by fpcw2023 | Jul 18, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Greetings Everyone. Please note that the office will not be holding regular hours July 23-26th. I will be out of the office, but Pastor Raully will still be available for scheduled appointments. Call the office at 406-862-2802 to ensure the church...
by fpcw2023 | Jul 11, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Grace and peace to you all this week Some of you have asked about the short poem on gratitude that I read towards the end of the sermon on Sunday. It is by one of my favorite contemporary writers of prayers – Justin McRoberts. Justin’s prayers...
by fpcw2023 | Jul 4, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Grace and peace to you all this week – and a Happy Fourth of July! I’m really excited to invite you all to a concert at First Presbyterian on August 13th at 6:30 pm. Taylor Leonhardt is one of my favorite Christian singer-songwriters playing...
by fpcw2023 | Jun 27, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Grace and peace to you all this week: Can you believe that I’ve been here seven weeks already? It always takes time for a congregation and a new pastor to get in synch with one another, to get comfortable with the new rhythm and feel of a new style...
by fpcw2023 | Jun 20, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Grace and peace to you all this week: Have you ever found yourself binging a television show or watching a long movie that you never intended to watch in the first place? It begins innocently enough. You are just flipping channels and you stop...
by fpcw2023 | Jun 13, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Here are three quick things to know for this week: First of all, we are changing the way that we distribute this newsletter. You will still be able to find the Midweek Messenger on the...
by fpcw2023 | Jun 7, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! I really enjoyed preaching on food last Sunday. It really is my conviction that worship and meals go together – not just the sacramental meal of Communion, but the meals of everyday...
by fpcw2023 | May 30, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! As I mentioned in church on Sunday, I have spent the first two weeks in Whitefish a bit baffled by the weather. Rain, sun, clammy cold, bursts of warmth: it can be all four seasons in one...
by fpcw2023 | May 23, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Thank you all for a wonderful first Sunday as the pastor at FPC. Two people came up to me afterwards and said that the service seemed very comfortable, not at all like someone’s first time...
by fpcw2023 | May 16, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! This is my first contribution to the midweek messenger. For those of you who I haven’t met yet, my name is Raully Donahue and I am the new pastor at FPC. I am excited to be here. It...
by fpcw2023 | May 9, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Greetings Everyone. I was never a distance runner. I tried in my freshman year of high school simply because my father would not allow me to play football…too small. Even though I ended up doing OK, it was always work and never fulfilling. I tried...
by fpcw2023 | May 2, 2024 | Mid-Week Messenger
Greetings Everyone Greetings Everyone. A while back, Terri and I spent some time talking about our interim work here in Whitefish. We have had a wonderful time and we have met some wonderful people. We have had less opportunity to get to know the greater Whitefish...
