Regular Worship Service Schedule Resumes

August 23

Sunday, August 23:

- 9:45-10:45 a.m.: Sunday School for all ages resumes!

- 12:15 p.m., Youth Parent Meeting in Fellowship Hall & Tubing in Helen

Youth and their parents are invited to gather in the Fellowship Hall at 12:15pm for a brief meeting to go over important information for the program year. Afterwards, the youth will travel to Helen, GA to go tubing in the Chattahoochee! The cost is $10 per youth, and you are asked to bring a bag lunch. More information to come in youth ministry communications! Reach out to Hannah Knight (hannah@firstpresathens.org) for more information or to RSVP.

Choir Rehearsals Resume

Chancel Choir - Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Room 202

Handbell Choir – Monday, August 24, 5:30 p.m. Room 205 St. Andrews Cherub Choir – starting this Fall, Cherub Choir will meet during children's Sunday School

Choir (grades 2-5) – Sunday, August 30, 4:00 p.m., Room 202

Youth Choir (grades 6-12) – Sunday, August 30, 4:45 p.m. Room 202

For more information about choirs, contact John Coble (jcoble@firstpresathens.org) or Charlotte Chromiak (charlotte@firstpresathens.org)

Serve Dinner at The Table

Volunteers Needed on August 25 & October 13

A few volunteers are needed to help serve dinner and greet the students at The Table (Campus Ministry at UGA) on a couple of Tuesday nights this fall — one coming up next week! Contact Whitney Booth Lockard if you'd like to help (whitney@firstpresathens.org). Volunteers for the 8/25 date should arrive at The Table (1250 S Lumpkin St) by 5:30 p.m. 

Habitat for Humanity Build Day

Saturday, August 29, 9:00 a.m.

Saturday, August 29, 9:00 a.m.: Habitat for Humanity Build Day

We need up to 9 more volunteers to work side-by-side with future homeowners on a new Habitat home build in Athens on Saturday, August 29. Volunteers must be 16 years or older. Lunch is included! Email Rev. Whitney Booth Lockard (whitney@firstpresathens.org) to sign up.

Project Safe Work Day

Sunday, August 30, 2:00 p.m.

Project Safe Workday

August 30, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Join us to support Project Safe by helping to sort clothes, clean shelves, and tidy up the thrift store. Project Safe works to end domestic violence through crisis intervention, supportive services, advocacy, prevention, and education. For more information, please contact Kate Johnson at kateejohnson456@gmail.com. The Project Safe thrift store is located at 995 Hawthorne Ave #7, Athens, GA 30606 (in the Bell’s Shopping Center).

Children and Youth Ministries

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers Needed: Children and Youth Ministries

Interested in leading children’s Sunday School, helping out at youth group, teaching Godly Play, or working with our awesome children & youth? We need your help! Please reach out to Hannah Knight, Director of Children and Youth Ministries at hannah@firstpresathens.org and see the sign-up links below. Thank you for helping our children & youth continue to grow in their faith and connect with their Creator!

Youth: tinyurl.com/youth2627

Kids: tinyurl.com/children2627

Online Giving and Realm Update

As we work toward shifting our systems to Realm, our online giving page got updated this week. You should be able to see all funds, set up recurring gifts, and even check mark an option to help offset the transaction cost. If you type firstpresathens.org/giving, you should be now directed to our updated giving page. If you click on Sign In and try to check previous gifts, you might get an error message, which is caused by all the data being migrated into Realm, which brings us to the next update.

The next steps into rolling Realm out to our congregation is to have all members signup. This will grant you access to Connect, a new and updated app that will replace ChurchLife app, where you can set up gifts and see your giving history, check our calendar of upcoming events, RSVP for events, join groups, and communicate with other church members through the messaging system. Please go to onrealm.org/FirstPresAthensGA and follow the steps to sign up. Your request will be sent to the church office, who will check and approve your profile.

More details about what is Realm and how it works can be found here. If you have any questions, please contact Paulo Santos at paulo@firstpresathens.org.

Athens Flute Choir Open Reading Rehearsal

Thursday, August 27, 7:00 p.m.

Athens Flute Choir Open Rehearsal

Thursday, August 27, 7:00 p.m., Fellowship Hall

An open reading rehearsal for members and non-members to enjoy an evening of musical fun and fellowship. Bring your flute and a music stand to discover more about the AFC or to schedule and audition. To RSVP, email athensflutechoir@gmail.com or for more information visit athensflutechoir.org.