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Youth Mission Trip




This week several of our youth (along with chaperones Chris Sarkowski and Denise Salo), participated in Charleston Youth Mission in Charleston, South Carolina! We look forward to hearing about all the ways they served and learned throughout the week, but for now here are some pictures of their adventures!


Thank you to all the youth who offered up a week of their summer in service to God and neighbor: 


Lizzy Lovell

Sally Boswell

Sarah Caroline Joiner

Amy Schwartz

Rachel Schwartz


Many prayers for a safe journey home!

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Opportunity to Serve


June 11 - 2nd Saturday at the Community Market of the East Alabama Food Bank


Volunteers are needed from 9am-12pm (or whatever amount of time you can serve) on June 11 to help at the Community Market. All ages are welcome - please make sure children under the age of 12 have an adult come with them! Sign up here to let us know you are coming!

VBS Registration is now open!!! 

Click on this link.

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We Need YOU to Host Punch-on-the-Lawn!

Great Opportunity for Families to Serve!


Join us in the courtyard following the 11 a.m. worship service for a time of fellowship and refreshment. Greet your neighbors, introduce yourself to visitors, and enjoy God's creation as we spend time together in community.


Volunteers are needed to serve punch throughout the summer months. Please see this sign up link to reserve your date - you will be contacted ahead of time with details about setup and clean up. For more information about volunteering, please contact Kirstin Yost at at kmyost97@gmail.com or 910-309-1625.

Session Notes


During its Zoom on-line and in-person meeting on May 23, the Session…

• learned that the church’s income for April 2022 was $53,182; expenses, $52,000; and net income, $1,182; for January - April 2022, income was $318,988; expenses, $239,623; and net income, $79,365;


• learned that the Property Committee will use all but $10,000 of the Facilities Improvement Fund and all of the available Legacy income allocated to Property for the Christian Education Relocation Project ($8,937 and $12,840, respectively)—availability of funds verified by the Finance Committee;


• approved the Property Committee’s use of up to $75,000 from the Capital Replacement Fund to replace windows in the Education Building and windows on the Gay Street side of Conway Hall (~$65,600) and to cover the shortage in funds for the Christian Education Relocation Project (~$9,400)—availability of funds verified by the Finance Committee;


• heard Clay Price’s and Marianne Cone’s report based upon their attendance at the Presbytery’s meeting at First Presbyterian Church, Wetumpka, on May 19;


• approved release of Lila Wright as elder, per her request, because she and her husband, Jim, have moved to Bluffton, S. C.; and


• learned worship attendance for the most recent five Sundays: April 24, 108; May 1, 183; May 8, 146; May 15, 112; and May 22, 90.


Church members may read the complete, approved minutes for this meeting in the church office. The Session’s next stated meeting will be on Monday, June 27, at 6:15 p.m., either in person or via Zoom.

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Exciting Changes!


Throughout the next several months you may notice quite a bit happening on the third and ground floors of the education building! Guided by our church's master plan, the Property Committee and representatives of Christian Education are working hard to renovate adult, youth, and children's classrooms. We hope to celebrate with an official unveiling in August as we begin the new program year. In the meantime: 




  • Thank you to all our groups who have relocated to new spaces for the summer!
  • If you are interested in helping with various tasks that will arise throughout the summer (painting, furniture cleaning/painting/refinishing, cleaning and assembling furniture) please contact Rev. Kathy Reed or Chris Sarkowski
  • Finally, you may financially support this project by making a gift to the Facility Improvement Fund at https://www.fpcauburn.org/give. (More details to come soon!)  

This Week at FPC


Sunday, June12

9 a.m. - Worship with communion in the chapel

9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages

11 a.m. - Worship in the sanctuary


Bulletin for June 12 worship


Sunday Parking Map

Children and Youth News


VBS Registration is now open!!! Click on this link. 



♢ Jr. and Sr. High Youth: This Saturday is our day to volunteer at the Food Bank. We will meet in the church parking lot at 8:45 a.m. and then take the church bus over there together. We will return by 11:30.


♢ Don’t forget about our Google calendar! Go to the link below and follow the instructions to add our Google calendar to your device. For the safety of our children and youth, this calendar is private and can only be accessed through this link.  


♢ Parents please note, due to the renovations going on upstairs continuing throughout June, July, and August, Children’s Sunday school will meet in Baird Hall and Youth Sunday school will meet in the Round Room below the chapel


Children Pre-K through 5th grade

• 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.

• Children’s Sunday school will meet this Sunday from 9:45 – 10:45 in Baird Hall.


Jr. and Sr. High Youth

• Jr. and Sr. High Youth, we will be decorating for VBS on Sunday, June 19, and then VBS will be the 20th through the 23rd. We need all of you to volunteer! VBS would not happen without your help!

• Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday school will meet this Sunday from 9:45-10:45 in the Round Room below the Chapel. 

Birthdays

June 12 - Gwyn Yost

June 14 - Kim Holman, Hannah Reed

June 15 - William Boecklen, Mary Dalrymple, Jeff Fergus

June 16 - Carlie Kaeppler

June 18 - Bonney Schowalter


Anniversaries

June 13 - Hal and Lauren Smith

June 16 - Jim and Susan Bannon

June 16 - Emil and Margaret Wright

June 17 - Bob and MaryBeth Webeler

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations


For the time period in which our church family is worshiping virtually, our pastors have decided that prayer concerns will be shared via weekly email. These individuals will most certainly be prayed for during our Sunday worship service, but their names and specific concerns will not be shared via broadcast.


  • Prayers of healing for Kay Recknor who is dealing with health issues with her knee. 
  • Prayers for the youth (Lizzy Lovell, Sally Boswell, Sarah Caroline Joiner, Amy Schwartz, and Rachel Schwartz) and chaperones (Chris Sarkowski and Denise Salo) on the Charleston Youth Mission Experience as they travel home from Charleston, SC. So glad they are having such a wonderful experience.
  • Prayers of healing for Bob Cochran as he recovers at home from a successful surgery.
  • Prayers of healing for Sarah Hill as she recovers at home after successful knee replacement surgery.
  • Please continue to pray for many members of our church who are dealing with illness or significant health issues, but at this time do not wish to be mentioned by name. Prayers of healing for many in our congregation.
  • Prayers of comfort for the families of those killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, TX. Prayers of guidance for our nation as we seek answers and actions to prevent gun violence.
  • We pray for the nation of Ukraine and we pray for peace as they face senseless violence and war from another nation. We pray that all will come to a peaceful solution and no more people will be injured or killed.  
  • Prayers of healing for Thomas Pope’s parents as they both recover from health issues these last few weeks. 
  • Continued prayers of healing for a family member of Myrna Walker. Myrna’s relative is now home and continuing to recover from hip replacement surgery. 
  • 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 Tripp Hinkle’s mother as she receives treatment for cancer. 
  • 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 and wholeness for the friends of the Barnes Family, Wes and Melanie Jackson. Both Wes and Melanie are seeking treatment for significant health issues.
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