Building First … To Last
Key Events
March13
-- Vision Sunday, Rev. Greg and Diane
Herr shared a dialogue sermon on what Building First ... To Last is all
about: A People, A
Place, A
Promise! (Text of March 13 Vision Sunday Dialogue Sermon)
April 3
-- First Sunday of "Inspirational Phase,"
"Three Celebration Points" and a special
video viewing. A Q&A session followed worship.
April 10
-- Our children to show us what First Congregational Church means to them.
We watched the Poster Parade
during the service and can view these colorful interpretations in the
Community Room. Plus a testimonial! View some of
the posters.
Read
Diane Walter's testimonial.
April 17
Theme -- "Prepare Ye The Way" The joy
and jubilation continued as with the Youth in charge of the worship
service. It was a time of special readings, uplifting songs, testimonials, and Spirit-inspired skits.
Pictures of the
worship service.
April 23
-- Building First … On Talent! A wonderful evening of music and entertainment coordinated
by Paul Grizzell. View some pictures
of this event.
April 24
-- Theme of "Equal Challenge and Commitment"
and sharing of a testimonial.
Testimonial
of Nancy John.
April 30
-- Building First … With Prayer! An 8-hour Saturday prayer vigil
was held. We’ll prayed for
all of the individual members/friends of our congregation.
May 1 --
It's Special Event Time! First
Congregational Church moved to the Naperville Country Club for a special
morning worship followed by a celebratory meal.
Pictures of the event.
Judy
Bryson's testimonial. Worship
bulletin. Dave & Carrie Nelson's inspiring testimonials are not
available on-line.
May 8 --
Building First … With Prayer & Reflection
We continued our prayers for guidance as commitment cards were collected.
May 15 --
Today we Celebrated! For the past nine
weeks, we worked and prayed to fulfill the vision of "Building
First … To Last." Our church family
has pledged over $826,681.57 to furthering God's work in the world.
