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You are invited to worship with us!
Stewardship
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Worship in person and on Facebook Live at 11:00am on Sunday!
Join us for Sunday School at 9:45am!
Childcare is provided for Worship and Sunday School.
This week we will continue our Stewardship series with "Our Generosity Story: Release" and we will pass out the Narrative Budget!
| | Stewardship: Our Generosity Story | | The best stories captivate and transform us—they change how we live. This stewardship season, we invite you to remember, release, reimagine, and restore your generosity stories so that we can write the one God is begging us to live into. | | |
Time & Talent Ministry Spotlight:
Help decorate for Christmas
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When you offer your Time & Talent to help decorate for Christmas we'll reach out to you with details closer to time but we'll give you a brief overview now.
We have a couple different times we'll need help this year. We'll decorate the church on November 23rd after worship and we'll decorate our tree at Legion Field during the week of December 1st.
We need people of all levels of strength and heights to hang ornaments and wreaths, fluff bows, climb ladders, put up the tree in the Sanctuary, pull out the Advent wreath, and more! Kids are welcome to join us and help/run around the Sanctuary, and Legion Field involves no heavy lifting! Mark "help decorate for Christmas" on your Time & Talent to tell us you'd like to help out!
| | The Organ/Piano Concert originally scheduled for October 12 has been CANCELED and will be rescheduled for a later date. | | 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 Gary Boteler to signup for a slot in October! | | |
Change the World Day is on Saturday, October 25th from 11am-2pm
Witness committee is asking for diaper donations to help families in need. Drop your donations into the bin in the narthex by October 19!
Then, 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 Stephanie Scarborough, Sara Chini, or Erin Morgan!
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The WiredWORD
This adult Sunday school class explores current events and discusses how our faith intersects and informs our response. Our WiredWORD class meets in the Gathering Room which is on the upper level next to the Church Office.
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Youth’s Sunday School
Our Youth 5th grade and up class explores the lectionary scriptures each week, often as they relate to the weekly sermon. Youth Sunday School meets in the Youth Room which is on the upper level next to the Choir Room.
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Foundations Class
This adult Sunday school class explores the lectionary scriptures each week, taught by a rotation of teachers. Our Foundations Sunday School meets in the Library which is on the upper level at the end of the hall past the Choir Room.
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Children’s Sunday School
PreK-4th grade children learn about God's love through the Bible, play, and song. Children's Sunday School meets in the Children's Classroom which is on the lower level classroom wing across from the Nursery.
| | Lectio Divina meets on Tuesdays at noon in the Parlor | | |
Good Enough Book Club meets on Tuesdays at 5:30pm in the Parlor
Current book: The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr
| | Coffee & Conversation meets on Wednesdays at 10:00am in the Fellowship Hall | | Chancel Choir and Handbell Choir meets on Wednesday nights in the Choir Room | | We are collecting hygiene items for the Repairers of the Breach! Click below to see a list of requested items then bring donations to the basket in the narthex. Thank you! | | | General Ministry Information | | |
June 2025 Finance Report
Attached are the summary reports for the June Finance statements.
In June we overspent our monthly budget by $3,075.84; our yearly income is down by only $4,079.20. Our Team Chairs are making every effort to hold expenses to the budget. This is an improvement over the May income and expense report.
Giving statements for January – June were emailed earlier this week. Let us know of any discrepancies in your statement. If you are behind in your pledge, perhaps you could use the summer to catch-up! Remember even when you are on vacation your offerings are still needed to support the ministries of FPC!
The Finance Team is grateful for your continued support in giving to the church and to carrying out your part in all our ministries!
Faithfully,
The Finance Team
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FPC Legacy of Love Endowment
Remember you can always give to the FPC Legacy of Love Endowment to make a gift that will last for generations to come!
| | People to Think About this Week | | Pancakes & PJs Soul Feast hosted by First Pres Community Preschool!!! It was so great to have our FPCP family for Soul Feast last night! | | |
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Please keep the following people and their loved ones in your prayers this week:
Most recent prayer requests
Requests will be moved to “ongoing” after three weeks unless the office is notified.
- Cathy Dobbs - recovering from surgery
- Pam Stillerman - recovering from surgery
- Ruth Bradshaw, mother of Kim Lindsey - returning home for physical therapy after fall
- Mr. Mosley, friend of Ruby Wells - seizures
- Sherri Thomas, friend of Kim Lindsey - recovering from blood clots in lungs
- Alice Walker - asthma
- Ken Walker - recovering at home from hospital stay
- Glenn Hayes, brother of Brenda Howell - third consecutive foot surgery
- Louly Hay - recovering following hospital stay
- Vonda Wiebe, daughter of Peggy Stallings - in hospital recovering from accident
Ongoing prayer requests
Requests will be removed from “ongoing” after six weeks unless the office is notified.
- Dale Evans, friend of Billy Wade & former member - recovering from surgery
- Jill Chandler, sister of Brad Hawley - cancer
- Katelyn Jackson, niece of Kim McSwain - stage 3 breast cancer
- Theodosia Wade - recovering from shoulder surgery
- Peggy Harrison, friend of Miriam Wheeler - recovering from fall & hip surgery
- Randy Lawrence, friend of Terri Fullerton - recovering from surgery
- Tom Crews - recovering from fall at home
- Kayla Legg, friend of Kim Lindsey - praying for a healthy pregnancy
- Bill Loeble, friend of Billy Wade & former member - cancer
- Nancy, friend of Mark & Jennifer Fogarty - stage IV pancreatic cancer
- Dan Walden - chemo
Condolences
- Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of Penny Hale Blakeney as they mourn her passing on Saturday, September 27, 2025. A memorial service was held on Monday, October 6.
Independent and Assisted Living
- Reid Buckelew - Prema at Ashton Hills
- 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
Military Service
Prayer requests and updates may be given to either of our pastors, put in the offering plate, or emailed to catherine@fpccov.org
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