We will have our annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday, February 12 following worship for the purpose of presenting the 2023 budget and approving the 2023 Terms of Call for Pastor Ellen. The meeting of the corporation will also take place.

Our Noisy offering collection on Sunday was $336.77

**Bible Study will not meet on Wednesday, February 8.**

Usher sign up link:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0948acab2dabf49-fpcusher

Lay Reader sign up link:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0948acab2dabf49-scripture

link for online worship:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfpzVUz-ZgaCJuogIMor8Iw/live

link to Ellen's sermon podcasts:  https://bit.ly/Sermons_FPCConcord

Wednesday: Matthew 7:6-11

Thursday: Matthew 7:12-14

Friday: Matthew 7:15-20

Saturday: Matthew 7:21-29

Sunday: Psalm 37:16-18; Matthew 7:1-14, 24-29

Monday: Matthew 8

Tuesday: Matthew 9

Wednesday: Matthew 10

We need YOU! We have several volunteer openings this coming Sunday and in the weeks ahead.

Please consider signing up to help in one or more of the following ways:

Pew Prep: Pew Prep: Pew Prep - Volunteers (signupgenius.com)

Nursery: Nursery Volunteers: Sunday Nursery Volunteers (signupgenius.com)

Middle & High School Sunday School: MS / HS Sunday School teachers: MS / HS Sunday School (signupgenius.com)

Youth Dinner: Youth dinners: Youth Group Meals (signupgenius.com)

On Sunday, our confirmation class covered the beginning of the question: Who is your Lord and Savior?

Thank you to Brenda Todd for a delicious taco bar dinner for all our confirmands and youth!

We discussed and acted out the sacraments for baptism and communion in our youth group time.

We hope everyone will join us this week for Sunday School as we cover the beginning of Exodus, chapter 2.

Confirmation class will continue to discuss Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

We invite all Youth to wear team colors / jerseys from the NFL team that they wish was going to the superbowl.

Topics for the evening include Tackling Hunger and the Souper Bowl of Caring.

Please RSVP here: 2022-2023 Youth: 2/5 Youth (signupgenius.com)

Interested in helping to provide dinner for our youth?

Youth dinners: Youth Group Meals (signupgenius.com)

Reminder: Lunch Bunch has moved to the 4^th Wednesday of each month.

Make plans to attend February 22 at 11:45 AM in Davis Hall

The Thin Mints, Samoas, and Tagalongs are Coming!

The Girl Scouts will host a cookie booth on the front lawn of the sanctuary this Sunday, February 5^th, from 1-3 PM.

Customers can walk up or use the circular drive and place orders from their vehicles. Thank you, in advance, for supporting the Girl Scouts in their adventures in business.

The cookies arrive in Charlotte on Saturday, so this cookie booth will be one of the first opportunities to reunite with your favorite cookies!

February 5: The Wisdom of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz for the Church Today (Part 2)

Is it possible that the story of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz bears the secrets of keeping faith in and with our post-secular context?

Christian Faith in a Reformed Key (3 sessions)

What does it mean to be God's faithful people in a post-secular society such as ours? As we seek to live into this question, we consider what guidance Reformed theology provides for worshiping, living, and governing. 

February 12: Reforming Worship

The Protestant Reformation is sometimes said to boil down to a debate about the sacraments. We'll consider the different viewpoints and what they suggest for us today.

February 19: Reforming the Life of Faith

Drawing on John Calvin's Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life, we'll revisit the Reformation's startling consequences for the shape and content of the Christian life. 

March 5: Reforming Society

We'll consider the different visions of society and politics that emerged in the Reformation and their relevance today.