by announcements | Oct 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Justice
The recent $10,000 gift from First Free Rockford is helping Tabitha Centers to reopen across Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. During the COVID-19 pandemic’s first three months, all 92 Tabitha Centers closed in Kinshasa, DRC’s capital city of 14.6 million...
by Jessi Uran | Sep 16, 2020 | COVID-19
by Jessi Uran | 6-minute read Sunflowers never make it at our homestead. Every year, with ideal hopes and renewed resolve, I try to get the open-faced, golden giants of the flower world to take. Every year I am met with new obstacles. One year we got such heavy...
by Jim Killam | Sep 2, 2020 | Community, COVID-19, Justice
by Jim Killam | 7-minute read Jim Rosene is president of Kids Around the World, a Rockford-based ministry that has impacted millions of children’s lives globally. We spoke with him in advance of First Free’s Million Reasons2Serv event on Sept. 12. Our church...
by Jim Killam | Aug 26, 2020 | Community, COVID-19, Sermon Series
by Jim Killam | 10-minute read With a new sermon series under way, we spoke with Lead Pastor Luke Uran about the book of Nehemiah, leadership and prayer for our church as we enter a new season. Nehemiah would not make the list of Best-Loved Bible...
by Jim Killam | Aug 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Health, Resources, Students
by Jim Killam | 6-minute read One in four. That is the number of American adults ages 18-24 who “seriously considered suicide” in the month before a national survey this summer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the alarming statistics...
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