Your FCC Story

What do you love about our church? Why have you chosen First Congregational Church as your spiritual home? On September 15th after worship, we invite you to share on camera your FCC story. We will then use these stories on our website and Facebook to let people know what is special about our faith community. We look forward to hearing your story!

For the next few weeks, we will be taking our cue form Amos 5:24 and imagining what it might look like for justice to roll like a river. In music, word, and prayer we will engage God's dream of how the world might be and how we can participate in it.  

Renewal Book Club

The first meeting of the 2019-20 season of our Renewal Book Club will be on Tuesday, September 16 at 6:45pm in the church parlor. We will be discussing Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. This devastating account of eight families trying to avoid homelessness in urban Milwaukee has been recommended by the UCC Justice Ministry as an all church read.   

Dorian Relief

There are many ways our church is engaging in assisting our neighbors to the east as they recover from tremendous devastation after Hurricane Dorian. You can contribute money through the United Church of Christ to help with long term recovery efforts. Richmond Schmidt is also collecting money and supplies to support his neighbor who is making daily runs to the islands on his deep sea fishing boat. The supplies needed are:

Water
Nonperishable food items
Toiletries
TP and Paper towels
Baby Supplies
Bleach
Tarps
Pet Food
Batteries and Flashlights/lanterns

Justice Ministry House Meetings

As we begin our justice ministry year, we will gather together in homes to hear one another's stories about our experience with injustice and remind ourselves of our responsibility to stand with for and with all of our siblings!

Beginning on September 25th, we will gather weekly for 5 Wednesdays to discuss the book. The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile.

Facilitated by Trish Fairbanks,we will meet for exploration and conversation regarding the Enneagram, the system of nine different ways of looking at the world.

Many of us have been introduced to the Enneagram in the 12-week group, “The Enneagram Journey.” Whether you have participated in that group or not, you are welcome to join us in exploring this unique look at the Enneagram. Discover what your number is or dive deeper in what it means to be your number. As Suzanne Stabile says, “This is solitary work that cannot be done alone.” The 2 books required for the group (The Road Back to You and the accompanying Study Guide) cost $24. If you are interested in joining this group see Trish or Jason for more information.

Help People Find Us

People are looking for a church that accepts them as they are and helps them make a difference in the world and they need to know we are here! One way people search for a church is online and, believe it or not, they look at the “customer reviews.” For a church?! Yes!

Some of you have posted a review for our church on Facebook. Thank you! If you haven’t yet, you can do it right on our Facebook page, facebook.com/fcclw.

If you have already reviewed us on Facebook, consider leaving a review on Google (just look up First Congregational Church of Lake Worth), and on Yelp!, https://www.yelp.com/biz/first-congregational-church-of-lake-worth-lake-worth (it’s not just for restaurants any more!)

On all these sites, just hit the maximum number of stars, and leave a quick post about what makes your church special to you!

Are you searching for a way to connect your child with an authentic spiritual experience that is inclusive, creative and multi-layered? A Joyful Path is truly progressive opportunity for spiritual formation that is nature centered, joy-full, compassionate, and intelligent. This behavior over belief curriculum is non-dogmatic, inter-spiritual, and heart centered.

Beginning Sunday, October 6th at 10:30 AM, under the leadership of Rev. Marilyn Stone, our children will spend time together and learn to:

• Ask questions and be curious
• Go within and find their own inner guidance and wisdom
• Stay focused and calm when needed and to discover and harness divine energy
• Be creative, share their gifts and continue learning about their passions
• To take action toward their own successes and happiness
• Find compassion for all beings, to be inclusive and tolerant, to find the divine in All
• Honor, protect, serve, and be in awe of Mother Nature
• To know the history and mythology of our world religions and spiritual paths
• To be heroes and heroines- to be brave, courageous, and to stand for peace and justice…
• And much more!

This behavior-over-belief curriculum connects children with their own inner wisdom. It teaches interdependence, self awareness, respect for nature, stillness, forgiveness, prayer, meditation, and integrity. Using the Bible and other wisdom stories, A Joyful Path helps children learn how to follow the path of Jesus, other teachers, and real life heroes in today’s world.