First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Finance Committee
2023-03-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | FCC Zoom Channel

Lenten Study
2023-03-15 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2023-03-29 19:00 - 20:00 | FCC Zoom Channel
Study Materials: Lent Love Journal
To join through your phone: (312) 626-6799,
Meeting ID: 884 0701 2888

Happy Hour With The Pastors
2023-03-16 17:00 - 18:00 | FCC Zoom Channel
To join us by phone: (312) 626-6799,
Meeting ID: 862 4500 4606

Coffee Hour With The Pastors
2023-03-18 09:00 - 10:00 | FCC Zoom Channel
To join through your phone:
(312) 626-6799,
Meeting ID: 867 2414 9934

Grief Support Group
2023-03-18 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-03-25 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-04-01 10:00 - 11:30 | Basilica of St. Mary Crowley Center, 88 N 17th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Grieving?
Show up any Saturday at 10 am to 11:30 am to hear a speaker on various topics of grief and loss, and then break into small discussion groups to talk to others experiencing a similar loss.
New attendees are always welcome! We ask that you arrive by 9:45.
We are currently meeting in person at Basilica of St. Mary Crowley Center, 88 N 17th St., Minneapolis. Use our Contact Form or call 612-317-3454 for more information.

U-Pick Sunday School
2023-03-19 09:20 - 10:15, 2023-03-26 09:20 - 10:15 | SHMC Squiggle Space (Lower Level) & Child Ministries Zoom Room
Meeting in the SHMC Squiggle Space (Lower Level) and the Child Ministries Zoom Room.

Sunday Worship (Online and In-Person)
2023-03-19 10:30 - 11:45, 2023-03-26 10:30 - 11:45 | FCC North Sanctuary & LiveStream Channel
Click on the link below to attend online through our YouTube Channel

The Pilgrimage: An Interfaith Civil Rights Journey Presentation by Downtown Interfaith Senior Clergy
2023-03-19 16:30 - 17:30 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1200 S Marquette Ave, Minnneapolis, MN, 55403, United States
Over Martin Luther King (MLK) week, Pastor Laurie, as part of the Downtown Interfaith Senior Clergy, traveled to Atlanta, Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery for an interfaith civil rights journey. Highlights of the trip included:
Attending the National Beloved Community MLK Remembrance Service at Ebenzer Baptist Church in Atlanta where Bryan Stephenson, author of “Just Mercy” presented the keynote address
Walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
Memorialized the innocent children killed at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham
Visited the new Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery
Bore witness at the myriad of powerful museums and monuments paying homage to the leaders and foot soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement
The Senior Clergy group is bringing their pilgrimage back to Minneapolis to share the lessons and insights gleaned on this remarkable multi-faith journey.
Please join Pastor Laurie and the rest of the clergy group for a series of three presentations of the trip, and for panel discussions and worship to commemorate the convergence of Ramadan, Passover and Easter on three consecutive Sundays in March from 4:30-5:00 p.m.
March 19 at Westminster Presbyterian (12th & Marquette, Minneapolis): video premiere and panel discussion

March UMW AR/PR Action Team Presentation 3/19: Womanist Theology
2023-03-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Please join us on Sunday evening, March 19, for our next UMW AR/PR Action Team Event: Womanist Theology
Registration Is Required – click here to register
Presenter: Minister DeShay Jackson
DeShay Jackson (They/Them) serves as Minister of Music and Worship Arts for The Gathering, A Womanist Church, in Dallas, Texas. They hold a Master’s In Divinity from Brite Divinity School with certificates in Black Church Studies and Gender/Sexual Justice and a Bachelor’s in Music Education from Culver-Stockton College. Their narrative work can be read in Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians, published by Chalice Media Group and watched on Season 3 Episode 1 of HBO’s Were Here, as one of the drag kids.
DeShay has performed with a host of instrumental and vocal ensembles in spaces such as the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, TX,. During their time at Brite Divinity, they served as vice-moderator for the Brite Black Seminarians and served on the chapel worship committee as music liaison, worship leader, and student vocal ensemble director.
DeShay utilizes a Womanist viewpoint to explore the intersections of theology, spirituality, Black queerness, music, and cuisine.

