Scripture: Exodus 20:1-3

Sermon: Greeting the God of Love, Chris Joiner

Adult Sunday School (9 AM in Barr Conference Room)

Our pastoral staff will lead us through Words of Love: A Healing Journey with the Ten Commandments by Eugenia Anne Gamble.

Nursery, Room 111 Available for worship and Sunday School for Infants – 3 years old

The Inquirer Gathering is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about our faith community and ask questions you have about our congregation or the Presbyterian Church in general. Whether you have been visiting for a week or over a year, you are invited to join us during Sunday School in the Parlor this Sunday, June 12. FPC staff and members will share how God is at work through the mission and ministries of our faith community.

On December 11, 2021 a devastating tornado struck southern Kentucky causing massive damage. Last Tuesday thru Saturday, eight members of FPC Franklin traveled to Bowling Green to help that community rebuild from that disaster. Joe Duarte, John Moulton Russ Phillips, Elizabeth Stivers, Harriett Sawyer, Anne Keener, Pastor Mary Sellers Shaw and Mike Anderson were the volunteers. Also, Jennifer Godwin and Katie Gottlieb traveled to Bowling Green to provide a dinner and breakfast for our volunteer group.

Our group was hosted by First Christian Church of Bowling Green and we worked with Joel Hawkins who is a pastor at Crossland Church of Bowling Green. Crossland Church has committed to providing volunteers working on 20 homes this year. Our project involved working on a home under the direction of James and Jef Scott who are contractors, one of which had his home destroyed by the storm along the same street as our project. The use of contractors reduces the liability to Crossland Church and combined with donated materials and volunteer labor reduces the overall cost to the homeowner. We installed vinyl siding around the entire house as well as completing projects in the kitchen and laundry room. We also brought donated food from our congregation and a check for $1000 to the FCC food bank.

This mission trip was a great fit for our group due to the close proximity to Franklin and the working relationship we had with Crossland Church and the passion of the Scott Brothers taking the time to show our group what needed to be done while working alongside us. Bowling Green and southern Kentucky has a ways to go in the rebuilding process which will take a considerable amount of time. We are glad that we had the opportunity to travel to that community to help in that rebuilding effort.

This year’s Blackberry Jam will take place as an limited capacity event from Boyd Mill Farm. FPC members can attend for free HERE since FPC Franklin is a sponsor! Let's celebrate being back together again for the 19th consecutive year!

Sam is familiar with Franklin as he attended Ravenwood High School and then Lipscomb University. Sam felt called into youth ministry in his teen years and was very active in his youth group and has many great ideas to share with us. He has just graduated from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary’s Center for Youth Ministry with his Master of Arts degree. While in the CYMT program Sam served as Director of Youth Ministries in Lakeland, TN. He will be moving from the Memphis suburb back to the Franklin area this month.

“Sam has talked a lot about his goal of getting the Youth to become a more integrated part of the FPC community and feels that many churches describe the youth as the church of the future, but he feels that the youth ARE the church right now. We can’t wait to see what Sam will bring to our community.” Riley Mitchell