Food with Friends

This is the LAST WEEK to sign up for a Food with Friends group! This small group ministry allows members to choose from a variety of breakfast, lunch, or dinner group - some are simply for fellowship and others have a more targeted demographic. Look for the green sign up sheets around the church or download a printable PDF version here.

Contact Barbara Dunham with any questions - (229) 881-2957 or bdunham88@gmail.com. Forms may be turned into the offering plate, church office or emailed directly to Barbara.

Interested in learning how to serve as a head usher on Sunday mornings? We will have two Sunday morning training sessions-- you can come to either one, of both if you so choose! 

Join us in the Narthex at 10 AM on Sunday, August 27 or Sunday, September 17 to learn what is involved. We'll walk you through the whole process, and also show you where the "cheat sheet" of head usher duties is located (in case you're worried about having to remember everything).

The Alabama Arise Annual meeting this year will be held Saturday, September 30, 10:00 to 12:30. (This will be a hybrid event -- in Person at The Legacy Annex (former downtown site of the EJI Museum), 115 Coosa Street, Montgomery, AL 36104, and via Zoom,) At this meeting presentations are made for proposed 2024 policy priorities. 

First Presbyterian is entitled to six delegates. A number of us are individual members of Alabama Arise and are entitled to vote our own memberships and not count as FPC delegates. Since I am the contact for Arise, I will be registering the six delegates separately. 

Registration is open now and closes September 20. Anyone interested in participating, please contact Harriette Huggins at harriette.huggins@gmail.com. 

Provide dinner for the college students this semester!

During the school year, UKirk meets for dinner provided by church members followed by a discussion group. We hope you’ll consider signing up for a Sunday this semester! 

Most nights, we expect about 15-20 students, and ask volunteers to bring a main dish, sides/salad, and dessert. UKirk will provide drinks, plates, and utensils. We would love for you to stay and have dinner with us, but understand if you just want to drop off the food. 

If cooking for a group seems daunting, consider teaming up with your friends, Sunday school class, or other church group to share the responsibility. But, if you don’t consider yourself a chef, you can make a donation to the UKirk Meal Fund which is used throughout the semester for additional events. You may write a check to FPC Auburn, with "UKirk Meal Fund" written in the memo line. 

Sign up to provide dinner here

Help Our Garden Grow

The FPC Community Garden is an important part of our church’s mission in “loving God and our fellow human beings.” We build community and relationships among each other and work to serve the community at large through our bountiful harvests - every bit of food we harvest is donated to the Community Market!

OTHER NEEDS:

Daily Morning Waterings

Volunteers are needed to water on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Watering needs to happen before 10:00 a.m. and can be skipped if it rains. (Contact Katie Forster forster306@charter.net) 

Weekly Harvest and Deliver to Community Market  

(Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday mornings) 

The Community Market is open for deliveries on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday mornings. Plastic bags or bins can be used to take in produce. It is helpful if this person has knowledge about what/when to harvest. (Contact Katie Forster forster306@charter.net)

For any other questions about volunteering in the garden, please contact Elder Katie Forster at 334-329-9672 or forster306@charter.net.

Punch on the Lawn! You may sign up to serve by clicking the Sign-up Genius link. Please contact Holly Mitchell with any questions.

This Week at FPC

August 27-September 2, 2023

Sunday

9:00 AM - Worship Service with Weekly Communion (Chapel)

9:30 AM - Coffee and Fellowship (Baird Hall)

9:45 AM - Sunday School for All Ages

11:00 AM - Worship Service with Communion (Sanctuary)

Bulletin for August 27 worship

Sunday Parking Map

5:00 PM - Youth Dinner Fellowship

Children and Youth News

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Children's Church: After the Word to Grow By (at 11 a.m. worship), children ages 4 to 2nd grade will go to the Godly Play room to worship together for the remainder of the worship service.
• Worship bags are also available for all children during worship.

