Building Community * Transforming Lives * Engaging the World |
First Presbyterian Church
Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 1069
New Bern, NC 28563
Phone (252)637-3270
Office Hours: Monday – Thursday: 9 am – 5 pm
Friday: 9 am-1 pm
Worship Service 8:30 am & 11:00 am in-person & Virtual
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Trusting that God's grace embraces and makes a covenant with all believers,
First Presbyterian Church intends to be an inclusive place of spiritual growth for all people. All persons are welcomed into this fellowship and membership regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, ethnic or racial identity, economic or educational status, or political affiliation.
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First Presbyterian Church is a welcoming community of faith where Jesus Christ transforms lives: through worship, as we praise and glorify God; through outreach, as we embody God's love in service to the world; through education, as we listen for God's Word; through giving, as we express gratitude to God; through caring, as we invite all to join in God's work; through fellowship as we share our lives and faith together. |
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The day after Thanksgiving, I had a plan - climbing to the top of the steeple. It was, after all, one of the few remaining places I had not yet been here at First Presbyterian since my arrival in June. I’d been in the basement of the sanctuary. The attic of the ministry center. The roof of the J. Murphy Smith Center, and I’d heard that the view from the steeple was not to be missed, so the day after Thanksgiving I started to climb the ladder and parkour my way to the top. The work that has been done in the steeple over the last few years is tremendous. You can see the care that has been taken. The wood and metalwork that supports the beams, bells, and steeple are fascinating and beautiful. But what I was looking forward to was the view – I wanted to see what could be seen. The town, the river, and beyond. I wanted a clear vision of what is behind, ahead, and around First Presbyterian. I wanted to take pictures- and tell you all about the vision.
That’s not what I got.
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When I got to the top I found that the windows and louvers are all covered with wire. That’s a good thing. It keeps critters from making the steeple their home. But it also means that you don’t have a view – you can only see what is right in front of you. There was no vision.
My first reaction was a disappointment. But as I pondered it over the days ahead, I concluded that there may be no better analogy for this current moment. As I write this, the Worship Commission is preparing to meet to discuss Covid-19 protocols in light of the omicron variant. We do not know what is ahead of us.
We cannot see further than what is right in front of us. As I shared with you in a sermon in August, from Susan Beaumont, this is a liminal time. What is a liminal time? “The simplest way to describe liminality is to say that it’s a threshold moment. Liminality is the in-between space when you are neither here nor there, and it’s a very rich time organizationally and institutionally for an organization to rediscover a lot about itself and to become highly creative.” [1]
This time can be frustrating and scary, but it is also an opportunity. How do we take the church to people instead of just asking people to come to the church? As someone told me recently, “Opportunities don’t always come in neatly wrapped packages, and they usually come without invitation.” Amen.
We may not be able to see far into the future, but what we know is that our foundation (like the beams in the steeple and the bell they hold) is strong. It was built with faith and a belief that the gospel of Jesus Christ has relevance not just for now but for the generations on their way. It has been restored and repaired and renewed throughout the centuries, just like us. We, too, have an opportunity that begins now, in 2022, to step forward in faith, trust in the foundation that has brought us thus far and will continue to strengthen us for this year and many to come.
One thing of which I am certain – I am grateful to be traveling this path with you, and you are in my prayers.
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The Reverend Dr. Anna Pinckney Straight |
First Presbyterian Church
400 New Street * PO Box 1069, New Bern, NC 28653-1069
Office 252-637-3270 * Cell 919-265-7614
Phillippians 4:4
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Covid 19 Protocol Updates
On December 23, an email was sent to the congregation updating our Covid-19 protocols pertaining to masks and worship. If you missed it, you can read it here.
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The Present Word: presented by George Evans
The Present Word Class continues! The class is currently studying the series “Justice, Law, History” in Old Testament texts. Please contact George Evans (gkevans4@gmail.com) with questions. The book is available in the church office and the class meets in the Session House Parlor.
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Law and Religion: presented by James R. Copland
America’s original constitution did not expressly cover the relationship between church and state. But the Bill of Rights—insisted upon by some states, including North Carolina, as a precondition for joining the union, led off with it: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” This course will cover the historical background framing the First Amendment’s religion clauses; the evolution of Supreme Court doctrine interpreting them, and modern cases and controversies. Copland is formerly a Coker Fellow in constitutional law at the Yale Law School, but the course is intended for a general, rather than the legal, audience. Where appropriate, Biblical interpretation and discussion will be incorporated to augment the discussion of law. This class will begin on Sunday, January 2 at 9:40 am in the Session House main room.
