Author: Edward Goodman

Rev. Zoe Renfro To Leave FCC As Interim Minister 

The members of First Christian Church are saying a fond farewell to Rev. Zoe Renfro.  Rev. Renfro informed FCC leaders of her intent to resign as Interim Minister effective October 1st.  The Official Board reluctantly accepted her written resignation on September 3rd.  Her last Sunday will be September 24th.  She and Dave plan to remain as FCC members.  FCC owes a debt of gratitude to Rev. Renfro.  During the past

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FCC BELL TOWER REFURBISHED 

FCC BELL TOWER REFURBISHED  A beautiful event occurred on May 24, 2023 at our church.  After many years of assessing and planning improvements to the Bell Tower at FCC we were truly blessed to finally accomplish our goals.  Coppersmith Andrew Frazier was hired to fashion caps for the Bell Tower.  The caps were custom-made by hand and fitted specifically for our Bell Tower.  A local sign company was contracted to

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FCC Scholarship Program

It may be a surprise to some that First Christian Church has an established scholarship fund to help FCC members and their immediate familys cover the costs associated with undergraduate and graduate studies.  We have not promoted this program recently but it is indeed still active.  If you would like to know more about this program, please speak with one of our Elders at FCC.

FCC Hosts Community Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser

Saturday, March 25th was a day of service for many FCC members as we sponsored a community pancake breakfast in our Fellowship Hall.  We served our community – we served The Caring Place – and we served God by helping others.  And did someone say “pancakes?”  They were delicious, served hot off the grill with melting butter and golden syrup to sweeten things all ‘round.  And bacon!  Hot coffee, orange

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FCC Supports Cleveland Relay For Life Event

Cancer was in the cross-hairs of thousands of local citizens on Saturday, April 29TH in downtown Cleveland.  Members of the FCC DOC Team were there as well to support the Relay For Life event by passing out flower seeds, offering free candy, and creating a prayer list for cancer victims and survivors. We had a nice tent and table set up with our sign to let the public know who

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SOUPER BOWL OF CARING AT FCC

Hey football fans!  Sunday, February 12 was a great day at FCC!!  As our tradition on Super Bowl Sunday we host our own version – the SOUPER BOWL OF CARING.  For almost 30 years we have held this special event following worship to raise funds for our own Meals-For-Kids program.  Always a fun time, this year was another great event and very successful in our efforts to fund the MFK

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ADVENT AT FCC

The 2022 Advent season was another beautiful celebration of our Lord’s birth.  The four Sundays before Christmas we focused on blessings of Advent: HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and LOVE.   We reached out to our community with a gift of our Cocoa & Carols drive- thru service just before Christmas.   The gift featured our commemorative 125th anniversary mug with cocoa mix, mini-marshmallows, and peppermint candy canes, along with a flyer

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