Noisy Offering

This Sunday, July 26, will be our Noisy Offering to benefit the backpack program at Coltrane-Webb Elementary.

Bring your change (dollars and checks accepted too!)

Register to Rise Against Hunger Today!

Our annual meal packing event with Rise Against Hunger will take place on Sunday, August 30. From 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Davis Hall, we will gather to pack more than ten thousand meals that will go directly to communities around the world experiencing extreme food insecurity and famine. This event is a great way to make a big difference in a short amount of time, and is open to families and members of all ages. We will not only be fighting hunger, but also dancing and forging deeper intergenerational friendships in our hair nets and gloves. Please register when you can at the link below. If you can join for set up at 1:30 PM or stay a bit late to clean up after 5 :00 PM, that would be great as well, but if all you can make is the main event, we would love to see you there.



https://act.riseagainsthunger.org/event/e788240

Final chance to register! August 25th Lunch Bunch

Lunch Bunch will meet for lunch in Davis Hall on Tuesday, August 25th at 11:45 AM to learn more about Cabarrus Health Alliance (CHA), the public health authority for Cabarrus County. We will start with a short program over lunch in Davis Hall and later will travel to the brand new Cabarrus Health Alliance location at CCM's Rebuilder Campus at Brown Mill (~5 minute drive). CHA staff will provide a tour of the repurposed mill building along with a quick smoothie snack..

 All are welcome at Lunch Bunch! Reservations need to be made by calling the church reservation line at 704-788-2100 extension #7 by NOON on THURSDAY August 20th. The cost of the catered meal will be $15.00. Please leave the names of all guests as well as your own and a phone number where you can be reached on the message

Church Retreat @ Montreat Registration

First Presbyterian Church is headed to Montreat Conference Center from Friday, April 9 to Sunday, April 11, 2027! After Easter and ahead of our sanctuary's one-hundred-year anniversary next year, we are delighted to return to a beautiful space in the mountains that our congregation has deep connections to for a weekend of worship, fellowship, conversation, and intergenerational community-building. We have reserved space and meals for roughly 130 members, and we hope that you will be among that number for our first congregational retreat in years. 

The cost to attend has been structured to make it as affordable as possible for families of every size to join us, and we are asking: individuals planning to attend to pay $200 to cover lodging, meals, and activities; couples to pay $300; and families of three or more to pay $400. If these costs will prohibit you from participating, reach out to Pastor Ellen or Pastor Casey, and we will work with you to find something that makes it possible for you to attend. If, however, you have the capacity to help offset costs for others to attend, please consider giving an additional $100 on top of your rate as a "Solidarity Gift" to another member or members of the congregation. Finally, if you plan to join us in the mountains that weekend, but would rather stay at your own private residence, we ask that you still contribute $100 per person to help cover the cost of meals and activities.

Use the Google Form below to reserve your space and help us begin planning for an unforgettable weekend next year, or grab and fill out a hard copy in the narthex next week before or after worship!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrT-hz6M5eRORLGVkLHlncB6aSMshNut4PbofJFvVPIFtFMA/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Blessing of the Backpacks

Backpacks were blessed during our worship service

on Sunday, August 9th. Here are a few pictures:

Women's Connection 2026

Presbyterian Women attended Women’s Connection 2026  in Montreat which invited attendees  “into the beauty of Montreat for “Horizon Gazing: Hope in the Here and Now.” Rev Jihyan Oh, Stated Clerk of PCUSA General Assembly spoke on the role of the General Assembly in PCUSA. The keynote speaker was cultural historian Kristen Kobes Du Mez who spoke about her book “Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted A Faith and Fractured A Nation” and her upcoming book “Live Laugh Love: A Revelatory History of White Christian Womanhood in the United States.” Attendees enjoyed Music and a choir of attendees, our conference pastor Khalia Williams  preached on Psalm 121 as well as selected worships on topics of interest. 

Conference artist Cantey Smith's artwork  “Horizon Viewing” invited attendees “to look toward the horizon of faith with steadiness and authentic hope.”Attendees were entered into a raffle for 1/21 banners of the artwork and our own PW Moderator Cindy Wise was selected! This  artwork will be on display at FPC as a reminder “to be grounded in community and anchored in God’s faithful presence.”

Save the date for Women’s Connection 2027 at Montreat

August 13-15, 2027!