Stories
To equip us to go, tell and show the love of God. To help us see the world with new eyes. To inform, inspire, unite and engage. This is the purpose of stories.
Cut, Sew, Rip & Roll
Several groups of retired First Free women are serving Congo residents through a recently revived ministry called White Cross.
Behind the Series: Your Kingdom Come
During “Your Kingdom Come,” we invited members of our church family to compose a prayer based on that week’s verse. Get a closer look at each prayer—and more special features of this series—here.
Addicted to Distraction
How does our relationship with our phones impact our lives as Christians?
First Free’s one-woman band
Quick: What’s the largest, loudest and most valuable musical instrument at First Free? Meet Opus 1329.
Jeremiah Fund benefits Spring Creek School
A grant from First Free Rockford will help Spring Creek School’s PTO purchase a gaga ball pit.
Our Favorite Books on Prayer
If our summer sermon “Your Kingdom Come” has you wanting to deepen your prayer life, we have some great resources for you available at the Scroll Resource Center.
Q&R with Pastor Josh
We spoke this week with Associate Pastor Josh Pardee about our summer sermon series, Your Kingdom Come, and how it calls us to radical faith, in community.
‘We are for these women.’
We spoke with the director of Rockford’s Pregnancy Care Center about its long partnership with First Free and how the local church can support women and children today.
Sabbatical Q&R with Pastor Luke Uran
Pastor Luke Uran is beginning a two-month sabbatical. We spoke with him recently about why the time away is important for him, his family and our church family.
‘My actions are speaking louder than my words’
Given a second chance at turning his life around at Rockford Rescue Mission, Ron Smith tells a story of humility and hope.
Listening to the right words
An experience with failure helped Kaylee Gahm understand the power she had allowed people’s words to have over her.
‘What we did together was beautiful’
For Katie Townsend, faith and works grow from the same seed in the same soil.
