Our tower bell came around the horn in the 1870’s from New England. For decades, our church bell was the signal – the warning for local fires and other emergencies.
A group of Indigenous Hawaiians is organizing a World Wide Prayer to Mother Earth on April 22. They already have 140 countries involved and people, congregations as they hear about it are registering to hold prayers at certain locations.
Each Wednesday at 9:00 am (Greene’s Corner) and 7:00 pm (Rm. 32 at church). Bridge 141 is the group holding space for our congregation to look to our past and future as a faith community, but it’s the whole congregation—YOU!—who will listen to the Spirit and lead us in our restructuring endeavor.
Save the Date - June 2, Undoing Racism Walk: Dr. Josh Cerretti, WWU historian, will be leading an Undoing Racism Walk, looking at Bellingham’s racial history “from below.”
Introducing Bridge 141. In February, the congregation voted unanimously to approve the creation of a Restructuring Task Force. Since then, six of us have met, prayed, laughed, struggled, learned, and reflected.
It is our pleasure to introduce First Congregational Church’s 2024 recipients of the Debra Kay Pehrson Scholarship Award. Because a scholarship has not been given the last several years, the Called to Care Team (on behalf of the Board of Trustees) selected two candidates to receive awards this year.
Earth Day in Hawaii Comes to Whatcom County: Hawaii’s Kanaka movement and the Lummi Nation are inviting us to a Prayer Service in celebration of Earth Day.
