Sermon for September 17th, 2023
Romans 14:1-12 “Quarreling Over Opinions” Sermon for September 17th, 2023.
Romans 14:1-12 “Quarreling Over Opinions” Sermon for September 17th, 2023.
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
Romans 13:8-14 “Woke” Sermon for September 10th, 2023.
Genesis 11:1-9 “Scattered” Sermon for September 3rd, 2023.
Exodus 1:8 – 2:10 “Not Knowing Why” Sermon for August 27th, 2023.
Matthew 15:10-28 “What can defile?” Sermon for August 20th, 2023.
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 “What you meant for evil . . .” Sermon for August 13th, 2023.
Matthew 14:13-21 “Feeding of 10,000” Sermon for August 6th, 2023.
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like . . .” Sermon for July 30th, 2023.
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 “You cannot always tell the difference” Sermon for July 23rd, 2023.
Romans 8:1-11 “Spiritual Living” Sermon for July 16th, 2023.
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 “The Company You Keep” Sermon for July 9th, 2023.
Romans 6:12-23 “Sanctification” Sermon for July 2nd, 2023.
Matthew 10:24-39 “What happens when we die?” Sermon for June 25th, 2023.
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
Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5-8 Sermon for June 18th, 2023.
Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 “Sinners?” Sermon for June 11th, 2023.
Psalm 8 “Majesty” Sermon for June 4th, 2023.
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.
Acts 1:6-14 “It’s None of Your Business” Sermon for May 21st, 2023.
John 14:15-21 “You in Me and Me in You” Sermon for May 14th, 2023 – Mothers’ Day.
John 14:1-14 “Magic Genie” Sermon for May 7th, 2023.
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
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
John 10:1-10 “Good Shepherd” Sermon for April 30th, 2023.
Sermon for April 23rd, 2023 – No video.
1 Peter 1:3-9 “Living Hope” Sermon for April 16th, 2023.
Colossians 3:1-4 “Resurrection Day” Sermon for April 9th, 2023 – Easter Sunday
EASTER Services at First Christian Church.
Matthew 26:20-35 “Betrayed” Sermon for April 2nd, 2023.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 “Illness does not equal Death” Sermon for March 26th, 2023, plus Special Music
Ephesians 5:8-14 “How dark is dark?” Sermon for March 19th, 2023.
Newsletter – March 2023
John 4:1-42 “Jesus and the Samaritan Woman” Sermon for March 12th, 2023.
John 3:1-17 “What about the change?” Sermon for March 5th, 2023.
Genesis 2:15-17 & 3:1-7 “What can separate us? Sermon for February 26th, 2023.
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
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
Matthew 17:1-9 “Glimpsing God” Sermon for February 19th, 2023.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 “God’s Servants” Sermon for February 12th, 2023.