Wear RED This Sunday!!
First Press Weekly e-News
May 17, 2018
 

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Pentecost
Sunday, May 20th
This Sunday we will celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the early Christian church ( Acts 2). We will also share the Lord's Supper.

Wear something RED to add to the spirit of celebration!
International Dinner
Sunday, May 20th 
We will celebrate Pentecost with a potluck International Dinner after worship on Sunday, May 20, 2018 in the fellowship hall.  Some of our very own international members will be sharing their special dishes and talking about their heritage and church origins.  

Please bring an international main dish or dessert to share.
Awards, Celebration & Graduations


We celebrate with Carol and Ellis Dunbar on the marriage of their daughter Caroline to Maximilian Jahn on May 5, 2018 near Vienna, Austria. The couple will reside in New York City (Manhattan). 
  • Jake McCarthy (son of John McCarthy and Terri Digby) graduated from Summit Academy and plans to enter Mercer University in the fall.
  • Jim Gregory (son of Dave Gregory and Elizabeth Harwell, grandson of Miriam and Jack Wheeler) graduates from Eastside High School and plans to enter Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville in the fall.
  • Jacqueline Wilson (daughter of Michael and Trista Wilson) graduated from George Walton Academy and plans to enter the University of Tennessee in the fall.
  • Samuel Hutson Luranc (grandson of Louly Hay and son of Florence Hay Luranc and Joe Luranc) graduated from St. Francis High School in Alpharetta and plans to enter Presbyterian College in the fall.
  • Sarah Catherine Patrick (granddaughter of Jim and Lynda Patrick) graduated from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville with a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education. She will be teaching 2nd grade in Gwinnett County this fall.
Share your good news!
We are always happy to share in the celebrations of our church and extended family, so please let us know about awards, celebrations or graduations that we can share in upcoming e-new editions. E-mail your good news to Dan Walden HERE.
Praise & Prayers

Please keep the following people and their families in your thoughts and prayers this week:
  • Dot Schaeffer - fall, Riverside
  • Deb Hales - hospital (daughter of Joel and Faye Kitchens)
  • Joel and Fay Kitchens' families have several ill members and invite your prayers.
  • Tim Blankenship - home (brother of Trent, son of Maxine Blankeship)
  • Harry Hicks - heart surgery  (father of Doug Hicks)
  • Sam Ramsey - home
  • Spencer Boyd - cancer
    • 3037 Pine Needle Rd. August, GA 30909-3047
  • Lewis Bunn - surgery (father of Alan Bunn)
  • Hannah Elledge - Lyme Disease (granddaughter of Judy & Bill Davis)
  • Angela Gregory - cancer (sister of Dave Gregory)
  • Roger Wallace - home
  • 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 - home
  • Kathryn Wallace - broken leg
  • Phyllis Pruner - bronchitis & pleurisy (home)
  • Debi (Dee) Selin - home
  • Larry Kennon - surgery (home)
  • Sharon Wallace - back surgery (sister of Debbie Gossage)
  • Thomas Stewart - leg amputation (home)
  • Sophia Hawley--Cystic Fibrosis (home)
  • Roger Gossage - home
  • 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 - completed chemotherapy
  • 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! 
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