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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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    Making a joyful noise

 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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Love FIRST. UNITED Love.

Love is at the very heart of who we are and what we do at First United.  Please take a moment to watch how we put our Purpose and Covenant into action.  It's how we love God, love one another, and love our community.

We invite you to join us in this love story. "Love FIRST. UNITED Love." is the theme of our 2023-24 Stewardship Campaign. For more information on how to make a financial pledge to First United, please visit the Give page.

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

The Gift of Memory

Memory is a potent thing.  Memory can call me back to days long gone by, can summon back in to life people who have long since died.  I open up the book of my memories and out comes Christmas dinner with my grandparents—my grandfather holding the carving set looking over a crown roast of pork, my grandmother holding court at table.  Turning further back I find my first day walking to preschool, or baby sitters making me noodles for lunch, calico and tabby cats slinking through the house.

— John Edgerton

Sermon transcript

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Evotional

Is it Too Late to File for a Change of Venue?

Sometimes I imagine God as a judge robed in authority, tasked with rendering justice. While human judges may be cruel, God will balance mercy with stricture. God is a judge who is ever more ready to forgive than I am to even ask for forgiveness. A defendant’s dream!

— John Edgerton

Read more on the Evotionals page.

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