Sunday, July 20, 2025

10:00 a.m.

Join us this Sunday 10:00 a.m. as Dr. Ryan Baer will continue the series Teach Us to Pray. The scripture lessons for this week are Matthew 18:21-22 and Luke 11:1-4.


At the service, the Chancel Choir will sing Appalachian Lord's Prayer, by Rick Sowash, as the anthem.


You can follow the livestream of the service on Facebook or YouTube. For instructions to follow livestream through Facebook or YouTube, click here. Find the text from previous weeks' sermons, along with a copy of the bulletin, here.

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. Contact Whitney if you would still like a ticket!


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.

Our Church Family

 

Christian Sympathy to:

The Dolson family on the death of Carol Tillman Bland Dolson.

July 17

Lisa Jones


July 18

Tom Bowen

Helen DeVore

Henry Smith



July 19

John Ferguson

Lucy Ferguson


July 20

Mary Win Granum

Tony McCutchen

Parker Middleton

Carl Nichols


July 21

James Padgett

Walker Padgett


July 23

Noah Knowles

Tom Lanier, III


July 24

Kathryn Nichols

Looking Ahead


July 20

Worship Service at 10:00 a.m.,

Dr. Ryan Baer preaching


Summer Choir Rehearsal (9:15 a.m.)


July 22

Our Daily Bread Breakfast (7:00 a.m.)


Athens Area Homeless Shelter

Board Meeting (6:00 p.m.)


July 23

WDS Wonderful Wednesday

(8:00 a.m.)


July 24

Education & Discipleship Commission Meeting (4:15 p.m.)


Dinner at Creature Comforts

(5:30 p.m.)


July 27

Worship Service at 10:00 a.m.,

Dr. Ryan Baer preaching


Summer Choir Rehearsal (9:15 a.m.)


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185 E. Hancock Avenue
Athens, GA 30601
(706) 543-4338
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