Join us for worship on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).
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​If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. 

• Cassidy Moreau is going to be leading a class on The New Jim Crow this Wednesday evening via Zoom. You can find the details you need here. 
• We are in need of volunteers to read scripture on Sunday mornings. You can sign up here and we will send you instructions on how to record your video. 
• ​We plan to welcome a group of new members during worship on July 26th. If you are interested in learning more about membership, please indicate your interest to the church office no later than July 8th. More information here.
• The Board of Justice and Witness is supporting organizations that are promoting justice by keeping up on meetings and activities. Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice will be meeting July 25 online from 3 - 5 PM. All are invited to attend. Details are available here.
• We hope you’ll join us for Summer Prayers @ 700 Poyntz. Stop by our church grounds anytime for a quiet space to pray. More information here. 
• Our summer devotionals are here and you can download/print them at uccmanhattan.org/unraveled or request a copy from the office and we will mail one to you. ​

​Join us for worship on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).
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​If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. 

• We look forward to Blessing the Animals next Sunday during worship. Join us at 10:45 a.m. on Facebook Live for this special blessing. We will also be saying goodbye and blessing our members who are moving away from Manhattan this summer. 
• We are in need of volunteers to read scripture on Sunday mornings. You can sign up here and we will send you instructions on how to record your video. 
  
• We are also seeking volunteers for The Second Helping. Learn more about the needs here. 
  
• ​We plan to welcome a group of new members during worship on July 26th. If you are interested in learning more about membership, please indicate your interest to the church office no later than July 8th. More information here.
• We hope you’ll join us for Summer Prayers @ 700 Poyntz. Stop by our church grounds anytime for a quiet space to pray. More information here. 
• Our summer devotionals are here and you can download/print them at uccmanhattan.org/unraveled or request a copy from the office and we will mail one to you. 

Join us for worship on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).
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​If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. 

• Blessing of the Animals coming up later in June! If you have a pet you’d like to have blessed, please send us a photo by June 19th. You’ll find details here. 
• ​We plan to welcome a group of new members during worship on July 26th. If you are interested in learning more about membership, please indicate your interest to the church office no later than July 8th. More information here.
• Pastor Caela will be on study leave all next week as she begins the Souljourners training program for spiritual directors. If you have any urgent pastoral care needs while she's gone please contact the church office, a Minister of Care, or Pastor Sue.
  
• We hope you’ll join us for Summer Prayers @ 700 Poyntz. Stop by our church grounds anytime for a quiet space to pray. More information here. 
• Our summer devotionals are here and you can download/print them at uccmanhattan.org/unraveled or request a copy from the office and we will mail one to you. 

​Watch the service on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).
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​If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. 

• Our friends at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Manhattan have invited us to join them for their discussion of Ibram X. Kendi's "How to Be an Antiracist,” Sunday, June 7th at 4:00pm via Zoom. Here’s the link. 
• Our summer devotionals are here and you can download/print them at uccmanhattan.org/unraveled or request a copy from the office and we will mail one to you. 
• Blessing of the Animals coming up later in June! If you have a pet you’d like to have blessed, please send us a photo by June 19th. You’ll find details here. 
• We hope you’ll join us for Summer Prayers @ 700 Poyntz. Stop by our church grounds anytime for a quiet space to pray. More information here. 
• ​We plan to welcome a group of new members during worship on July 26th. If you are interested in learning more about membership, please indicate your interest to the church office no later than July 8th. More information here.

Watch the service on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).
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​If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. 

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber's sermon used with permission. If you choose to SHARE this sermon (and we hope you will!) we ask that you please share this website, not our video. That way people will be directed to Repairers of the Breach. Thank you. 

We have an annual tradition of blessing the animals in our congregation each summer. This year we will bless our pets during our online worship on Sunday, June 28th. Please submit photos of your pets using our online form.

The deadline for submissions is June 19th. 

The Deacons would also like to drop off a treat for your pet on your porch. If that sounds good to you, there's a place to indicate your interest on the online form. 

During worship on the 28th, be sure to have your pet nearby. As the photos are shown, please hold your pet close and offer a blessing. We've included some suggested words below or you can use your own. If your pet doesn't mind water, you can also sprinkle some water on your pet. 

Words for Pet Blessing:
NAME, beloved creature of God. Know that you are a blessing and we are so grateful for your presence in our lives. Amen. 

