Stewardship is a time to reflect on how the church fills our cup and how we fill the church's cup. By considering how you plan to offer your time, talent, and gifts in 2025 and sharing those intentions, we are able to build our church budget and calendar in a way that reflects our whole church!

Click below to pledge your treasures for 2025!

Completed Pledge Cards can be...

• Emailed to peni@fpccov.org
• Brought/mailed to the Church office
• 1169 Clark Street SW, Covington, GA 30014
• Placed in the offering plate during worship

Stories of Stewardship: Tom Crews

Why do I give to my church?

Because my church is an essential part of my life and stands for all I believe in. My church along with its sister churches make this community a desirable place to live. In my church, I see Jesus in every smile, every handshake, every hug, every sermon, every children's performance, every musical form of worship and every gathering to support the church's ministries. 

Click below to fill out your Time & Talent survey!

Completed forms can be...

• Emailed to catherine@fpccov.org
• Brought/mailed to the Church office
• 1169 Clark Street SW, Covington, GA 30014
• Placed in the offering plate during worship
• OR you can fill out the Google form edition to submit it with no downloading required!

Ministry Highlights

Blood Drives with the American Red Cross:

FPC is thrilled to be able to host several American Red Cross blood drives each year. These drives serve our community and spread the love of Christ by helping to literally save lives. The dates for the individual drives are announced in advance in the church bulletin and in the e-news. The next blood drive will be held in the Fellowship Hall on Monday, November 18th! 

What does offering my time and talent mean?

If you are able, a great way you can get involved in an FPC blood drive is to donate! We are also in need of volunteers to both the day of the drive and in advance to help promote the event. For more information, please reach out to Stephanie Scarborough or Luke Usry.  

Signup to be an usher on Sunday mornings! Would you like to help open up the church, greet people and hold the door as they enter, pass out worship guides, and generally help congregants be ready for worship on Sundays? You might love being an usher! Click below or talk to Jodi Atkins to signup for a slot in November!

Space Update:

Dear Church family, 

We are excited to announce we have completed 99% of our building updates in regards to fire, sprinkler, and security! It is a joy to be good stewards of safety in our church. Our goal is to ensure the safety of our staff, congregation, guests, and all others on our campus and to empower our FPC Family to move with confidence in case of an emergency. This Monday, November 4, we will go live with our updated security system. Please note that access to the building will be under new protocols. We have been working diligently to make sure this will be a smooth transition. Change brings about growing pains so we encourage you to extend grace and contact Neeley or Catherine with any questions. We are truly grateful for the faithful work of our congregation in our proactive efforts to care for our space and people! 

With gratitude, Neeley

We can all feel it. It's the tension around the election. We have all experienced the polarization of our nation. So we ask ourselves, How do we model Christian unity in division? How do we worship and serve alongside those with whom we disagree? How can we be a House United? Allen R. Hilton, in his book, A House United, offers us to consider the conversation that Christianity has the potential to heal our differences and bridge our divides. You are invited to join Neeley and Erin as we gather at the table of grace to reflect on Hilton's writing. We will promise one another that our time together is not on politics or political candidates rather how we can live within and engage one another as disciples of the Prince of Peace. Contact Pastors Neeley or Erin for more information. 

First Presbyterian Church Covington is seeking a dedicated, dynamic Preschool Director to help develop and lead a creative, child-centered program that celebrates growth in all aspects of childhood development. The Preschool Director will oversee the daily operations of the preschool ensuring a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for children aged three months through Pre-K 4. This role involves program development, staff management, and fostering strong relationships with families, church family and community, at large.

Click HERE or visit fpccov.org/jobs to read the full job description and to learn how to apply.

All are invited to join the newly named

"Good Enough Book Club"

as we read and discuss

No Cure for Being Human

(And Other Truths I Need to Hear)

by Kate Bowler on Tuesdays at 5:30pm in the Parlor!

Discussion will be led by Erin and Neeley!

Childcare is provided.

Click HERE to email Erin with any questions.

Visit pda.pcusa.org to learn about providing Hurricane Relief through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.

Giving Statements Emailed

The third quarter statements of giving with year-to-date information through October have been emailed as of October 30, 2024. Please be sure to open it and check to see if it is accurate. Call or email Peni in the church office if you find errors or omissions so that they can be corrected before December 31^st. Thank you for your continued support of Covington First Presbyterian Church!

Peni Kehoe

Finance Administrator

peni@fpccov.org

August Finance Report:

August was a better month than July! We had higher income—enough that we took in $354 more than we spent. We are still below our budgeted income so if you can catch up on your Pledge or make an additional offering to the budget, it would help keep us on budget for the year. Third Quarter statements will go out this week. If we have your email address in REALM you will receive it through your email.    

We appreciate your support of the ministries of FPC!

--The Finance Team

Remember you can make your offering by sending a check or by logging on to your Realm account or by using “Text to Give” your offering! Text* FPCCOV followed by your donation amount to: 73256 and follow the link to give online. Select “2024 Pledge” if you made a stewardship pledge. Select “Non-Pledge” for a general offering.

Finance Reports are updated following approval in monthly Finance Team meetings.

Our FPC Family had a great time this morning handing out candy to trick-or-treaters at the sensory friendly portion of Trick-or-Treat at Legion! children and youth had a great time painting pumpkins last night! To join in on events like this, check "Special Projects (Events with YMCA, Legion Field, Oxford College, schools)" under the Witness Team section on your Time and Talent! Click HERE to fill out your Time and Talent online!

We had such a wonderful morning at our first annual "Time & Talent Fair" this past Sunday!

Please keep the following people and their families in your prayers this week:

Most recent prayer requests

Requests will be moved to “ongoing” after three weeks unless the office is notified

• Mary Lee Aldridge, friend of Alice Walker - cancer
• Mike Crews, son-in-law of Miriam Wheeler - in the hospital
• Dianna Doss, niece of Miriam Wheeler
• Vicky Chicola, sister-in-law of Susan Landwehr
• Pops, family of Paisley Lane - leg surgery
• Charlotte Riley, mother of Susan Landwehr - ill in the hospital
• Bob Wheeler, family of Miriam Wheeler
• Arthur Raines, nephew of Danny Vining - complications from neck spine surgery

Ongoing prayer requests

Requests will be removed from “ongoing” after six weeks unless the office is notified.

• Janice Campbell, friend of John Leavitt
• Charlie Kennon, brother of Larry Kennon
• Nancy, friend of Mark & Jennifer Fogarty - stage IV pancreatic cancer
• Barbara Brown, friend of Miriam Wheeler - surgeries following a fall
• Ava Moss, friend of Donna Weesner - cancer
• Jill Chandler, sister of Brad Hawley - cancer
• Peggy Stallings - recovering from surgery
• Parker Ford, friend of Angie Woodham - non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Kim Fratesi, friend of Mark & Jennifer Fogarty - pancreatic cancer
• Danny Vining - recovering from surgery
• Wesley Berg, friend of Tom Crews - pancreatic cancer

Military Service

• Koen Ardis - Navy
• Billy Scarborough - Marines
• Clint Williams - Army
• Daryl Williams - Army

Independent and Assisted Living

• Penny Blakeney - Prema at Ashton Hills
• Homer Borders - Presbyterian Village
• Jean Elder - Florida with her daughter
• Dot Fincher - Madison, GA
• Louly Hay - Presbyterian Village Athens
• Carol McGiboney - Prema at Ashton Hills
• Jon Paschal - Annandale Village, Suwanee
• Louise White - Prema at Ashton Hills

Prayer requests and updates may be given to either of our pastors, put in the offering plate, or emailed to catherine@fpccov.org