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Please join us for a traditional service of Lessons & Carols, sung by the congregation and First & Franklin Sanctuary Choir. Child-friendly service. Organ prelude begins at 6:50 pm.

CANDLELIGHT CHORAL CONCERT Sunday, December 15, 2019 | 4:00 p.m. The First & Franklin Sanctuary Choir Double Brass Choir Jacqueline Pollauf, harp Jason Kissel, conductor The First & Franklin Sanctuary Choir, joined by guest instrumentalists, presents the 19th Annual Candlelight Choral Concert, a treasured part of the Christmas season in Mt. Vernon. This concert will…

Our sermon from November 10th ended with the question, “What if?” What if we were to reimagine church?What might we see as its possibilities? Our primary text was from the prophet Haggai. Looking at the temple, specifically its ruins (it was destroyed by the Babylonian invasion of 586/87 BCE), Haggai stood in front of the…

Please join us for the Alternative Christmas Market!   As the commercial world turns towards the holidays, we are turning to the Alternative Christmas Market on November 24 and December 1.   The Alternative Christmas Market is a way to fund good work in our community and around the globe while still crossing all those…

A Litany for Remembrance by Robert Hoch (October 24, 2019) Adapted from Michele Norris, “So You Want to Talk About Lynching?” in the Washington Post (23 October 2019)   O God, we confess that we know too little about lynching.   A lynching involved a man or a woman, or sometimes a child, dragged from…

The topic this week in the Adult Forum will be whether we can perceive things we don’t have words for. Follow the linked article which claims that no one saw blue until modern times:  What is Blue? We meet in Backus House at 9:15 a.m.

CrossCurrents meets each week from 9:15 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. in Backus House for rich conversation and meaningful reflection on contemporary topics. We explore the intersection of faith and public life, drawing from a wide variety of conversation partners. This Sunday’s CrossCurrent topic is found on the Irish Times, “Why is Greta Thunberg so Triggering for Certain…

Thank you for visiting the First & Franklin Presbyterian Church website. You may have seen the 270-foot tall spire; or perhaps you drove down Park Avenue, alongside the purple ribbons outside the sanctuary; or perhaps you heard about a concert being held in our sanctuary; or you saw us on the evening news. Maybe you’re…