Many thanks to all of you who have submitted your 2025 pledge. We are thankful for the initial response and look forward to sharing our Prompt Pledge Parking Prize winner at the Congregational Meal on November 20!

If you have not yet submitted your pledge, our Generosity and Finance Committees would be so grateful if you could do so as soon as possible. Prompt pledging allows us to solidify our 2025 budget and begin to make plans for the year ahead. 

You may submit your pledge in any of the following ways: 

• online at www.fpcauburn.org/pledge (you may also download a PDF of the pledging form at this site)
• placing your pledge form in the Sunday offering plate (extra copies are located throughout the church) 
• taking or mailing your pledge form to the church office

Thank you for helping us move toward the future filled with God's hope!

Join us on Saturday, November 9 for one of our final volunteer opportunities at the Community Market for 2024!

Stock, clean, assist clients - the Community Market is a place where God's children of all ages can find ways to serve others. Please sign up here to let us know if you will be there.

Time to Order Advent Poinsettias!

If you would like to place a poinsettia in our sanctuary/chapel for Advent (until Christmas Eve), please fill out this ORDER FORM and submit it by Wednesday, November 27. Additional paper forms will be available in the narthex. The plants will be in the sanctuary beginning December 8.

Payment for the plants ($15/each) can be placed in the offering or delivered to the church office. Checks should be payable to First Presbyterian.

Please do NOT make a payment online - non-tax deductible transactions violate our agreement with our online service.

On Monday, November 18 at 10 a.m., Presbyterian Women will be coordinating an "Advent Preparations Party" in Conway Hall. 

Join us for fellowship and light refreshments as we sort, prep, and polish Advent decorations to prepare for decorating the church on Sunday, November 24.

Third Wednesday Supper and New Member Dinner

Join us on Wednesday, November 20 at 5:15pm in Baird Hall. Dinner is free and you do not need to bring anything. Come for food, fellowship, and a celebration of our newest church members!

SAVE THE DATE! 

The 29th Annual Cookie Walk to benefit Habitat for Humanity will be held Saturday, December 7, at True Deliverance Church on North Donahue Drive. You can support this event by: baking cookies, volunteering to help set up and display cookies on Friday evening, or helping with the sale on the day of the event. The Cookie Walk is an important part of raising funds for the WEHELP Coalition that has participated in building 15 new homes for deserving families in our community.

UKirk

had a fantastic time

up at Lake Martin for

their Fall Retreat 2024!!

FPC Women's Retreat Registration

This retreat is open to all women of the church but especially intended for those who are in need of some sabbath time away in nature. We will have times of reflection, prayer, bible study, and fellowship.

We will also enjoy all that our presbytery's camp, Living River, has to offer: hiking, crafting, campfires and more! At the registration link below you'll find several housing options. This year, the price of the retreat is tiered based on which housing option you choose.

Limited private rooms are available but there are several options for semi-private arrangements as well as old-fashioned camp cabins!

https://forms.gle/owva7Czt4SW6ueSv8

Prices include two nights lodging and meals from Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast: 

Private Rooms: $120-$180

Semi-Private Rooms: $90-110

Shared Cabin (6 max to a cabin): $80

Please contact Kathy Reed with questions at kreed@fpcauburn.org. 

PW Circles for November

Tuesday, Nov. 12:

Circle #1 - 10 AM, Lili Muljadi, 4173 Creekview Court, Auburn

Circle #2 - 10 AM, Susan Stanley, 405 Martha's Court, Opelika

Circle #3 - 2:30 PM, Church Library

Wednesday, Nov. 20:

Circle #4, 6 PM, Church Library

This Week at FPC

Nov. 10-16, 2024

Sunday

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

9:30 AM - Coffee and Fellowship (Baird)

9:45 AM - Sunday School for all ages

11:00 AM - Worship Service (Sanctuary)

Bulletin for November 10 worship

Sunday Parking Map

12:00 PM - Elder Training (Library)

5:00 PM - Youth Dinner & Fellowship

7:00 PM - UKirk Dinner & Bible Study

Monday

12:00 PM - Property Committee Meeting (Library)

