Right now there is a whole lot of dreaming and wondering and questioning conversations happening. The Board has created two separate teams ..read more

The Stewardship “Claim the Vision” campaign $185,018 for the 2004 budget. Included was a proposal to hire a Director of Children and ..read more

But as a church, I fear sometimes that we too are missing opportunities to hear God speak and to let the Messiah get some work done ..read more

Have you seen the USI Lego house at the front of the sanctuary? It’s growing due to all the pledges being fulfilled, donations and ..read more

The board and elders have been working tirelessly to lead us through a time of great transition, to really begin the push that will allow ..read more

The 2003 budget presented by the Finance Team indicated a goal of limiting spending to the amount of pledges and a historic amount of ..read more

This home will help mothers finish high school and build a life skills/education foundation that can be a basis for keeping them out of pove ..read more

There’s a lot that goes into gardening. And there’s a lot that goes into a growing a church ..read more

“The estimate that seventy-five to one hundred churches close each week brings an urgency to the matter.” – Eileen Lindner in Gone for Good I first read this quote and I had to stop. It hurt my brain, but it also hurt my heart. We’re part of such a small denomination that the thought of 75-100 congregations closing their doors EVERY WEEK seems rather impossible to me. And yet, I see the number of churches close. Yet, this congregation is also faced with the deafening battle that we’re not making budget every year for the last three years. That we’re struggling to find cohesion and mission a ..read more

Elvis Lives On! Boy does he! The Building Dreams – Transforming Lives First Christian Church U.S.I. campaign had a successful evening Saturday, March 23rd. The Elvis Experience Band came with a piano player, two guitars, a drummer, two backup singers, and well we all thought it was Elvis, but it was George Gray, an Elvis tribute artist. About 125 concert goes and 12 ROTC members were entertained for over an hour and a half of Elvis music. Elvis had audience members come on stage and he came down into the audience a couple of times. There were young people dancing down in front of the stage ..read more