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Church Membership Class: presented by Rev. Dr. Anna Pinckney Straight
Ministry Center Conference Room (in the Staff Office Suite)
Whether you have been worshiping with First Presbyterian for one Sunday or one hundred, we’d welcome the opportunity to talk with you about what it means to be a part of a church community and what it might mean for you to take the joyful, faithful step of becoming a member of First Presbyterian Church. To help facilitate these conversations we have scheduled classes to be held on January 16 and 23 during the Sunday School time with the opportunity to join and be welcomed in worship on the 23rd at 11:00 am or the 30th at 8:30 am. If these dates don’t work for you, please get in touch with Anna so we can add you to the list for the next time we have these gatherings or so we can meet and find a pathway and timeline that works for you anna@firstpresnb.org or 252-637-3270.
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Guardian Ad Litem Presentation on January 16
If you are interested in helping children in the foster care system, volunteering as a Guardian ad Litem might be right for you! A Guardian ad Litem (GAL) advocate is a trained community volunteer who is appointed, along with a Guardian ad Litem attorney, by a district court judge to investigate and determine the needs of abused and neglected children petitioned into the court system by the Department of Social Services. Throughout North Carolina, the Guardian ad Litem Program seeks to serve the best interests of thousands of children who find themselves the subjects of court cases. The program exists in every county throughout North Carolina, and with the help of more than 5,300 volunteers, serves more than 18,000 children a year. On Sunday, January 16, during the Sunday school hour, 9:40-10:40 am in the Session House main room, Tracey Brenneman, district administrator for the GAL program, will share information about the program and how you can be involved. For more information visit: volunteerforgal.org
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Monday Evening Women's Study
We’ve all seen toddlers figuring out their way in the world, believing everything revolves around them, their wants, their needs, their pint-sized agendas. What may be amusing in wee ones loses its charm as those toddlers grow into childhood, adolescence, and eventually adulthood. These “me-centric” tendencies can alienate others and, more importantly, keep us from flourishing in the “God-centric” universe in which all of us were created to live and serve. This is the premise of It’s Not About Me, a devotional study written by Max Lucado, known to many in our congregation. The Monday Evening Women’s Bible Study group will launch into this “oldie, but goody” book starting Monday, January 3, 2022, after a two-week holiday break. For more information or to get on our list, please call Marice Debruhl 637-5468 (h), Cathy Wingfield 828-767-0975 (c), or Wendy Moeller 876-7259 (c).
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PILGRIMAGE OUTFITTERS
Supporting disciples on their spiritual journey
Getting Old – Growing Gracefully. “The laws of nature that dictate sundown dictate our demise.” This final part of our journey raises inevitable questions: What is our relationship with the younger generation? What is truth? What is the connection between work and vocation? How can I stay engaged with the outer life? How can I stay engaged with the inner life? Where do I go when I die?
How we respond to these built-in concerns is ours to choose. We can answer this inevitable aging process with denial or defiance and find ourselves on a passage of decline and inaction. OR…we can collaborate faithfully with this arc of life and find ourselves on a different passage of engagement and discovery of a Holy energy holding and guiding us along the path.
This Sunday School class on aging gracefully will be a spiritual journey together as we explore these questions unique to this part of life’s journey and listen for how Jesus’ Spirit is inviting us to respond. This class begins on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at 9:40 am upstairs in the Ministry Center. We will be guided through these challenges of the journey by Parker Palmer’s On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Older. Please join us. All are welcome.
Guide
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Thursday Morning Women’s Bible Study – New Book
We will be starting a new book on Thursday, January 6, “Honoring the Body: Meditations on a Christian Practice” by Stephanie Paulsell. Our Thursday Morning Women's Bible Study meets weekly 10-11 am by Zoom. The book is available for purchase on Amazon (Kindle version also available). If you need help acquiring the book or want to be added to the email list for the class, please contact Maren Sonstegard-Spray (maren@firstpresnb.org).