• New to First Congregational? We hope you'll join us for Discovering First Congregational after worship at 11:30am today. Learn more here
• Lunch Bunch meets this Wednesday
• Kansas Interfaith Action (KIFA) Annual Event is happening via Zoom on Tuesday. 
• Learn more about the Wear Orange event with Moms Demand Action. 
• Read the most recent COVID update from our congregation's leadership
• Coalition for Equal Justice is meeting this Friday at 4:00pm to discuss fair and impartial policing in Riley County. Contact the church office for Zoom information. 
• Learn more about the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference Medical Debt Relief initiative. 
• Yard signs are here and we would love to drop one off to you. They are double-sided with the images below. Just let your Neighborhood Captain or the office know if you’d like one and we’ll get it delivered to you (contactless, of course).​
• There are daily opportunities for connection including Monday Evening Fellowship, Tuesday Book Group, Wednesday youth group, Thursday prayers. 
• ​During this time of continued physical distancing, our Ministers of Care want to invite you to reach out and write a note and send it in the mail to someone in our congregation. If you need a suggestion for someone who might enjoy a note, contact a Minister of Care or your Neighborhood Captain. 
• We would also like to remind you to please take a moment and make sure you have a photo in the church directory, which is so helpful right now when we can’t see each other. You can e-mail the office to submit a photo. 

Watch the service on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).
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​If you are having difficulty accessing the online services, please don't be shy. Reach out to our church office so we can assist. We are also happy to send you a copy of the sermon via U.S. mail or e-mail. 

• We are excited to announce that we’ve got yard signs coming soon and would love to drop one off to you. They are double-sided with the images below. Just let your Neighborhood Captain or the office know if you’d like one and we’ll get it delivered to you (contactless, of course).​
• New to First Congregational? We hope you'll join us for Discovering First Congregational after worship at 11:30am on May 31st. Learn more here
• Speaking of connection: there are daily opportunities for connection including Monday Evening Fellowship, Tuesday Book Group, Wednesday youth group, Thursday prayers. This week we will also be having a special Monday gathering at Noon Central. I’m going to be talking about Centering Prayer with my friend the Rev. Ben Konecny on Facebook  (as long as our technology works this time!) and I hope you’ll join us. Get more information about the Centering Prayer session. 
• ​During this time of continued physical distancing, our Ministers of Care want to invite you to reach out and write a note and send it in the mail to someone in our congregation. If you need a suggestion for someone who might enjoy a note, contact a Minister of Care or your Neighborhood Captain. 
• We would also like to remind you to please take a moment and make sure you have a photo in the church directory, which is so helpful right now when we can’t see each other. You can e-mail the office to submit a photo. 

Watch the service on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).

• Our Second Helping meal feeds a hot meal and a sack lunch to anyone who needs it every Sunday night. We have a new online sign up sheet for those who would like to provide desserts for the meals. You can sign up online and then provide 55 individually portioned desserts.
• We are excited to announce that we’ve got yard signs coming soon and would love to drop one off to you. They are double-sided with the images below. Just let your Neighborhood Captain or the office know if you’d like one and we’ll get it delivered to you (contactless, of course).

• New to First Congregational? We hope you'll join us for Discovering First Congregational after worship at 11:30am on May 31st. Learn more here
• Speaking of connection: there are daily opportunities for connection including Monday Evening Fellowship, Tuesday Book Group, Wednesday youth group, Thursday prayers. This week we will also be having a special Monday gathering at Noon Central. I’m going to be talking about Centering Prayer with my friend the Rev. Ben Konecny on Facebook  (as long as our technology works this time!) and I hope you’ll join us. Get more information about the Centering Prayer session. 
• ​During this time of continued physical distancing, our Ministers of Care want to invite you to reach out and write a note and send it in the mail to someone in our congregation. If you need a suggestion for someone who might enjoy a note, contact a Minister of Care or your Neighborhood Captain. 
• We would also like to remind you to please take a moment and make sure you have a photo in the church directory, which is so helpful right now when we can’t see each other. You can e-mail the office to submit a photo. ​

Watch the service on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).

• Our congregation is joining with others in the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the UCC to help abolish medical debt. Our Board of Mission has made a contribution from our budget, but if you would like to make your own contribution you can do so on theKO website by the end of May.
• Thank you to those who attended our Second Helping Head Cook training last week. If you missed the training but are interested in learning more about being a head cook or volunteering in another way, please contact us. We have handouts and a video of the training that we can share with you. 
• We will be hosting a conversation with some of the staff from the Manhattan Public Library via Facebook Live this Wednesday at Noon. You can join us to learn how to access books, magazines, audiobooks, movies and more without ever going inside the library. If you’ve been thinking about taking the plunge and learning how to access electronic resources, we hope you’ll join us. 
• Our Deacons want to honor our Spring and Summer graduates, but we need to know who you are. Please let us know right away if you are graduating so we can celebrate with you. 
• We are starting a new opportunity for fellowship on Monday evenings at 6:30pm. Join Deane Lehmann starting tomorrow and the group can decide what kinds of fun things you’d like to do together over the summer months. (Other weekly gatherings include Fellowship Hour,  youth group, Prayers on Thursday nights, and the Tuesday book group.)Links for all the weekly gatherings are here. 

Watch the service on Facebook Live at 10:45 a.m. Central on Sunday (no login required).