Come to the Well: Exploring God’s Love Through Stories of Water

VBS 2025 – Come to the Well

Come one, come all (to the well) for VBS 2025 at FPC! Join us July 13-16 from 5-7:30 pm for dinner, music, enriching adult Bible study + intentional conversation, fun children’s activity rotations, and joyful intergenerational fellowship. Each night will conclude with a service project benefitting the Resource Pantry, Bethel Buddies, and more! Registration is $25 per person and helps us provide supplies for service projects. See! You! There!!

Contact Hannah Knight, hannah@firstpresathens.org, if you still wish to register or for more information and with any questions.

Food Sunday

July 13

You may bring donations of saltine crackers, kid friendly snack food, and white rice (1 or 2 lb bags) to church on Sunday, July 13. You may also bring items to the church office until Friday, July 11. Our neighbors in need are very grateful for your donations! Many thanks for your thoughtfulness and generosity!

Summer Fellowship Outings

Summer is here! We hope you’ll plan to join us for some (or all!) of these fun fellowship outings. Each of these is open to anyone who would like to attend – all ages and stages of our church family! Please RSVP to Whitney Booth Lockard (whitney@firstpresathens.org) so we can keep a headcount and feel free to reach out with questions.

Saturday, July 19 at 6:05 p.m. Gwinnett Stripers v. Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Triple-A baseball), Coolray Field (Lawrenceville, GA)

 $15 per person. We have six tickets left - contact Whitney to claim one!

Thursday, July 24 at 5:30 p.m. Downtown Dinner, Creature Comforts Brewing Company (271 W. Hancock Ave)

Food truck, beverages (including non-alcoholic), and fun for everyone!

Tuesday, August 5 at 7:00 p.m. Trivia at Mellow Mushroom (320 E. Clayton St.)

Bring your knowledge and competitive spirit for team trivia!

Save the Date for the FPC Women's Retreat!

Save the date for the 2025 FPC Women's Retreat this September 12-14 at Lake Cherokee, SC. Join us for a weekend of rest, study, reflection, and fellowship! Email Rev. Whitney Booth Lockard to reserve your spot or if you have any questions.

Summer Choir

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to the sing in the choir, but have never done so, this may be a chance to give choir a “test drive.” If you would like to sing but can’t make the commitment to Wednesday night rehearsals during the regular season, this is the time to join the choir. Through August 17, we will meet in the choir room at 9:15 a.m. on Sundays to rehearse music for that morning’s service. Singers may join for any single Sunday or for as many as they wish, even for the whole summer. There is no obligation, but we do hope some will decide they enjoy singing in the choir enough to continue in the fall. Although this choir is made up mostly of adults, youth and children are also welcome. For more information, contact John Coble at jcoble@firstpresathens.org.

Our Daily Bread

Volunteers from FPC provide and serve meals to our neighbors in need monthly at First Baptist Church: lunch on the first Wednesday, and breakfast on the second and fourth Tuesdays. For details and to help, please contact Joan Pinson at joanpinson@aol.com to help with breakfast or Leslie Desimone at ldesimon@uga.edu to help with lunch.

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