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Contact Information If you have children who will be a part of any church activities this school year (Sunday school, SALT, JOY (middle and senior high youth group, choir, etc.) please register your children at the link below. Sign-up link can also be found on our website, firstpresnb.org/children--youth
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The preschool four-year-olds and their teachers traveled to the Bishop Home on Friday, December 17, to sing Christmas songs for the residents. Below you can enjoy a few photos of their adventures! |
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Presbyterian Women
(Circles 1-5)
What My Grandmothers Taught Me: Learning from the Women in Matthew’s Genealogy of Jesus
by Merryl Blair
Make sure your Circle picks up their updated PW membership books for 2021/22 at the church office. This looks to be an interesting study and Circles are meeting, some on Zoom and some in person. Look on the website under Presbyterian Women for meeting times and other resources.
Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary - The book of Matthew names these women for a reason. How might Jesus have heard the stories of his grandmothers? What might the young Jesus have felt as he heard about his family? What might the stories of these women have added to his sense of identity, as part of a particular family in a particular time and place?
Click the link above for extended readings for each chapter of the current study.
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The Session of First Presbyterian Church met on December 14th.
The Pastor’s report included several activities she has been working, on including surveying the campus to become better acquainted with the properties and reviewing the results of the stewardship campaign.
The Associate Pastor’s report included the approval of a Passion-Driven Ministry grant application for $5000 from Presbytery for scholarship money to aid refugee children.
Under the Administration Commission (Marc Finlayson), and the Preschool (Julia Speight) reported the enrollment is now 103 and teachers and staff will be recognized at a church service this coming spring. Budget/Finance (Jim Findley) reported the church is in a very strong financial position. A down payment has been made on the church’s new passenger van. Jim Briley, the Treasurer, shared information from the Finance Committee and presented the Proposed 2022 Budget. Session approved the proposed operating budget for 2022 as presented by the Administration Commission. Property (Phoebe Briley) reported there is sustaining repair work taking place at the Lighthouse, the roof over the Smith Center gym will be replaced over Christmas break, and the church continues to work through the permitting process to secure the permission to erect handicap railings at the front of the Smith Center and to repair the fence around the churchyard. Fuller’s Music is evaluating the sound system in the sanctuary and will provide a report. Personnel (David Taylor) reported Amber Zapffel, Financial Administrator, will be leaving at the end of January to pursue a real estate career and Tommy Hall, Facilities Supervisor, will be retiring at the end of January. The search team continues to seek resume`s for the Director of Youth and Family Ministry. The FPC Foundation (Jay Rishel) will meet again in January to elect new officers and directors.
Care Commission (Margaret Cooper) reported Knit for Others donated 15 hats, scarves, and mitten sets to Bangert Elementary School and two prayer shawls to members in the hospital, as well as one baby blanket.
Education Commission (Gayle Hardy) reported Youth Sunday will be February 13, 2022; Confirmation Class will be March 13—May 22, 2022; and Sacraments Class will be March 13—April 3, 2022. Bernard George’s lecture was a huge success with 90+ people attending.
Fellowship Commission (Kevin Avolis) reported the December BBQ chicken meal was well-attended and enjoyed by all. The next fellowship meal will be a brisket dinner on January 12, 2022.
Outreach Commission (Bruce Pollock) reported hosting a presentation on the Phoenix Project whose mission is the revitalization of the Duffyfield neighborhood and a tour of MERCI Clinic. The Christmas Eve offering will be equally split between MERCI Clinic and RCS. The Christmas Joy Offering will be collected on December 19.
Worship Commission (Janelle Haggard) reported an average worship attendance of 245 for October. Next Communion will be December 24th for Christmas Eve and January 9th for Baptism of the Lord.
A motion was made to approve Brent Hinckley for ordination and installation on January 9th.
(Commission and Committee Chairs are provided if you have questions.)
Submitted by Clerk of Session - Karen Reed
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2022 Offering Envelopes
Next year’s offering envelopes are in the Sanctuary Narthex through January 16th. If you are not able to pick your envelopes up during that time, they will be available in the Financial Administrators office. Remember to bring your remaining previous year envelopes to be recycled by the counting team. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the Financial Administrator, Amber Zapffel at amber@firstpresnb.org or 252-637-3270 ext. 105.
Contribution Notes and Tips
First Presbyterian Church offers many options for contributing to the funds that you prefer. You can always contribute in-person at the church or by mail, but there are also options to contribute online, by text, or by bill payments through your bank. For those that prefer to donate through the church’s website, we also wanted you to know that we change the online giving options throughout the season. If you need help with any of these options or ever have any questions about giving, please feel free to reach out to the church’s Financial Administrator, Amber Zapffel. She can be reached by email at amber@firstpresnb.org, or directly at 252-637-3270 ext. 105.
