It is always a surprise to speak to someone at First Church about our website and hear things like “it’s too hard to read on my phone” or “it’s not updated, so I don’t even bother looking there.” In January of this year we launched a new website that corrected many of the challenges and issues we had heard about. If you haven’t gone to fpcbonita.org in 2019, we invite you to stop by for a visit!

New Features

  • Event Calendar | Using the Events tab on the menu, you can choose a specific area to see a listing of all upcoming calendar events. The audio files of Pastor Allen’s winter study are even available on the Classes & Studies page!
  • Ministry events | Under the Ministries tab, select a ministry to see a list of that ministry’s upcoming events. This is a great tool if you know there’s an event coming up in a specific area, but don’t recall exactly when it is. Use the “view more” option to get a complete listing.
  • E-pistle | Starting with our May-June 2019 issue you can now view Epistle articles online using the purple Epistle button located on the menu bar. Scroll through the images and titles and “read more” of whatever catches your eye.
  • YouTube | Our sermon videos are now posted to our YouTube channel and placed on the website so you can subscribe and receive notifications when new sermons are available. To subscribe: go to the Home page, click on the purple Recent Sermons button, and click on the “Subscribe to our YouTube channel” link which will redirect you to our YouTube channel. Click the red “subscribe” button and you’re all set! Please Note: YouTube does require a Google/Gmail account in order to subscribe.
  • BookCenter | Within the Ministries tab, the “Book Store” link will show you our Summer Reading Challenge books as well as the featured books from each week’s First Things First.

Coming Soon!

  • FTF | This summer we are diligently working to create a weekly email that will serve as a digital version of our weekly announcements, First Things First. Watch your Inbox (and spam/junk folder) for this new service! Please note that all event listings are available on our website.
  • Online directory | Coming this fall, once the directories are complete, we will have online access (for those who participated) to the new church directory. More details will be released once available.

Why Follow us on Facebook?

  • Event reminders – Facebook is a great digital assistant, ready to remind you of upcoming events!
  • Get to know other members – social media is all about community… the more who participate, the more people you get to know!
  • Memory Verses shared monthly – share with your friends!
  • Missions Monday highlights our featured missionary from the Sunday before with links to learn more!
  • Share Epistle articles with family and friends out of the area or who don’t attend First Church!
  • Featured books from our BookCenter are shared weekly!
  • Invite friends to events using tagging and sharing! (See related article on page 23.)