On Sunday, January 8th, our special collection will be to fund our annual efforts for the Emmanuel Dining Room (EDR). Please consider giving to this long-standing (almost 40 years!) project of our church. This once-a-year collection provides First U’s annual budget for grocery supplies, to feed lunch to over 200...

Thanks to members of the First U EDR team for helping us return to serving in the dining room at EDR, along with making casseroles and cookies. The April and May teams included: Patty Avery, Georgia Brereton, Jill Coghlan, Cindy Cohen, Kate Cowperthwait, James & Mimi Moser, Christy Mullins, Nancy...

We are so excited to announce that Emmanuel Dining Room is re-opening their dining room this month! With Covid numbers remaining manageable, the Ministry of Caring is re-opening indoor dining at EDR, which means our serving team on the 20th of the month is back in business! Last month, on...

Finding yourself with too many Girl Scout cookies? Donate a few boxes to the First U EDR effort! Drop off packages of cookies (Girl Scout, Oreos, whatever you wish) to the church office (mark the boxes “EDR”), or contact Cindy Cohen. We’d love to have them!

It may be cold and covid-y (is that a word yet? :-), but the First U EDR team continues to provide monthly meals to Emmanuel Dining Room on the 19th. During the kitchen renovations and because of covid we have been preparing our meals in homes rather than at church,...