Tuesday

10:00 AM - PW Circle #1 (4173 Creekview Court, Auburn)

10:00 AM - PW Circle #2 (405 Martha's Court, Opelika)

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

Children and Youth News

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Children's Fellowship and Choir begins Sunday, Nov. 17 from 4-5:30. Children will meet in Baird Hall for 15-20 minutes of fellowship and recreation and then head down to Conway Hall for choir. At 5 p.m., they will come back to Baird Hall for dinner with the Jr. and Sr. High Youth. 
• Worship bags are available for all children during worship.
• Godly Play: After the Word to Grow By (at 11 a.m. worship), children ages 4 to 2nd grade will go to the Godly Play room to worship together for the remainder of the worship service. 

Jr. and Sr. High Youth

• Parents, click here to download the Children and Youth Fall Calendar.
• Jr. and Sr. High Youth meets this Sunday with dinner at 5 and Youth Group from 5:30-6:30.
• Jr./Sr. High Parents, there are still a few slots open to volunteer to provide youth dinner. Our youth enjoy fellowship around a meal every Sunday evening from 5 - 5:30. But we can't do it without your help! Click this link to sign up!

Birthdays 

Nov. 10 - Joan Foil, Steve Reeves

Nov. 12 - Ann-Margaret Goldman, Susan McChesney, Nancy Sanker

Nov. 15 - Holly Mitchell

Nov. 16 - Shane Klugh, Suzanne Biles-Thurlow

Anniversaries

Nov. 10 - Mike and Carolyn Williams

Nov. 13 - Spence and Kim Spencer

Nov. 14 - John and Barbara Wild

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 wholeness, comfort, and rest for Nancy Gamble as she receives hospice care to keep her comfortable in the weeks/months ahead. She requests NO visitors or phone calls but welcomes prayers and cards.

• Prayers of healing for Denise Salo as she heals from a medical procedure and prayers as she awaits two more procedures.

• Prayers of healing for Todd White's mother, Joan White, as she recovers from hip surgery. Prayers for Todd and his family as they care for her.

• 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 Addy Steele’s mother, Emily McDaniel, as she recovers from significant surgery. Prayers for Addy and her family as they care for her mother.

• Continued prayers of healing for Henry Helmke as he navigates health issues at home. 

• Prayers of healing for Joyce Bravaldo as she navigates health issues at home. 

• Prayers of healing for Amanda Covington Anderson as she continues to heal. Prayers for Frank and Carole and all of Amanda’s family as they care for her. 

• Prayers for Catherine Wolfe Riley’s father, Ned. Prayers for Catherine as she cares for her father.

• Prayers of healing for Debbie Duin’s brother Warren and sister-in-law Janet as they both recover from significant falls. They are both home after a brief stay in the hospital. Prayers for Debbie as she cares for her brother and sister-in-law from a far. Continued prayers of healing for Debbie as she recovers from successful knee surgery. 

• 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 of healing for Olyne Fischer’s daughter-in-law Chell Fischer. Chell has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and will have surgery in a few weeks. Prayers for Olyne as she cares for Chell and her son Gary from afar. 

• 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 Karen and Bob Cochran’s friend Randy Tucker as he undergoes a stem cell study for his cancer treatment.

• Prayers of healing for Don Ball’s son, Kelly, who is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for recurrence of cancer.

• Prayers of healing for Daniel and Amanda Johnson’s nephew James Ivey as he receives critical care. Prayers for the doctors and caregivers who are caring for him, especially his parents and family..

• Prayers for former Ukirk student Shannon Smith as she recovers at home after having a stroke.

• Prayers for Amy Kilner (daughter-in-law of Dorothy Moran) as she recovers from a kidney transplant.

• Prayers for Jim Foil and his family as they continue to manage Jim’s health.

• Continued prayers of healing for Chris Greer. We especially pray for good healing and rest as Chris recovers from successful treatments. We continue to rejoice with Chris because the latest scans show no sign of cancer. We are so grateful the chemotherapy treatments have been successful. Chris will continue a plan of treatment for the upcoming months. 

• Prayers for Brooke Myers as she cares for her father, Charlie Myers. Charlie is recovering from a fall and has moved to Morningside.