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Here we will share church, group, and congregational news and stories.
Pine Island Evening Service July 9
The evening service at Pine Island has been so popular, we would like to add another monthly session. Come to the labyrinth at 6:30 July 9, with your folding chair!
Hunger doesn’t take a Vacation
Without access to daily meals through their schools, millions of children are forced to go hungry during the summer. During the school year, 70 percent of Kalamazoo Public School students are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches — meals that are not...
Isaac Beloved Community Walk/Run/Roll
Register by August 1 for best prices includes T-shirt, hydration, snacks, awards celebration, performances & resource booklet To Register go to runsignup.com, click "Find a Race", type in "ISAAC" and enter. Signing up as a pair or a small team will save you...
Seth’s Summer Reading Recommendations
People have asked Pastor Seth for reading recommendations as we enter the height of summer. Here are a few, of varied interests. Seth is always interested in others recommendations, as well! John Noltner, Portraits of Peace: Searching for Hope in a Divided America –...
Teddy, a very sweet dog.
Teddy, a very sweet dog: JoAnn Dunlop received this note after working with her Edison Elementary students, along with her dog, Teddy: “Dear Ms. Jo, and Teddy, thank you for listening to me read and I loved walking Teddy. It’s going to be really sad that you are...
“Healing Shame” The Rev. Dr. Seth Weeldreyer, Kalamazoo First Presbyterian Church
June 11, 2023: Second Sunday After Pentecost Psalm 71:1-18; Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 We sat on folding chairs around a white plastic table in the park last Sunday. Children behind us getting faces painted; a few adults, too. Lively talk and laughter swirling around us....
Good News
Our Picnic was a huge success, thanks to all the people who worked so hard to make it fun and delicious. Thanks to the Scouts BSA Troop 205 for setting up, and cleaning up! Darrell Parfitt (imaginarianballoons.com) wowed the kids, (and adults) with his magical balloon...
“A Good Fit”: Seth E. Weeldreyer, First Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo
June 4, 2021 – Trinity Sunday Psalm 8; Ephesians 1:11-14, 2:4-10 We start staff meetings with devotional show and tell, something that touches / inspires. Two weeks ago, Amber brought a watery globe with birds, circulating glitter. When stressed and overwhelmed she...
Summer Devotional
Summer Devotional: The Gift of a Sacred Summer Think about your summer and how you’d like it to look. Often, we feel as though summer goes by too quickly, and it’s time for the rhythms of fall before we feel ready or rested. The Gift of a Sacred Summer is an...
“When the People Speak” Seth E. Weeldreyer May 28, 2023 – Pentecost Acts 2:1-21; 1 Corinthians 12:1-13
Elders were together in the Gathering Place. To begin each Session meeting, we share what shapes us individually and in church life together. She spoke of joining another Presbyterian Church years ago. Visited regularly for a while, more familiar and settled in heart....