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We have a long history, warm hospitality, excellent pastors.Communion 1st Sunday w/lunch after.

02/25/2026

Tonight! Tonight! First Presbyterian hosts!
Baseball-themed picnic supper at 5:30.
Worship service at Faith Lutheran at 6:30.
Chris Baker preaches.

02/11/2026

12/10/2025

During the mittens and gloves drive we collected 122 pairs!
These were divided up between several local schools to distribute.
Thank you from all the schools to those who donated!

11/25/2025

This Sunday!

Please come for an afternoon of hearing about Christmas spent in a "Little House on the Prairie". Ma Ingalls recalls her favorite time of year raising her girls in the wilds of Wisconsin, and beyond.
Remember to bring mittens and gloves to donate.

11/18/2025

10/05/2025

I predicted it. I knew that it would happen.

Last night, at the Harvest Service and Dinner, I forgot to take pictures.
Sixteen members and friends of First Prebyterian Church came out to the annual service, but I never thought to take pictures to post here. So, use your imagination.
Pastor Hugh Drennan of Lake Mills had crafted a unique service in which we gave thanks for God's creations: Nature and the Changing of the Seasons, Orchards and Trees, Gardens and Farm Fields, and Animals great and small.
Interspersed with thematic and grateful praise, we also hung leaves on our 'tree' (cross). On these were written our own special appreiciations of God's gifts.

The service and dinner were put together by Rich and Ellie Kluetzman.
Rich was overheard last night saying, "We may not have alot of money to give to the church, but we have all this bounty to share, and Ellie likes to cook."

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08/26/2025

Saturday October 4th @ 4 pm, First Presbyterian will be holding its 3rd Annual Harvest Service and Dinner. Hugh Drennan will be crafting this special service as we give thanks and show gratitude to God for all of the gifts of the Harvest on the Kluetzman's farm.

Ellie and Rich sponsor this event and they focus the dinner around the bounty of their land. Beef stew will be the entree, with many other dishes to follow the theme.

In conjunction with this event, we will begin a food drive to benefit the Columbus-Fall River Food Pantry this week. The month-long collection of shelf stable items and cash also coordinates with our turn at manning the food pantry for the month of September.

Pat Wendt could use help with this. Please call her at 920-623-2107 to volunteer a Thursday afternoon.

07/30/2025

Our Bible study group has grown! And we all wore blue, except Larry. We let him in the picture anyway!

Bible Study begins at 9:30 on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month.

06/13/2025

Our Work Day is set for tomorrow, Saturday May 14th at 9:30.
Dress in your work duds, and bring your enthusiasm.
Mostly, it will be painting windows and reglazing glass.
But we will try to bring all the windows down from the second story to paint.
Bottled water will be available.
Serve Christ by sprucing up his Father's house.

05/14/2025

New church directories will be printed soon. Let us know if your home needs one.

Also, we have several Kwik Trip car wash cards left over. $36 will buy you 5-$10 washes at any Kwik Trip location. Ellie will deliver the cards to you. Let us know if you would like to purchase one.

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05/14/2025

A work-day will be scheduled for sometime this summer.
Painting, yardwork, emptying the CE building, etc.

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02/28/2025

The Ecumenical Ash Wednesday Service will be held at Faith Lutheran Church at 6:30pm. Ashes and Communion available.
Pastor Teresa Baker will preach.
A soup supper will begin at 5:00pm.

The Ecumenical Lent Service on Wednesday March 12th will be held at the Church of the Nazarene at 6:30pm.
Elder Ellie Kluetzman will deliver the message that night.
A soup supper is slated to begin at 5:00pm.

During the Ecumenical Lent Series "Seeking Jesus", churches each take a turn, and no pastor headlines at their own church.

First Presbyterian's turn to host is April 9th.
Faith Lutheran has generously 🥰 offered to host our service at their facility.
Their church has no steps, a bigger parking lot, and better outdoor lighting than FPC's facility.
No service will be held at First Presbyterian Church for these reasons.

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157 N. Spring Street
Columbus, WI
53925

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+19206233350

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“We Are One” group plans January 26 event

Rev. Dietrich Gruen is Pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Columbus and Bethany Presbyterian of Randolph.

The “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,” January 18-25 in the Northern Hemisphere, gives Christians an annual opportunity to continue their quest for the unity they already share in Christ. Locally we gather at the Pavilion in Columbus, on January 26 at 2pm, to praise God and to deepen our understanding of the ecumenical movement. All are welcome at this free event meant to bridge what divides us. For one Sunday afternoon, we set politics and religion aside; we even gather at a neutral site and bring together a diverse program.

Jesus foretold that families and close friends would be divided over him. But those who believe would see the signs of the times and follow in his footsteps, regardless of the division we invariably create. Joining in this annual celebration, Christians of all races, denominations, and persuasions will raise their voices, hands and hearts, as we seek fulfillment of Jesus’ high priestly prayer in John 17, "that they all may be one."

The diverse music groups scheduled to play shall serve as a microcosm of the heavenly choir. A story circulating on the internet illustrates this point of unity.

A man died, went to heaven, and was given a tour by the Angel Gabriel. Everywhere songs are raised in praise and suddenly the harmony that had been hidden in life on earth made sense. The four-part songs and cathedral organs, the guitars and drums, the rustic hymns and African chants, the Latin rhythms, the bells and the carols, the white keys and the black keys, and the tapping feet and the beating hearts—they all blended together in a harmony never heard on earth but always intended.

And it was good. But the man couldn't help but notice this little cabin on the far edge of heaven. Curious, he walked toward it with the angel at his elbow and peered inside. There, huddling quietly together—on their knees, hands clasped in prayer—was a group oblivious to the rest of heaven.

The man turned toward the angel Gabriel, puzzled. Gabriel smiled and explained softly, "They're the Exclusive Apostolic Old Order Preservationist Witnesses of the Apocalyptic Mysteries."

"Why are we whispering?" the man asked.

"Because," Gabriel replied, "they think they're the only ones here." Amen.

To see people from many nations come together for a week of prayer, and so many from Columbus and neighboring communities come together in one place January 26—that is remarkable. Shades of Pentecost two thousand years ago, when people from nations throughout the Mediterranean met in Jerusalem. Together, they heard the gospel proclaimed in their own language. As we celebrate “we are one” and pray to realize more of that God-given unity, we are, in some small way, re-enacting that first Pentecost Sunday.

On January 26, 2pm at the Pavilion, you’ll get a taste of the week-long worldwide celebration, especially the focus on the diversity of languages, nationalities and traditions of those who worship the same God. Join local churches and others together in a service of Christian unity during an extremely turbulent time.

This ideal of unity, despite differences within the same denominations or between people of different faith groups, is hard to appreciate. We seem so deeply fractured, but this ideal of unity, however elusive, is still present everywhere—thanks to the power of God who reconciles all things to himself. In the words of Ephesians 4:4-6, we are reminded: “You are one body and one spirit, just as God also called you in one hope. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all, who is over all, through all, and in all.” That’s a truth to embrace in hard times both this week, on January 26, and tomorrow—no matter what.

As people of faith, committed to doing the right thing, working for justice and inclusion—we often grow weary of doing good. We will be polite, civil and gentle with one another. But sometimes the center doesn’t hold, frustration mounts, and voices grow loud. Some will tire of talking and call for action. Others fear acting, not without dialogue that leads to consensus. Such fears reveal fault lines and undermine unity. But in a group of good-willed, faithful folks, it is possible for us to be one flock. Hope to see you there January 26. Dr. Jonathan Overby will host; I will be there to greet you, and the Lord will be there to encourage you. -END-

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