Great American Cleanup...Little Mermaid...VBS
First Press Weekly e-News
April 19, 2018
 

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Great American Cleanup
We have been invited to participate in an interfaith community event on Saturday, April 21st with other local  churches, students from Oxford College and the members of Masjid Attaqwa. We will  meet at the church at 8:30 am and load up the van to head out to the work site. After  morning refreshments, we will work together to clean up the roadside then enjoy lunch  and fellowship together. Pickup time is 1:00 pm at the church. 

Youth and adults are  invited to participate. Call Dan Walden at the church office for more information. Everyone must have a signed release form in order to participate. Download your copy HERE.
Little Mermaid & Aristocats
April 21st @ 2:00pm & 7:00pm; April 22nd @ 3:00pm
Our very own Gracie Kate Bates and Ada Hicks will be performing in the  Oxford Singing Children 's performance of the Little Mermaid & Aristocats THIS  Sunday, April 22nd
 
Tickets are available at the Arts Association, online, or at the Porter Performing Arts Center box office on the day of the show. Come out and support the arts in our community!

Vacation Bible School
June 11th - 15th  |  9:00am - Noon
Venture onto an uncharted island where kids survive and thrive with  Shipwrecked VBS.   All children who will be rising Kindergarten through 5th grades are welcome to participate. 

** Adult and youth volunteers of all ages are needed to make this year's VBS safe and successful. Contact Dan Walden at the church office if you are able to help in any way.**
Farewell Celebration
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Mark your calendars today for our farewell celebration for our dear friend and pastor Billy Wade. A reception with refreshments will be held immediately following worship. 
Praise & Prayers

We celebrate with Sophia Hawley on her selection to the prestigious 2018 Governor's Honors Program in Communicative Arts. Sophia is a rising junior at Eastside High School and is a Youth Elder here at FPC. She is the daughter of Brad Hawley & Adriane Ivey.

Please keep the following people and their families in your thoughts and prayers this week:
  • Spencer Boyd - cancer
  • Wolf Waetzig - head injury
  • Lewis Bunn - cancer (father of Alan Bunn)
  • Hannah Elledge - Lyme Disease (granddaughter of Judy & Bill Davis)
  • Angela Gregory - cancer (sister of Dave Gregory)
  • George Stamps - infection; Putnam General Hospital
  • Roger Wallace - Rockdale Health Care
  • Sharon Popinski - donating a kidney (niece of Joyce Ashworth)
  • Dewight Wilson - receiving a kidney (nephew of Joyce Ashworth)
  • Lauran Ashworth - surgery 4/3 (daughter-in-law of Joyce Ashworth)
  • Joel Kitchens - eye surgery
  • Kathryn Wallace - broken leg
  • Phyllis Pruner - bronchitis & pleurisy (home)
  • Debi (Dee) Selin - home
  • Larry Kennon - surgery (home)
  • Patti Lanford - broken foot (staying with her sister in Elijay)
  • Sharon Wallace - back surgery (sister of Debbie Gossage)
  • Thomas Stewart - leg amputation (home)
  • Sophia Hawley--Cystic Fibrosis (home)
  • Roger Gossage - home
  • Bettie Miller - hospital then rehab
  • Tom Holmes - cancer (friend of Dan Walden)
  • Clynton Byer - heart surgery (friend of the Ardis family)
  • Brandon Massey - blood cancer (grandson of Chuck & Sherry Brasher)
  • Jeanette Davis - hospice care (mother of Maria Davis)
  • Ethan Lassiter - brain tumor (8 y.o. grandson of E.G. and Maryanne Lassiter)
  • Rick Gunter - Glory Personal Care Home (Covington)
  • Adriane Ivey - cancer treatment
  • David Cooper - lung cancer (father of Rebecca Bates)
  • Anderson Krieger--chemotherapy at home
  • Carol Baynes--cancer, friend of Phyllis Yoder
  • Robin McKeown - cancer, friend of Phyllis Yoder
  • Chuck Hodges--treatment for lymphoma (friend of Patti Lanford)
  • Ron Swatty--heart problems (brother-in-law of Charles Ardis)
  • Mitchell Jessup--cancer (father of Nick Jessup)
  • Jan Coulon--home
Please update your prayer requests this week! 
Email: penihaug@gmail.com or call the church office, 770-786-7321.
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