The Gerri Talley Memorial Layette Project Spring 2022

Help us fill the white laundry baskets with baby items from birth to two years old. Monetary donations are always welcomed and appreciated to help purchase other items as needed. Monetary donations can be given to Carolyn Williams or put in the Sunday offering noting for the Gerri Talley Memorial Layette Project. White baskets are located in the Narthex area and near the Baird Hall entrance until Sun., May 8, Mother’s Day. Clark/Wilcox Counties are the main recipients. Watch for a display at the PW Birthday Luncheon on Tuesday, May 10. Contacts: Harriette Huggins, Denise Salo, Carolyn Williams. 

Spring Salad Lunch Parking

A reminder that we are looking so forward to you joining us for the PW Spring Salad Lunch on Tuesday May 10 at 11:30 in Conway Hall. With construction all around us, parking is a bit of a challenge for weekday events. To make that a little easier to navigate, here are some tips for making the arrival and parking a little easier – 

• Easiest and most important: carpool, carpool, carpool!

• We will begin receiving salads at 10:45 so if you wish to drop off your salad at the covered area of our parking lot, someone will be there to take it to Conway while you park. Don’t feel you have to stay in your car until 11:30 – come inside and visit with us! 

• Church staff and the PWCT will park off site to make more room in the church parking lot. Double parking is allowed as everyone will be leaving at the same time. 

• AUMC is leasing parking for the construction workers, but we are still welcome to use whatever spots may be available. 

• City parking will be free next week if you wish to take advantage of that. Reminder, you may drop off your salad ahead of parking. 

We hope these tips will be helpful, and that you will venture out to join us for what promises to be a wonderful PW gathering! 

Congregational Meeting May 15

The session has called a congregational meeting to follow the 11am worship on May 15 for the purpose of making an adjustment in Rev. Caroline Barnett's terms of call. More details as well as option for electronic voting will be sent out closer to the date.

For our final worship service before Memorial Day Weekend we look forward to worshiping at the Town Creek Pavilion. Bring your own chair and lunch, and we will enjoy a time of fellowship following the service to celebrate our graduating seniors!

The 9am service will take place in the sanctuary that morning and be available on YouTube for those worshiping from home.

We have had a great early response to the Mission Committee Our House Shoe Drive and we appreciate you so much. If you haven’t signed up yet, there are plenty more kids to choose! The shoe drive runs through May 25 and here is how you can participate – 

• Choose a child and get the shoe size. As well as your name and email address, please include your phone number in the ‘Comment’ box.

• Purchase a pair of shoes or a gift card in the suggested amount of $50. If you purchase shoes, please provide athletic shoes only, and ***please include the sales or gift receipt for any needed exchanges.***

• You may provide your gift card or shoes in one of the following ways:

Place your gift cards or shoes in the shoe drive bin in the narthex.

Deliver to Cheryl Grisham at 530 Forestdale Drive, Auburn AL 36830

Call Marianne Cone (404.375.3940) for pick up. 

• You may also wish to provide a personal note to the child you choose.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

If you haven't yet had a chance to volunteer at the Community Market, Saturday, May 14th is your chance! Members of all ages are welcome to join (children under the age of 12 accompanied by an adult) for all or part of the 9-12 shift. Sign up (here) and we'll look forward to seeing you there!

This Week at FPC

Sunday, May8

9 a.m. - Worship with communion in the chapel

9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages

11 a.m. - Worship in the sanctuary

Bulletin for May 8 worship

Sunday Parking Map

Hosts Needed for Punch-on-the-Lawn!

Join us in the courtyard following the 11 a.m. worship service for a time of fellowship and refreshment. Greet your neighbors, introduce yourself to visitors, and enjoy God's creation as we spend time together in community.

Volunteers are needed to serve punch throughout the spring and summer months. Please see this sign up link to reserve your date - you will be contacted ahead of time with details about setup and clean up. For more information about volunteering, please contact Kirstin Yost at at kmyost97@gmail.com or 910-309-1625.

Update on FPC COVID Protocols

Early Service Now Mask Optional:

At its April stated meeting the session approved a request to make masks optional for the early service beginning this Sunday, May 1. In the weeks ahead arrangements will also be discussed to return to singing at this service as well.

