First Presbyterian Young Adult Newsletter
April 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
April 7
9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship + Communion
10 a.m. Formation

April 10
6:30 p.m. Good Kings Come in Small Packages will be presented by the children’s choirs in Wood Fellowship Hall. You can arrive for dinner beginning at 5:15 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Dinner is $8 for ages 12 and older, $5 for ages 5-11 and free for children 4 and younger.

April 11
Save the Date!
Join us for a night of young adult fellowship on Thursday, April 11, 6:30-8 p.m. at Catawba Brewery (933 Louise Ave #105). Please feel free to bring your spouse, kids, roommate, friends or pets! See you there!

April 14
Palm Sunday
9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship
10 a.m. Formation
12 p.m. Preschool Egg Hunt on the front lawn

April 18
Maundy Thursday
7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service
A solemn service with scripture read by candlelight, it reminds us of Jesus’ final hours from the Last Supper to his death on the cross.

April 21
Easter Sunday
7 a.m. Sunrise Service (Romare Bearden Park)
9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship
10 a.m. All ages Easter gathering
(Wood Fellowship Hall)

April 23
7:30 p.m. Bible & Beverage
Bible & Beverage and First Fruits Fellowship come together to learn how we can support the Streets to Peaks (S2P) program at Camp Grier.

April 28
Youth Sunday
9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship
10 a.m. Formation

Stay Connected!
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Connect
Preschool Egg Hunt
(Sunday, April 14 @ 12 p.m.)

After the 11 a.m. worship service gather with your little ones in Wood Fellowship Hall for drinks and snacks. Following our snack we will head out to the front lawn for our annual egg hunt!

Help Hide Eggs
Help us from 10-10:45am on April 14 to hide eggs for the hunt at Noon.
Click here to help!
2019 Willard Lecture: Jonathan Haidt
Tickets on sale now!

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
Easter at First Presbyterian Church

7 a.m. Sunrise Service
Rev. Gail Henderson-Belsito preaching
(Romare Bearden Park)

9 a.m. & 11 a.m. Worship

10 a.m. All ages Easter gathering
Join us in the Wood Fellowship Hall to celebrate the resurrection. There will be coffee, pastries, fellowship and a short lesson on the gift of new life as symbolized in the butterfly release on the lawn at 10:30. 
(Wood Fellowship Hall)

10:30 a.m. Butterfly Release
(Front Lawn)
On Tuesday, April 23 @ 7:30 p.m. Bible & Beverage and First Fruits Fellowship come together to learn how we can support the Streets to Peaks (S2P) program at Camp Grier for our young neighbors in West Charlotte.
Through rock climbing, whitewater paddling and skiing, S2P participants ages 11 -18 learn to overcome obstacles, set goals and imagine a future with endless possibilities.
Admission to this event is free at Resident Culture Brewing (2101 Central Avenue); food and beverages will be available for purchase. Donations for this new program will be accepted and you can participate in raffles. Watch this video to get inspired.
Serve
Moving Ministry
Moving Ministry/April 13/Crisis Assistance Furniture Bank/9 a.m.
Meet us at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, at 9 a.m., and be a 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 Bookapalooza
We will host a Spring Break bookapalooza at Westerly Hills on Friday, April 12, from 8:45 a.m.- 3 p.m.. Students will choose three books to take home and read over the break. Volunteers are needed to inventory books, set up and break down displays, and help students shop. Sign up online or contact Heather Herring with questions.
Elizabeth Cook, Administrative Assistant for Christian Formation
ecook@firstpres-charlotte.org