Fast Facts

an e-update on life at

First Presbyterian Church

February 2, 2023

Worship - February 5, 2023

9:00 am & 11:00 am

Online worshipers may find the weekly bulletin on the church's website under the Online Worship page. Click here for the Online Worship page, then click the link titled "Weekly Bulletin." The online bulletin will available the Friday after Fast Facts is sent out each week.

Remember in Prayer

FPC Members: Sarah, Cliff, and Sterlin Smith; Mary Kay McDowell; Keith & Cheryl Hayward; Scottye Boone: Jean Blackston; Leon McCullouch; Family of John Edge; Family of Joe Murphey; Jane Henderson; Family of Dr. Bobby Kennedy; Doug & Margaret Fancher; Family of Jeffrey Butler; Thomas Wade Simpson; Family of Nolan Waller, Family of Helen Scruggs, Family of Janet Barnes; Family of Ann Caroline McIntosh; Family of J.T. Davis; Marianna Ochs; Family of Lynton Dilley; Max Williams; Lydia Moak; Michele Howie; Family of Betty Mullen White

Family and Friends: Family of Richard Flautt; Family of Barbara Callery; Mike Flautt; Family of George Caffey; Family of Pat Ewing; Family of Dr. and Mrs. Gerry Foret; Family of Shirley Bragg Donnelly; Kathy Bremer; Susan Treas-Ewing; Nancy McPhail; Charlyn Wilson; Family of Thomas Mayo; Family of George Walker; Family of Gloria Smith Griffith; Valentina Iepuri and Ukraine family; Charissa Johnson; Sarah Luchin and Family; Sigrid Morrison Long; Connie Whelan; Lenoir Stanley; Doors of Hope Families; Bob Flautt; Lafayette County Detention Center inmates; Parchman Prison inmates; Haven House residents; Our Haiti partners; Oxford & Lafayette County First Responders; Community leaders  

U. S. Military: SSgt Jason Freeland, USAF 17th Special Tactics Sqaudron

Please pray, too, for those with unspecified needs.

If you wish to have a name removed or added to this list, please contact the church office.

The FPC prayer chain is ready if you or someone you know is in need. This is a confidential list that is independent from the names listed above. Please contact Carlisle Wood at carlislewood@gmail.com or 662-832-8606. All requests are held in strict confidence.  

Sanctuary Floral Arrangement dates are available Sunday April 23, May 21, and 28. To provide flowers in honor or in memory of a loved one, contact Margaret Fancher at mfancher42@gmail.com or call 234-1359. Contributions to the Flower Fund are greatly appreciated.

Adult Faith Formation

Young(ish) Adults Sunday

School Class

Theme of the Week: Boats

We have a three different book studies starting up in the next couple weeks! If you’d like to pick up a copy, they are in the the church office. Suggested donation is $10. For some insight on what each book has to offer, please check out our February newsletter!

Come one, come all to the FPC Chili Cook-off! Bring your best pot of chili, and we’ll provide the fixings and drinks and extras for the kids. We’d love to see you and share a bowl (or more). Prizes awarded for the best, by popular vote. February 5 at 12:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. If you do plan to bring a pot of chili, please let Kate know in the church office so we can make sure we have enough. Chili entries are kept anonymous, so please label your crockpot in an inconspicuous place!

UKirk Ole Miss is seeking meal providers for their Tuesday night gatherings. If you are interested in supporting college students in this way, find the

schedule at ukirkolemiss.org/tuesday-meals.

Questions? Contact Allison at ukirk.olemiss@gmail.com. 

Join us! The Mission Team meets the first Monday of each month at 5:00. We seek creative and effective means to serve “the least of these.” If you would like more information, call the church office or contact David Shaw, dcshaw82@gmail.com.

FPC continues to collect food items to stock the shelves for Lovepacks. This in-school pantry provides food for 250 children in the Oxford and Lafayette county schools that experience hunger in their homes. The following is a list of suggested donations.  Please bring them to the church office.  For more information contact Carmille Hovious, 662-380-1471 or click the link below.  

Pop top can of chicken noodle or vegetable soup

Ramen noodles

Pop top cans of ravioli

Peanut butter and crackers

Cheese crackers

16 oz. Jar of peanut butter

Nonrefrigerated pudding

Granola, breakfast or protein bar

Apple sauce pouches

https://www.lovepacksoxford.com

What is it?

Cents-Ability is a PCUSA initiative to combat hunger in local communities. Originally known as the Two-Cents-A-Meal program established by Presbyterian Women in 1976, Cents-Ability asks families to collect a few pennies per meal to support local food resources. In 2022

St. Andrew Presbytery awarded eight $1,000 grants to hunger assistance programs in Pontotoc, Grenada, Hernando, Marks, Oxford, Batesville, Horn Lake, and Ripley.

How does it work?

February 26^th is Cents-Ability Sunday! Containers for collecting donations will be provided to all FPC members, not just to those with children. Take your container home and place it on the table where you eat your meals. Drop a few cents in the container at each meal. Paper bills and checks work just as well! Periodically, on “Collection Sundays” members are asked to bring their containers to worship. Children will present their containers during the children’s sermon. The collective savings power of one congregation can be impressive. For example, a congregation with 100 families donating a nickel per meal can raise over $5,000 annually.

All participating churches in St. Andrew Presbytery forward their donations to the Presbytery office. Through an annual grants application process, Presbytery then distributes the funds to are a programs combatting hunger. If you would like more information, call the church office or go on line to PCUSA.org and search Cents-Ability.

Thank you for your participation!

Upcoming Birthdays and Anniversaries

This Week's Birthdays:

2 Charlie Quick

3 Gail Hercules

4 William Elliott, Kate Embry, Hollins Hardin, Tommy Smith

6 Michael Abraham, Joan Westmoreland

7 John Callery, Ann Dickins

8 Trey Byars, Roy Selvidge

9 Cynthia Freeland, Carolyn Hopkins

If we've overlooked your birthday or anniversary and you wish to have it included in Fast Facts, please contact the church office.



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