Farewell Reception for Lucy Bell Johnson

Sunday, March 30

Join us in Fellowship Hall on Sunday, March 30, after the 11:00 a.m. service for a reception in honor of Lucy Bell Johnson on the occasion of her retirement. Expressions of congratulations and thanksgiving may be mailed to her home address, 1073 Friendship Cir., Athens, 30606.

Wednesday@First Spring 2025

If you haven’t joined us for LIFT yet this spring, we hope you’ll make plans to attend before we break for summer! LIFT (Living in Faith Together) is a joyful and formative time for us to study scripture and grow in faith with friends of different ages and stages—all around the dinner table. We’ll finish our series on “God and the Israelites” by exploring the Ten Commandments on Wednesday, April 2, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. We hope you can make it!

Please RSVP for dinner in the Atrium, online, or by contacting the church office (e-mail frontdesk@firstpresathens.org or call 706-543-4338) by noon on Monday, March 31. Price is $12/person and a $45/family max (complimentary for children 5 and under).

Resources for Lent 2025 at FPC

This year, we are excited to offer a Lenten resource called Everything in Between: Meeting God in the Midst of Extremes, which will follow the same texts from Luke’s gospel that we will be reading and exploring in worship. This study invites us to navigate the polarities of life with faith, intention, and openness – each week explores two supposed binaries, like “faith & works” or “grief & hope.” In and through these stories of scripture, we will seek God’s presence in the in-between spaces.

We are offering a daily Lenten devotional prompt via email and social media, as well as an opportunity gather mid-week for a Lenten Lunch study using a weekly devotional booklet (please contact Whitney or Paulo to get access to the booklet). Bring your lunch to the Staff Conference Room at 12:30 p.m. on Thursdays, or join us via Zoom (ID: 706-543-1820) as we journey through Lent together.

Family Promise Host Weeks

March 24 - April 6

FPC will be the host church for Family Promise from March 24 - April 6.

Volunteers directly impact and assist the families by providing a meal on Tuesday or Thursday nights, giving a $25 donation (to First Pres with Family Promise in memo) to purchase groceries or rideshare gift cards, spending time with the families on Saturday at the Day Center (located at Athens First Baptist Church), or hosting a Saturday Children’s activity for the kids.

To volunteer, please sign up at tinyurl.com/FPAVolunteer. If you have questions, please contact the Family Promise Coordinators, Susan Boatwright at boatwright.susan@gmail.com or Jean Bock at bockjean@gmail.com.

Holy Days@First 2025

Click here to read the Lent Newsletter, Holy Days@First.