All Are Welcome

Photos Needed: If you have any recent photos of church events- Shrimp dinner, potluck, etc., please email to the church office. We will use them in updating our church website. Thank you 🙂

You’re Invited: First Presbyterian Church will be making crochet plastic bag sleeping mats for the homeless by using Walmart bags. You are invited to come out every Monday at 10am in the Fellowship Hall at FPC; no need to bring supplies as they will be provided. Brenda Bittle will deliver these to those in need. If you’re interested in some insight as to how these are made, you can find a video on YouTube titled “How To Make Plastic Bag Sleeping Mats (Where You Live)”.

Mark Your Calendar:

• Care Team Meeting: Sunday, August 4th after the 10:30 service

• The Chosen Pizza & Puzzle Party: Tuesday, August 13th, 12pm-3pm

Lyon College Community Fair: If you are interested in volunteering for the St. Paul’s table at the Lyon College Community Fair on Saturday, August 10th, please contact Sarah Harmon. There will also be a signup sheet in the Narthex and at the Care Team meeting this Sunday.

The Chosen: We will hold two weekly sessions for watching The Chosen beginning with Season 1. Mondays from 5:30-7pm and Fridays from 6-7:30pm. These will start the first week after Labor Day, Monday September 9th, and Friday September 13th, and will end 32 weeks later week before Easter - Monday April 14, 2025 and Friday April 18, 2025. Also, starting on Tuesday, September 10th and going through until October 29th, there will be a Season 4 only viewing.

Education for Ministry Fall 2024: Are you looking for an opportunity to deepen your understanding of the Bible and personal spirituality in a small-group seminar? Education for Ministry (EfM) provides a structured format for weekly study and practice. Interested in learning more? Contact Brenda Bittle.

Coffee Hour: After the service, everyone is invited to the Parish House (two lefts at the bottom of the steps) for refreshments and fellowship. We promise you will still be able to beat the Baptists and Methodists to lunch afterwards.

Altar Flowers: The following dates are available for flowers: September 8th, October 20th & 27th, November 17th, 24th, and December 15th. Please contact Jo Cargill-Krug to reserve any of these dates.



Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8am-12pm. The office is closed on Wednesdays.

Officiant: Steve Massey*

Chalice Bearer (8:00): Kristian Ameigh

Chalice Bearer (10:30): Gary Perkey

Lector: Mike Smith

Acolyte: Gary Perkey

Ushers: Pat Mulick & Miss. Mulick

Technical Support: David Taverner

Coffee Hour: Kristian & Rick Ameigh

Altar Guild: Pam Baxter & Hayes Olson

Community Meal (8/7/2024):  Team Mundy/Bittle

This Sunday’s altar flowers are given by Shelba Avants to the glory of God and in honor of Nikki Bittle’s birthday.

*This Sunday's sermon is from the book So You Can't Stand Evangelism?: A Thinking Person's Guide to Church Growth by James R. Adams. © 1994 James R. Adams.An Episcopal priest, James Rowe Adams was rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. from 1966 until 1996. In 1994, he founded the Center for Progressive Christianity (progressivechristianity.org) and served as its president until 2006. He died in 2011.