Meet The Pastor
Senior Leader Tom & Peggy Norton
Hey everybody, Tom Norton here. My wife, Peggy, and I are thrilled at the opportunity to make God's dream (and ours) for "First Love" church become a reality. The name "First Love" is from 1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us. It's obvious God's heart is for all to know His love which heals and transforms.
First Love is a church plant of East Hill Church, our home church for more than 20 years. With East Hills blessing we now journey into a great opportunity to expand God's Kingdom in east Gresham. Throughout the summer we’e going to start gathering together for the expressed purpose of loving on God and each other. From such gatherings relationships will blossom and God will become even more revealed. He is and will continue to build His church based off this new covenant--Love God. Love people.
Our Heart at “First Love” is to increasingly encounter God’s love and His manifest presence which transforms lives and tap into and live out our spiritual inheritance as chosen children, sons and daughters of God. We continually hunger to grow in Christ-like character and courage to make Jesus known in the world through the Holy Spirit's demonstration of love and power! No one is safe from a blessing (Graham Cooke). Mark 16:15-18