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Our usual Wednesday evening programs for the whole family are on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic but our children's choirs are still active. Watch our Friday emails for updates.

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Typically, on Wednesday evenings, there are programs for the whole family! Children, from pre-Kindergarteners to 8th grade, are invited to join one of the children's choirs that meet from 4:30 p.m. onwards. 

There will be a Children’s Choir Orientation Meeting in the sanctuary on Wednesday, September 15 at 5:00 p.m. At the meeting you will get a chance to meet the music staff and to find out more information about the expectations and guidelines for this year of choir. We will rehearse masked indoors, but record outdoors mask free. The recording will then be shown during a coming worship service. The Connection choir will have a short rehearsal following the meeting on September 15. The Angel, Cherub, and Chorister Choirs will rehearse for the first time on September 22. 

Choir Rehearsal Schedule

Registration and first choir rehearsal will be on September 11. You can join choir at any time! Just come to the rehearsal and sign up. There is a registration fee of $10 due when you register.

Family Dinner

This Fall, due to the current situation with Covid-19 and the Delta Variant there will be no family dinners this fall. Hopefully, the vaccine will be available for children early next year so that we can resume our family dinners. Watch the Friday emails for updates.

CANCELLED THIS FALL: Typically, we offer a catered dinner in the Gym from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. for families and individuals at the church. Dinner tickets are available on a subscription basis only. There will be two meal subscriptions this year in the fall and spring. All families must register for an entire subscription period. Children 3 and under eat free.

Recently 36 retired United Methodist bishops released a statement calling on The United Methodist Church to remove its ban on homosexual clergy. “Once upon a time, it wasn’t there, and it doesn’t have to be there,” said Bishop Don Ott.

Thank you for your gifts to God through Downers Grove First United Methodist Church in 2021!  Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our church has remained faithful with recurring gifts that have made all of our programs, ministries, missions, and community connections impacted by the world possible and viable. Thanks to your contributions in the name of God, our church and community have been Growing Our Gifts for New Life Together in vibrant new ways.

We are starting our 2022 finance campaign this month. This year’s theme is “Reconnect, Renew, and Reach Out.” Your giving to the church is an act of worship. Our financial gifts make possible the ministries to change lives, transform communities, and renew the church. John Wesley urged us to “earn all you can and save all you can so that you can give all you can.”

In 1832 Pierce Downer established the settlement soon known as Downers Grove. By 1836 the settlers decided that the 7 mile trip to Cass Church was too far to travel, especially in winter. Reverend Stephen Beggs agreed to add Downers Grove to his circuit and the first Methodist Church was formed, becoming the first organized church in Downers Grove.

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Almost Home Kids (AHK) provides short-term transitional and respite care in a home-like setting to medically fragile children with complicated health needs, as well as training for their families. Many client families rely on financial donations and state aide in order to receive services.

The Bible Bonus Program at First United Methodist Church is a great way to learn about the Bible! The program is for all third through sixth graders. The way to participate in this program is by clicking on a worksheet below that is for the grade you are in. The pdf worksheet will appear on your computer. You will need to print and complete the worksheet. Then bring it to church with you and you will receive 5 points.

For more than three decades, each October, members of the communities of Darien, Downers Grove, Lisle, Woodridge, and Westmont, have walked through downtown Downers Grove and the surrounding neighborhoods to raise awareness about hunger and to raise funds to help neighbors – near and far – who struggle with the problem of hunger.

If you don’t like to write checks or keep forgetting to bring your envelopes to church on Sunday, there is another way to maintain your giving to the church. 

Children, from pre-Kindergarteners to 8th grade, are invited to join one of the children's choirs that meet from 4:30 p.m. onwards. 

There will be a Children’s Choir Orientation Meeting in the sanctuary on Wednesday, September 15 at 5:00 p.m. At the meeting you will get a chance to meet the music staff and to find out more information about the expectations and guidelines for this year of choir. We will rehearse masked indoors, but record outdoors mask free. The recording will then be shown during a coming worship service. The Connection choir will have a short rehearsal following the meeting on September 15. The Angel, Cherub, and Chorister Choirs will rehearse for the first time on September 22. 

To register for choir, fill out this Google form. 

Choir Rehearsal Schedule

You can join choir at any time! Just come to the rehearsal and sign up. There is a registration fee of $10 due when you register.

Family Dinner

This Fall, due to the current situation with Covid-19 and the Delta Variant there will be no family dinners this fall. Hopefully, the vaccine will be available for children early next year so that we can resume our family dinners. Watch the Friday emails for updates.

CANCELLED THIS FALL: Typically, we offer a catered dinner in the Gym from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. for families and individuals at the church. Dinner tickets are available on a subscription basis only. There will be two meal subscriptions this year in the fall and spring. All families must register for an entire subscription period. Children 3 and under eat free.