Fellowship Friday - February 4, 2022

The forecast looks clear for this Sunday - the first time in three weeks that we don't have to prepare (or wonder) if snow is on its way. I'm excited about that, because it means that we can be together in worship!

Worship this Sunday will continue to have us thinking about the ways that God equips us with all that we need to follow God's call in the world. However, what if we don't know which way to go after we say "yes"? Some days, it can feel like we've entered a maze with all sorts of uncertainty about how to get to the end marked "finish". We will also celebrate communion, so if you're planning on worshipping with us virtually, you are encouraged to have bread and wine available when worship begins.

We do not want to look over the importance of other events happening this weekend (like our monthly food collection for Greensboro Urban Ministries), but I do want to make sure you have the 13th on your calendar to be in attendance: we will hear from our own Wynston Walker during worship as he shares his faith journey, hold our annual congregational meeting, and have a return of the (in)famous Chili Cookoff! I've heard great things about it, so I hope to see you there!

Until Sunday,

Pastor Kathryn

Sunday (Virtual) Worship Information

Sunday worship is in-person, but will continue to be available through Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube.

Worshipping via Zoom allows for worship participants to, at the least, see each other during worship, should a participant join through computer. Zoom also allows for worship participants to join by phone, should they not have access to a computer.

To join by phone, call: (646)558-8656

When you dial in you will be asked for a meeting ID number: enter 847 7231 7808. The password is: 658602. Depending on the time you dial in, you may not hear anything to start with. When the Prelude begins, you will hear audio.

To access worship by Zoom via computer, please click here.

(If you'd prefer to access the worship service through the Zoom website, please enter Meeting ID 847 7231 7808 - the password is: 658602.)

To access worship by Facebook Live, please click here.

To access worship by YouTube, please click here.

Don't forget - you can access this week's bulletin via the church's website or by clicking here .

Email Lee

SIGN UP ON SUNDAY IN THE DOGWOOD LOBBY THIS SUNDAY TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS - FROM CHILI PARTICIPANT TO SETUP AND CLEANUP AND MORE! PLEASE CONTACT SUSAN HARMAN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

Volunteer with Applewood, Backpack Beginnings,

and Greensboro Housing Authority!

Fellowship has started an ongoing partnership between Backpack Beginnings, Greensboro Housing Authority, and The Applewood Community. Please contact Mary Howe to sign up: [email protected] or call/text at 336-698-6541. Please click here to sign up.

Wondering what to do with all of those grocery shopping bags? The Missions committee will be collecting “gently used” plastic grocery bags for Backpack Beginnings. Please bring any you don’t use to church with you, leaving them on the Missions table in the Dogwood Lobby closest to the double doors leading towards the classrooms.

One additional person is needed to help Bill Sweet this Wednesday, February 9. Can you help? Please click the link above to sign up!

Upcoming Opportunity for Study

In honoring our lives as a Matthew 25 congregation, the Mission Committee is offering an opportunity with White Voices Against Racism (WVAR), one of FPC's partners, to participate in "A Journey to Justice". Starting February 26, participants will learn more in a kickoff Zoom call with the We Cry Justice editor, Rev. Liz Theoharis, members of WVAR and other churches who will covenant to learn together on this journey, which includes a 4-month study of the book, regular gatherings for discussion, and visits to many Civil Rights sites around the city. The journey plans to end in September with a tour of the International Civil Rights Museum, also here in Greensboro. For more information, please click here. If you'd like to participate in the Journey, please contact Mark Kirstner.

Upcoming Women's Bible Study

The next women's bible study will be Come to the Waters by Judy Fletcher.

There are over 800 references to water in the Bible, and the significance of water cannot be overstated. This examination of water will take place over 9 weeks, broken up into a five-week session this spring and a 4-week session in the fall.

15 participant books ($8 each) have been ordered by the church, so bible study leaders will notify those interested participants when they are delivered. If you live out of town, please let the leaders know so one can be mailed. Scholarships are available for the book, and should they be needed, please contact either Kathryn or Mimi Carter.

The first Spring meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 1, at 6:30pm on Zoom, with subsequent meetings on March 8, March 15, March 22, and April 5.

For more information about the Bible Study or to indicate your interest in participating, please contact Mimi Carter or Jeanie Harrison.

Fellowship Presbyterian has online giving available through the Presbyterian Foundation.

Click this link to be taken to the online donations page.

Prayer Concerns and Celebrations

Mary Howe had successful shoulder surgery Tuesday following a fall on the 2 weeks ago. She will be in a sling for six weeks with extensive physical therapy. We will update the congregation as we know Mary’s needs.
Julian Bullock requests prayers for upcoming medical appointments.
Peggy Koppel requests prayers for her husband, John, who is under a doctor’s care for heart problems.
Roe Roe Tucker (friend of Lesa & Charles Layno), and daughter of TV anchor Chad Tucker, celebrates completion of 891 days of cancer treatments and will ring bell in a couple of weeks. In 5 years, if nothing else happens, she will be declared cured of childhood leukemia.
Peggy also requests prayers for the family Jeanette Knick, the mother of a friend, who passed away after battling brain cancer.
Phyllis King requests prayer for her sister-in-law, Ferne Horwhat, who had successful aortic valve replacement surgery this week.
Continued prayers for our church members: Lea Groves, Donna, Katie & the Steele family, Nancy Baughman, Bruce Weaver, and Marjorie Van Horn.
Continued prayers for the family and friends of our congregation: Marie (Phyllis King’s friend), Katherine and Donald Bennett (Barbara Smith’s sister and brother-in-law), Kurt (friend of Fred Campbell), Felicia Schaps (Lindahl's daughter-in-law's mother), Teresa (Terry Anderson’s coworker), Ashley Long (Joel and Ann Long’s daughter-in-law), Gail Keefe (John Archambault’s colleague), John Fair (FPC’s former organist), Joyce Berger (Kandee’s mother), Gwen Flowers & her family (Linda Ueland’s sister), Dorothy & Edward Archambault (John Archambault’s parents), Arch Gravely (Peggy Koppel’s cousin), Tim King family (Phyllis King’s son), Roger Eliason (Tye Wittmann’s coworker), Jenny George (Betsy Craver's cousin), Libby Ansel (Lesa Layno's sister), Dawn Gossett (Pastor Kathryn's friend).

If you have any additional prayer concerns, please contact Linda Ueland (336-314-5481) or call Martha at the church (336-288-5177).

Upcoming Events

February 6:

9:15-11:15am: Professional Childcare available (“Preschool” Classroom)
9:30am: Worship – in-person (with masks), on Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube
10:30am: Fellowship Time (Dogwood Lobby)
10:30am-noon: Food Drive for Greensboro Urban Ministry (front drive)
10:45am: Education Hour (Library)

February 7:

6pm: Outreach Committee meets (via Zoom)
7:30pm: Worship Committee meets (via Zoom)

February 9:

7am: Men's Coffee Klatch (Panera Bread – Lawndale Location)
12 noon: Bulletin and Blast Deadline

February 10:

9:30am & 1:30pm: Meyler Oil (Fellowship Hall)
1pm: Bridge (Parlor)
6pm: Programs Committee (via Zoom)
6:30pm: Mission Committee (via Zoom)

February 12:

10am: Chili Cook-off Set-up

February 13:

9:15-11:15am: Professional Childcare available (“Preschool” Classroom)
9:30am: Worship – in-person (with masks), on Facebook Live, Zoom, and YouTube
10:30am: Annual Congregational Meeting (Sanctuary)
11am-noon: Chili & Dessert Cook-off (Fellowship Hall)