Sacred Community Project – Your Support Matters!

By now we hope you have received a letter in the mail about our Sacred Community Project, a $400,000 effort to strengthen and care for our church campus. This project focuses on eliminating sanctuary repair debt, renovating Baird Hall, and growing our Capital Replacement Fund for future needs.

We gently encourage everyone to submit their gifts by April 26. Contributions can be made online at www.fpcauburn.org/give or by check to the church office (please note "Sacred Community Project" in the memo line.) 

Every gift, large or small, helps ensure our spaces continue to support worship, fellowship, and service for years to come.

FPC Members and Friends, 

We are happy to announce that the long-awaited sanctuary repairs are continuing with painting - including a large amount of scaffolding.

Because of this, our 11:00am service on Sunday, April 12, will take place in Baird Hall.

The 9:00am service will take place in the chapel as usual. Because of the change, we will not serve coffee prior to Sunday School.

Thank you for your flexibility and patience. We look forward to gathering with you this Sunday, and are excited to be back in a refreshed Sanctuary next Sunday!

SIGN-UP HERE!

In response to the needs of the staff and clients at the newly-relocated Community Market, 1600 1st Avenue, Opelika, we will now offer two shifts during which FPC members can volunteer. 

Sign up for 8:30am-10:30am or 10:30am-12:30pm. Need to leave early or come late? Work both shifts? Work an overlapping shift? Flexibility is welcome, please just make a note on your sign up and THANK YOU for all that you do to support the work of the Community Market!

Beginning This Sunday!

• Are you a regular visitor to our church who wants to learn more about what it means to be Presbyterian? 
• Are you a life-long Presbyterian who would appreciate a refresher on the basics? 
• Would you simply like to get back into the habit of attending a Sunday School class? 

Sunday mornings, April 12-May 10

9:50am in the FPC Chapel

Join us for Being Presbyterian: Foundations of Presbyterian Discipleship, a series that will explore what it means to live a way of Christian life informed by a particular rhythm: God calls us in grace and love; we respond in gratitude.

Presbyterian Women Circle Meetings

Tuesday, April 14

-Circle 1 will meet at 10:00 at Marianne Parsons’ home, 105 Laurel Dr., Auburn. Marianne will also lead the lesson.

-Circle 2 will meet at 10:00 in the Church Parlor with Gayle Andress & Denise Salo leading the lesson.

-Circle 3 will meet at 2:30 in the Church Library with Barbara Fletcher leading the lesson.

Wednesday, April 22

-Circle 4 will meet at 6:00 PM at Town Creek Park Pavilion.

Calling All Book Lovers!

The Mission Committee is collecting donations of new or gently used CURRENT books for all ages, from kids to adults, to help stock the shelves at The Community Market so clients can choose a book to keep. 

Drop off your donations at the church library on the shelf labeled “Community Market Books.” 

*The shelf is on the long wall parallel to the table. *

✅ Check the Condition Before Donating! Please only donate books you’d want to read yourself. (No torn pages, broken spines, or outdated textbooks and encyclopedias.)

We especially welcome recent bestsellers in excellent condition.

Thank you for helping us share the joy of reading!

Session Notes

During its meeting on March 15, the Session…

• approved for membership, following examination, the members of the confirmation class: by confession of faith, Carey Lovell, Abby Kate Forster, Hannah Reed, Joah Hall, Jonathan Holman, and Caleb Dimick; and by baptism, Alice Fukai, Susanna Jolly, and Wells Farr;

• learned that the total income to February 28 was $196,812; expenses, $133,917; and net income, $62,895;

• approved changing communion during the 11:00 a.m. service on May 24 to May 31 because there will be a guest preacher, Rachel Matthews, on May 24; and

• approved the baptism of Jack Morgan during the 9:00 a.m. service on May 17.

The next stated meeting of the Session will begin in the library at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 19.

Church members may read the complete, approved minutes for Session meetings in the church office. 

This Week at FPC

April 12-18, 2026

Sunday

9:00 AM - Worship Service with Weekly Communion (Chapel)

9:45 AM - Sunday School for All Ages

11:00 AM - Worship Service (BAIRD HALL)

Bulletin for April 12 worship

4:00 PM - Children's Music Experience & Dinner

5:00 PM - Youth Dinner & Fellowship

6:00 PM - UKirk Dinner & Bible Study

Monday

10:00 AM - Sowers & Knitters

Tuesday

10:00 AM - PW Circle #1 (Marianne Parsons')

10:00 AM - PW Circle #2 (Church Parlor)

2:30 PM - PW Circle #3 (Church Library)

Wednesday

6:00 PM - Sr. High Youth Dinner & Bible Study (Sarkowskis')

Children and Youth News

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Children's Musical Experience continues this Sunday. Children K-5th grade will meet in Baird Hall for recreation from 4-4:15. Then they'll head down to Conway for rehearsal.
• 3rd through 5th Grade Parents! Being an acolyte is a great way for your child to be a part of worship leadership! Click this link and sign up today!!!
• Sunday School:  Children's Sunday school will meet this Sunday from 10-10:45 downstairs in their Sunday school classrooms.  
• Godly Play: After the Word to Grow By, children Pre-K through 2nd grade will head down to the Godly Play room for worship and fun! 
• Worship bags are available for all children during worship.

