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I have lived in the PNW for 17 years and pastored my church for that entire time. Throughout my years, people would ask from time to time, “do you think you’ll ever move back to Texas?” We had thought about it at times but never followed through. In these last years when asked... Read More →

Our Sunday morning gathering begins at 10:15 a.m. in person at 432 Wood Ave. or on our Facebook page (we stream the service live and post a recording that can be viewed at any time following the worship hour). Sumner First Christian Church is a covenantal member of the Christian... Read More →

We are continuing to stream our Sunday service live on Facebook and post a recording afterward. This week’s service is below. Read More →

On March 15, we began streaming our Sunday service on Facebook Live because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. You can view a recording of that service here. We will be streaming live at 10:15 a.m. over the coming Sundays. Join us for an interactive experience at... Read More →

We are monitoring news and developments about the Coronavirus and wanted to give you an update on Communal worship here at Sumner First Christian Church. Currently we worship on Sunday mornings at 10:15 a.m. and there are some elements of our gathering that we wanted to address... Read More →

As the mother of children, I have noticed this year that some of the major holidays have brought with them sad reminders of the times in which we live. At Christmas time, I was remembering the tragedy of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 26 people and happened... Read More →

There are words in our language that sound soft and, in the minds of some, weak. Compassion is one of those words. To feel compassion involves moving outside of ourselves…letting down all of our defenses and walls. To feel compassion for someone is to allow ourselves to feel for... Read More →

On Ash Wednesday we begin the journey that is Lent, a forty-day season before Easter (excluding Sundays). During this time, we follow the example of Jesus who was led by the Spirit to a forty-day retreat into the wilderness just before he began his public ministry. There Jesus... Read More →