Each day in November, the Girl Scouts are restocking the Blessing Box. They held a successful collection drive, but the shelves are still pretty bare. If you would like to contribute items, please drop them off in the marked tub in the Fellowship House foyer or in the wagons that you find on campus. You can even place individual items directly in the Blessing Box. Even with daily restocking, the box is nearly emptied out each day.

As we take stock with the chillier weather and upcoming holidays, we offer a quick reminder about food & clothing collection boxes for the Blessing Box, CCM, CVAN, and welcome the new addition of Cabarrus Partnership for Children's annual Cuddle Up Coat Drive. You can find all the boxes in the Fellowship House, which is accessible for food and clothing drop-offs during the week in conjunction with office hours and on Sunday mornings.

Cabarrus Partnership for Children Cuddle-up Coat Drive collects winter coats and warm clothing for our community's young children. For the coat drive, donation requests include new and gently used children's coats (sizes 12 months to 10 years), preschool sized gloves & hats, NEW packages of preschool sized socks & underwear, and/or Kohl's Cash & gift cards. The coat drive runs through January 31, 2022.

 FPC welcomes our newest members who joined this past Sunday.

           Last Sunday during the Children’s Message, Ellen challenged not only the children but all of us to determine what gifts we’re good at sharing in a way of praising God. This is so fitting as we enter the second week of our Stewardship Season and consider what annual pledges and gifts we will share to support God’s work within our church and community during the 2022 church calendar year.   

           Throughout November members of our church continue to reflect on how being a part of FPC enables them to live their faith as members of God’s gathered and sent community.  This Banner features a video clip of three of our youth, Grace Morrison, Ruthie Hillman, and Katharine Morrison, who share their excitement about the youth programs. Click on their picture to view the video. On Sunday, we will hear from Evelyn Barrier Light, a member who has participated in the life of our church since her childhood.

           You are invited to bring your pledge card to the November 21^st service where, while gathered together, we will bring our gifts forward as a symbol of our support of God’s work within our church and community. You may also mail it, drop it by the church office, or pledge online here.

Our 8^th & 9^th grade students and their parents should save the date for our Confirmation meeting on: Sunday, December 5^th, at 6 p.m. in Davis Hall.

(All 10^th-12^th grade students who have not completed Confirmation are also invited and encouraged to attend!)

Confirmation classes will begin on Sunday, January 9, 2022 and run through February 20, 2022 and will be from 4:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m each week.

We will welcome our Confirmation class in worship on February 27, 2022.

We return to our evening schedule for Youth Group this week. Please join us in Davis Hall!

Middle School, 5-6 p.m: click here for signup genius

High School, 6-7 p.m.: click here for signup genius

Upcoming Youth Schedule:

November14 – Middle School, 5-6 p.m., High School, 6-7 p.m. (Cooking for the Night Shelter - use the links above to sign up)

November 20 – combined – Hot cocoa and cookies on the Fellowship House lawn for the Christmas parade

November 28 – combined – Tree Lighting on the lawn of the Fellowship House

December 5 – combined – 5-6 p.m. – Christmas Pageant Rehearsal

December 12 – Christmas Pageant - 5 p.m.

Our Girl Scout troops met on Thursday and earned several badges. Girls learned more about founder, Juliette Gordon Low, and celebrated her October 31st birthday. The Daisy troop continued to work on their center petal and Girl Scout traditions. Brownies and Juniors earned their respective Girl Scout Way badge. Cadettes earned their Behind the Ballot badge and discussed how to spend money earned from upcoming cookie sales.

Girl Scouts meet next on November 18th.

It’s turkey time again!

This annual project of the S & D Sunday School class helps to provide Thanksgiving dinner for the organization's clients. Brian Moore has ordered 120 turkeys to be delivered to Operation Breadbasket in early November. Once again we wanted to invite all church members to join us in support of this project this year!

If you wish to donate, you may make your check out to Brian Moore and mail to him at:

Checks may also be dropped off at the church office and will be mailed to Brian from there.

The Board of Deacons in partnership with FPC members is pleased to once again participate in Angel Tree, a Prison Fellowship Program that helps incarcerated parents strengthen relationships with families. Volunteers from the congregation participate by donating Christmas gifts which are then presented to a child as if they have come directly from the parent behind bars This is a powerful way for us to share Christ's love by ministering to those suffering through the temporary absence of a parent.

We encourage you to choose an Angel Tree tag from the Angel Tree that will be in the narthex this Sunday, November 14. We ask that all wrapped gifts be returned to the Fellowship House by Sunday, November 28, so they may be sorted and distributed to the families. Gifts can be dropped off during office hours or on Sunday mornings. Thank you, the Board of Deacons.

To schedule an appointment click here and enter 28025 or

visit redcrossblood.org and enter: Cabarrus VIP Blood Drive

We are in need of nursery volunteers during the month of November.

If you are able to help either during the Sunday School hour or during worship, please use this link to sign-up:

Nursery Volunteers: Sunday Nursery Volunteers

If you are interested but have not yet taken the Child Protection Training, please let René Prager know and she can send you the links to take the training and the form to complete for your background check.