We Are the Church

Annual Meeting

Valentine Raffle

Tonight- Thursday 2.16.2023

Choir Practice Tonight

This Sunday

Transfiguration Sunday

Worship Information and Bulletin

Next Week

Monday- Pause and Pray

Wednesday- Bible Study

Ashes to Go- February 22, 2023

Upcoming Events

Lent Theme & Devotional

Per Capita

Prayer Requests and Praise Reports

Earthquakes in Turkey & Syria--How You Can Help

Annual Meeting



This year we held our Annual Meeting as part of worship. The review of the year was in picture. If you missed the service you may watch it here.

Valentine Raffle

Our newly formed Welcome Task Group has been hard at work. On Sunday they offered some fun in the form of a Valentine Raffle Basket. Not only did it encourage people to stay for Coffee Fellowship, it raised $175 for the church!

Choir practice tonight, Thursday 2.16.2023

This Sunday!

Worship Information and Bulletin



Pastor Kim will preach a sermon "Cloudy with a Chance of Inspiration",

based on Exodus 24:12-18 and Matthew 17:1-9.

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Bible Study This Week!

This week we will be studying: Matthew 4:1-11 & Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7



All are welcome to join us in this Zoom Discussion.

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Ashes to Go will be available on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from 11:30am- 1:30pm.

At the Corner of

Center St Promenade & Lemon St

Walk up or Drive by

An Invitation to a Lenten Journey filled with curiosity and wonderment. Lent will be from February 26, 2023 - April 9, 2023

Advent devotional available in the Narhtax or contact church office.

This year's daily devotional invites us to experience the ancient spiritual practice of examen that focuses on honest assessment and reflection. Themes include examining our fear to live with faith, examining our pain to live with healing, examining our dishonesty to live with truth, examining our joy to live with gratitude, examining our love to live with heart and examining our burdens to live with blessing.

Each daily reflection will combine personal reflection with meditation, visualization and short prayers. The prayers can be used as mantras or breath prayers: breathe in praying the first phrase, breathe out praying the last.

Printed copies of the devotional (including large print) are available in the Sanctuary Narthex or you may download a digital copy by clicking here.

May God bless you and keep you on your Lenten journey.

Each year, each congregation in the Presbyterian Church USA pays a modest sum per member to support the work of the broader church. This year the per capita is $39.70 per member. We ask that all active members prayerfully consider contributing this amount to the church in addition to your regular offerings. Anaheim First Presbyterian will pay this full amount on your behalf. When you pay your share, you free up funds to be used for the mission and expenses of our congregation. You may pay this amount by check or online, but we would appreciate it is you would reference your donation as “per capita” so we may credit it correctly.

More about Per Capita. What is it and why is it important?

Per Capita connects Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations and mid councils with the work of the wider church. As the primary source of funding for the Presbytery, Synod, and the Office of the General Assembly, it is how Presbyterians mutually and equitably share the costs of moving the church forward in the 21^st century.

Through your Per Capita giving, you support local congregations through various Presbytery partnerships, commissions, and mission undertakings; help prepare the next generation of pastors, provide guidance and support to congregations during times of pastoral transition, congregational turmoil, personal struggle, and polity confusion; provide judicial and administrative oversight throughout Southern California and Hawaii; support ecumenical relations at a national level; and ensure a well-run biennial General Assembly.

Did You Know? There’s Another Option for Paying Your 2023 Pledge.

Those of us who are retired may depend on our retirement investments (IRAs or 401Ks) for income. Did you know that there is a way to use deductions from those investment accounts as church giving without showing it as taxable income? Rick and Ginny Connor discovered this option and are taking advantage of it this year. For them it is a better tax option than simply using their church giving as a tax-deductible item at year end. And it turns out to be very easy! If anyone is interested in more information, contact Rick or Ginny for details. 

“God is our refuge and strength … though the mountains shake.”

- Psalm 46:1-3



GIVE. ACT. PRAY.

The scale of the disaster facing Syria and Turkey after the Feb. 6 earthquake is becoming clearer. The 7.8-magnitude quake and its aftershocks have left more than 11,000 people dead and thousands more injured; these numbers will rise as search and rescue continues. Buildings have been reduced to rubble, and roads and bridges have been severely damaged, resulting in dangerous conditions for first responders. In some places, such as Aleppo, this destruction is compounding the damage of the now 11-year war in Syria.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is providing emergency relief and short-term recovery in the impacted areas through long-standing partners in Syria, in addition to ACT Alliance members in Syria and Turkey, all of whom are already on the ground. (READ FULL ARTICLE)

Donate to Disaster Relief (Click Here)

Please pray for those in treatment for cancer: Ryan Gibson (friend of Tracy Ramont), Catherine Morris, Bill Anderson (Bruce Anderson's Brother), Fred Yuric (Scott Lile's stepfather).

Please pray for those on hospice: Patricia Carl, O.D. Taylor (Harvey's brother)

Please continue to pray for the health of: Norma Leichtweis, Clif Buchanan, Jane Canfield (Glory's sister), Chris Coleman.

If you have a prayer request that you would like to add to our prayer list, 

please contact the church office: offices@anaheimfirstpres.org or 714.535.2176.

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