Senior and Junior High Youth

• Jr/Sr High Youth at Food Bank: This Saturday! Bring a friend!
• Jr/Sr High Youth: Youth will meet for dinner in Baird Hall at 5pm and youth group upstairs in the youth lounge from 5:30-6:30. Bring a friend! 
• Senior High Dinner and Bible Study: Sr. High Youth will meet this Wednesday from 6 - 7:30 at the Sarkowski house for dinner, fellowship, and a Bible study. 
• Jr/Sr High Parents: Fellowship around a meal together is an extremely important part of our youth ministry! To help make that happen, please click this link and signup to provide a meal for our youth on a Sunday evening.
• Sunday School: Jr./Sr. High Youth Sunday school will meet this Sunday from 10-10:45 upstairs in the youth lounge.  

Birthdays 

Apr. 14 - Mary Burkhart

Apr. 17 - Kathy Rushing

Anniversaries

Apr. 17 - Richard Guether and Anne Leader

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

• Please continue to pray for many members of our church who are recovering from successful surgery, dealing with significant health issues, surrounded by grief and difficult circumstances but at this time do not wish to be mentioned by name.
• Prayers of comfort for all the family and friends of Joy Elam as they grieve her death. There will be a memorial service for Joy at Frederick and Dean on Monday April 20 at 2pm. Joy served this church and the community in so many ways. She will be missed so much by our congregation. 
• Prayers of comfort for Traci Stewart and all of her family as they grieve the sudden death of her father.
• Prayers of healing for Kristina Michel as she receives care at Baptist South Hospital. 
• Prayers of healing and wholeness for Katy Hall’s mother who is now receiving home hospice care. Please pray for Katy, her siblings, and the Hall family as they are caring for her. 
• Prayers of healing for Elizabeth Garrett as she receives chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Prayers for Joe and her family and friends as they care for her.
• Prayers of healing for Jan Widell as she recovers at home after successful surgery. Prayers for Don as he cares for her. 
• Prayers of healing for Mari Ley as she recovers at home after receiving care at Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery. Prayers for Terry and all who are caring for her.
• Continued prayers of healing for Chris Greer as she navigates health issues. Prayers of healing for Rodney's mother, Dixie Greer, who recently had successful hip surgery in Illinois. Prayers for Rodney and Chris as they care for her.
• We rejoice with Jenny and Jeff Shaffer as they celebrate of the birth of their granddaughter Susie Jean Shaffer. We are so excited for parents JJ and Sydne Shaffer!
• Prayers of healing for Margaret Craig-Schmidt as she recovers at home after a fall while visiting her daughter in Oregon over Christmas. 
• Prayers of healing and rest for Bobbie Thurlow as she recovers from successful hip surgery. Prayers for all of those caring for her, especially her family.
• Prayers of healing for Brooke Myers’ father, Charlie Myers, as he receives care at East Alabama Medical Center after fall at his home.
• Continued prayers of healing and comfort for Carole Covington as she navigates health issues. Prayers for Rev. Dr. Frank Covington as he cares for her. 
• Prayers of healing for Hunter Anderson (Andy Anderson’s brother) as he recovers from a serious accident. Prayers for Andy and Marty Anderson as they care for Hunter.
• Prayers of healing for Margaret Craig-Schmidt’s brother Bill as he receives treatment and recovers from successful surgery for bile duct cancer at M.D. Anderson. Prayers for Margaret and Steve as they care for Bill from afar. 
• Prayers of healing for Leslie Chamber’s grandmother, Imogene Hill, has she recovers from hip replacement surgery. Prayers for Leslie and all her family as they care for Imogene.
• Prayers of healing for Catherine Wolfe Riley’s father Ned. Prayers for Catherine as she cares for her father.
• Continued prayers of healing, rest, and comfort for Donna Yeager’s mother Patsy Yeager as she navigates health issues at home. Prayers for Donna and her siblings as they care for her mother in Texas.
• Prayers healing and comfort for Sarah Wolak’s brother Chris French. Chris has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome and is receiving treatment for his symptoms. Continued prayers of healing and comfort for Sarah’s mother, Susan French, as she also navigates health issues.  
• Prayers of healing for Don Ball’s son Kelly Ball, who is undergoing immunotherapy treatment for recurrence of cancer.