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You are invited to worship with us on Sunday, August 28th!
This week is the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost!
Worship begins at 11:00am
in person and on Facebook Live!
Sunday School is at 9:45am
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Enjoyed our water sermon series? Want to dive deeper?
If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat by John Ortberg
Neeley will be leading this five-part book study on
Wednesdays in August from 6-7 pm.
Come one or come all!
Participants can read or not read to participate.
Want us to order a book for you?
$11 call the church office today.
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Join us for a new class following Soul Feast!
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The Doctrine of the Trinity | |
We are holding a new monthly class on Wednesday nights following Soul Feast! Join us in the adult Sunday School classroom starting September 7th at 6:00pm to learn all about the Trinity.
- September 7th - Understanding God
- October 5th - Who is Jesus Christ?
- November 9th - What in the world is the Holy Spirit?
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The bowling cost is $10 per person and does not include the price for lunch at the bowling alley. Email Erin at erin@fpccov.org to RSVP or to ask any questions about the event! | | |
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Did you miss Heavenly Prep, our workshop for end of life planning?
You can still enjoy some of the resources, with our workbook linked below!
Heavenly Prep is not about making sure your loved ones do the right thing when you are gone. It is about ensuring they don't have to worry about what the right thing is.
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We have started a "Children's Church" monthly email offering!
Click HERE or the button below to subscribe and stay up to date on all of our children's ministry at FPC!
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Greetings in the name of the Lord! What a joy it is to serve in ministry with you! As we walk on this journey of faith together, we will begin sending out a monthly newsletter with ministry opportunities for Children and Families. Be on the lookout for ways to connect with one another!
With joy,
Rev. Erin Morgan
Associate Pastor for Faith Formation
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Music Ministry News and Notes | |
The children's music ministry is starting back on Wednesday, September 7th, and... drum roll, please... we now have two opportunities for children!
Childcare will be available from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM each Wednesday at the church for parents who are involved in the church music ministry. We look forward to welcoming your beautiful children in September!
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Children ages 3-5 are invited to Joyful Noise at 4:30pm for the sheer expression of faith that comes when children make music.
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Our new children’s choir Hallelujah Kids will meet at 5:00pm for 1st through 8th graders to learn to ring chimes and bells, sing praise, and be part of a drumming circle.
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Please contact Alicia Taylor at 770-656-6848 or at alicia@fpccov.org with any questions
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For continued growth of our Carillon Bell Choir, we need more handbells - a terrific challenge to have and to meet! We are incredibly blessed as a church to have the original gift of three octaves of handbells, and now we need to add a fourth.
Our Give-A-Bell fundraising effort provides an opportunity for ALL in our congregation to give to a handbell fund for the music ministry. Our goal to is raise enough for an octave of handbells, making room in the bell choir for an additional five ringers!
If you would like to make a contribution to the Give-A-Bell program, please click HERE to fill out the form and attach cash or a check made out to FPC and place it in the offering plate this Sunday or drop it off at the church office. Please put “Give-A-Bell” or “Handbells” in the memo space on your check or envelope.
Donations can also be made via Text to Give, by texting FPCCOV to: 73256
Please email catherine@fpccov.org with your listing details if you use Text to Give.
Contributors will be acknowledged in the worship guide by the name(s) given when the new handbells are dedicated. Thank you!
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Any questions about the Carillon Bell Choir?
Email Alicia Taylor at alicia@fpccov.org to learn more.
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Liturgical Arts Guild
Want to try your hand at creating paper lace cut banners, peace crane origami models, worship banners, and other types of sacred art? The arts are a vital and growing part of our worship at First Presbyterian Church of Covington! If you have a creative mind and love to craft, sew, cross-stitch, needlepoint, quilt, draw, paint, or any other type of art, please email Alicia Taylor at alicia@fpccov.org or call her at 770-656-6848 to express your interest in joining our newly forming Liturgical Arts Guild. Let's get started over a cup of coffee!
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Ways to serve in our community | |
Fairview Nurse's Clinic Drive!
Bring donations for the nurse's clinic at Fairview and drop them in the box in the narthex! Suggested donations are listed below.
