Fast Facts

an e-update on life at

First Presbyterian Church

January 26, 2023

Worship - January 29, 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: 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 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 [email protected] or 662-832-8606. All requests are held in strict confidence.  

Sanctuary Floral Arrangement dates are available starting Sunday, April 16. To provide flowers in honor or in memory of a loved one, contact Margaret Fancher at [email protected] or call 234-1359. Contributions to the Flower Fund are greatly appreciated.

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 [email protected]. 

Join us! The Mission Team meets the first Monday of each month at 5:30 in Room 101 of the Sanctuary building. 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, [email protected].

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

We thank our FPC volunteers who last fall tirelessly delivered nutritious snacks twice a week to the 60 Leap Frog students from the Oxford and Lafayettes. They are Marty Mauldin, Patty Abbott, Ann Devoe, Corey Mauldin, Martha Burnett, Lele and Grace Gillespie, Jason and Alecia Bouldin, Mary Haskell, Jessica Holder, Pattye Wilson, Allyson Ashmore, Kathy Griffin, and Ramey Hardin. A special thanks to Kandy Ringquist for providing drinks in the fall semester. The students and teachers thank you! Snack deliveries for the spring semester begin February 6. If you would like to volunteer, please click here.

FPC continues to host the Doors of Hope Step 2 Dinner the second Tuesday of each month. DOH families attend the meal to support one another in their efforts to become self-sufficient and financially independent. Successful alumni of DOH participate as well to encourage current clients with their success stories. FPC members pick up the prepared meal from Larson's and serve it in the fellowship hall. Volunteers are needed for the new year. If you are interested, click here.

Upcoming Birthdays and Anniversaries

This Week's Birthdays:

January Birthdays:

26 Patsy Eads, Hadyn Perler

27 Monroe Alexander, Charles McClatchy, Henry Tanner

28 Thelma Curry, Amy Wilkes

30 Wade Simpson

31 Rob Howell, Pratt Wilkinson

February Birthdays:

1 Lila Luster, Marianna Ochs

2 Charlie Quick

This Week's Anniversaries:

30 Darren & Allyson Ashmore

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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