A few reminders if you mail your contributions:
- Make checks payable to First Presbyterian Church
- Do not mail cash or coins
- Do not write or sign your checks with a pencil or erasable pen
- Remember to sign and date your checks
- Mail checks to the church’s mailing address:
First Presbyterian Church
ATTN: Financial Administrator
PO Box 1069
New Bern, NC 28563
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Childrens' Library Corner
During this season of Advent, please check out two new books donated to the Children’s Library by one of our church members. We have placed these books on the display shelf in this cozy little library on the second floor of the Ministry Center. The books are beautiful reads for our 4- to 8-year-old readers!
One book Twas the Season of Advent contains a collection of devotions and stories told in the style of the classic ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Twas the Season of Advent is a 25-day devotional that will inspire your family as you eagerly await the arrival of Christ’s birth!
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'Twas the Evening of Christmas is a 2018 ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist in the Children’s Category. Families can gather to share the real Christmas story--the story of Jesus' birth. 'Twas the Evening of Christmas echoes the familiar language and rhythm of Dr. Clements' poetry in ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, but instead of focusing on Santa, the focus is on the baby Jesus, who is, after all, the real meaning of Christmas.
(Alert: Several books are considered to be "lost sheep" at this time. If anyone wants to order one of the missing books, let Carol Hale know!) CarolKHale@gmail.com
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Anno Domini/The Year of the Lord 2022 is upon us, as unbelievable as that may sound. I know many among you mark the arrival of a new year with the obligatory list of resolutions. I have never been one for New Year’s resolutions. My philosophy is, if something is important enough for me to be doing, I need to not wait for a new year to start — and, maybe more honestly, and not to be too self-revelatory, I don’t coexist well with failure of any kind, including that which follows on the heels of a list of new year’s resolutions!
I prefer, instead, to prepare for each new year by reflecting on the year-end. The writing of my annual Christmas season letter serves this purpose well, an opportunity to recall the blessings, the challenges, the glimpses of the Holy Spirit, and the lessons of the year coming to a close. I look forward each December (or January, if I am honest!) to the composition of this missive, more for how the process enriches my life than just the opportunity to keep friends and family up to date.
In a way, I author a mini-memoir each year — which leads me to the topic of this month’s library news and the opportunity to share with you a list of some of the excellent memoirs to be found in the William Lee Hawkins Library on the second floor of the Ministry Center. Pull up the church website, click on the menu bar, then click on Resources/Library, and then on Library Catalogue, enabling “memoir” to be typed in the search bar. At that point, it is discovered that there are some 166 books listed in our computer catalog which have been classified as “memoir” (and that is not even counting the ones your twin librarians may have overlooked!). We have classics by CS Lewis (who seems to end up in this venue almost every other month), Billy Graham, Jimmy Carter, Frederich Buechner, Madeleine L’Engle, Thomas Merton, and many others, all of which can be searched by author’s name.
I want to highlight for your reading pleasure and spiritual growth those which have been authored by members of our congregation. My project during Covid was to read as many of these as I could, as a way of enhancing and nourishing the community. Try it!
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Pat Avery, GYPSY JUICE - FPA 976.60 AVE |
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Ron Benrey, DAY GOD FLIPPED MY SWITCH, THE - FPA 920 BEN |
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Karen Dodd, CAROLINA COMFORT - FPA 976.60 DOD |
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Karen Dodd, CAROLINA COMFORT II - FPA 976.60 DOD |
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Polly Frank, WOMAN IN THE MIRROR - FPA 814 FRA |
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Lloyd Griffith, TRUST THE WILDERNESS - FPA 248.2 GRI |
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Christa Metzger, UNEMPLOYED: A JOURNEY THROUGH A DARK WOODS - FPA 158 MET |
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Tom Watson, ANGEL RUN - FPA 226.93 WAT |
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Those, which can be located on the First Presbyterian Authors shelf, just scratch the surface of the literary gifts of our congregation. Later this year, we will dedicate another month’s library news to the fiction offerings of our talented congregation.
Blessings in 2022!
Wendy Moeller
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Flower Calendar for 2022
Happy New Year! It’s time to get a head start on the flower calendar for 2022! Dates are already filling up, so if you have a birthday, anniversary, or remembrance date coming up, sign up soon. The flower calendar is in the pink folder in the Narthex.
