First Congregational United Church of Christ Alexandria

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We are hosting Jax Rose's Summer Arts Space. It is Thursdays 4-7 pm beginning June 11 through Sept 3. He received a La...
06/05/2026

We are hosting Jax Rose's Summer Arts Space. It is Thursdays 4-7 pm beginning June 11 through Sept 3. He received a Lake Region Arts Council Grant to support it.
Any teenager is welcome to come with teir own art or try something new among students who care about the arts. This year we will be expanding offerings to teens who work in the literary arts .

This Sunday, May 31, will be the first of five worship services with this new theme.We have inherited a faith tradition ...
05/30/2026

This Sunday, May 31, will be the first of five worship services with this new theme.

We have inherited a faith tradition with generations of changes and theological questions. We have a Christianity with fractures and mergers that have left many with alot to ponder. We will be seeking answers to some pretty simply questions from now through the end of June.
- Why the Water?
- Why the Table?
- Why the Bible?
- Why the Cross?
- Why the Church?

Faith and church are at their best when they can handle our human questions. God wants us to be comfortable with who we are and whose we are as beloved children of the Divine. So come with your faith AND your questions to worship. Join us as we explore together some of the basics that connect us but also have the possibilities of stressing us out and possibly cause fractures. But when we do this thing called church well, we remember that God is in the midst of it all hold it all as sacred and holy, O blessed be!

See you Sunday

For most of us who have grown up in the church, we probably cannot remember a time before we knew Jesus. However, we ca...
04/18/2026

For most of us who have grown up in the church, we probably cannot remember a time before we knew Jesus. However, we can also name moments when we sensed his presence with us in a powerful and personal way. We have much in common with those who walked the Emmaus Road on the first Easter evening. This Sunday at 10 am, we will listen to this familiar story, hear the stories of some members of our faith community, sing God's praise, pray for our world and each other, witness the confirmation of faith of Skylar and Lilly, welcome Pastor Marc, and say "See you in August" to Pastor Jill. A celebration luncheon for all will be served by Pam Schauff. It will be a full and very good day!! All are invited and will be welcomed and at First Congregational United Church of Christ, all means ALL!

Jesus' disciple Thomas gets a bad rap. He asks to see the same evidence presented to the rest of the disciples and eve...
04/11/2026

Jesus' disciple Thomas gets a bad rap. He asks to see the same evidence presented to the rest of the disciples and ever since that moment, the adjective "Doubting" has become his first name. Thomas' story makes an appearance every year the week after Easter Sunday--which gives us the opportunity to talk about doubt. Frederick Buechner says: "Doubt is the ants in the pants of faith." Put another way, doubt can grow our faith. Join us Sunday at 10 a.m. when we will sing God's praise, pray for our world and for each other, and take another look at the faith of Thomas. Spoiler alert: We will also learn that we are blessed because we have believed (trusted) without seeing!!! All are invited and will be welcomed--and at First Congregational United Church of Christ, all means ALL!

“The good news is alive in the world. Do not be afraid. Go back to Galilee. Go back to Galilee where it all started. Go ...
04/05/2026

“The good news is alive in the world. Do not be afraid. Go back to Galilee. Go back to Galilee where it all started. Go back to Galilee and celebrate like we did at the beginning when we were not afraid, when these words of liberation had not yet drawn the trappings of imperial ex*****on.

Here in this artwork, the crowd is celebrating. Figures are dancing and dancing and dancing. Doves fly among the dancers, breaking borders, Holy Spirit. This throng is in the vacant space of the empty cross.… Around the dancing figures in Galilee, patterns of doves disperse outward. The good news, the euaggelion, is alive in the world.”

—from the artist’s statement for “Meet Me in Galilee” by Hannah Garrity |

This Sunday, we gather to proclaim "Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed!" Note that the verb is in the present tense n...
04/04/2026

This Sunday, we gather to proclaim "Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed!" Note that the verb is in the present tense not the past. On the first Easter, God raised Jesus to life. Resurrection happened. But resurrection still happens whenever light shines in darkness and life triumphs over death. Join us this Sunday at 10 a.m. when we will worship with GREAT music, celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion, pray for our world and for each other, celebrate the Risen Christ and commit to look for signs (and be signs!) that the good news of resurrection is still alive in our world. All are invited and will be welcomed--and at First Congregational United Church of Christ, all means ALL!

“Judas betrays Jesus, and his emancipatory mission, with a kiss that signals to the authorities: he is the one you seek!...
04/03/2026

“Judas betrays Jesus, and his emancipatory mission, with a kiss that signals to the authorities: he is the one you seek! … In the chaos of the moment, forgetting the nonviolence Jesus has modeled, his disciples ready their weapons. One even swings his sword and cuts off the ear of an arresting official. Immediately, Jesus reminds his people that they fight with words, ideas, and vision. To press the point, he touches the wounded officer and heals him. The power of God that Jesus represents shows care even for the oppressor—even as Jesus uses God’s power to overturn systems of oppression.

Dying on the cross, Jesus reinforces his message of nonviolent resistance in the most heartbreaking of ways. As the authorities crucify him for proclaiming and prosecuting the hope of liberation for all God’s people, Jesus asks God to forgive them. To the end, he fights them by loving them.

Our calling is to go and do likewise. Fight: Consistently. Defiantly. Furiously. Nonviolently. Whenever and wherever we encounter brokenness, injustice, and oppression. To do otherwise is to betray everything for which he lived and died.”

—Rev. Dr. Brian Blount, from his commentary on Luke 22:47–23:46 |

Art: "Revealed Through Nonviolence” by Rev. Lauren Wright Pittman |

You can trade in lovefor a bag of coins.And even then,even still,even now,Jesus will love you enough towash your feet.If...
04/02/2026

You can trade in love
for a bag of coins.
And even then,
even still,
even now,
Jesus will love you enough to
wash your feet.
If you hear nothing else in the gospel,
hear this.

—excerpt from the poem “If You Hear Nothing Else, Then Hear This” by Rev. Sarah A. Speed

Art: "Flow" by Carmelle Beaugelin Caldwell () |

“Jesus is not just performing; he is extending genuine mercy. All confrontational nonviolence done in Jesus’ name invite...
04/01/2026

“Jesus is not just performing; he is extending genuine mercy. All confrontational nonviolence done in Jesus’ name invites the oppressor to be human again, not through dehumanizing power, but through the humility of our interdependence on each other. It is both unsurprising and devastating that, after his feet have been washed, Judas still runs to betray his Lord—just as it remains unsurprising and devastating when our enemies and oppressors do the same. But Jesus—truly human, and truly God—knew this would happen.

And he washes Judas's feet, anyway.”

—Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail (.lizzie ), Lizzie McManus-Dail from her commentary on John 13:1@sanctifiedart

“Jesus is that King. But in an astonishing way. We know that he is ultimately on his way to the cross. His kingship, sym...
03/29/2026

“Jesus is that King. But in an astonishing way. We know that he is ultimately on his way to the cross. His kingship, symbolized by his station upon a humble c**t, is one of sacrifice and service. And yet, as Lord, he is not a helpless victim. He is in charge. He is working out God’s plan in this demonstration of royal authority. Even in the process of letting go of his life, he is in charge of the liberation of God’s people. He puts our lives before his own life.

Our calling, having recognized Jesus’ Lordship, is to emulate his regal imperative. To live our lives as he lived his, in service to—and perhaps even in sacrifice for—the lives of God’s people.”

—Rev. Dr. Brian Blount, from his commentary on Mark 11:1-11

Art: "Palm Sunday Was a Protest" by Rev. Nicolette Faison (.faison)

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Alexandria, MN
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