From the Pastor's Desk
Summer is a Great Time to Re-Create
A warm welcome to you if you are reading this as a visitor to our website. I hope you find information that gets your interest. Of course, the best way to get to know us is to visit in person on a Sunday morning!
Hopefully you're reading this with ideas about how to renew, refresh and recreate during the summer. Maybe you're travelling, spending some time in, on or around water, soaking up some sunshine after a long, snowy winter, tending to lawn and garden, or simply going about life--please enjoy some time for slowing down and rest. After all, even God needed some Sabbath rest and if God needed a break--well, you get the point.
Summertime includes a time for Sabbath for the church--classes, choir rehearsals and potlucks are on hold. But worship each week at 9:30 on Sunday mornings are a great thing to work into your re-creation, especially as we move into a more relaxed form of "morning prayer". The 9:30 start time on Sunday mornings provide a break from rushing to get ready for many of us, and an earlier start for the rest of the day. There's usually a more laid-back feel to worship, like a refreshing breath, you might say a "spirit", moves us through the morning.
I hope you'll come and join with us just as you are--all dressed up, or in flip-flops and shorts--or somewhere in between--and let us help you catch a summer breeze!
See you in church! Pastor Doug
First Congregational welcomes ALL people, wherever you are on your spiritual journey.
PASTOR: Reverend Douglas Fauth, MDiv
Church Office: (608) 356-4300; Cell/home: (608) 393-0093
PARISH NURSE: Geri Schoenoff, R.N. (608) 356-3473MODERATOR: Kit EilertsonCHOIR DIRECTOR: Gretchen Dresen