Volume 6
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February 10, 2020
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Greetings!
We hope this week's Evotional brings you all the news, information and insight you've been wanting. Please feel free to comment on or share your weekly message with friends, family and co-workers.
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Please join us for worship on
Sunday, February 16
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at 9:30 a.m.
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- Please pray for Georgia Hall, Dean LaMarr, Bill Blandford, Marge Henze, Mary Ralston, Louise Shapley, Don & Nancy Tobias, Annette Anderson, Marilyn MacCaughey, Marlene Wilson, Larry & Ellen Cardwell, Mary Jane Johnston, Shawn Lawrence.
- Special prayers for an unnamed church family, Christie—friend of Music & More and our church, Tim—brother-in-law of Sheila Lawrence, Kesney—granddaughter of Andy & Denise Park, Mary—sister of Carrie, Ida—mother of Debbie Yale, Barbara—mother of Steve Hansen, Betty—grandmother of Jessica Smith & Jenny Humphrey, Charlie—niece of Carrie Massey & Kathi Wilson, Shawn —friend of Denise, Gillian and Ben—friends and former pastors of First Presbyterian.
- Continued prayers for those serving—Lt. Col. Jay Brooke Nicholas Hansen, Jared Smith, Jordan Smith, Evan Humphreys, Mary Workman, Chad Lawrence.
- Thoughts, prayers and love for all those who have recently lost loved ones; especially the Ralston family with the passing of Harold's brother - David and the Knoedler family with the passing of Charles, Jr.
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Pause, breathe deeply and reflect ...
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Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant
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or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
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it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.
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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.
I Corinthians 13:4-8 (NRSV)
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Did you know that there are more ways to benefit First Presbyterian Church through Amazon?
By clicking on the above graphic to select us as your charity of choice for
AmazonSmile
ordering. Each purchase you make through
smile.amazon.com
will give a percentage back to First Presbyterian.
And if you click
here
, you can check out the wish list for First Presbyterian. Included in the wish list are various items to help maintain the church - inside & out and to stock the fireside room with new game equipment for our youth.
As always, thank you for caring about First Presbyterian!
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The Mission Initiative will be hosting our Chili Cook-off, next Sunday the 16th, in the Dining Room-LL, directly following worship.
Costs: $5/person, $15/family, $5/take-out
Proceeds to benefit our Sack Lunch and Community Meal programs.
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On Ash Wednesday, February 26th, we will once again be offering
Ashes to Go!
Pastor Mark will be standing outside our church (south entrance) that morning from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m., to offer ashes for those who work or travel through downtown.
Enter the parking lot from Park Avenue, pull up by the double doors for your ashes and a prayer from Pastor Mark and exit onto College Avenue. It's that easy!
And, while it lasts, we will supply you with a hot cup of coffee to go.
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Beginning Thurs., Feb. 27th, there will be a weekly Taizé service at 6:00 p.m. in our chapel.
What is Taizé worship? Taizé music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms or other pieces of scripture, repeated and sometimes sung in canon. But Taizé worship is more than music. Scripture, prayer, and silence come together in the Taizé experience to create a simple, deep encounter with God.
For more information about Taizé worship, you can visit the international website for the Taizé community: https://www.taize.fr/en. Better yet, come experience it for yourself firsthand!
That same evening, we will begin our Lenten dinners, at 5:00 p.m., in our Dining Hall. More information will be available very soon!
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The Music & Art Initiative will be hosting a "Young Artist" Exhibit in the Chapel Gallery the months of March & April, 2020. If you are a young creative person up to high school age, we would love to share your pottery, jewelry, painting, photography, pencil drawings or artwork in any other medium! We will need your work dropped off in the gallery on Sun., Feb. 16th. Contact Kathi Wilson, Gallery Curator: director@racineartscouncil.org
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Maundy Thursday Foot Care Clinic
April 9, 2020 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Hospitality Center
614 Main Street
The clinic will offer foot baths, diabetic foot exams and more. These basic services will be offered to the public at no cost.
These services are being offered at St. Luke's as a way of honoring the age-old tradition of ceremonial foot washing that is done in many churches on the Thursday before Easter in remembrance of Christ's washing of the Apostles feet.
You can help by donating:
- Socks
- Small foot powders
- Toe Nail Clippers
- Foot warmers
- Bars of anti-bacterial soap
- Small lotions
Thank you!
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Volunteers:
- 1st Wednesday: Maria Hansen, Mac MacCaughey, Diane Lehmann, Austin Moulds, Taylor Moulds, Logan Lehmann
- 2nd Wednesday: Maria Hansen, Nancy Reeser, Bev Eifert, Autumn, Bill Anderson, *Becky Strommen, *Braden Strommen
- 3rd Wednesday: Myrna Kryger, Debbie Yale, Bill Anderson, *Prairie HS students
- 4th Wednesday: Kate Gleason, Steve Simpson, Pam Simpson, Sarah Seversen, Diana Lehmann, Austin Moulds, Taylor Moulds, Logan Lehmann
- 5th Wednesday: closed
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Denotes volunteers who are not members of First Presbyterian
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HOPES Center Winter Wish List for 2020
The items we provide during street outreach at night are almost all donated. This winter can use the following:
- Hand Warmers
- Heavy Blankets (full size) or sleeping bags
- Maruchan Instant Lunch Ramen Noodle Soup (the kind that comes in cups). We use beef, chicken, hot &spicy chicken, and hot & spicy beef flavors. In the winter, chicken and beef are most popular.
If you feel led to help with any of these items, they can be dropped off at the HOPE Center office at 521 Sixth Street (across from Indian Motorcycles), Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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