Jr. and Sr. High Youth

• Jr. and Sr. High Youth will meet this Sunday from 5 – 6:30 in Baird Hall for dinner and then our Fantasy Football Live Draft. Hope to see you there!
• Jr/Sr High parents, if you haven’t yet, click the link below to volunteer to help park cars for one of the AU Football home games. The money raised helps to keep the cost of our summer retreats/conferences reasonable.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d44ada82faaf85-aufootball#/

Confirmation Class begins September 10 - 7^th and 8^th Grade Youth, you should have received a packet in the mail with information and an enrollment form. Please return that form as soon as possible if you haven’t already. Feel free to email or call me if you have any questions.

Coming Soon - Mark Your Calendars!

Fall Presbytery Retreat for Youth at Living River– October 7-8

Winter Children’s Retreat at Living River – November 9–11

Birthdays 

Aug. 28 - Don Andress, Karen Himmer

Aug. 29 - Matt Allen, Amy Wells

Aug. 30 - Marty Anderson, Hatcher Herring

Aug. 31 - Thomas Pope, Callum Prater

Sep. 2 - Mary Elliott Martin, Elizabeth White

Anniversaries 

Aug. 31 - Mark and Jane Fisher

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

• We rejoice with Carlie and Alex Kaeppler as they celebrate the birth of their son Colson Karl Kaeppler on Wednesday! Carlie and Alex are doing well! We are so happy for them! They welcome cards, but no visitors at this time please.
• Please continue to pray for many members of our church who are dealing with illness, significant health issues, grief, and difficult circumstances but at this time do not wish to be mentioned by name. Prayers of healing, wholeness, and comfort for many in our congregation.
• Prayers of healing and comfort for Rich Guether’s father Dick Guether. His prostate cancer, which he’s lived with without issue for several decades, has metastasized and is in his spine which is causing lots of pain. Prayers for Rich and Anne and all their family as they care for Dick. 
• Prayers healing and rest for Dan Henry as he continues to recover at home after successful heart surgery. Continued prayers for Donna Yeager as she cares for her husband Dan.
• Prayers of healing and rest for Joan Duffet as she navigates some health issues.
• Prayers of healing for Doug Klinkenborg as he recovers from successful surgery.
• Prayers of healing and comfort for Shirley Helmke as she recovers from surgery. At this time there is no need for phones calls, but cards are welcome.
• Prayers of healing for Daniel Johnson and his mother as they recover at home after successful kidney donation. 
• Prayers healing and comfort for Sarah Wolak’s mother Susan French. Prayers of comfort and strength for Sarah and all her family as they care for her mother.
• Continued prayers of healing for Chris Greer. We especially pray for good healing and rest as Chris recovers from successful treatments. We continue to rejoice with Chris because the latest scans show no sign of cancer. We are so grateful the chemotherapy treatments have been successful. Chris will continue a plan of treatment for the upcoming months. 
• Continued prayers for Jesse Joiner’s mother Ann Joiner after her hip surgery. 
• Continued prayers of healing for Susan Stanley’s sister Ginger Hester. Ginger has been receiving treatments for health issues. Prayers for healing for Ginger and prayers of thanksgiving for all those who are caring for her. Prayers for Susan as she cares for her sister.
• Prayers for Brooke Myers as she cares for her father Charlie Myers. Charlie is recovering from a fall and has moved to Morningside.
• Prayers of healing for Todd White’s sister in law Patty. Patty is improving and walking.
• Prayers of healing for Debbie Duin’s friend Ann Suttles who is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.
• Prayers of healing for Carolyn William’s sister Beverly Huey as she navigates health issues. Prayers for Carolyn as she cares for her sister.
• Prayers of healing for Kay Recknor’s friends the Rev. Mitzi Lesher-Thomas and her husband the Rev. Troy Thomas. Mitzi has glioblastoma brain cancer and has been undergoing chemotherapy.
• Prayers for Amy Kilner and her family (daughter in law of Dorothy Moran). Amy is in need of a kidney transplant and is currently looking for a donor.