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First United Church of Oak Park

As an open and affirming church, First United Church of Oak Park located in Oak Park, Illinois. We are an open community united in love and justice.

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 Worship at 11 a.m. Sunday.  Livestream is also available on our First United YouTube channel.
848 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL 60301
708-386-5215

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Lent at First United: What’s In Store?

Throughout the season of Lent we will be focusing on the words of the prophets.  We will dive deep into the prophetic works of the Bible and see what God might have in store for this church.  Where is God calling us a community, who is God calling us to serve, what kind of future will we devote ourselves to building?  This will be our theme, particularly as we are finalizing the vision for the church’s future that we are building through the Capital Campaign.

We’re Hiring: Part Time Organist

We are jump-starting our search for a permanent, part-time organist.  Please take a moment to review the job description below and send it along to anyone that you might know who would be interested. Application requirements are detailed in the job description and should be submitted to [email protected].

View the job description here.

What’s Going On?

Here's what a typical Sunday looks like:
9:15 A.M.
— Church School Check-in and the Nursery open
9:45 A.M. — Education Hour with Church School, Quest Confirmation, and Adult Education (select Sundays)
11 A.M. — Worship
12 P.M. — Coffee hour in the lounge
5 P.M. — FUSH (Sr. High) and FUJI (Jr. High) Youth Groups

For more information about a specific Sunday and weekday activities, please see the complete calendar.

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Sermon

From A to Z

The Book of Lamentations. Just the thing to follow a joyous baptism, hmm?  Verse after verse of bitter lament, exactly what one would want to hear after the words of God’s grace flow over the brow of a child of God.  But we’re in the season of Lent; we are preaching about the prophets. And, in Biblical tradition, the Book of Lamentations is written by the prophet Jeremiah, it is the emotional pathos of the book of Jeremiah.

— John Edgerton

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Evotional

Lady Lent

I am always appreciative of the opportunity to learn about rituals and traditions of fellow Christians from different cultures around the world. It reminds me that I am just a small part of one branch of a global, cross-cultural religion. Our Christian family tree has deep roots, many branches, traditions, and denominations. We may differ in our theologies and practices, but we have all come to know the same God.

— Alicia Reese

Read more on the Evotionals page.

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