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                                      Exhibit 24



                        FIRST COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
                                  Powers of Attorney


     The undersigned Director of First Community Financial Group, Inc.
("Company") appoints each of Ken F. Parsons and James F. Arneson as his true and
lawful attorney and agent, in name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any
and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney
and agent may deem necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
likewise to sign any and all amendments (the signing of any such instrument to
be conclusive evidence that the attorney considers such instrument necessary or
desirable), without the other and with full power of substitution and
revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney or his substitute
may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacity
indicated on this 18th day of March, 1998.


                              By:/s/ E. Paul DeTray
                              -----------------------------------
                              E. Paul DeTray, Director


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                        FIRST COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
                                  Powers of Attorney


     The undersigned Director of First Community Financial Group, Inc.
("Company") appoints each of Ken F. Parsons and James F. Arneson as his true and
lawful attorney and agent, in name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any
and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney
and agent may deem necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
likewise to sign any and all amendments (the signing of any such instrument to
be conclusive evidence that the attorney considers such instrument necessary or
desirable), without the other and with full power of substitution and
revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney or his substitute
may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacity
indicated on this 18th day of March, 1998.




                              By:/s/ A. Richard Panowicz, Jr.
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                              A. Richard Panowicz, Jr., Director

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                        FIRST COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
                                  Powers of Attorney


     The undersigned Director of First Community Financial Group, Inc.
("Company") appoints each of Ken F. Parsons and James F. Arneson as his true and
lawful attorney and agent, in name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any
and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney
and agent may deem necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
likewise to sign any and all amendments (the signing of any such instrument to
be conclusive evidence that the attorney considers such instrument necessary or
desirable), without the other and with full power of substitution and
revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney or his substitute
may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacity
indicated on this 18th day of March, 1998.



                              By:/s/ Michael N. Murphy
                                 ---------------------------
                              Michael N. Murphy, Director

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                        FIRST COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
                                  Powers of Attorney


     The undersigned Director of First Community Financial Group, Inc.
("Company") appoints each of Ken F. Parsons and James F. Arneson as his true and
lawful attorney and agent, in name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any
and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney
and agent may deem necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
likewise to sign any and all amendments (the signing of any such instrument to
be conclusive evidence that the attorney considers such instrument necessary or
desirable), without the other and with full power of substitution and
revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney or his substitute
may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacity
indicated on this 18th day of March, 1998.



                              By:/s/ John D. Durney
                                 ----------------------------
                              John D. Durney, Director

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                        FIRST COMMUNITY FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
                                  Powers of Attorney


     The undersigned Director of First Community Financial Group, Inc.
("Company") appoints each of Ken F. Parsons and James F. Arneson as his true and
lawful attorney and agent, in name and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any
and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney
and agent may deem necessary or advisable to cause the 1997 Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
likewise to sign any and all amendments (the signing of any such instrument to
be conclusive evidence that the attorney considers such instrument necessary or
desirable), without the other and with full power of substitution and
revocation, and hereby ratifying all that any such attorney or his substitute
may do by virtue hereby.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacity
indicated on this 18th day of March, 1998.



                              By:/s/ Patrick L. Martin
                                 ---------------------------------
                              Patrick L. Martin, Director