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: Bethany Wells

The first time my family walked into First Presbyterian of Covington, it felt like we were being welcomed by family and friends. What I didn’t realize at the time was that they truly are. Since that day, we’ve found a place where my husband and I feel seen, heard, and valued, while our children have discovered a community where they are welcomed, loved, and safe. FPC is more than just a building with kind people; it is a living example of God’s love in action. Through the youth group, our children have had the opportunity to serve others by assembling hygiene kits and collecting canned goods. We’ve been blessed by the chance to give back and have found a true home in this caring, Christ-centered community.

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 Highlight

Pastoral Care visits are wonderful ways to show up for our church family! By offering your time and talent for this ministry, you will be invited to join our pastors in visiting church members who are in need of fellowship and community!

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!

On Wednesday, October 16, during Soul Feast, we will continue our focus on mental health that began during worship on September 22. After dinner, the adults will have the opportunity to hear from Cindy Elrod of Insight Counseling. For the youth, we are excited to welcome Jennifer Wilds from View Point Health, who will present Mental Health First Aid, a national program designed to teach the skills to recognize and respond to signs of mental illness. You can click here for more information.

Saturday, October 19th 10:00am-1:00pm

Come join us for Change the World Day, an annual community event of education, service, fun, food, fall festival and fellowship hosted by FUMC!

Our witness team will have a booth to let us reach out and connect to people in our community of all ages! If you’d like to volunteer please reach out to Curtis Watson or Luke Usry!

Join us for Change the World PREP DAY! We will put together bags to pass out on Wednesday, October 16th starting at 9:00am in the Fellowship Hall. All in our FPC family are invited to participate!

Space Update:

We are excited to share that our new security system installation is almost complete! We are grateful for the upgrades in our fire, sprinkler, and security systems. With anything new, we will have some growing pains. We ask for your grace and patience as we seek to be faithful stewardship of safety for our church family. We will soon operate under new entry protocols and we ask for your flexibility. Our goal is to ensure the safety of all who enter our doors! While we strive to provide a safe environment, we also remain committed to radical hospitality. If you have any questions or concerns as we roll out our new security and safety plan, please do not hesitate to reach out to Senior Pastor Neeley Lane or Director of Communication and Operations Catherine Laseter. 

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.

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.

The Elizabeth Ann Presbyterian Women Circle met in the fellowship hall and on Zoom this morning to discuss the lesson on land justice in this year's bible study "Let Justice Roll Down: God's Call to care for Neighbors and All Creation"

Join them next month for a lesson on food justice on Tuesday, November 5th!

Elizabeth Ann Circle meets the first Tuesday of the month at 10:00am.

Martha Circle meets the first Tuesday of the month at 10:30am.

Night Circle meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm.

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

• Janice Campbell, friend of John Leavitt
• Tom Crews
• Peggy Stallings - recovering from surgery

Ongoing prayer requests

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

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

Condolences

• Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of Bernice Bailey as they mourn her passing on September 27, 2024. We especially hold her daughter, Betty Bailey in our prayers during this time. A memorial service will be held in the sanctuary on October 19 at 11:00am.
• Our thoughts and prayers are with Ruth Frankena and her loved ones as they mourn the passing of her brother, Ronald Terpstra on October 8, 2024.

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