No WNS on Wednesday, November 23

Wednesday Night Supper will be back on Wednesday, November 30 with another delicious menu. There will be Reindeer Games for all ages after dinner. We wish you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving!



We wish you all a happy Thanksgiving! The Advent season will be here before you receive your next This Week at FPC. Click on the image to the left to find out about everything going on at the church during Advent. You'll receive a hard copy in the mail to put on your refrigerator as well!

FPC REMINDERS

• First United Methodist Church is hosting a special Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless community tomorrow, Tuesday, November 22, at 5pm. FPC is one of six churches involved in making this dinner possible. Plated meals will be served to make the evening special. We would love to have volunteers help from 1:30 through cleanup after the meal. For more information or to volunteer, please EMAIL ELLIE WILSON.
• We will not have any Wednesday activities this Wednesday, November 23 for the Thanksgiving holiday, but we will have our first Advent activity after WNS on November 30.  All ages are invited to join us for some Reindeer Games!
• Next Sunday, Heather will preach on Matthew 1:1-17 and Isaiah 2:1-5. We will begin the Advent season with the sermon series, "Generation to Generation". This week's theme is "There's Room for Every Story". We hope you'll join us!
• Make plans to attend a Service of Installation for Richard on Sunday, December 4 at 4pm in the sanctuary. We'll have a reception following the service in the fellowship hall.
• SIGN UP for the one remaining slot on December 10 to ring the bell for the Salvation Army outside JC Penney. Thanks to everyone who has participated!
• Thanks so much to everyone who registered for our retreat in Montreat this February.  We will send out information to all who registered soon.  Please contact Beth Taylor at beth@hickoryfpc.org with any questions.
• Let's continue to help Richard (and all of us) learn our names by wearing our FPC name tags. We also have many new members at FPC. We will all benefit from name tags! CLICK HERE to place an order for your $10 name tag so you can begin wearing yours ASAP!
• Can you believe that our church is almost 150 years old? We will celebrate this milestone with a homecoming luncheon on Sunday, April 23, 2023, Please CLICK HERE to let us know the name and address of anyone you'd like to see receive an invitation. All current members and past ministers will automatically be invited.
• Favorite Bible verses are so meaningful to everyone. EMAIL BETH TAYLOR with your favorite Bible verse if you haven't had the chance so we can share it on our weekly calendar.