Fellowship Friday - March 4, 2022

We marked the start of Lent earlier this week with our Ash Wednesday worship service. Those gathered, both in-person and online, were challenged to think about "replying" to God or "responding" to God in Lent. What if we add something to our lives during this season or "relent" from seeing ourselves as anything less than how God sees us - as wonderful, loving, and amazing children of God with so much to contribute to this community?

This Sunday we will continue the "re:Lent" Lenten sermon series and think about the word "re:sist" - as Jesus makes his way into the desert to come fact-to-face with the Devil, how does Jesus resist temptation? How can we do so in our own lives? We will celebrate the sacrament during worship. Following worship, we will have an opportunity to examine our faith in Lent during the Education hour; I invite you to consider and encourage you to add bible study to your Lenten journey. (If you've been joining us for worship virtually and would like to join us in the same way for our Education Hour, please send me a note and let me know - we will set up the way to do that). And if you're heading to the store, be sure to pick up some extra items to drop off at the Food Drive for Greensboro Urban Ministries this month.

There are a number of wonderful things coming up in the life of our church in the next few weeks - read on, and make sure to add them to your calendars to join in the fun!

Until Sunday,

Pastor Kathryn

Sunday (Virtual) Worship Information

Sunday worship is in-person, but will continue to be available through Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube.

Worshipping via Zoom allows for worship participants to, at the least, see each other during worship, should a participant join through computer. Zoom also allows for worship participants to join by phone, should they not have access to a computer.

To join by phone, call: (646)558-8656

When you dial in you will be asked for a meeting ID number: enter 847 7231 7808. The password is: 658602. Depending on the time you dial in, you may not hear anything to start with. When the Prelude begins, you will hear audio.

To access worship by Zoom via computer, please click here.

(If you'd prefer to access the worship service through the Zoom website, please enter Meeting ID 847 7231 7808 - the password is: 658602.)

To access worship by Facebook Live, please click here.

To access worship by YouTube, please click here.

Don't forget - you can access this week's bulletin via the church's website or by clicking here .

Email Lee

Important Upcoming Events

April 10, 9:30am: Palm Sunday Worship
April 14, 6 pm: Maundy Thursday Worship
April 15, 6pm: Good Friday Worship
April 17: Easter Sunday
6:30am: Sunrise Service
7:30am: Easter Breakfast
9:30am: Worship with Communion
10:30am: Egg Hunt

Volunteer with Applewood, Backpack Beginnings,

and Greensboro Housing Authority!

Fellowship has started an ongoing partnership between Backpack Beginnings, Greensboro Housing Authority, and The Applewood Community. Please contact Mary Howe to sign up: maryhowe0712@gmail.com or call/text at 336-698-6541. Please click here to sign up.

Wondering what to do with all of those grocery shopping bags? The Missions committee will be collecting “gently used” plastic grocery bags for Backpack Beginnings. Please bring any you don’t use to church with you, leaving them on the Missions table in the Dogwood Lobby closest to the double doors leading towards the classrooms.

Women's Bible Study Continues

The Spring installment of the Women's Bible Study kicked off earlier this week.

The Study, Come to the Waters, by Judy Fletcher, was very well-received in the first night this past week. More participant books are on order at $8 each if you have yet to get your hands on a copy for yourself.

The remaining Spring meeting are on Tuesdays at 6:30pm on Zoom (March 8, March 15, March 22, and April 5).

For more information about the Bible Study or to indicate your interest in participating, please contact Mimi Carter or Jeanie Harrison.

Fellowship Presbyterian has online giving available through the Presbyterian Foundation.

Click this link to be taken to the online donations page.

Choir rehearsals start up again next Wednesday, March 9, at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary. All are welcome. Questions? Please contact Blake Tickle at btickle@fpcgso.com.

Prayer Concerns and Celebrations

Donna Steele requests prayers for her sister Corky Summers, as she recuperates from surgery on Tuesday.
Phyllis King requests prayers for Lisa, her son-in-law's sister, diagnosed with breast cancer.
Phyllis also requests prayers for her friend Mochita, who lost her 52 year old husband to COVID. They have seven children.
Judy Meyler requests prayers for her sister-in-law, Suzanne, who is beginning medical treatments for thyroid cancer.
John Archambault requests prayers for his cousin, Dennis, who had a heart attack last week.
We celebrate with Suzanne Shafer-Coates as she recognizes her 40^th anniversary of ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Terry Anderson requests prayers for her family:
Her uncle, Johnny Ziegler, has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is recovering from surgery.
Her sister, Sherry, who continues to navigate unknown medical issues.
Prayers for the country of Ukraine and those caught in the crossfire as the conflict escalates.
Peggy Koppel requests prayer for her high school friend, Michael Boswell, who is undergoing cancer treatments. Surgery was postponed.
Peggy also requests continued prayers for her husband, John, as he heals. She prays that he will gain weight and get his appetite back as he adjusts to new medications.
Gary Anderson requests prayers for his coworker, Todd Martinez, who is undergoing treatment for lung cancer.
Donna Steele requests prayers for Christy, daughter of Donna’s childhood friend, Francis, who has been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, which has also progressed to her brain. Christy is 34 and has small children at home.
Mary Howe continues to recover from shoulder surgery and transition to physical therapy.
Julian Bullock requests prayers for upcoming medical appointments.
Continued prayers for our church members: Lea Groves, Donna, Katie & the Steele family, Nancy Baughman, Bruce Weaver, and Marjorie Van Horn.
Continued prayers for the family and friends of our congregation: Katherine and Donald Bennett (Barbara Smith’s sister and brother-in-law), Kurt (friend of Fred Campbell), Felicia Schaps (Lindahl's daughter-in-law's mother), Teresa (Terry Anderson’s coworker), Ashley Long (Joel and Ann Long’s daughter-in-law), John Fair (FPC’s former organist), Joyce Berger (Kandee’s mother), Gwen Flowers & her family (Linda Ueland’s sister), Dorothy & Edward Archambault (John Archambault’s parents), Arch Gravely (Peggy Koppel’s cousin), Tim King family (Phyllis King’s son), Roger Eliason (Tye Wittmann’s coworker), Jenny George (Betsy Craver's cousin), Libby Ansel (Lesa Layno's sister).

If you have any additional prayer concerns, please contact Linda Ueland (336-314-5481) or call Martha at the church (336-288-5177).

We celebrate John Hart this week on his 90th birthday. The Men's Koffee Klatch helped pull off a surprise breakfast this week to mark the day.

Happy birthday, John, from your Fellowship Family!

Upcoming Events

March 6:

9:15-11:15am: Professional Childcare available (“Preschool” Classroom)
9:30am: Worship – in-person (with masks), on Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube
10:45am: Adult Education Hour (Library)
11am-noon: Food Drive for Greensboro Urban Ministry (front drive)

March 7:

6pm: Outreach Committee meets (Zoom)
7:30pm: Worship Committee meets (Zoom)

March 8:

10am Greensboro Newcomer’s Board (Parlor)

March 9:

7am: Men's Koffee Klatch (Panera Bread – Lawndale Location)
12 noon:
Applewood Food Delivery
Bulletin and Blast Deadline

March 10:

9:30am & 1:30pm: Meyler Oil (Fellowship Hall)
1pm: Bridge (Library)

March 12:

Fellowship Hall Reserved

March 13: Daylight Saving Time begins - don't forget to "Spring Ahead"

9:15-11:15am: Professional Childcare available (“Preschool” Classroom)
9:30am: Worship – in-person (with masks), on Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube
10:45am: Adult Education Hour (Library)