TIME CHANGE!

Join us Sunday, July 19, 4:30-6:30 p.m., for an evening that will include scripture studies for adults, youth, and children, as well as recreation, fellowship, and dinner.

Registration is still available.  Sign-up here!

First Presbyterian Church: Second Saturday Volunteering at the Community Market

Presbyterian Community Ministry

Launches New Brand and Website

Founded here at First Presbyterian Church in 1969, Presbyterian Community Ministry (PCM) has been a quiet presence in Lee County for over 50 years. PCM provides emergency utility loans and funds critical home repairs for neighbors with nowhere else to turn. Their work has always been steady, faithful, and largely unseen.

This summer, PCM has taken a meaningful step forward. With the help of a local design firm, the organization has launched a refreshed brand identity and a new website at PCM-AL.org. The new site makes it easier than ever for neighbors in need to find help, and for donors to give.

We are proud to celebrate this milestone with them. If you have not yet visited the new site, we encourage you to take a look. And if you feel called to support the work PCM does in our community, there has never been a better time to give.

Summer Sermon Series

Appreciate These Things: Eight Ways of Cultivating Compassion

This June and July, we invite you to join us for a summer sermon series inspired by Jill Duffield’s Appreciate These Things: Eight Ways of Cultivating Compassion. Drawing on the virtues named in Philippians 4:8, this series will explore how followers of Christ are called to nurture compassion, gentleness, gratitude, and grace in everyday life. In a divisive and broken world, these timely messages will encourage us to become people who reflect the love and mercy of Christ in our relationships, our community, and our witness.

Punch on the Lawn Needs You!

If you and your family enjoy the refreshments and fellowship after the 11:00 a.m. worship service, please consider signing-up to provide and serve punch one Sunday. We still have several Sundays open this summer! Please sign-up in the narthex or follow this link.

Keep the food donations coming!!! 

Many of our neighbors are using the Blessing Box weekly so we are always in need of more donations. Donated items can be placed in the basket on the second floor of the education building located outside of Kathy Rushing's office. Non-perishable food items* are always welcome, especially the following:

Ground or instant coffee 

Granola bars 

Canned vegetables 

Canned soups 

Canned fruit 

Canned meats 

Peanut butter 

Jelly 

Oatmeal 

Snack crackers 

Pasta/sauce 

Boxed mac & cheese 

Condiments 

Vegetable Oil 

Rice 

Dry Beans 

*NOTE Please make sure all items are unopened and have not expired.

This Week at FPC

July 12, 2026

Sunday

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

9:45 AM - Adult Sunday School

11:00 AM - Worship Service

Bulletin for July 12 worship

Coming in August

Sunday, Aug. 2 - Blessing of the Backpacks at 11 a.m. worship

Sunday, Aug. 9 - Rally Day!

Children and Youth News

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Sunday School:   ***Please note, Sunday school for children and youth will take a break for the summer beginning June 7. Sunday school will resume on Rally Day August 9.***
• 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: We'll be taking a break until Fall.
• Sunday School:    ***Please note, Sunday school for children and youth will take a break for the summer beginning June 7. Sunday school will resume on Rally Day August 9.***

Montreat Youth Conference: Our Sr. Highs are headed to the mountains of North Carolina this Sunday for a week-long youth conference. This year's theme is Wonder and Wander. Please keep then in your prayers!

Middle School Conference: Our Jr. Highs are going to Maryville College on Wednesday for a four day youth conference. This year's theme is Crafted by God. Please keep them in your prayers!

Birthdays

July 13 - Susan Bannon

July 15 - Daniel Johnson, Bob Webeler

July 18 - Hallie Herring

Anniversaries

July 15 - Eric and Allison Moore

July 15 - Nathan and Elisha Wohleb

July 17 - Alex and Sydney Sklyar

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 healing, wholeness, and comfort for many in our congregation.
• Prayers of comfort for David Piley and the all the Piley family as they grieve the death of June Piley. June died peacefully at home while receiving hospice care. Both David and June have been visiting the church for a number of years. There is a service planned at Frederick Dean Funeral home at 2pm on July 22.
• Prayers of healing for Donna Yeager’s mother, Patsy Yeager, as she receives care at Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, TX after a fall at home. Prayers for Donna as she cares for her mother in Texas.
• Prayers of comfort for Joel and Becky Buchanan as they grieve the death of Joel’s cousin Walter Stevenson.
• Prayers of healing for Margaret Lee (friend of Joel and Becky Buchanan) as she recovers from surgeries that are part of her treatment for breast cancer.
• Prayers of healing and rest for Margaret Craig Schmidt as she navigates health issues. Prayers for Steve as he cares for her.
• Prayers for Catherine and Noah Riley who are beginning the IVF process in the next few weeks with multiple doctors visits.
• Prayers of healing for Kristina Michel as she recovers from an accident. 
• 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 Mary Simon as she recovers from successful leg surgery and receives rehab treatment. 
• Prayers of healing for Mari Ley as continues to navigate health issues after a fall at home. Prayers for Terry and all who are caring for her. 
• Continued prayers of healing for Chris Greer as she navigates health issues. 
• Prayers of continued healing for Bobbie Thurlow as she recovers at home from successful hip surgery. Prayers for all of those caring for her, especially her family. 
• 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. 
• Continued prayers of healing for Denise and Steve Salo’s daughter Katie Callahan who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Katie is scheduled to have surgery to remove the cancerous tissue on July 17 in Birmingham. Continued prayers for Denise and Steve as they care for her.
• Prayers of healing for Karen Delano’s daughter Hillary and son-in-law Reece. Hillary is recovering from minor back surgery. Reece is recovering after having a life threatening bacteria infection that led to amputating part of his left leg. Prayers for Karen as she cares for her family.
• Prayers of healing for Rodney Greer’s mother as she recovers from successful hip replacement surgery. Prayers for Rodney and Chris as they care 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 a far. 
• Prayers of healing and care for JC Stroud (neighbor of Kim Holman) as navigates health issues.
• 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.
• 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.