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902 <div class="pages-intro"> 903 <h1>About Us</h1> 904 <p>What makes First Church, First Church</p> 905 </div> 906</div> 907 908<div class="page-content"> 909 <div class="page-container"> 910 <h1 style="color:#647C96;text-align:left;">Who we are: 911 </h1> 912 <div class="rte"> 913 <p>First Church is a true melting-pot of believers who have found freedom in Jesus Christ â and we want as many people as possible to experience that same freedom! We are multi-generational, multi-cultural, multi-national, multi-lingual. Yet, unified in Christ, we celebrate the presence of God, and the purpose of Godâs kingdom.</p><p><br></p><p>Our services are warm with acceptance and passionate with praise. 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