Fifth Sunday project 

Our Fifth Sunday project featured random acts of kindness. We put together flowers to deliver to retirement homes with the request they be given to whomever needed them the most that day. We also took many plates of cookies to our local firefighters and police officers.
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Easter Morning at Sumner FCC

Start off your Easter morning at 8 a.m. with a breakfast served by the men of the church. At 9 a.m., the children’s Easter egg hunt will commence. Worship is at 10:15 a.m. and will include a flowering of the cross. Bring along some cut flowers if you have some available....
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Maundy Thursday Taize Prayer Service

For tonight’s Maundy Thursday Taize Prayer Service at 7 p.m. we have decorated the sanctuary in the style of the chapel at the monastery in Taize, France (below right), to enhance the experience. The Taize style of worship features quiet, contemplative praying and the...
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Holy Week begins

Our remembrance of Palm Sunday started off Holy Week activities at First Christian Church.  The day included the children processing in with the palms and an after-worship service project assembling hygiene kits for to be donated through Church World Service to people facing...
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Time for the Holiday Bazaar

The Annual Holiday Bazaar is here! Stop by 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, or 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 17-18, for plenty of great handmade gifts. This is a great way to get a jump on your holiday gift giving and perhaps pick up a few things for yourself as well.    ...
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New Starting Time

Beginning June 1, Sumner FCC Sunday worship will revert to starting at 10 a.m. for the summer.  Church has been meeting at 11 a.m., following a time set aside for small groups. Those groups will be taking a break for the summer after meeting for the last time at 10 a.m. May 25.
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Souper Bowl Sunday

The kids have done their part.  Now it’s up to the rest of us to make it a Super Sunday by supporting the Souper Bowl of Caring! This week, the Wonderful Wednesday kids canvassed the neighborhood collecting food donations for the Sumner Food Bank. Their haul – and super artwork –...
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Warm Holiday Wishes

This holiday season, SumnerFCC is building on its long-standing relationship with St. Francis House. This week we will deliver hats, gloves, scarves and blankets donated as part of an annual tradition, organized by church member Sara Hilderbrant, of decorating Christmas trees...
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A Time to Remember

November at SumnerFCC has been a time for remembering and for saying good-bye. We began the month honoring our personal saints who have gone before us with a tree of remembrance.  The tree was created by the Wonderful Wednesday kids. Church members wrote names on monarch...
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Cars, kids and candy

Trunk ‘r Treat, SumnerFCC’s annual Halloween tradition, was great fun as usual and more popular than ever.  We handed out tons of candy, gave away lots of hot chocolate and cider, and showed our neighbors the friendly and open spirit that defines our congregation...
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