We are happy to announce that the long-awaited sanctuary repairs are underway! Because of this, we thought our 11:00am service on Sunday, March 29, would take place in Baird Hall and had posted that information this week. HOWEVER, due to a speedy plastering crew and the wonderful cleaning efforts of our sexton, Joaquin Cesena-Vivas, and his team, our service will take place as usual in the SANCTUARY!

Thank you for your flexibility and patience. We look forward to gathering with you this Sunday to begin our Holy Week worship series.

The meal will be provided by our Congregational Life Committee: ham, rolls, potato salad, green salad, green beans, cookies, other desserts.

Each year this congregation dedicates a special time to seeking God through extended prayer in preparation for Christ’s resurrection. The Easter Prayer Vigil is a significant event in the life of our church where each participant devotes at least one hour to focused prayer for the concerns, needs and thanksgivings of our community and the world at large. The goal of the vigil is to have at least one person offering up prayers in the Chapel beginning immediately after the Good Friday service on April 3 and continually until sunrise Easter morning. Please consider committing one hour of your time to participate in this prayer vigil. A variety of materials will be available to help guide your prayer hour. Signup sheets are available in the Chapel and Narthex before and after each Worship service. An on-line signup option is also available at this link. More than one person can signup for each time slot. Groups and families are encouraged to signup together as well.

If you are unable to be present in the Chapel, you are encouraged to join the prayer vigil throughout the weekend anywhere - anytime. Additionally, we ask that you submit prayer request cards to communicate your concerns or celebrations which will be raised up to God by the participants throughout the prayer vigil. Prayer request cards can be placed in the Sunday offering plate or in appropriately marked boxes around the church campus. For more information or help with signing up, contact Shane Klugh at 334-707-0626 or bsklugh@gmail.com.

Join us for a joyful Easter morning as we gather for breakfast and fellowship before worship!

If you’d like to contribute a dish to share, we would love to have your help. Please sign up to bring an item via the Sign-Up Genius link below. Whether you bring a dish or simply come to enjoy the morning, we look forward to celebrating together!

I want to bring something tasty to share for Easter breakfast!

Easter Flower Cross

All of Auburn is in bloom! Please consider sharing some of your flowers on Easter morning and help adorn our courtyard cross with blossoming beauty. It's a lovely location to catch a couple of photos after the egg hunt or worship service.

Easter Lilies

If you would like to order a lily to be placed in our sanctuary on Easter Sunday, you may fill out a paper form (also available in the narthex) or complete this Google form by Monday, March 30. Checks may be mailed to the church office or placed in the collection plate on Sundays (please do NOT include on same check as pledge payments - thank you!). If a plant is given in your honor (or in memory of a family member), please take it home after the 11:00 a.m. Easter service.

Sacred Community Project – Your Support Matters!

By now we hope you have received a letter in the mail about our Sacred Community Project, a $400,000 effort to strengthen and care for our church campus. This project focuses on eliminating sanctuary repair debt, renovating Baird Hall, and growing our Capital Replacement Fund for future needs.

We gently encourage everyone to submit their gifts by April 26. Contributions can be made online at www.fpcauburn.org/give or by check to the church office (please note "Sacred Community Project" in the memo line.) 

Every gift, large or small, helps ensure our spaces continue to support worship, fellowship, and service for years to come.

• Are you a regular visitor to our church who wants to learn more about what it means to be Presbyterian? 
• Are you a life-long Presbyterian who would appreciate a refresher on the basics? 
• Would you simply like to get back into the habit of attending a Sunday School class? 

Sunday mornings, April 12-May 10

9:50am in the FPC Chapel

Join us for Being Presbyterian: Foundations of Presbyterian Discipleship, a series that will explore what it means to live a way of Christian life informed by a particular rhythm: God calls us in grace and love; we respond in gratitude.

Calling All Book Lovers!

The Mission Committee is collecting donations of new or gently used CURRENT books for all ages, from kids to adults, to help stock the shelves at The Community Market so clients can choose a book to keep. 

Drop off your donations at the church library on the shelf labeled “Community Market Books.” 

*The shelf is on the long wall parallel to the table. *

✅ Check the Condition Before Donating! Please only donate books you’d want to read yourself. (No torn pages, broken spines, or outdated textbooks and encyclopedias.)

We especially welcome recent bestsellers in excellent condition.

Thank you for helping us share the joy of reading!

This Week at FPC

March 29 - April 4, 2026

Palm Sunday

9:00 AM - Worship Service with Weekly Communion (Chapel)

9:45 AM - Sunday School for All Ages

11:00 AM - Worship Service (Sanctuary)

Bulletin for March 29 worship

4:00 PM - Children's Music Experience & Dinner

5:00 PM - Youth Dinner & Fellowship

6:00 PM - UKirk Dinner & Bible Study

Wednesday

8:00 AM - Men's Bible Study (Library)

7:00 PM - Sr./Jr. High Youth First Wednesday

Thursday

5:15 PM - Congregational Dinner

6:30 PM - Maundy Thursday Service

Bulletin

Friday

7:00 PM - Good Friday Service

8:00 PM - Easter Prayer Vigil Begins

Children and Youth News

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Children's Musical Experience continues this Sunday. Children K-5th grade will meet in Baird Hall for recreation from 4-4:15. Then they'll head down to Conway for rehearsal. Dinner in Baird Hall will be from 5-5:30.
• 3rd through 5th Grade Parents! Being an acolyte is a great way for your child to be a part of worship leadership! Click this link and sign up today!!!
• Sunday School:  Children's Sunday school will meet this Sunday from 10-10:45 downstairs in their Sunday school classrooms. 
• Godly Play: After the Word to Grow By, children Pre-K through 2nd grade will head down to the Godly Play room for worship and fun! 
• Worship bags are available for all children during worship.

