Fast Facts

an e-update on life at

First Presbyterian Church

May 12, 2022

Worship - May 15, 2022

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."

Ministry to the Farthest Pew

Unable to get to in-person worship? Missing communion? We will come to you. On the first Sunday of each month, elders and deacons will be extending the table to meet you, wherever you are. So if you would like to be included, please let us know. Just call the church office or drop us a line. We’ll look forward to seeing you.

Current Adult Sunday School Offerings:

Women of Faith: Fellowship Hall, Room 104

Lectionary Discussion Group: Fellowship Hall

Men's Class I: Old Session Room of second floor in Sanctuary

Men's Class II Bible Study: The Annex

Sunday School is held at 9:45 am each Sunday before the worship service.

Sunday School will take a recession for the summer months. May 22 will be the last Sunday School until fall. 

Remember in Prayer

FPC Members: Thomas Wade Simpson; Family of Stevie Campbell, Jeffrey Butler; Family of Nolan Waller; Family of Helen Scruggs; Family of J.T. Davis; Family of Janet Barnes; Caroline McIntosh and Family; Tommy Patrick; Marianna Ochs; Family of Lynton Dilley; Max Williams; Teresa Flautt; Lydia Moak; Margaret Fancher; Family of Betty Mullen White; Joe Murphey

Family and Friends: Family of Thomas Mayo; Family of Gloria Smith Griffith, Valentina Iepuri and Ukriane family, Charissa Johnson; Sarah Luchin and Family; Sigrid Morrison Long; Family of John “ Nat” Sumner, Connie Whelan; Lenoir Stanley; Family of Lauren "Lo" Chastain; Peter C. Wood; 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 4th Air Support Operation

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, May 22 and June 26. All Sunday's in July are available as well: 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31. To provide flowers in honor or in memory of a loved one, contact Margaret Fancher at fancherm@bellsouth.net or call 662-234-1359. Contributions to the Flower Fund are greatly appreciated.

R E M I N D E R 

May 20th is the last day for June newsletter submission. Please get all information needed for that to me by then. Thanks! 

-Kate Hill

Adult Faith Formation

The last Bibles & Brews will take place on May 18. Facilitated discussions will take a summer break for the months of June and July, but all are welcome to continue gathering at The Growler on first and third Wednesdays for casual fellowship time. 

VIP's!!



Martha Kelley has graciously invited us to her home on June 2 at 6:00 pm, for our final get-together until the fall. Please bring your favorite dish or appetizer.

-Sally Hines

PYF

(Presbyterian Youth Fellowship)

The youth ministry will be having a informational meeting for the parents of students attending the Montreat trip this summer. If you have signed up and paid your deposit, you should have gotten an email invite, consider this your second more formal invitation. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall following the 11am Worship Service on May 15. 

FPC Children

Children's Time will take a pause for the summer months. May 22 will be the last Sunday of this until the fall. 



The last class of this series will be next Wednesday, May 18!

Vacation Bible School 2022

Join us on the Passport to Peace! A VBS that explores five Bible stories that encourage children to listen to and learn from people who are different, notice the needs of others and seek to help, creatively work to keep everyone safe, and refuse to respond to conflict with violence. 

WHEN: Mon, Jul 18 - Thu, Jul 21 

WHERE: First Presbyterian Church



Kids from Pre-K to 4th grade can participate! We encourage older kids and parents to volunteer to help out as well. We will meet at starting at 9am every morning and pick up will be at 12pm.

You can register your child through Realm by clicking here. The deadline to register is June 30th. Please contact Dave Garvey (@dgarveyfpc@gmail.com) if there are further questions.

Music

Missions

The Family Crisis Services of Northwest Mississippi is a comprehensive victim organization. FPC continues to collect new stuffed animals for the 15-20 children the facility receives each month.

In December of 2021 tornadoes decimated portions of western Kentucky. Reconstruction efforts are now underway. In conjunction with Catholic Charities, FPC is recruiting volunteers to travel to Kentucky for a long weekend to assist in the reconstruction effort. We will be heading there July 21-24. If you are interested in participating or would like more information call Niles Lovelady at 662-801-9200. A Signup Genius will be available this week. Join us!

Curious about the various FPC mission activities? A new email account has been created specifically for keeping FPC members abreast of mission plans, outreach programs, committee minutes, etc. If you would like to be kept in the mission loop, contact the Mission Team at missionteam@fpcoxford.net.

Upcoming Birthdays and Anniversaries

This Week's Birthdays:

12 Harriman Abernathy, Olivia Lovelace

14 Allyn Cascio, Case Embry, Danny McKittrick

15 Nana Adjekum-Boateng, Kate Hill, David Robinson

16 Grace Carlson

17 Gabrielle Chiniche, Kaitlyn Flowers, Dick Scruggs

18 Lynda Huggins, Carmichael Jenkins

This Week's Anniversaries:

12 Tony & Tina Montgomery; Matt & Christy Nielson

18 Bradley & Kelli Briscoe

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



These announcements are sent weekly from the church. If you don't want to receive them, or if your email address has changed, please send a message to the church office at fpcstaff924@gmail.com.