Featured Event
Family Game Night
Youth CenterLet's start off 2023 with games, puzzles, food, and laughter! I will be opening up the Youth Center from noon till about 6pm for anyone who wants to come down. Please feel free to bring a snack or favorite game to share. You can stay the whole time or just part of it. We will also…
Celebrate Epiphany
Please join us after worship for a time of FUN, FOOD (lunch) & FELLOWSHIP as we celebrate Epiphany (also known as Three Kings Day). Epiphany commemorates the visit by the Magi to the infant Jesus.
Sew ‘n Sews
Sew-N-Sews meet to create items for various mission interests. Current projects include: baby quilts and capes for area agencies and health centers; walker tote bags for church members, area care facilities, kidney dialysis clients and Mary Free Bed patients; preemie and newborn gowns for CS Mott Children’s Hospital. We also have “Sew-N-Sew 2 Go” for…
Caravan 2023 Meeting
Youth CenterIf you are thinking about joining me for our 2023 Caravan Mission Trip please come down to the Youth Center at 6:00 pm for a brief meeting. We will go over the trip details and several other things. Caravan is open to all members and friends of First Pres.
Winter Fest OR Movie Time
First Presbyterian Retreat Center 20398 Waubascon Rd, Battle Creek, MI, United StatesLet's get together for some winter fun! On Saturday January 28th at 2:00 pm come on out to the Retreat Center for some sledding (This is for you Ruth Hetletvedt), snowman building, and maybe a snowball fight. There will be hot cocoa available. Please bring a snack to share. If Mother Nature does not cooperate…
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