Senior and Junior High Youth

• Jr/Sr High Youth: Youth will meet for dinner in Baird Hall at 5pm and youth group upstairs in the youth lounge from 5:30-6:30. Bring a friend! 
• Jr/Sr High Youth First Wednesday: We'll gather in Baird Hall this Wednesday from 7-8pm to stuff Easter eggs for the children's Easter egg hunt. Bring a friend!
• Jr/Sr High Parents: Fellowship around a meal together is an extremely important part of our youth ministry! To help make that happen, please click this link and signup to provide a meal for our youth on a Sunday evening.
• Sunday School: Jr./Sr. High Youth Sunday school will meet this Sunday from 10-10:45 upstairs in the youth lounge. 

Birthdays 

Mar. 30 - Dana Caudle

Mar. 31 - Paula Backscheider

Apr. 1 - Evan Klugh, Gaynell Parks, Shani White

Apr. 2 - Mark Fisher

Apr. 4 - Bill Blakney (100!)

Anniversaries

Apr. 4 - Nick & Kathy Reed

Apr. 4 - Emmett & Loren Winn

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

• Please continue to pray for many members of our church who are recovering from successful surgery, dealing with significant health issues, surrounded by grief and difficult circumstances but at this time do not wish to be mentioned by name.
• Prayers of comfort and wholeness for Joy Elam as she receives hospice care at Bethany House.
• Prayers of healing for Mari Ley as she receives care at Baptist South Hospital in Montgomery after a fall. Prayers for Terry and all who are caring for her. 
• Prayers of healing and wholeness for Katy Hall’s mother. Katy’s mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this past week. Please pray for Katy, her siblings, and the Hall family as they are caring for her. 
• Prayers of healing for Elizabeth Garrett as she receives chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Prayers for Joe and her family and friends as they care for her.
• Prayers of healing for Jan Widell as she recovers at home after successful surgery. Prayers for Don as he cares for her.
• Prayers of celebration for the marriage of Grace Greer and Landry Cochran this past Saturday. We are all so happy for Grace and all the Greer family!
• Prayers of healing for Bill Sherling as he recovers from a successful appendectomy. Prayers for Ellen as she cares for him.
• Continued prayers of healing for Wells Farr as recovers from successful surgery on his collarbone. Prayers for Kimberly as she cares for him. 
• Continued prayers of healing for Chris Greer as she navigates health issues.
• Prayers of healing for Margaret Craig-Schmidt as she recovers at home after a fall while visiting her daughter in Oregon over Christmas. 
• Prayers of healing and rest for Bobbie Thurlow as she recovers from successful hip surgery this week. Prayers for all of those caring for her, especially her family.
• Prayers of healing and comfort for Joy Elam as she navigates health issues and receives care at her daughter Susan’s house. 
• Continued prayers of healing and comfort for Carole Covington as she navigates health issues. Prayers for Rev. Dr. Frank Covington as he cares for her. 
• Prayers of healing for Hunter Anderson (Andy Anderson’s brother) as he recovers from a serious accident. Prayers for Andy and Marty Anderson as they care for Hunter.
• Prayers of healing for Margaret Craig-Schmidt’s brother Bill as he receives treatment and recovers from successful surgery for bile duct cancer at M.D. Anderson. Prayers for Margaret and Steve as they care for Bill from afar. 
• Prayers of healing for Leslie Chamber’s grandmother, Imogene Hill, has she recovers from hip replacement surgery. Prayers for Leslie and all her family as they care for Imogene.
• Prayers of healing for Addy Steele’s mother, Emily McDaniel, as she recovers from significant surgery. Prayers for Addy and her family as they care for her mother.  
• Prayers of healing for Catherine Wolfe Riley’s father Ned. Prayers for Catherine as she cares for her father.
• Continued prayers of healing, rest, and comfort for Donna Yeager’s mother Patsy Yeager as she navigates health issues at home. Prayers for Donna and her siblings as they care for her mother in Texas.
• Prayers healing and comfort for Sarah Wolak’s brother Chris French. Chris has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome and is receiving treatment for his symptoms. Continued prayers of healing and comfort for Sarah’s mother Susan French as she also navigates health issues.  
• Prayers of healing for Don Ball’s son Kelly Ball, who is undergoing immunotherapy treatment for recurrence of cancer.
• Prayers for Brooke Myers as she cares for her father Charlie Myers. Charlie is recovering from a fall and has moved to Morningside.