Jubilee Garden Saturday, October 6 – 10:00 am We will gather again near the annual observance of the Feast Day of Francis of Assisi, to celebrate our animal companions and all of creation. Attendance is not limited to church members, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Worship
Easter Sunday
Resurrection!
April 16, 2017
Festival worship for Easter Sunday includes loud shouts and singing, accompanied by strings and other instruments. Slightly overshooting his sermon series’ ending, Pastor Dave Denoon will present one last message based on an African American spiritual – “Oh, Mary, Don’t … Continue reading →
Good Friday Blues
April 14, 2017
at 7:00PM
The Oikos Ensemble plays blues renderings of gospel and lament hymns, and jazz standards (including “Strange Fruit” made famous by Billie Holiday). With narration, scripture as storytelling, and prayers, all to mark the remembrance of the Messiah’s execution. “The hour … Continue reading →
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holiday Weekend
January 15, 2017
Order of Worship and Bulletin (link) Sunday, January 15, 2017, creates the opening bracket of our Year of Renewal 2017. The date is significant, because it is the Sunday in the weekend of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. Our … Continue reading →
Epiphany Celebration
January 8, 2017
Order of Worship and Bulletin (link) The feast day of the Epiphany (January 6, or twelve days after Christmas) is when Western Christians celebrate the arrival of the Magi at the home of the Christ Child in Bethlehem. Interestingly, it’s the … Continue reading →
For the Time Being (excerpt)
by W. H. Auden
III Narrator Well, so that is that. Now we must dismantle the tree, Putting the decorations back into their cardboard boxes – Some have got broken – and carrying them up to the attic. The holly and the mistletoe must … Continue reading →
New Year’s Day
“Come as you are!”
January 1, 2017
Order of Worship and Bulletin (link) In consideration of the likely late night before, worshipers at our New Year’s Day worship service are encouraged to “Come as you are!” at the usual 9:55AM time. For children, even pajamas are OK. … Continue reading →
Worship at Home
Christmas Day
(No services at First Church)
December 25, 2016
There will be no formal services conducted, the morning of Christmas this year, at the First Congregational Church of Webster Groves. With Christmas falling on a Sunday, and our staff, Sunday School, and choirs having pulled out all the stops … Continue reading →
Christmas Eve
Nine Lessons & Carols
December 24, 2016
9:00 PM
The Canterbury Bells, Chancel Choir, soloists, and readers hail the Christ’s arrival in this late evening service, this year at a new time. Culminating in congregational singing of Silent Night by candlelight, this service is a meditative and joyous remembrance … Continue reading →
Family Christmas Eve
December 24, 2016
4:30 PM
The Christ candle is lighted in the Advent wreath, and our fifth Jesse Tree ornament recognized as we gather to celebrate Jesus’ arrival! For more than a half century, the late afternoon of Christmas Eve has featured readings about the … Continue reading →