The second year of the Cultivating Cares Community Garden has begun. Preparation and planting began on April 28, 2022. Follow along this year, and consider volunteering your time and energy to feeding our community. If you would like to volunteer at the cultivating care donation garden, please contact the Williamson County Extension Office at (618) 993-3304. Volunteer Tasks: Visit 3-4 times times…
At our March Session meeting (3/9/2022), we had some significant discussion around masking and not masking, that probably reflects the congregation as a whole. There are some who will come back if we made masking optional, and some who would stay away longer. Depending on the individual risk factors, people will make individual decisions about masking, as they have been doing already…
An update about our worship – Session has determined that we will resume worship in person, with masks and distancing as requirements for our worship together. We are shifting back to lifting our voices in song, while we stay masked and distanced. We will continue to have Zoom as an option, and encourage you to make the best decision for yourself and your family about how you will be worshiping.
We got a call on March 9th to see if we would be willing to provide space for a Community Garden to provide fresh food to local food pantries. Fresh food is expensive, and often too expensive for those who are food insecure or the agencies that provide aid to the food insecure. Session was excited about the idea, and since that…
We gather again this year for Lent, and to gather as the community of God gathered in mission, service, and worship together in Marion. This year, our worship will be online, and shared with our community in a prerecorded format. Videos will be posted to premiere at 6 pm on Tuesday evenings in Lent, as woudl be our time if we were…
Friends, The Session wanted to relay to you some of our discussions about worship as we head into the fall and Advent and Christmas. We have been worshiping via Zoom for 7 months now, and we have begun to have a small group of people back in the worship space. In the short term, we will continue holding a hybrid worship service.…
For the foreseeable future, our worship will be based online. We are using Zoom as our worship platform. You can download Zoom from https://zoom.us/download or from your mobile platform app store. For the connection information please contact the church office. If you’d like to follow along in worship later, then we have two options: You can find our online worship recordings on…
Longest Night Service: December 21st at 7pm Advent 4 / Christmas Eve morning: December 24th at 10:30 am, Soup Sunday to follow Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: December 24th at 7pm, Communion to be served All Are Welcome Here
Sermon: “Be Hungry” given by Deacon Clint BorckyFirst Lesson: Matthew 14:13-15Second Lesson: Matthew 14:16-21Hymns: “How Firm A Foundation,” “To God Be the Glory,” “Take My Life and Let It Be”
American Red Cross Blood Drive at First Presbyterian Church of Marion, IL Immediate Need for Blood Donors One donation can help save more than one life. Nearly 5,000 units of platelets and 6.500 units of plasma are needed daily in the U.S.
Sermon: What Does Sin Look Like?’ ” given by Deacon Clint BorckyFirst Lesson: Romans 6:1-14Second Lesson: 2 Timothy 2:11-13Hymns: “Baptized in Water,” “To God Be the Glory,” “Wash O God Your Sons and Daughters”
Sermon: “’Standing in the Need of Prayer” given by Rev. Dan WhitfieldFirst Lesson: Psalm 126Second Lesson: Romans 5:1-11Hymns: “Let All Things Now Living,” “God of Our Life,” and “Come Now, O Prince of Peace”
Sermon: “Who Needs a Doctor?” given by Elder Dan SelockFirst Lesson: Romans 1:1-17Second Lesson: Matthew 9:10-13Hymns: “Immortal Invisible”, “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” and “Hear the Good News of Salvation
Sermon: “We Are All God’s Children” given by Elder Dan SelockFirst Lesson: Acts 13:1-3Hymns: “Jesus Loves Me,” “Rain Song”
April 30, 2023 Thank you so much to the SIU Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders grad and undergrad students and directors who visited us today for Autism Accptance Sunday Lunch and Learn. They presented a wonderful seminar to the community and helped us understand better some aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Thank you to Colleen for organizing this thoughtful event. When…
Sermon: “Acts 10” given by Rev. Dan WhitfieldFirst Lesson: Acts 10:1-48Hymns: “I Love You Lord,” “We Are Standing on Holy Ground,” “This Is Song”
Sermon: “The Four ‘Alls’ ” given by Deacon Clint BorckyFirst Lesson: Matthew 28:16-20Second Lesson: Psalm 40:9-10Hymns: “Listen God is Calling,” “We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight,” “Send Me Jesus”