April 6, 2017
Holy Week  Worship Schedule
Palm Sunday, April 9
Worship Services
8:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
The Sanctuary Choir, accompanied by a string ensemble from the Charlotte Symphony players, will perform special music for the 11:00 a.m. service.
Maundy Thursday, April 13
Worship Service at 6:45 p.m., Davis Hall
We will celebrate Maundy Thursday, beginning at 6:00 p.m. with a meal and fellowship.  Worship will follow at 6:45 p.m. in the same space (Davis Hall). Communion will be served by intinction. Members of the Sanctuary Choir will lead music for the gathering with hymns and anthems.  Please remember to make your reservations for the meal.
Good Friday, April 14
Stations of the Cross 
First Presbyterian will join several other churches for a time of worship and contemplation as we walk together the "Stations of the Cross."  Walking through downtown, we will stop periodically to hear the story of Good Friday and join in prayer. Stops include Memorial Garden and our FPC Sanctuary. The "mobile" service begins at 3:30 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church (the corner of Chestnut and Tournament) and will end around 5:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday, April 16
Sunrise Service, Memorial Garden at 7:00 a.m.
Peter, Lynne and Rachel will lead this service.  Please bring a folding chair or blanket as none will be provided. After the service, you are invited to tour the garden and enjoy coffee in the Jones Yorke Room.  In case of rain, the service will be held in the sanctuary.
Flowered Cross Service at 10:15 a.m., Sanctuary
We will celebrate the wonder and beauty of the resurrection in this service for families and children. Remember to bring your flowers to place on the Flowered Cross.  Children are reminded to bring their One Great Hour of Sharing fish boxes.  There will be NO Sunday School classes or nurseries during this service.
Easter Worship Services
8:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., Sanctuary
At both services, the Sanctuary Choir and a complement of instrumentalists will gloriously supplement the uplifting message of the resurrection.  Communion will be served in the pews with trays.
"40 Days/40 Things"
Have you been collecting school supplies for our "40 Days/40 Things" Lenten Drive?  Look for collection boxes in the Narthex and the Fellowship House on Easter Sunday!
Lunch Bunch:  A T aste of Uptown
In lieu of an April luncheon, Lunch Bunch will be heading out on the road  Thursday April 27th for an afternoon with the Arts!  We will have lunch in Charlotte and visit the Mint Museum for a tour.  The cost is $35 per person and includes transportation, lunch and admission to the museum.  The deadline for registration and payment is April 24th.  Please contact the church office to sign up!
Potluck Luncheon
Please join us for a  Potluck Luncheon
on Sunday, April 30th . 
We will gather in Davis Hall following the 11:00 a.m. service. H elpers will be in the kitchen starting at 9:30 a.m. to receive dishes before church.
Worship
Palm Sunday
April 9th
Matthew 21:1-11
"Where Everyone 
Wants to Be"
Rev. Peter Bynum preaching  
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No Wednesday Night
Fellowship on
April 12th
Maundy Thursday
Fellowship Supper
April 13th, 6:00 p.m.
Lenten Prayer Stations
Wednesday evenings, from 5:30 - 6:00 p.m.,
in the Rec Hall. 
The stations will be open through Thursday,April 13th.

The Strategic Planning Vision Team continues to pray, meet and work to discern Christ's vision for our church.  If you have something you would like to add to these discussions,
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Staff
Senior Pastor

Associate Pastor 
for Care and Mission

Associate Pastor
for Christian Formation

Director of Music and Organist

Choirmaster

Children's  Music Associate

Deborah Mesimer
Administrative Assistant

Financial Secretary

Heath Ritchie
Maintenance  Superintendent
 
Maureen O'Bryan
Director of First Kids

Church Hostess

Wedding Director

 
Calendar
 
Palm Sunday, April 9
8:45 a.m.     Worship (Baptism)
9:45 a.m.     Sunday School
11:00 a.m.   Worship
4:00 p.m.     Cantate
5:00 p.m.     Jubilate
5:00 p.m.     Middle School Youth Fellowship
5:30 p.m.     Circle 5
6:00 p.m.     All Youth Supper
6:30 p.m.     High School Youth Fellowship
Monday, April 10
9:00 a.m.     First Kids Preschool
10:00 a.m.   Healing Shawls
11:00 a.m.   Circle 4 (Wine Room, AftonVillage)
11:30 a.m.   AA
7:00 p.m.     Boy Scout District Roundtable
Tuesday, April 11
9:00 a.m.    First Kids Preschool
7:00 p.m.    Session
Wednesday, April 12
No Fellowship Supper or Lenten Prayer Station
9:00 a.m.    First Kids Preschool
6:30 p.m.    Cherub and Junior Choir
7:30 p.m.    Sanctuary Choir
Maundy Thursday, April 13
9:00 a.m.    First Kids Preschool
5:30 p.m.    Lenten Prayer Stations
6:00 p.m.    Fellowship Supper
6:45 p.m.    Maundy Thursday Service
                     in Davis Hall
7:00 p.m.    Boy Scouts Troop 3
Good Friday, April 14
 First Kids Closed
3:30 p.m.    Stations of the Cross
                    (starts at Grace Lutheran Church)
Easter Sunday, April 16
7:00 a.m.     Sunrise Service
                      at Memorial Garden
8:45 a.m.     Worship 
10:15 a.m.   Flowered Cross Service
                      (No Sunday School or nursery)
11:00 a.m.  Worship
Monday, April 17
Church Office Closed


First Kids Closed -  Easter Vacation
              April 17 -21

Church Report
Attendance
Sunday, April 2nd:  11:00 a.m. - 135
Memorials
Benevolence Endowment
John Knox Hillman III, Nina Braddock Keeley (mother of Betsy Hobbie), Eugene Myers (father of Earl Myers)
Families in Need
Norma Hamilton (mother of Tricia Iglehart), Stuart Allen Richardson
Sanctuary Beautification
Paul Bell (father of Betsy Liles), Ruth Dotger (mother-in-law of Sallie Dotger), 
Norma Hamilton, Nina Braddock Keely, Emily Price Long (mother of Emily Lippard), Stuart Allen Richardson
Todd and Betsy Hobbie Scholarship Fund
Nina Braddock Keely
Birthdays
April 6     Robert Brannan, Laura Holland, Austin Mudd, George Ritchie
April 7     Shaun Christy, Hannah Meeks, Ben Ritchie, Jessica Snell
April 8     Christopher Connelly, Julia Connelly, Henry Garrison, Emma Meeks, Grace Rotan,
              Oliva Rotan
April 9     Katie DeLizza, Timbs Fulghum
April 10   Britt Alley, Katie Barefoot, Carol Beam, Henreitta Christenbury, Jacob Ellis, 
              Brooks Fulton, Mark Morgan, Betsy Morrison, Glenn Quintana
April 11   Seth Barbee, Sydney Kopelic, Hayes Leatherman, Trey Little
April 12   Barbara Cole, Jake Dunlap, Katie Dunlap, Vanessa Thomas
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Church Office Hours:  Monday - Thursday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

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Garden Hours:  Tuesday - Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Closed Monday