This weekend, we celebrate all the new Auburn graduates, but are especially proud of UKirk’s graduating seniors: Brett Clark, Katelyn Finch, Carson Herndon, and Zoe Vicich! They have worked hard and have been wonderful members of our church family! 

Thank you to everyone who has supported UKirk! This year, UKirk ate many delicious dinners before Bible Study, volunteered with Rise Against Hunger and the Community Market, led worship on UKirk Sunday, and attended Montreat College Conference and a spring retreat with UKirk Birmingham and Alabama. Thank you to everyone volunteered your time, kitchens, and resources to make this campus ministry possible!

Worship Arts: Exercise/Movement/Worship

Join us for 3 Mondays in May - May 9, 16, and 23, from 10-10:45 a.m. in Baird Hall. Strength, balance, and recovery exercises using Contemporary Christian music with focus on praise, worship, and reflection. Contact: Denise Salo 313.304.3248 denise_salo@yahoo.com

Children and Youth News

• Our children will be leading the 11:00 worship service this Sunday. They will practice during the Sunday school hour. Please be in the sanctuary by 9:45. Speaking parts were emailed to parents Monday morning. Please let me know if you did not receive it.

• VBS Registration is now open!!! Click on this link. 

• Don’t forget about our Google calendar! Go to the link below and follow the instructions to add our Google calendar to your device. For the safety of our children and youth, this calendar is private and can only be accessed through this link.  

• Parents of 2nd through 5th graders - Don’t forget to sign your child up to be an acolyte!

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

- The nursery is available from 8:45 until noon on Sunday mornings for children birth to age 3.

- Worship bags are also available for all children during worship.

- Children’s Sunday school will meet this Sunday from 9:45 – 10:45 in their classrooms upstairs.

Jr. and Sr. High Youth

- We’re having a cleaning party Sunday, May 15 at 4pm. This is the first step in getting the classrooms ready for the renovations. Hope you will be there. Dinner will be provided!  

- Jr. and Sr. High Sunday school meets weekly from 9:45 – 10:45am upstairs in the Sr. High room.

Birthdays

May 8 - Margaret Davis 

May 9 - Katie Cooper 

May 10 - Tom Webb

May 12 - Sarah Hill

May 13 - Alyssa DuToit

May 14  - Caroline Reed

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

For the time period in which our church family is worshiping virtually, our pastors have decided that prayer concerns will be shared via weekly email. These individuals will most certainly be prayed for during our Sunday worship service, but their names and specific concerns will not be shared via broadcast.

• We rejoice with the UKirk Seniors who are graduating from Auburn University this weekend. Congratulations to Brett Clark, Katelyn Finch, Carson Herndon, and Zoe Vicich. What a blessing they have been for our congregation these last few years and we are so glad they have been such an active presence in the life our congregation.
• Prayers of healing for Bob Cochran as prepares for surgery in the weeks ahead to remove a malignant tumor.
• Prayers of comfort and peace for Rodney Greer’s father, Gary, as he receives care at Piedmont Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. Prayers of comfort for Rodney and all the Greer family as they surround Gary with love and care from near and far.
• Prayers of healing for Thomas Pope’s parents as they both recover from health issues these last few weeks. 
• Prayers of comfort for the family of Jean Talmage, who passed away last Saturday. A service of celebration of her life will be held in our sanctuary May 9, 10:30 a.m.
• Please continue to pray for many members of our church who are dealing with illness or significant health issues, but at this time do not wish to be mentioned by name. Prayers of healing for many in our congregation.
• Continued prayers of healing for Bill Combs as receives treatment for cancer.
• We pray for the nation of Ukraine and we pray for peace as they face senseless violence and war from another nation. We pray that all will come to a peaceful solution and no more people will be injured or killed.
• Continued prayers of healing for a family member of Myrna Walker. Myrna’s relative is now home and continuing to recover from hip replacement surgery. 
• 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 Tripp Hinkle’s mother as she receives treatment for cancer. 
• 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.
• Prayers of healing and wholeness for the friends of the Barnes Family, Wes and Melanie Jackson. Both Wes and Melanie are seeking treatment for significant health issues.