Save These Dates!

Save these Dates!

Sunday, August 24:

• 9:45-10:45 a.m.: Sunday School for all ages resumes! Children’s Choir Rehearsals begin in the afternoon.

• Children’s Ministry Parents Meeting (12:05 p.m. in the Children’s Ministry Suite): Children and their families are invited to meet after worship to enjoy a treat and get some information for the upcoming year.

• Youth Kickoff with Parents (5:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall): Youth and their parents are invited to gather and learn about plans for the year, and enjoy a meal together.

Sunday, September 7 (5:30-7:30 p.m.): First Youth Group of the Year

Saturday, September 20 (9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.): Habitat for Humanity Building Day - more information will be published soon

Sunday, September 21 (8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.): Red Cross Blood Drive - more information will be published soon

Women's Retreat Update

Thank you to all who signed up for the Women's Retreat on September 12-14. We are at capacity and registration is closed. If you would like to join the waiting list, please e-mail the Rev. Whitney Booth Lockard at whitney@firstpresathens.org.

Our church library is coming to life this fall, and the library committee is busy restocking the bookshelves. Please help them by returning any church library books you have checked out. You can place them in the green box on the right as you enter the library, or you can leave them at the reception desk. We hope to catalogue all library materials and shelve them in September. Thanks in advance for your help.

Donate to the Church History Display

The Education Commission is creating a permanent church history display in our library. It will include framed historical photos and artifacts from our church's 200+ year history. We are collecting donations of the following items during the month of August in the office:

-black or dark brown picture frames in great condition (wall or tabletop, with or without mats) for photos sized 3x5, 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24 in. 

-a picture of our youth group before the 1990s

-a picture of a baptism or wedding in our sanctuary from long ago

-Vintage Presbyterian pins

-Christening gown from decades past

-Church gloves, hat, or other accessory that would have been worn to church in decades past

Questions? Email Karen Phillips at shutterstitch@gmail.com.

Click here to read the Summer Newsletter, Summer@First.