Book Group
2023-03-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
March selection:
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Worship Committee - Online
2023-03-21 18:00 - 19:00 | FCC Zoom Channel

the stable
2023-03-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Rev. Jia Starr Brown (one of our members) invites us to join her Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm online for “the stable”
The Church, in its current form, isn’t working.
Edison defined “insanity” very well…change is needed.
“the stable” (lowercase intentional) is a Christian-centered gathering community with NO money expectations, fancy veneer, agendas, or ambiguity. NO power trips, privilege, and programs over PEOPLE…
…just Jesus and us broken humans coming together for some truth-telling preaching (from the fringes!0 and teaching, all in about an hour…on a Tuesday.
And, NO membership required. Both Pastors and their parishioners can tune in on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm to hear a preached sermon (sermon prep, perhaps?) using the Scripture from the Lectionary for the upcoming Sunday.

FCC Board - Online
2023-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | FCC Zoom Channel

Coffee Hour With The Pastors
2023-03-22 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-03-25 09:00 - 10:00 | FCC Zoom Channel
To join through your phone:
(312) 626-6799,
Meeting ID: 820 9546 0628

Happy Hour With The Pastors
2023-03-23 17:00 - 18:00 | FCC Zoom Channel

Downtown Interfaith Worship Service
2023-03-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 3355 N 4th St, Minneapolis, MN, 55412, United States

Happy Hour With The Pastors
2023-03-28 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-03-30 17:00 - 18:00 | FCC Zoom Channel
To join us by phone: (312) 626-6799,
Meeting ID: 884 9447 3271

Coffee Hour With The Pastors
2023-03-29 09:00 - 10:00, 2023-04-01 09:00 - 10:00 | FCC Zoom Channel
To join through your phone:
(312) 626-6799,
Meeting ID: 867 4305 6458

Long-Range Planning Committee
2023-03-30 19:00 - 20:00 | FCC Zoom Channel

Disciples Alliance Q Transgender Day of Visibility Vigil
2023-03-31 07:00 - 19:00 | Online
We are celebrating our trans and gender-expansive siblings — God’s beloved creation — and we are bringing to light the discrimination and violence the community faces. We will shine our lights and work for trans justice every day.

On Friday, March 31, join Disciples Alliance Q for the day, for several hours, or for an hour. We will conclude our vigil by joining in worship with the Transmission Ministry Collective (TMC).
-At 8 a.m. Eastern: TDOV opening celebration
-On the hour every hour: a prayer or blessing from the host (FCC is hosting 8 AM – 9 AM central time)
-During the hour: connection, fellowship, conversation, and resources for taking action in our faith communities and places of residence
-At noon Eastern: presentation about gender diversity in scripture and Christian history with special guest Austen Hartke, author of Transforming: The Bible and Lives of the Lives of Transgender Christians and founder of Transmission Ministry Collective (TMC)
-At 8 p.m. Eastern: worship with Transmission Ministry Collective

Register for access to the Transgender Day of Visibility Vigil: https://disciplesallianceq.org/tdov/
Your hosts are from AllianceQ – the Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance and ecumenical ministry partners:
FCC Minneapolis, Transmission Ministry Collective, Downtown Disciples, Galileo Church

CXLD DUE TO WEATHER: Lenten Mission Project: Bagels, Books, and Blankets
2023-04-01 09:00 - 13:00
Join your fellow church goers in a morning of fun, fellowship, food, and fabulous good deeds!
Bagels: Bagels and toppings will be available for your breakfast. And coffee, too, of course!
Books: We will be collecting books to give to People Serving People. The shelter would appreciate books for people of all ages, infants through seniors. The books can be new or gently used—meaning no rips, tears, writing, or stains. (We are asked to not give any books that are political or religious.) Go wild in your favorite independent bookstore!
Blankets: New blankets are welcome. They can be twin, full, or queen size. Thick and warm blankets are needed but any are welcome.
Building sandwiches: Our activity for after breakfast will be making 200-300 sandwiches to be delivered to Groveland Food Shelf on April 4. Many hands make light work! If you cannot attend the Saturday gathering but wish to donate book or blankets, you can bring them to church and leave them in front of the altar in the North Sanctuary.

Activity for children (and those who are children at heart!): Peeps dioramas! Materials will be available to do Peeps dioramas! Bring your creativity!

To join us online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86743056458 or (312) 626-6799, Meeting ID: 867 4305 6458
