First Presbyterian Young Adult Newsletter
May 2019
Each month, we'll send you a newsletter with highlights about worship, Sunday classes, fellowship events, and service opportunities. In the in-between weeks, we'll send a short newsletter to highlight upcoming events. We promise to keep it short and sweet and to keep you in the know.
Mark Your Calendars
May 5
9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship
10 a.m. Formation
2 p.m. PW Annual Jewelry Sale
at the home of the Reverend Mary Margaret Porter, 1910 Beverly Drive

May 7
Willard Lecture: Jonathan Haidt
Reception 6:15-7pm
Lecture and Q&A 7-8:30pm

May 12
9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship
10 a.m. Formation

May 19
Music Sunday
10 a.m. Formation
11 a.m. Worship (1 Service Begins)
12 p.m. Food Trucks
(Front Lawn)

May 26
11 a.m. Worship
10 a.m. Formation //Summer Centering Begins
God at the Movies! May 26-Sept.1
10am/Fellowship Hall
Plan on joining us for our summer Sunday School: God at the Movies. It will be an intergenerational (k-adults) gathering that uses movie clips that tie into our summer worship sermon series.


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Music
Music Sunday: Tune Our Hearts

On Sunday, May 19, Will Young, the Sanctuary Choir and guest musicians will lead the special Music Sunday service, Tune Our Hearts, in the Sanctuary at 11 a.m. All are invited and welcomed. Immediately following this service, we will have a food truck lunch on the lawn with games and music. Dress casually, and don’t forget to bring a blanket or a camp chair!
And beginning this week, there will be no 9 a.m. service until September.
2019 Willard Lecture: Jonathan Haidt

Rise Above: Healing an Ailing World will be the topic when Dr. Jonathan Haidt (pronounce it “hite”) speaks in the sanctuary at First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, May 7. Dr. Haidt is a New York Times best-selling author whose TED Talks have been viewed more than three million times. The lecture and Q&A session will be 7-8:30 p.m., with an opening reception in Wood Fellowship Hall at 6:15 p.m. The cost is $10 and tickets may be purchased online.
More info click here
Sparkle to Support Summer Camps

On Sunday, May 5, all are invited to the PW (Presbyterian Women) annual jewelry sale to support BELL, the summer academic enrichment program, and Camp Grier.
Enjoy fun, fellowship, food and fashion from 2-5 p.m. at the home of the Reverend Mary Margaret Porter, 1910 Beverly Drive. Organized by PW Circle 14, this event is for everyone.
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Summer Centering
May 26 - September 1

This Summer: God at the Movies!
Plan on joining us for our summer Sunday School: God at the Movies. It will be an intergenerational (k-adults) gathering that uses movie clips that tie into our summer worship sermon series.
May 26 - Sep. 1 @ 10am
Serve
Moving Ministry / May 11 / Crisis Assistance Bank @ 9 a.m.
Meet us at 9 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month to be part of FPC’s Moving Ministry. Each month, members of the church help a family move from homelessness or transition into a permanent home. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Crisis Assistance Furniture Bank, 333 Dalton Road. There is work for friends and family, including teenagers and their friends. Sign up online.

Westerly Hills Book Swap
On May 14 th and May 16 th we will be hosting the first-ever book swap at Westerly Hills Academy!  
This event will allow them to bring in up to 5 books and swap them for different books to read over the summer, when reading is so important!
Volunteers are needed to help sort books prior to the swap and assist students on the 14 th (K-2) and 16 th (3-5). You may sign up to volunteer here.  In addition, we will be collecting new and gently used books appropriate for K – 5 students. Books may be given to volunteers on Sunday mornings or placed on the book cart in the hallway behind the sanctuary from April 28 th – May 12 th.
Please contact Heather Herring with questions.
Elizabeth Cook, Administrative Assistant for Christian Formation
ecook@firstpres-charlotte.org