Lunch, Prayer, and a Concert!
First Press Weekly e-News
September 19, 2019
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Potluck International Luncheon
September 22, After Sunday Worship
Join us for our annual Potluck International Luncheon on Sunday, September 22 following morning worship in the Fellowship Hall.  Please bring your favorite dish to share – the more international flavor the better!  We look forward to having members of our congregation share their special international dishes and speak about their heritage and church origins.

This luncheon will be our opportunity to meet our new Director of Family Ministries, Kimberly Stokesbary Briggs (who goes by Kimmy). We are very excited to have Kimmy join us so mark your calendars – find your favorite international recipe – and help us welcome Kimmy to First Presbyterian!
Community On Our Knees
September 22 at 6:00 pm
Community On Our Knees will take place September 22 at 6:00 pm when the community will gather in the downtown square for prayers for the community, prayers for families, churches and schools, prayers for first responders, city and county officials, judges and all that serve. There will also be a celebrations for answered prayers, especially for Officer Matt Cooper. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket. Music will be provided by Scott England and Eastridge Band. Various community ministers and worshipping communities will be leading the prayers. Everyone is invited. 
Sounds of Support on the Square
Volunteers Needed
Our support group for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) wants everyone to know that it is Suicide Prevention Month. As such they are supporting the Newton-Rockdale Suicide Prevention Coalition to provide information and education to our community:

Sounds of Support: On Friday September 27th, there will be a free, all ages, multi-genre, concert and health/wellnesss fair on the Covington Square. (Members of FPC will participate in the concert!)

Volunteers are needed with golf carts who might be willing to shuttle drivers for the evening. Volunteers are also needed on the square at the close of the concert at 8:30 pm for clean-up.

Benefit Dinner Props: NAMI is also in process of planning next winter’s benefit dinner with decorative props. As summer comes to a close, if you have any left over pool noodles that you might be willing to donate, please don’t throw them away. When in doubt, recycle.

Remember to save the date of January 25, 2020 for a Pirates Treasure Hunt at Salem United Methodist Church.

For both of the above items, please reach out to Caryn Thompson at 518-424-4559 or  carynemilie@gmail.com
Praise & Prayers
Prayers for the Vining family on the passing of Danny's brother-in-law William (Bill) Shirk, who passed away at age 91 on September 13.

Please keep the following people and their families in your thoughts and prayers this week:

  • Bill Miller - vascular dementia (Beth Vining's brother)
  • Joyce Williams - Alzheimer's Disease (Danny Vining's sister)
  • Warren Liem - health concerns
  • Jo Ellen Anderson - emergency surgery for blood clots (cousin of Julie Epps)
  • Bill Cobham - home
  • Sam Ramsey - breathing issues
  • Peter Milner - cancer (nephew of Day & Larry Kennon)
  • Miriam Witherspoon - shoulder surgery September 5 (daughter of Miriam & Jack Wheeler)
  • Larri Harris - melanoma treatment (friend of Susan Boteler)
  • Laura Green - knee surgery (cousin of Stephanie Scarborough)
  • Patsy Schaal - surgery for hip fracture (co-worker of Stephanie Scarborough)
  • Tommy - heart issues (friend of Warren & Jeanie Liem)
  • Nancy Bowden Wiley - hip replacement complications (friend of Judy Davis)
  • Gene Stillwell - skin cancer surgery (cousin of Mary Ann Boyer)
  • Jessica Couture - skin cancer surgery (daughter of Del & Mary Ann Boyer)
  • Larry Kennon - recovering from shoulder surgery
  • Ronnie Patrick - surgery to remove remainder of cancerous thyroid (son of Jim & Lynda Patrick)
  • Laura Cox - recovering from surgery after dog attack (Randy Layton’s niece)
  • Jane LeMaster - home
  • Robin Valdez - stroke (friend of Steven Barnes)
  • Terry Elder - myasthenia gravis (daughter of Jean Elder)
  • Gene Mann - kidney failure/dialysis (father of Renee Shelnutt)
  • Ellen Clary - cancer (ex-wife of Bill Clary)
  • Steve Bozarth - cancer treatment (father of Debra Arnold)
  • Angela Gregory - cancer treatment, in Scotland (sister of Dave Gregory)
  • Robby Ashworth - treatment for brain tumor (son of Joyce Ashworth)
  • Matt Cooper - CPD officer at home but still recovering
  • Tom Holmes - cancer (friend of Dan Walden)
  • Brandon Massey - blood cancer (grand- son of Chuck & Sherry Brasher)
  • Carol Baynes - cancer (friend of Phyllis Yoder)
  • Robin McKeown - cancer (friend of Phyllis Yoder)
  • Mitchell Jessup - cancer (father of Nick Jessup) 

Please keep the Pastor Nominating Committee in your prayers throughout the process of searching for our new pastor. If you would like to see an update on their work, check out their blog HERE .

Please update your prayer requests this week! 
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