ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS
February 9th is the Souper Bowl of Caring!
We are continuing our tradition of partnering with other local congregations to observe football’s Super Bowl Sunday by taking up a "Souper Bowl" collection for local food aid and daily feeding programs in our community. There will be soup pots in the hallway after church on February 9th for your donations. Money collected will be divided among the active feeding programs in our community. Thanks for your continued support for this 30-year mission helping the hungry!
Wednesday Night Supper
We are excited to invite you to a Valentine's Day-themed Wednesday Night Supper at First Church on February 19th at 5:45 PM.
We'll be serving delicious lasagna from Lorenzo’s, bread knots, salad, a veggie and gluten-free option, and special desserts! It’s the perfect evening to enjoy great food and fellowship as we celebrate love and community.
To attend, please complete the February Wednesday Night Supper Online Sign Up Form or sign up on the bulletin board at church. We can't wait to share this special evening with you!
Go deep for Lent!
Mirroring the 2025 General Synod theme, "Into the Deep," our 2025 Lent Devotional invites reflection on God's mysterious depths.
As Mary Luti writes in the introduction, "God inhabits the depths of life, love, loss, ecstasy, and pain, God dwells in the profundities of prayer, in sighs too deep for words. God loves the deep."
What courage, what faith, what reckoning, what wonder might find us as we go deep into God's depths this Lent?
We have several FREE copies of this book on the Welcome Table. Donations are welcomed, but not required. For those that don't get a hard copy of the book, you are also able to purchase a PDF for $3.00 and/or hardcopy version of the book for $5.00 using the link here. If purchasing the PDF version, please purchase one PDF per reader. Upon purchase, a link will be emailed to you for downloading the PDF.
Any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to the office at office@firstchurchoberlin.org or (440)775-1711.
First Church building rental opportunities
The First Church buildings offer numerous opportunities for meetings, rehearsals, concerts, weddings, and family events. After long study, a reasonable rental fee schedule has been worked out to offer fair use of the facility to our members and our neighbors. Large rooms (the Meeting House, Fellowship Hall, or JFO Room) and small rooms (upstairs classrooms, Room 4, Reading Room) can be reserved by the hour or by the half day. Discounted rates for church members and community partners may be available. The city of Oberlin has limited spaces available for events, and we are happy to offer our facility to help fill that need for our neighbors.
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As always, call Jen or the office to get a link for any and all of these events!