AthHalf Pre-Race Service

October 22

Invite your racing friends and supporters to our informal worship at 6:30 a.m. on the Atrium. Due to the race there will be no 8:45 a.m. service on October 22.

Join us this Wednesday for a special Wed@First

This year we will enjoy pumpkin carving fun during Wednesday Night Dinner on October 25 in Fellowship Hall. This is a BYOP event (Bring Your Own Pumpkin and carving tools). Please make your reservation by noon on Monday, October 23. We will not have “Bumper Sticker Theology”, so there will be plenty of time for you to work on your pumpkin design!

Matthew 25 Movie and Conversation

The Matthew 25 Commission will be hosting a documentary viewing and PC(USA) conversation series about race and the church on the following Sunday nights: 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, and 11/12; 5:00-6:30 p.m. in Moses Waddel Room. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/FPCM25Movie. Light snacks will be provided.

For more information, please contact Dan Nadenicek at dnadeni@uga.edu.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Offering

October 29

Children are invited to wear their church friendly costumes and will be Trick or Treating for UNICEF in the adult Sunday School classrooms and choir room during the Sunday school hour and following the 11:00 a.m. worship service in the Atrium. Halloween Treats will be provided!

Volunteers Needed for Family Promise Host Weeks

October 29 - November 12

First Presbyterian will be the host church for Family Promise families October 29 - November 12 and we need your help to fill the volunteer slots. The families will be at the Milledge Avenue Baptist Church static site. If you are able to volunteer, please see a Family Promise Team member in the church atrium on Sunday morning, scan the QR code, or go to this webpage: tinyurl.com/FPChostweek2023. Training required for new volunteers is very simple: you just have to watch an online video. For more information or questions, please contact Susan Boatwright at boatwright.susan@gmail.com.

Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest

November 5, 4:00 p.m.

The Wayne F. Middendorf Memorial Concert Series presents Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest, on Sunday, November 5, at 4:00 p.m., sung by the First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir with special guests, accompanied by chamber orchestra.

Casa Christmas Gift Cards

Aid low income Latino and Hispanic families with donations to provide $45 gift cards by November 6. Please make your check to First Presbyterian Church and note “Casa Christmas” in memo line - or give online at FirstPresAthens.org/giving (please select “General Fund” under “Select a Fund,” and in the optional memo write “Casa Christmas”). The cards will be distributed earlier this year so families can use them for holiday gifts, food, etc. Thank you for your generosity!

News from Family Promise of Athens

We are running low on supplies at our static site and day center! Please go to our Amazon wishlist here, or drop items off at our Day Center (First Baptist: 355 Pulaski Street) or our Static Site (Milledge Avenue Baptist Church: 1690 S Milledge Ave).

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