The Easter Prayer Vigil is a significant event in the life of First Presbyterian when each participant devotes at least one hour to focused prayer for the concerns, needs and thanksgivings of our community and the world at large. The goal of the vigil is to have at least one person offering up prayers in the Chapel beginning immediately after the Good Friday service on April 18 and continually until sunrise Easter morning. 

Please consider committing one hour of your time to participate in this prayer vigil. A variety of materials will be available to help guide your prayer hour. Signup sheets are available in the Chapel and Narthex before and after each worship service. An on-line signup option is also available at this link. Groups and families are encouraged to signup together as well. Security is provided during the nighttime hours.

If you are unable to be present in the Chapel, you are encouraged to join the prayer vigil throughout the weekend anywhere - anytime. Additionally, we ask that you submit prayer request cards to communicate your concerns or celebrations which will be shared with God by the participants throughout the prayer vigil. Prayer request cards can be placed in the Sunday offering plate or in appropriately marked boxes around the church campus. 

For more information or help with signing up, contact Shane Klugh at 334-707-0626 or bsklugh@gmail.com. 

A dedicated time in our church year for prayer, fasting, and service, the season of Lent offers us an opportunity to ponder the things keeping us from being in relationship to God & neighbor and faithfully seek to overcome these obstacles.

A special Sunday School series (March 9 - April 13) will help us reflect on how God has, is, and will be with us throughout 175 of First Presbyterian Church of Auburn's history.

This year's devotional resource is available for digital download here. Paper copies will also be available in the sanctuary narthex and chapel vestibule.

Easter Lilies

If you would like to order a lily to be placed in our sanctuary on Easter Sunday, you may fill out a paper form (also available in the narthex) or complete this Google form by Monday, April 7. Checks may be mailed to the church office or placed in the collection plate on Sundays (please do NOT include on same check as pledge payments - thank you!). If a plant is given in your honor (or in memory of a family member), please take it home after the 11:00 a.m. Easter service.

Saturday, April 12 all ages are welcome to come volunteer at the Community Market! Stay for all or part of the 9am-12pm shift and help stock, clean, assist clients, etc. It's always a fun time! 

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Sowers & Knitters

Sowers & Knitters will meet this coming Monday morning, April 7 at 10:00 a.m. in the Project Room at the church. We have lots to do! Please come on Monday if you possibly can. We would love to see you all.

Usher Volunteers Needed!

Thank you for those who have signed up for usher duty! Currently there are still many spots available. Are you available to sign up? The Usher Coordinator, Quincy Hochard, will make sure you understand the role and answer any questions you may have. The worship committee appreciates your help! 

Sign up here: SignUpGenius  

Sanctuary Flower Sign-up

It's time to sign-up for sponsoring flowers for our Sanctuary in 2025! The sign-up sheet is located outside of the receptionist’s office in the main church office building.

If you are unable to sign up in person, you may also contact Sarah Wolak at 334-728-7853 to sign up for a date. You are welcome to split the cost with another family-- just be sure to write both names on the line. The cost of the flowers is $50 per arrangement, not including tax and delivery fee. As before, you are welcome to bring the arrangements home after the service, or to leave them to be delivered to other members of the congregation.

Lay Readers Needed for Late Spring/Summer 2025

Sign up now to serve as a lay reader for the late spring and summer season. Readers are asked to help lead the 11am service only and will be provided with all prayers and readings from a pastor in the week leading up to your chosen date. 

All ages are welcome to participate!

Questions? Contact Nick or Kathy Reed (nreed@fpcauburn.org or kreed@fpcauburn.org)

This Week at FPC

April 6-12, 2025

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 April 6 worship

Sunday Parking Map

4:00 PM - Children's Choir

5:00 PM - Jr/Sr High Youth Dinner and Fellowship

7:00 PM - UKirk Dinner and Bible Study

Monday

10:00 AM - Sowers & Knitters

Tuesday

10:00 AM - PW Circle #1, Marianne Parsons, 105 Laurel Drive

10:00 AM - PW Circle #2, Dorothy Moran, 1251 Kinsley Court

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

Children and Youth News

Food Bank Volunteering April 12

Join us Saturday, April 12 for the Saturday of Service at the Food Bank. Everyone will meet at the Food Bank at 9am. We will be finished at 11:30. Bring a friend!

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Children's Fellowship and Choir: Children K-5 will meet in Baird Hall for 15-20 minutes of fellowship and recreation and then head down to Conway Hall for choir practice. Then they will come back to Baird Hall and have dinner with the Jr. and Sr. High Youth.

Children’s Fellowship and Choir will meet each Sunday 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, and 4/27 from 4-5 and then dinner from 5-530. They will meet 5/4 during the Sunday school hour to practice for Children’s Sunday.

They will sing and lead the 11am worship service on May 4.

• Parents of children Kindergarten - 5th Graders! Click below to sign your child up to be an acolyte.https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D44ADA82FAAF85-acolytes#/
• 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

• Jr. and Sr. High Youth Group will meet this Sunday for dinner in Baird Hall at 5pm and youth group from 5:30-6:30 in the youth lounge.
• Jr./Sr. High parents, please click this link to sign up for a Sunday to provide youth dinner.

Mark your calendars: Youth Sunday is April 27 and Children's Sunday is May 4!

Birthdays 

Apr. 6 - Kirstin Yost

Apr. 7 - Bill Sherling

Apr. 8 - Jeffrey Stewart

Apr. 10 - Jesse Joiner, Brooke Myers

Apr. 11 - Chris Graves, Stephen Irwin

Anniversaries

Apr. 7 - Jim & Barbara Dunham

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 healing for Jim Bannon has he recovers at home after successful surgery.

•        Prayers of healing and comfort for Gail Dillard as she recovers at home after an extended stay at EAMC.

•        Prayers of healing for Sunny Womack as she recovers at home after an extended stay at UAB. Prayers for Damion and Damion Jr. as they care for her

•        Prayers of healing for Clare Kranz’s mother as she recovers at home after an extended stay at EAMC. Prayers for Clare and all the Kranz family as they care for her.

• Prayers of healing for Todd White as he continues to heal at home.

• Prayers of healing for Dan Henry as he recovers from successful foot surgery. Prayers for Donna Yeager as she cares for him.

• Prayers of healing for Kay Recknor as recovers at home after successful surgery.

• Prayers of healing for Donna Yeager as she recovers from successful back surgery. 

• 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 Margaret Craig-Schmidt’s brother Bill as he receives treatment for bile duct cancer at M.D. Anderson. Prayers for Margaret and Steve as they care for Bill from afar. 

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

• 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.

• 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 Caleb (grandson of Kim Ford, a friend of Anne Leader). Caleb is six months old and has been diagnosed with “Failure to Thrive.” Prayers for Caleb, his parents, and grandmother Kim Ford as they navigate these next difficult weeks. 

• 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 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.

• 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.