All in Faith & Fellowship

Faith and Fellowship: Kindness is a lifestyle, it's a daily practice

Jesus was more than kind. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body; Whenever we are kinds to others, God begins to smile on us. The word of God teaches us to love our neighbors as yourself. Being kind is loving others as yourself. Ephesians 4:32 , Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

First Reformed UCC Community Garden undergoing restoration - volunteers needed

With an initial grant from the Davidson County Health Department and ongoing support from the Church consistory and the Lexington Garden Club, volunteers and paid garden workers from the Open Hands Ministry of Davidson County have added an automated irrigation system, raised metal garden beds and a pollinator garden to attract bees and butterflies to the vegetable garden.

First Reformed UCC: Critical Conversations on Faith and Race

Birthed out of a desire to impact the city on a larger scale, four churches formed a partnership that has been life changing. In 2017, Dave Fulton led the effort for First Reformed to find ways to reach out more to the community. He reached out to St. Stephen United Methodist Church, Shady Side Presbyterian Church and Second Reformed United Church of Christ. We were looking for ministries that we as a group could do that were maybe bigger than any one church could do alone.

Ellen Peterson lives her calling as First Reformed UCC’s Choir Director

Ellen Peterson can’t remember a time in her life that she didn’t love singing. Some of her earliest memories in life involve sitting on the porch swing at her grandparent’s house singing “You Are My Sunshine” with her grandmother, Laura Williams, or listening to cassette tape recordings of her grandfather, former Lexington Fire Chief Tommy Williams, singing barbershop tunes with the Firehouse Four