Jul 27, 2025 | Church Life, Church News
This summer has been jam-packed with fun! Take a look at just a few highlights from our summer at...
Jul 20, 2025 | Church Life, Church News
You may have already heard—we’ve transitioned our member database software to Realm! This new platform replaces Engage First and the ChurchLife app and provides a fresh, user-friendly way to access the church directory and manage online giving. Eventually, Realm will...
Jan 22, 2023 | Church Life, Church News
Donna Woodruff joined the staff in the 4th quarter of 2022 as Administrative Assistant—Contribution Services. Donna, her husband, and their 10-year-old daughter moved to Greenville in April 2022 from Barrington, NH. Her experience includes 3 years of outreach ministry...
Dec 14, 2020 | Church Life, Church News, Rustlings
The length of a football field… A city block… Humans love to measure distance by referring to familiar spaces. If 2020 had its own unit of distance, it would naturally be the “6-foot social distance”—as in, “Wow! Can you believe we were only ten social-distances away...
Nov 30, 2020 | Christmas at First 2020, Church Life, Newsletter Archive
I’ve always considered Matthew 25 an Advent chapter. Matthew edits three parables together in this chapter. They all address a time of waiting…living ‘in the meantime.’ While there are multiple angles of interpretation regarding these parables, we’ll let them be...