: Figuring out Faith Along with Peter—a joy to join in together, with the help of A Sanctified Art’s compelling devotional and beautiful, insightful artwork. Five minutes of laying
Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor. “Come Thou Fount of Many Blessings” by Robert Robinson (1758) Come Thou fount of every blessing Tune my heart to sing Thy grace Streams of mercy never ceasing Call for songs of loudest praise Teach me some melodious sonnet Sung by flaming tongues above Praise the
Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, Interim Senior Pastor. Do any of you create actual scrapbooks or photo albums of your year? Or do you have all your precious memories stored in your phone? For Christmas, I created an album for my folks with 52 pages of our greater-family's, summer reunion at the lake. It
Thoughts from Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, FPCE interim senior pastor. Many thanks to the 40+ brave folks who not only came to worship on a cold, cold Sunday, January 14, but also joined in a lively PWP discussion. Together we looked at demographics of the area, concerns and needs of the people in the community, and
