OFFICIAL NOTICE OF CHURCH ANNUAL MEETING SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 2022 The members of First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the church will be held at 11:45AM on Sunday, March 6th, 2022 in the sanctuary at 312 West Main Street, Marshalltown, Iowa and via Zoom on-line. Reports will be reviewed from various church officers and boards, new officers and board members will be elected, and a budget for the new year (2022) will…
There is a new way to give Tithes and Offering to First Congregational Church – Marshalltown. The Trustees have partnered with the company VANCO to support online giving as another option to allow our church members to give their tithes and offerings to the church. With the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become a challenging time for our church and our church members. This partnership gives our members and those that are viewing our worship online from afar a way to…
The Waters of Baptism Isaiah 43:1-2; Luke 3:21-22 Sunday, January 12, 2025 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction Today is the Sunday that we remember the baptism of Jesus, that He insisted in being baptized along with many others as part of the Ministry of John the Baptist. John had tried to talk Him out of it, saying that He should be the one baptizing John, not the other way around. John had a point, but…
The Wise Still Seek Him Sunday, January 5, 2024 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Matthew 2:1-12; Micah 5:2 Introduction Monday, February 6 is the holiday of Epiphany in which the wise men from the east came looking for Jesus, and this caused quite a stir in Jerusalem. The angelic invitation to the shepherds out in the hills of Bethlehem have come and gone though Joseph, Mary and Jesus are still in Bethlehem. Very little is known…
The Elect of God Colossians 3:12-17; 1 Peter 2:9-12 Dec. 29th, 2024 Introduction: Election is one of those topics that is hard to process because it involves a paradox; people have free will, yet God is completely in charge and has no limit to His power and authority. I, for one, have gotten used to such paradoxes because I believe in a Trinity, that God is completely one and completely three and the same time, yet one and only…
