Youth Sunday

Our Junior and Senior Highs led a joyful Youth Sunday service last week, which included musical contributions by Madison and Noah Dimick and Lizzy Lovell, and featured sermons from our graduating high school seniors. Will Arnold, Lindsey Joiner, Hope Wisdom, and Grant Yost all spoke on the worship theme of “Respite” and how it related to their personal faith journeys, especially at FPC Auburn. We are grateful for them and all our youth, who contribute so much to our faith community. If you missed the service on Sunday, you can watch the recorded livestream at https://tinyurl.com/YouthSunday2023.

We will be celebrating our graduating high school seniors in May! Stay tuned for more information.

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:

Sign Up for a Weekly Weeding Party Date

“Start at the Garden” - Gather friends or family to pull weeds at the garden. Bring gloves and tools. Then go do something fun together!  

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.

Are you new to the Presbyterian tradition? Have you been a Presbyterian for awhile and still aren't sure why we say that Jesus "descended into hell" in the Apostles' Creed or why we say "debts" instead of "trespasses" in the Lord's Prayer? What is a "session"? Why do we baptize infants?

These are some of the many questions we will explore in our spring series, "Why Presbyterians are Like That." This class is open to visitors, new and long-time members, and anyone who would like to know more about being Presbyterian. More details will be shared in the weeks ahead!

Help support food insecurity in our community by participating the Letter Carriers' Food Drive on Saturday, May 13th. All food collected stays with local agencies and families!

This Week at FPC

April 23-29, 2023

Sunday

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

9:30 AM - Coffee, Donuts & Fellowship (Baird)

9:45 AM - Sunday School for all ages

11:00 AM - Worship Service (Sanctuary)

Bulletin for April 23 worship

Sunday Parking Map

5:00 PM - Jr. & Sr. High Youth Dinner & Fellowship (Baird)

7:00 PM - UKirk Dinner & Bible Study (Student Center)

Wednesday

3:30 PM - Bible Journaling (Library)

Children and Youth News

Join us this Sunday for Children’s Sunday! Our children Pre-K through 5th Grade will be leading us in worship and the Children’s Choir will be singing as a part of the worship service. You don’t want to miss it!

Mark your calendars! End of year cookout Sunday, May 7, for children, youth, and their families.

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Children need to meet in the sanctuary at 10 a.m. on Sunday to rehearse prior to 11 a.m. worship in lieu of Sunday School. 

• 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.

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

Jr. and Sr. High Youth

• Jr. and Sr. High Sunday school will meet in the Youth Lounge on the third floor this Sunday.

• Jr. and Sr. High Youth meet at 5 p.m. Sunday for dinner & fellowship.

Birthdays

April 25 - Lucy Tamblyn

April 27 - Adam Brown, Joel Buchanan, Ki Seroka

April 28 - Bob Greenleaf

Anniversaries

April 29 - Jeff and Lisa Glasscock

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

• Prayers of healing and rest for Alex Forster as he recovers at home after successful surgery.
• Prayers of healing for Joan Duffett as she navigates some health issues and awaits test results.
• 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 Dibba Spears as she recovers at home from successful surgery. Dibba is doing well and so glad the surgery has stopped her back pain.
• Prayers of healing for Lane Sauser’s mother, Mary Davis, who is at EAMC after a fall that broke her leg. Mary is 99 so therapy and rehab has been especially hard. Prayer’s for Lane as she cares for her mother.
• 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.
• Continued prayers of healing for Chris Greer as she undergoes chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer.
• 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 who was recently paralyzed after a routine surgery. Patty is now home; continue to pray for stamina and endurance as she is determined to walk again.
• Prayers of healing for Debbie Duin’s friend Ann Suttles who is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.
• Prayers of healing for Liz Lindahl’s previous roommate at Oak Park, Linda Hammond, as she deals with significant health issues.
• 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.
• Prayers of healing for Jason Banks (Margaret Brinkley’s neighbor). Jason is now back at work. However is recovering from successful shoulder surgery.