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KAMSC
On Thursday afternoon, Autumn and Michael hosted fifteen students from the Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center for a pipe organ demonstration. The KAMSC summer music courses teach the physics of sound and construction of specific musical instruments. The...
CTV Red Door Dinner Needs Your Help!
We are in need of individuals/groups/committees to make meals for the Wednesday night dinner for our neighbors. If you haven’t experienced this extraordinary ministry of our church, it is a labor of love that feeds not just the stomachs, but the hearts of those we...
Familiar Melody, Fuller Harmony
The Rev. Dr. Seth Weeldreyer, Kalamazoo First Presbyterian Church Mark 4:1-9; 1 Samuel 8:1-22 June 9, 2024 – Third Sunday after Pentecost Do we know the tune? “Come thou Almighty King … Father, all glorious, o’er all victorious, come and reign over us …” It’s a...
From the Organist’s Bench
Hey everyone! I hope you’re all having a great summer so far! I certainly am; the weather has been excellent for cycling. I have been enjoying staying active, spending time pursuing my hobbies, and, of course, diligently continuing my organ practice. I am often asked...
Wednesday Noon Prayer Service
Please join us on every Wednesday at 12 p.m. for a time of prayer, musical meditation, and reflection in our beautiful sanctuary. Both the South St. and Lovell St. doors will be open for those desiring a moment of pause and peace in the middle of the week. If you’d...
Session Highlights 06.26.2024
The following motions were adopted by Session on June 26, 2024 A motion to approve a quarterly expenditure of $1500 from the Elaine Kuney Fund for refreshment/coffee service. A motion to approve a disbursement of $1600 from the Ford Neff Fund for the purpose of...
From the brilliant mind of…Pastor Chrissy: REFLECTIONS FROM THE ISI COMMUNITY – Princeton Theological Seminary
10 MINISTRY TIPS FROM THE THEATER by Rev. Chrissy Westbury (ISI ’23) | May 2024 The place I feel most alive and most myself is, paradoxically, when I am being someone else. Theatre is my emotional outlet, my intellectual challenge, and the primary way I make friends...
Pastor Chrissy Co-Hosts a Podcast
Pastor Chrissy CO-Hosts: Don't Encourage This with Marc van Bulck The Book of Job is one of the most challenging (some say, maybe even one of the oldest) books of the Hebrew Bible. It raises complicated questions for people of faith such as "Why do bad things happen?...
Iona Blessing
Excerpt from a prayer found in Blessed Be Our Table, Wild Goose Publications, 2003, and used as a mealtime grace at Iona. Lettering and artwork by Julie Kechele, cross design loosely based on a grave marker in the Iona Abbey Museum
Mission Trip
Colcord West Virginia crew was hard at work prepping two job sites by way of some pretty fun demolition work, and doing some deck staining. It was incredibly hot, and everyone stayed hydrated and safe...starting work early and ending when the day was at its hottest....