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OFFICIAL NOTICE OF CHURCH ANNUAL MEETING

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…

Online giving

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…

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312 West Main St Marshalltown, IA

  • Sunday 8:30 AM & 10:30 AM

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Out of the House of Bondage

Out of the House of Bondage Hebrews 2:15; Exodus 20:1 Sunday, March 3, 2024 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa   The anxiety I felt after a few months in Ohio.  The Spirit-if you stay long enough, then you’ve come to the place where you will die.  Many years ago, I moved to Ohio and lived there for a number of years.  After about four years, roughly around 2023, I experience this strange sense of anxiety that I…

A Chariot of Fire

A Chariot of Fire Mark 9:1-9; 2 Kings 2:1-12 Transfiguration Sunday February 11, 2024   Introduction: Something rare Certain things are rare in Scripture and that makes it hard to see how it relates to following Christ today.  For example, the experience of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is an experience that applies only  to her.  We can learn from her experience, but there will never be another Mary, the mother of Jesus.  I read this about rare things in…

Purpose

Purpose Sunday, February 4, 2024, at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Mark 1:38But He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.” Opening Remarks: A Joke about purpose I’d like to begin my remarks by mentioning a philosophical conversation between an employee of a company and his supervisor in which the employee waxes eloquently about the nature and purpose of time.  He…