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Anticipating Christmas
Anticipating Christmas is going out of our church and into our city! We are preparing kits & a video presentation for another virtual event designed to: • prepare hearts and minds to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ • & introduce non-believers to the Light of the World! Each kit will contain an Advent Devotional,…
Church Office Closed
In observance of Thanksgiving, the church office/building will be closed.
Anticipating Christmas
Anticipating Christmas is going out of our church and into our city! We are preparing kits & a video presentation for another virtual event designed to: • prepare hearts and minds to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ • & introduce non-believers to the Light of the World! Each kit will contain an Advent Devotional,…
Christmas Concert: Battle Creek Master Singers
First Presbyterian Church SanctuaryThe Battle Creek Master Singers, under the direction of Dr. Mark Wells will be presenting a Christmas concert, "Noel We Sing", featuring organist John Ourensma with a 10-piece orchestra. Tickets are $10 at the door, from a Master Singer, or call 962-4521.
Can You Help?
"Soles for Souls" February kicks off our campaign to raise funds to benefit Charitable Union's steel-toes boot program. Every $55 donated buys one new pair of boots for people needing such footwear for work, but without the funds to purchase them. Can't afford to buy a whole pair? Gifts of $20, $30 combined with the…
Ash Wednesday Service
First Presbyterian Church SanctuaryAsh Wednesday (which marks the beginning of Lent) derives its name from the ancient practice of marking the heads of worshipers with ashes from the unused palm branches of the previous year. Traditionally, the Christian church has observed the seven weeks before Easter as a time of penitence and spiritual self-examination. All are invited to…
Palm Sunday & “Goodbye Pastor Wicks”
Palm Sunday begins Holy Week. During this week, we remember how, out of his great love for us, Christ gave his life to redeem us. Palm Sunday begins with the crowds greeting Jesus as he entered Jerusalem with waving palm branches and shouts of joy, "Hosanna... Hosanna in the highest." Paradoxically, we all know how…
Maundy Thursday Service
On Maundy Thursday, we pause and remember the events of the last night Christ spent with his disciples: the Last Supper. Retreating to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray, where he was eventually betrayed by one of his own and abandoned by others. Through it all, Jesus continues to teach us his way of love…
Good Friday
Church SanctuaryGood Friday Community Service
Easter Sunday & Welcome Rev. Small!
Church SanctuaryYou are invited to join us for Easter service as we celebrate the Risen Lord. Celebrate the new life Christ offers! We welcome our new pastor, the Reverend Lorenzo Small, as we celebrate his inaugural Sunday.