On Sunday, 12/19, following worship, we will travel by car to selected corners throughout the community to share traditional carols with...

MICHAEL TEOLIS SINGERS: "CHRISTMAS FAVORITES” CONCERT 12/4 AT 7:30 P.M. The Michael Teolis Singers return to our Sanctuary with...

Party! Come join the fun and help deck the halls for the Advent and Christmas seasons. Note time change: 9:00 am. Enter through...

November 25, 10:00 am Let's start the day by giving God thanks! Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2869151282?pwd=U0pLOGtWTjdxdD...

Friends have s’more fun together. Let’s sit around a firepit, roast marshmallows, build s’mores, play games and celebrate the fall season...

Greetings in the name of our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Time flies when you’re having fun! Here we are now officially into my...

Greetings in the name of our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I begin this week's Witness with a huge THANK YOU for the warm...

On July 18th more than two dozens members of First UMC of Oak Park lined both sides of Oak Park ave. outside the church and encouraged...

Greetings in the name of our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! I am delighted to greet you on the eve of my officially becoming your...

Good morning. I am really happy to be able to be here with you once again as a guest pastor. I am going to do something a bit different...

The story goes that a husband and wife always had the same roast beef, cooked the same way. The wife always cut the ends off the roast...

One of my favorite parts about being a pastor is doing what is called pastoral care. Pastoral care is generally described as shepherding...

Good morning. I want to talk to you today about the practice of prayer. I think it is safe to say that all of us here have practiced...

The Moment in Which We Find Ourselves Exodus 16: 1-8 and Matthew 5: 13-16 INTRO: It’s been a year! We are caught between two worlds like...

The parable of the talents is definitely familiar. Stewardship messages have worn it out. But if we think this parable is about...

As parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, we try to teach our young beloveds to be respectful, to be kind, and –to varying degrees – to...

If we were sharing stories over coffee or tea, I’m sure that we could tell some really good ones about bosses we’ve had. Some would be...

There is a Resurrection – and it is for us too! Matthew 28: 1-10 Perhaps you come to Easter with a dose of skepticism. What do an...

“By the authority vested in me…” We hear these words at weddings, or movie or television weddings. The phrase means that some other power...

So, today we find the disciples caught in a storm, and they are panicking! And who won’t? Whether it is a storm in life or a storm in the...