Pentecost Offering 2024

The Pentecost Offering is one of four special offerings taken up by our church each year, part of our greater connectional relationship to the Presbyterian Church (USA). One special feature of this annual offering (as illustrated below) is that our congregation retains 40% of the offering to share with a local organization committed to helping children at risk.

At its stated meeting last month, the FPC Session unanimously voted to make Baby Steps Auburn (https://auburn.babysteps.org) the beneficiary of our 2024 Pentecost Offering. As an organization, Baby Steps empowers pregnant and parenting college students facing an unplanned pregnancy at Auburn University to have their education and their baby ​by providing housing, support, and community.

If you would like to donate to the Pentecost offering this year, you may do so by putting a check or envelope in the offering plate marked "Pentecost" or by donating online at www.fpcauburn.org/give and choosing the "special offering" option.

Join us for food and fellowship on Wednesday, May 15 before our congregational meals team takes a break for the summer! We will be having a cookout (meal served in Baird Hall) and you do not need to bring anything except your appetite. Food will be served until 6pm for any who are coming straight from work.

Join us Saturday, May 11 from 9am-12pm (or anytime in between!) to serve at the Community Market of East Alabama. If you have never come before, this is a fun way to contribute to a very important ministry in our community. Children of all ages may participate as well (kids under 12 - bring a grown up with you!) Sign up here to participate

VBS registration is now open!!!

This summer we are doing VBS a little differently. We will still be offering four amazing days of VBS but instead of all in one week, we are offering two days in June and two days in July! Choose one, two, three, or all four days! There is a place on the registration form to indicate which days your child can attend. We are hoping this will allow more of our kiddos to participate.

The dates are Sundays, June 16, June 30, July 14, and July 28 from 4-7pm.

Click the link below and register ASAP!

https://firstpresbyterianchurchauburn.mycokesburyvbs.com/register-child

Leith Lectures 2024

For this year's Leith Lecture Series we look forward to welcoming author Rev. Mary Ann McKibben Dana (August 17-18 - more details to come.) In anticipation of this event, we will be offering a summer book club to explore her book, Hope: A User's Manual. 

We will meet several times in June and July. (Exact meeting dates and times will be determined by the availability of those interested in participating.) 

If you'd like to join us, please fill out this form and you will be contacted with more information. Questions? Contact Kathy Reed at kreed@fpcauburn.org

PCM Assists 105 Families During First Quarter

The Presbyterian Community Ministry (PCM) provided financial and home repair and renovation assistance to 105 Lee County families during the first quarter of this year.

Total income for the quarter was $40,216; expenses were $56,488. Income included $13,462 from membership dues; $14,035 from federal funds for home repair; and $6,500 from our church’s Outreach Committee. Expenses included about $23,000 for home repairs and about $24,000 for utilities. 

Dave was among those whom PCM helped. He found himself raising his two granddaughters alone after his wife and daughter died in an auto accident. Without his wife’s earnings and with two children to support, he struggled financially. PCM helped to ease his financial burden and to find additional resources for help. When Mina’s social security check wouldn’t stretch far enough for her to fill her propane tank for the winter, PCM paid to fill the tank to heat her home and water. When Clem, who suffers from COPD, couldn’t pay a large power bill from his small social security disability check, PCM helped him pay the bill just hours before his power was to be disconnected.

Donations of any amount from our church members are always welcome. Those who wish to make a gift to PCM should send their checks to PCM, 143 East Thach Avenue, Auburn, AL 36830. Those wishing to become individual annual members ($250) or family members ($300) should send their checks to the same address.

This Week at FPC

May 12-18, 2024

Sunday

9:00 a.m. - Worship Service with Weekly Communion (Chapel)

9:30 a.m. - Coffee & Fellowship (Baird Hall)

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

11:00 a.m. - Worship Service (Sanctuary)

Bulletin for May 12 worship

Sunday Parking Map

Tuesday

11:30 a.m. - PW Salad Luncheon (Conway)

Wednesday

5:15 p.m. - Congregational Dinner

Children and Youth News

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Children’s Sunday school meets this Sunday from 10-10:45 in their classrooms on the first floor.
• Worship bags are available for all children during worship.
• Godly Play: 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.

Jr. and Sr. High Youth

• Jr./Sr. High Sunday school meets this Sunday from 10-10:45 upstairs in the youth lounge.
• There is no youth this Sunday. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Group will take a break for the summer. Mark you calendars - the Fall Kickoff is August 11.

Summer Mission Trip and Conference Dates for Jr. and Sr. High Youth

Charleston Youth Mission (Registration is closed) - June 2-7, 2024

Montreat Youth Conference - July 7-13, 2024

Montreat Middle School Conference - July 17-21, 2024 

Birthdays 

May 12 - Sarah Hill, Emily Miller, Brock Stewart

May 13 - Addy Steele

May 14 - Caroline Reed

May 17 - Evan Pope, Clara Ragan, Kay Recknor

Anniversaries

May 18 - Jeff & Wia Fergus

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

• Prayers of healing for Amanda Covington Anderson as she begins treatment for her recent cancer diagnosis. Prayers for Frank and Carole and all of Amanda’s family as they care for her.

• Prayers of healing and rest for Nancy Sanker as she continues to navigate health issues. 

• 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 for Kay Recknor’s brother Don Decker as he navigates health issues.

• Continued prayers of healing for Henry Helmke as he navigates health issues at home. Prayers for Shirley and all of the caring for Henry.

• Prayers of healing for Terry Ley as he navigates health issues at home. Prayers for Mari and all those who are caring for Terry.

• Prayers of healing for Don Ball’s son Kelly Ball, who is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for recurrence of cancer.

• Prayers of healing for Daniel and Amanda Johnson’s nephew James Ivey as he receives critical care. Prayers for the doctors and caregivers who are caring for him, especially his parents and family.

• Prayers of healing for Dibba Spear’s friend Sam Franklin as he recovers from knee replacement surgery.

• Prayers for former Ukirk student Shannon Smith as she recovers at home after having a stroke.

• Prayers of healing and wholeness for Becky Buchanan’s family friend Hughes Allen who has been diagnosed with cancer.

• Prayers for Amy Kilner (daughter-in-law of Dorothy Moran) as she recovers from a kidney transplant.

• Prayers for Jim Foil and his family as they continue to manage Jim’s health.

• Prayers of healing for Todd Jolly’s brother Robby as he awaits test for a cancer diagnosis. Prayers for Todd as he cares for his brother from a far.

• Prayers for Catherine Wolfe Riley’s father, Ned. Ned has a recurrence of cancer and will be undergoing treatment over the next few months. Prayers for Catherine as she cares for her father.

• Prayers of healing and rest for Donna Yeager’s mother, Patsy Yeager, as she navigates health issues.

• 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. 

• 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 Debbie Duin’s friend Ann Suttles who is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.