New Opportunities!

August 12, 2026

View the August Newsletter Here

Rooted Kids! – New midweek program

Rooted Kids, our new mid-week program is here!

See the details below and register here.

Volunteer Opportunities – We're looking for energetic, faith-filled volunteers who love kids and want to help make Wednesdays the highlight of every child's week. Volunteers are welcome to serve every week or on a schedule that works for you. Volunteers will receive a per student discount on the registration fee.

Questions? Contact Stacey Chvatal.

✅ Registration for Rooted Kids, our brand-new after-school midweek ministry for elementary-aged kids is open!

🤩 Think Vacation Bible School every Wednesday, without having to wait until summer! Each week will feature an afternoon filled with faith, fun, friendships, and hands-on activities that help kids know Jesus, grow in their faith, and build lasting friendships.

📅 Session 1: Wednesdays, September 30 – November 18

⏰ Time: 3:45–5:30 p.m.

Kids will begin each afternoon with a snack and hangout time before rotating through four engaging, hands-on activity stations.

📍 Location: First Pres Wheaton

👧 Who Can Attend? Kindergarten–5th Grade

💲 Cost: $90 per student ($70 per student with volunteer discount)

😃 We can’t wait to make Wednesday afternoons the highlight of your child’s week and a place to make friends, discover God’s love, and grow in faith together.

Sunday's Service

Summer Sermon Series

Growing Season: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit

Summer is a season of growth. Gardens flourish, crops mature, and fruit begins to appear. In the same way, the Holy Spirit works within believers to cultivate a Christ-shaped life. The fruit of the Spirit is not a list of achievements but the natural result of a life rooted in God's grace. Throughout this nine-week series, we will explore how the Spirit grows these qualities in us and how they shape our work, witness, and walk with Jesus.

This Week – “Free to Choose”

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

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Sunday, August 16
Service at 10:30 a.m.

Childcare available.

Livestream at 10:30 a.m.

Special Music This Sunday by Wheaton College Chapel Band Collective

We’re glad to have members of the Wheaton College Chapel Band Collective with us this Sunday, August 16, helping lead us in worship. We’re grateful for the opportunity to welcome these gifted students and have them share in our music ministry under Pastor Donte’s direction.

Watch. Share. Subscribe.

You can view last week's service here.

Kids Ministry

Summer Kids Church at 10:30 – Kids Church is offered during the 10:30 service for children 4 years old through entering 5th grade. Children will start in the Sanctuary with their families and then be invited down to LL105/The Ministry Center during the service for an age-appropriate lesson and activity. Children can be picked up in LL105 following the service.

Children 3 years old and younger are welcome in the Childcare Room in LL103.

For more information, contact Sta cey Chva tal.

Youth Ministry

Genesis Middle School Ministry is on break this week.
WF High School Ministry: Sunday, August 16: Event at 7:00 p.m.

– Check your emails for the summer calendar of events –

Memorial Tree Dedication

On Sunday, August 16, we will dedicate a tree planted on the church grounds in memory of beloved deacon, Alan Konfirst, who passed away in 2025. The brief dedication ceremony will take place in front of the Parish House at 11:45 a.m., immediately following the 10:30 worship service. All are invited to join us as we remember Alan with gratitude and honor his faithful service to our church community. Thank you to all deacons, past and present, whose donations made this memorial possible.

5th Sundays Concert

Sunday, August 30: 5th Sundays Concert at 4:00 p.m.
Free concert featuring the Lumina Piano Duo

Wheaton Leadership Prayer Breakfast

Friday, September 11 at 7:00 a.m.

Join your church family at the Wheaton Leadership Prayer Breakfast at Abbington Distinctive Banquets in Glen Ellyn. Longtime church member and former Wheaton Mayor, Jim Carr, will be the featured speaker, reflecting on leadership in uncertain times on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. The breakfast brings together Wheaton business people, civic leaders, and churches to pray for our community and its leaders. Learn more here.

RSVP here by Wednesday, September 2.

Horizons Women's Bible Study

Horizons Women’s Bible Study

First Tuesday of the month, starting September 2

10:00 a.m. in the Living Room

All ladies are invited to this year’s Horizons Women’s Bible Study, United Through Christ, Bound to Each Other, by Rhonda Mawhood Jee. Join Pastor Kat as we explore First Corinthians, written to a diverse church struggling with conflict and division. Together, we will explore familiar passages on the Lord’s Supper, spiritual gifts, and love within the larger context of Paul’s call to unity in Christ. This study invites us to consider how God’s life-giving love can shape the way we live, serve, and remain faithful together today.

Books are available in the church office or at the first session for $14. Questions? Contact Pastor Kat.

Serving Opportunities

Serving Opportunity at Heidi’s House

Exodus World Service is seeking volunteer drivers and chaperones to help transport students to the after school program at Heidi's House in Wheaton, Mon-Thurs, 4:00-7:00pm. A 12-passenger bus is provided, no special license is needed. Two unrelated adults must ride together, so consider signing up with a friend! Interested? Contact Pastor Kat.