Note that if a date feels special to you and it's already taken on the calendar, you can provide flowers for the Narthex. Just contact the church via church@firstpresnb.org to make arrangements or call the church office 252-637-3270.. 😊
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From Our Outreach Commission
Ten Presbyterians walk into a free health clinic and… No, that is not the opening line to a Henny Youngman joke. This happened a few weeks ago. Some current and future members of our Session Outreach Commission and our pastors visited MERCI Clinic after hours.
Why? Because the commission wants to build the human connection between First Pres and the agencies we support financially. We want to help church members know what we are supporting. We want everyone to know the names and faces of the saints who are doing the work we help underwrite. We want everyone to know what that work looks like in real life.
The first surprise was that two First Pres members, Jay Rishel and Nevada Bannon serve on MERCI’s Board of Directors. Nevada is also an active volunteer. Who knew? That’s why we needed to visit. We all should have known. Now we do. First Pres was one of the founders of MERCI Clinic way back in 1996. We have supported it directly from our annual budget ever since. Over the years our members have worked as volunteers at the clinic.
The director, Barbara Krcmar, a straight-talking, upbeat realist, gave us some basic information, answered questions, and directed a tour of the clinic. The facility looks like any other medical facility with a waiting room, administration offices, a lab, a break room, and examination rooms. In other words, it looks pretty much like your doctor’s office.
Barbara explained that all services and meds are free to eligible patients from Jones, Pamlico, or Craven Counties. Currently, they serve about 575 patients which is pretty close to capacity. She told us that the annual gross dollar value of services rendered is just shy of $6,000,000. They provide those services on a cash budget of $600,000 made up of grants, supporters like us, and individual donors.
They always need volunteers. They need medical and pharmaceutical personnel of course. But again, like every other medical practice, there is a heap of administration, patient reception, interviewing, and record keeping. There is probably a job there that you could do. You can complete the volunteer application at the website listed below. And even though First Pres supports the clinic, nothing is stopping you from sending a check to MERCI Clinic at 1315 Tatum Drive, NB, NC, 28560, or go online at www.merciclinic.org.
Your Outreach Commission
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Habitat for Humanity's 2022 Faith Build
At the November Session meeting, the Session made a request to First Presbyterian's Foundation Board to make a pledge of $25,000 of the outreach funds of the Foundation for Habitat for Humanity's 2022 Faith Build in the Pembroke neighborhood. Affordable housing is a critical need in Craven County with one in four families paying half or more than half of their income on housing (this is much higher than the national average of one in seven). The anticipated budget for the project is $85,000 and that is only for supplies and does not include the cost of the land or labor The anticipated ground-breaking and prayer breakfast is February of 2022.
There are many ways you can support this Faith Build and the important work of Habitat. Volunteers are needed: to pray for the homeowners and communities, to work on the homes as individuals or groups, and to donate money or in-kind gifts.
Visit cravencountyhabitat.org or call Catherine Campbell (252-633-9599 ext. 104) for more information about volunteering! Habitat commits to the mission to bring the love of Jesus Christ and hopes to others.
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Christmas Week found willing hands and hearts for the Backpack Blessing Holiday Meal assembly and distribution. In total, we packed 450 boxes of Holiday food so each of our 225 recipient families got two big boxes of basics plus a Holiday meal for all of them. We unpacked and stocked the food on the tables, assembled the food boxes, then broke down the shipping containers, and built more basic food boxes for the next shift to fill. For once, many of us were kept busy for the entire 2-hour stint...and folks cheerfully engaged in whatever needed to be done. As always, First Presbyterian Church was central to the success of this ministry. Twenty-eight of us found the time during Christmas Week to lend willing hands to this endeavor. A tip of the hat to Stephanie and Mary Grace Brinson, Debbie Lifer, David and Carol Hale, Lana and Tom Brunk, Johnny Harrison, Karen Reed, Wendy Moeller, Wendy Stallings, Kirsten Sonstegard, Richard Betts, June Goodwin, Alan, Caroline, and Spencer Goodwin, Doug Phelps, Linda and Chip Chagnon, Dru Wilkins, Stephanie, Isabel, and Anna Morris, Teeny Tait, and Kim Henderson (2).
Thank you, as always, to First Presbyterian for your continuing support of time, treasure, and talent to this ministry.
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Grief Support Group
First Presbyterian Grief Support Group. The loss of a loved one is an intensely personal event. None of us are ever ready for such a devastating experience. Recent social, technological, and medical changes have left us less equipped to deal with this loss and the social and emotional changes it brings.
