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Worship with FPC Covington

Sunday Morning Worship

You are invited to worship with us on Sunday, January 2.
This Sunday we welcome David Payne to the pulpit!

Sunday morning, January 2:
Facebook Live and In-person at 11:00 am.

Health and Safety Update
as of December 23, 2021
Moving forward the following Health Team recommendations were approved by Session:
  1. Masks are to be worn for all indoor activities, including worship.
  2. The choir will be suspended at this time. (Soloist welcome)
  3. We will not pass the offering plate at this time.
The Health Team will reassess these protocols in the new year.
HANDBELL MINISTRY

Handbells will resume on Wednesday, January 12th at
6 pm.

Childcare provided!
Faith Formation Winter 2021
Children's Sunday School
10:00am
Sunday School Room Downstairs
Teachers: Rotation Model
Curriculum: Follow Me

Youth Sunday School
10:00am
Downstairs
Teachers: Pam and Jim Stillerman
Curriculum: Feasting on the Word

"Foundations at 10" Adult Class
10:00am
Downstairs
Teachers: Bob Tabb, Charles Ardis, and Brad Philips
Curriculum: Feasting on the Word
We will not have Sunday School on January 2.
NEW YEAR,
NEW BIBLE STUDY
Tuesday evenings starting January 11th
6:00 pm on Zoom

Resource: Henri Nowen and the Art of Living

Weekly Topics: Identity, God, Love, Suffering, Freedom

Facilitators include: Judy Davis, Dan Walden, Alisa Castilla, Pat Harper, and Larry Kennon

Books are $14. Email info@fpccov.org if you would like a book!
"Women On-The-Go"
Monthly Book Study
January 12, 2022
5:45 pm-7:15 pm @ Church Parlor
Childcare Provided
(Read the final chapters!)
Presbyterian Women
MARTHA CIRCLE:
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 10:30 am - 1 pm.
@ Pily Waetzig's home.
8154 Woodland Ave. Covington
Sherri Bolton will facilitate.

ELIZABETH ANN CIRCLE:
Elizabeth Ann circle will meet on Tuesday, January 4 at 10 am on Zoom to discuss lesson five: Ruth and Redemption.
Ways to serve in our community
Newton County Community Food Pantry
Our Community Food Pantry is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 am-11:30 am. Donations are welcome.
Contact: Bernice Bailey 770-784-0037
Location: 7125 Turner Lake Cir SW, Covington, GA 30014

We donated 12 Full Advent Boxes to our Food Pantry! Thank you, church family! We will continue to work to end food insecurity in Newton County!

Covington FUMC Food Ministry
Volunteers Needed to be the hands and feet of Christ in our community!
Click the link below for ways to serve!

General Ministry Information
FPC Office Hours
The Church office is open
Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
Lunch hour Noon - 1pm
Fridays - Neeley's Sabbath.

If the church office is closed and/or a staff member is away we will post this information on our church calendar and in the bulletin.

This Church office will be closed: December 30, 31 and January 3.
End of the Year Giving
All 2021 pledges or other cash donations must be received by the church no later than midnight on Friday, December 31 (or postmarked by that date) in order to be included in 2021 Giving Statements for tax purposes. The church office will be closed on Thursday, December 30, and Friday, December 31, but you may drop your donations in the mailbox at the office entrance at the foot of the steps. Pull down the tray and then make sure it dropped into the locked portion of the box.
Giving through Your IRA
If you are 70 1/2 years of age or older, you can instruct your IRA provider to make a Qualified Charitable Distribution to First Presbyterian directly from your IRA. Any donations paid this way are not reported as taxable income to you. You can make your entire annual pledge or other cash donations with one payment, help to satisfy your Required Minimum Distribution from your IRA, and incur no tax on the withdrawal. Qualified Charitable Distributions must be processed directly from your IRA provider.
Please keep the following people and their families in your prayers this week:
Prayers:
  • Prayers are with Beth and Danny Vining upon the death of their nephew, Phil Vining.
  • Prayers are with Julie and Jeff McKenize upon the death of her nephew, Jay Milton.
  • Prayers are with Joel and Faye Kitchens upon the death of his cousin, Mandy Randall Anderson.
  • Kim Bailey (Hospital and testing) Family of Betty and Bernice Bailey
  • Melissa - cancer (Friend of the congregation)
  • Susan Crane - Friend of Darcel Tabb
  • Denny Dobbs - recovering from surgery
  • Fred Calalay - Friend of Angela Gilmer
  • Saba Turner-cancer treatment (friend of Warren & Jeanie Liem)
  • Jennifer Magnan-stillborn child (niece of Barbara Martin)
  • Jean Wolverton
  • Cathy Martin - Chemo (Sister-in-law of Chris Martin)
  • Jeff Terrel - (Friend of Steve Kapp)
  • Anne Cranford - treatment for breast cancer
  • Lynn Lanier- Amyloidosis (Friend of Chris Martin)
  • Doug Bolton - Burn Injury
  • Susan Fiedler - health issues (Friend of Darcel Tabb)
  • Blair Weaver - health issues
  • Sarita Pope - breast cancer (mother-in-law of Elizabeth Martin Pope)
  • Beverly Beasley - husband has leukemia (friend of Jean Elder)
  • Karen Lein Kaasa - home health care (sister-in-law of Julie MacKenzie)
  • Karen Moss - treatment for breast cancer
  • Wilford Reed - daughter was in a car accident; his brother has age-related issues (friend of Jeff MacKenzie)
  • Bob Darby - kidney problems (friend of Jeff MacKenzie)
  • Sharon Beasley Strickland - tests for oral cancer (a classmate of Jeff MacKenzie)
  • Joyce Williams - breast cancer treatment and Alzheimer's Disease (Danny Vining's sister)
  • Brandon Massey - blood cancer (grandson of Chuck & Sherry Brasher)
  • Carol Baynes - cancer (friend of Phyllis Yoder)

Military Service
  • Koen Ardis - Navy
  • Lee Scarborough - Army
  • Billy Scarborough - Marines

Independent Living and Assisted Living:
  • Penny Blakeney (home)
  • Julia Brubaker (Benton House)
  • Jean Elder (in FL with her daughter)
  • Dot Fincher (Merryvale)
  • Guy McGiboney (Merryvale)
  • Travis Moss (Westbury Nursing Home, Conyers)
  • Betty Robinson (Merryvale)
  • Louise White (Merryvale)

Please click below to email Peni to update your prayer requests or send new prayer requests. In your email please indicate if you would like your request to be confidential or added to our prayer list.
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