First Presbyterian Church of Marion, IL

06/12/2026

So excited to share that "When You Pray, Move Your Feet" by Tom and Jocelyn Logan of Marion Medical Mission is now available on audiobook! Read by the authors, you can hear the passion and love Tom and Jocelyn have for the world and MMM. Check out the link below, and when you pray, move your feet!

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. How do you make the impossible possible? The answer lies in an African proverb: When you pray, move your feet. As a young man in the 1960s, American Tom Logan spent a year traveling in Africa. He returned to the US and dedicated himself to the civil righ.....

06/12/2026

Join us in prayer as we affirm that every person is made in God's image and beloved by God. We pray that our LGBTQIA+ siblings will always find safety, inclusion, and lasting justice in their communities.

06/10/2026

What does faith look like when it crosses borders, languages, and cultures?

This Sunday, we invite you to hear from missionaries Benjamin and Tricia Groenewold Van Dyk, who serve at LCC International University in Lithuania. Through teaching, mentoring, hospitality, and community-building, they walk alongside students from across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and beyond as they explore life's biggest questions and encounter the love of God.

Come hear their stories, be inspired by their ministry, and learn how God is at work in places both near and far.

Sunday School at 9am
Worship at 10:30 am

All are welcome!

06/05/2026

06/03/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🌈

For many LGBTQIA+ people, church has not always been a place of safety, belonging, or celebration. Too often, the message they received was that the opposite. That they were/are unwelcome, unseen, or unloved.
We grieve that reality.

We believe the love of God is wider than our fears, deeper than our divisions, and stronger than anything that would separate us from one another.

At First Presbyterian Church of Marion, we celebrate that every person is created in the image of God and beloved by God. We strive to be a community where all can worship, serve, question, grow, and belong.

As followers of Christ, we are continually learning what it means to love our neighbors as ourselves. We do not claim perfection, but we do seek to follow Jesus who welcomed people to the table again and again.

This Pride Month, and every month:
All are loved. All are celebrated. All are welcome.
🏳️‍🌈❤️
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) More Light Presbyterians

05/31/2026

The most recent Leader Formation webinar featured a conversation between the Rev. CeCe Armstrong and the Rev. Tony Larson, PCUSA Co-Moderators of the General Assembly, and the Rev. Ted V. Foote Jr. and the Rev. P. Alex Thornburg, authors of the book “Being Presbyterian in a Dysvangelical America: A Guide to Reclaiming the Good News of God’s Grace.” Hosted by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Leader Formation office and moderated by Martha Miller, the webinar drew strong participation with 552 people registered. Read more about the webinar here: https://hubs.ly/Q04j2vD80

05/31/2026

Community garden volunteers laying a new waterline. Volunteers were from this church, U of I Extension, FFA from Marion High School, and the Salvation Army. A real blessing from God for gathering this group of volunteers!

05/25/2026

"Come build a church with soul and spirit,
Come build a church of flesh and bone.
We need no tower rising skyward;
No house of wood, or glass, or stone.
Come build a church with human frailty.
Come build a church of flesh and blood.
Jesus shall be its sure foundation.
It shall be built by the hand of God."
🎶 Ken Medema

05/24/2026

"The Majesty and Glory of Your Name" by Tom Fettke was a beautiful moment to ready our hearts for the Holy Spirit