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 Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, FPCE interim senior pastor. Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I have been talking with the staff and praying over which texts to preach in worship this fall, beginning this week. I am choosing the Lectionary texts from the Old Testament book of

This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Rev. Dr. Tassie Green, FPCE interim senior pastor. Dear friends, Thank you all for warmly welcoming me to First Pres Evanston. It was a delight to worship outdoors with you last Sunday. It would greatly help me getting to know your names and recognize your faces if

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 – Of all the details in the Bible story of Jacob’s dream of the ladder to and from heaven (Genesis 28:10-21), the one that constantly trips me up is this:  Taking one of the stones of the place, he

This week's eNewsletter Feature was written by Jim Teague, FPCE director of communications. Dear friends – I am a big fan of the Book of Job in the same way I am a fan of seeing the dentist on a regular basis to prevent major dental problems. It is one of the books of

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 Rev. Amanda Golbek, FPCE minister of children & youth. Dear friends – Every era of culture has had certain buzzwords develop as a framework for the important cultural trends of the times. These words and phrases start out by popping up in a variety of niche areas

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.