Our group at First Pres offers support for this transition and helps you know more about grief and many of the unrealistic expectations that society maintains for grievers. This group has been a welcomed reinforcement in resolving the difficult transition to new life.
Our ongoing group is open to everyone at any time. It meets on the second Tuesday of each month in the Chapel of the Ministry Center.
Bring your lunch or snack if you choose. Call the church office for more information. 252-637-3270
Lloyd Griffith
Parish Associate
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Retirement Centers:
McCarthy Court
(252)637-7133
1321 McCarthy Blvd.
New Bern, NC 28562
- Don Bailey, Apt. 208
- Morag Cheesman, Apt. 209
- Flo Jones, Apt. 303
- Bill & Betsy Hillhouse, Apt. 201
McCarthy Court II
1325 McCarthy Blvd.
New Bern, NC 28562
- Jean Hoffman, Apt. 39
- Dean & Mary Ann Carzoo Apt. 11
- Jean Barbour, Apt. 30
Homeplace of New Bern
1309 McCarthy Blvd.
New Bern, NC 28562
Assisted Living Facilities:
Brookdale
(252)558-1291
1336 South Glenburnie Rd
New Bern, NC 28652-2624
- Kenny Baxter, Apt. 206
- Joyce Krumnacher, Apt. 105
Riverpoint Crest
(252)637-4730
2600 Old Cherry Point Rd.
New Bern, NC 28560
- Barbara Bell, Apt. 108
- Lane Mitterling Rm 124
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Happy 90th Birthday!
Barbara Williford - January 8th
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New Address:
Mary Olstad
12219 Panama City Beach Pkwy #256
Panama City, FL 32407
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January Fellowship Meal
Mark your calendar for our January Fellowship meal to be served on Wednesday, January 12, 2021, in the J. Murphy Smith Center. A brisket meal will be served. The meal will be served to start at 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm. Take-out meals will be available beginning at 5:30 pm. We ask that anyone requesting take-out meals come inside to pick them up. Please email church@firstpresnb.org or call the Church (252-637-3270) no later than Monday, January 10th, to indicate your intentions to attend. If you know that you would like take-out meals, please let us know. We look forward to seeing you on January 12th!
Thank you, Fellowship Team
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CHURCH LEADERSHIP & STAFF |
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Pastoral & Program Staff
The Rev. Dr. Anna Pinckney Straight, Pastor
The Rev. Dr. Maren Sonstegard-Spray, Designated Associate Pastor
The Rev. Lloyd Griffith, Parish Associate
Marianna Dunn, High School
Youth Coordinator
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Music Program Staff
Pat K. Rowlett, Director of
Music
Vance Harper Jones, Organist
Susan Mabie, Director
Resurrection Singers
Cindy Sutton, Assistant
Organist & Pianist
Dru Wilkins, Music Assistant
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Office & Support Staff
Tommy Hall, Facilities
Supervisor
Marcy Latteman, Office
Administrator
Cathy Wingfield,
Communications Facilitator
Amber Zapffel, Financial
Administrator
Kerri Wheeler, Children's
Worship & Director of
Preschool
Louis Foye, Sexton
James Briley, Jr., Treasurer
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Session
Moderators: Rev. Dr. Anna Pinckney Straight & Rev. Dr. Maren Sonstegard-Spray
Karen Reed, Clerk
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Class of 2022
Avolis, Kevin
Cooper, Margaret
Crum, Madison
Finlayson, Marc
Fleming, Patti
Speight, Julia
Vandersea, Hal
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Class of 2023
Briley, Phoebe
Hinckley, Brent
Hinckley, Middleton
Moeller, Mark
Newman, Micajah
Paul, Elizabeth
Pritchett, Margaret
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Class of 2024
Copland, James
Grady, Christin
Holton, Kenneth.
Purnell, Vaughn
Robinson, Helen
Weaver, Joyce
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Bulletin Insert deadline, Wednesdays @ 5 pm to marcy@firstpresnb.org
- January 1 - New Year's Day
- January 6 - 200th Anniversary of the dedication of the Sanctuary
- January 9 - Communion, Ordination & Installation of Elders
- January 12 - Fellowship Meal @ 5:30 pm J. Murphy Smith Center
- January 17 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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January 21- Newsletter articles due to cathy@firstpresnb.org
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