We are starting the year with gratitude for the many, many volunteers and participants who filled our 2022 Advent and Christmas season with opportunities for worship, fellowship, service, learning, and deep joy. We return to our regular worship schedule this Sunday (9am in the chapel, 11am in the sanctuary) and look forward to ordaining and installing our newest class of elders at the 11am service!

Ordination and Installation of Church Officers

Sunday, January 8 at 11am 

Last fall the congregation elected its newest class of Session Elders: 

Susan Bannon, Ruth Brock, Karen Herring, Sarah Hill, Shane Klugh, Daniel Parsons, and Susan Stanley.

The congregation also elected Jim Disque to serve as Trustee. 

We hope you will join us in celebrating their commitment to the elder training process and their willingness to serve in leadership as the ruling elders of First Presbyterian Church this Sunday at our 11am service as they are ordained and installed for service. 

We hold all of our elders, pastors, and staff members in prayer as we enter this new year, seeking to serve with "energy, intelligence, imagination, and love." Thanks be to God for the body of Christ, the church!

A wonderful chance to spend part of your MLK Weekend in service to others! The Community Market has seen a great increase in its number of clients and are always so appreciative when our church sends a crew to come pitch in. Sign up below and come either the full shift (9am-12pm) or just part of the time - children under 12, please bring a grown up with you!

https://tinyurl.com/FPCSecondSaturday

Sign up to provide dinner to the college students! 

The spring semester begins this week, and UKirk will start on January 15! If you would like to get to know our college students, consider signing up to bring dinner for UKirk one Sundays evening this semester. We typically have 12-15 students come to dinner and volunteers bring a main dish, salad or side, and dessert. You are welcome to stay for dinner or drop something off. If you unable to bring a dinner, but would like to contribute to feeding the students, you can make a donation to UKirk by sending a check made out to the church with "UKirk Meal Fund" written in the memo. Thank you for supporting UKirk and the college students! 

Sign up to bring dinner here!

PW Circles for Tuesday, January 10

9:30 a.m.

Circle 1 meets at the home of Lily Muljadi, 4173 Creekview Ct

Circle 2 meets at the home of Marianne Cone, 105 Laurel Dr.

2:30 p.m.

Circle 3 meets in the Library 

This Week at FPC

Sunday, January 8, 2023

9:00 AM - Worship Service with Weekly Communion (Chapel)

9:30 AM - Coffee & Fellowship (Baird)

9:45 AM - Sunday School for all ages

11:00 AM - Worship Service (Sanctuary)

Bulletin for January 8 worship

Sunday Parking Map

Thank You

Dear Congregation,

Thank you all so much for your kind expressions of care and condolence throughout David’s illness and passing. The way this wonderful church family comes along side each other in times such as this is truly the worldly expression of God’s work as written in Romans 8:28 — “…in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” I am so blessed to be a part of this strong & loving congregation, and I wish you all good health and Christ’s peace in 2023.

Marianne Cone

First Presbyterian Church Family,

Thank you for your kind expressions of sympathy - prayers, texts, cards, food, visits to visitation - at the passing of my sister, Carolyn Callahan. The love you have shown has given the family great comfort during this difficult time. It is deeply appreciated and will be forever remembered.

Blessings,

Luann McQueen and Family

Sowers & Knitters

We will not meet in January. See you in February!

Children and Youth News

Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• Children’s Sunday school will meet Sunday, 10–10:45 in their classrooms on the 1st floor.
• Children’s Church: After the Word to Grow By (at 11 a.m. worship), children ages 4 to 1st grade will go to the Preschool Room to worship together for the remainder of the worship service.
• Worship bags are also available for all children during worship.

Jr. and Sr. High Youth

• Jr. and Sr. High Sunday school will meet in the Youth Lounge on the third floor this Sunday.
• Jr. and Sr. High Youth group will meet this Sunday. Dinner in Baird Hall at 5pm. Youth Group upstairs in the Youth Lounge from 5:30 – 6:30pm.

Birthdays

Jan. 8 - Jim Parker

Jan. 10 - Adele Whatley

Jan. 11 - Laura Klugh

Jan. 13 - Linda Stark

Jan. 14 - Shirley Bartels

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

• Prayers of healing for Clay Price’s sister Christy Ballard as she receives Intensive Care at Grandview in Birmingham. Prayers for Clay as he cares for her.
• Prayers of comfort for Liz Lindahl as she receives hospice care. We pray for strength and peace for her family as they surround Liz with love and care. 
• Please continue to pray for many members of our church who are dealing with illness, significant health issues, and grief, but at this time do not wish to be mentioned by name. Prayers of healing and comfort for many in our congregation.
• Prayers of healing for Carolyn William’s sister Beverly Huey as she navigates health issues. Prayers for Carolyn as she cares for her sister.
• Prayers of healing for Jessica Barnes’ father Kit Bays as he navigates health issues. Prayers for Jessica and all the Barnes family as they care for him.
• Prayers of healing for Shannon Huggins as she continues to recover from successful surgery.
• Prayers for Tripp Hinkle’s mother as she receives treatment for cancer.
• Prayers of healing for Kay Recknor’s friends the Rev. Mitzi Lesher-Thomas and her husband the Rev. Troy Thomas. Mitzi has glioblastoma brain cancer and has been undergoing chemotherapy.
• Prayers for Amy Kilner and her family (daughter in law of Dorothy Moran). Amy is in need of a kidney transplant and is currently looking for a donor.
• Prayers of healing for Jason Banks (Margaret Brinkley’s neighbor). Jason is now back at work. However is recovering from successful shoulder surgery.