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Cough drops
Antiseptic pain relieving liquid
Toothpaste
Latex gloves
Gauze pads
Feminine products
Peanut butter crackers
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Bandaids
Flossers
Soft mints
Ziplock sandwich bags
Eye wash
Kleenex
Lysol spray
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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!
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We are hiring a Lead Teacher for Play Café! | |
We have decided to delay the opening of Play Café: A Modern Twist on Mother's Morning Out to January 2023 so we can be sure to find the best possible lead teacher to make the ministry what it deserves to be! Please continue to share our employment listing for both the lead teacher, and for our Sunday/Wednesday childcare workers. | |
First Presbyterian Church is looking for compassionate, loving, self-motivated candidates for Lead Play Café Teacher at our church. We are hiring teachers for our Play Café ages 3 months to 18 months. This church offering is to provide a safe environment and positively impact the children of our community while maintaining our core Christian values. Play Café is a modern twist on Mother’s Morning Out. Play Café is a two day a week offering from 9:00am-1:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Lead Teacher position reports directly to the Pastoral Staff. Additional teachers shall report to the Lead Teacher. | | |
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Did you read the interview with Neeley in the Spring issue of Newton Community Magazine? She discusses the importance of conflict resolution in relation to growth, citing 1 Corinthians.
"Love is the willingness to engage in conflict mediation, resolution and transformation. Do we not need that more than ever in our society?"
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Neeley’s Notions is a new email offering that gives Neeley the chance to start a conversation about the inspirations and influences she thinks about while writing her weekly sermon. The email will be sent on Friday mornings when the Spirit leads, and you can reply to the email with your thoughts and stories for Neeley to read.
Click the button below to subscribe.
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Time and Talent Form
We need YOU!
Our Elders and Deacons are working on forming our church committee teams! This is an opportunity to get involved in the life of the church and meet new people!
If you have not turned in your Time and Talent Form (a form with a variety of needs for our church), please do so as soon as possible.
Click HERE for Time and Talent Form | | |
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Loved and involved church members Nell, Lindsay, Harry, and Frank are moving back to South Carolina. Their last Sunday with us is August 28th.
Dear FPCC Covington,
Thank you for your music, welcome, hugs, fellowship, discipleship, laughter, prayers, service, kindness. We could fill a page with all the good works of this church. You have been our community in our time here in Covington. Please know the place you hold in our hearts. We don't say goodbye. God be with you 'til we meet again.
Love,
Nell, Lindsay, Harry, and Frank
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Please keep the following people and their families in your prayers this week:
Prayers:
- Warren Liem - ongoing health issues
- Bruce Hamilton, brother-in-law of Theodosia Wade - upcoming surgery for cancer
- Mike Crews, son-in-law of Jack Wheeler - bladder cancer treatment
- Tony Taylor, brother of Alicia Taylor - recovering at home from heart attack
- Martha Young, grandmother of Cotton Young - lung cancer
- Beverly Beasley, friend of Jean Elder - caring for husband who has leukemia
- Joe Burckel, nephew of Danny and Beth Vining - brain cancer
- Larry Cox, brother-in-law of Randy Layton - cance
- Bob Darby, friend of Jeff Mackenzie - leg amputated, kidney problems
- Karen Lein Kaasa, sister-in-law of Julie MacKenzie - home health care
- Lonnie Lamb - chemotherapy
- Melissa, friend of the congregation - cancer
- Barbara Phillips, friend of Alice Walker - cancer
- Tootles Tingler
- Donald Vining, brother of Danny Vining - lung cancer
- Blair Weaver - health issues
- Joyce Williams, sister of Danny Vining - Alzheimer’s
Independent and Assisted Living
- Penny Blakeney - The Oaks Assisted Living
- Julia Brubaker - Benton House
- Jean Elder - Florida with her daughter
- Dot Fincher - Merryvale
- Travis Moss - Westbury, Conyers
- Louise White - Merryvale
Military Service
- Billy Scarborough - Marines
- Koen Ardis - Navy
Please click HERE to update your prayer requests or send new prayer requests.
You will be sent a check-in after three weeks.
In your email please indicate if you would like your request to be confidential or added to our prayer list.
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