Dear Friends,
This week’s Games People Play is Solitaire, a game I learned to play from some camp counselors many years ago. I spent hours playing it, loving when I could clear all the cards. It was a good way to pass the time…for a while anyway. And of course, I played on my own.
As you know, being alone and being lonely are not the same thing. Learning to spend time alone can be a good and healthy thing. Loneliness is not. And it is pervasive and persistent. We the church are the body of Christ—together. How can we offer hope and community to a world that is filled with people who are lonely? Our texts for Sunday morning and for our Selah service come from Psalm 68 and John 14. I hope you’ll read, reflect, and pray about how we might be part of God’s healing of a lonely world.
Grace and peace,
Ellen
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link for online worship: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfpzVUz-ZgaCJuogIMor8Iw/live
link to Ellen's sermon podcasts: https://bit.ly/Sermons_FPCConcord
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Almost one hundred children and dozens of volunteers and First Kids staff learned about Jesus and the events of Holy Week through our Jerusalem Marketplace Vacation Bible School last week.
Rabbi Jonathan led lessons in Synagogue school, concluding the week with teaching the children to play dreidel. Our artisans shared their gifts teaching us to make clay pots, woven cloths, harps, and even how to sew a coin bag. Ms. Jacquie inspired us with song and sign language as we learned songs to express our daily lessons. The Jerusalem playground and Jerusalem Café offered places for rest and re-energizing.
Thank you to each person who helped to bring this week to life.
Mark your calendars – VBS Olympics: A Celebration of God’s People, June 10-13, 2024.
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Our rising 6th-12th graders are invited to help with one of our weekly Monday Meals on Wheels route.
Please use this link to sign-up:
Meals on Wheels: Meals on Wheels (signupgenius.com)
Youth should arrive at the Fellowship House by 10:15 AM on Monday and they will be dropped off at home after the route (approx. noon/12:30).
We hope YOU can participate in this meaningful community connection.
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Fun, Fellowship and Baseball! |
Join us for fun, fellowship and baseball during a Kannapolis Cannonballers game on Sunday afternoon, July 30, at 1:00 PM.
Tickets are $12, and can be reserved through the reservation line, 704-788-2100 #7, leave your name, and the number of tickets you would like to purchase by July 11.
Tickets can be paid for on the church website using the miscellaneous option under giving, using a check payable to First Presbyterian Church, or with cash when you pick them up in the church office.
Pickup dates are Monday, July 17 through Wednesday, July 26.
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Market for Mission Update - Donation Day Tuesday, July 11 |
Tuesday, July 11, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Due to the July 4th holiday, donation drop-off day will be Tuesday, July 11. Bring items to the Will Young Bldg, 3rd floor, room 306. Carts and help are available. Members are also welcome to drop items at other times to the shelving units outside of room 306.
Thanks to so many of you, collections for the Market are going great! Be sure to mark your calendar for sale day - October 7, and volunteer to help during the sale - it takes all of us!
Items being collected - all donations should be clean and in good condition / good working order:
- Home Decor and Holiday/Seasonal items
- Kitchen & Small Appliances
- Linens, Towels & Bedding
- Art & Pottery
- Jewelry
- "Like new" Shoes & Purses
- Outerwear / Sweaters - (no other clothes)
- Small tables, night stands, desks (call to discuss if you have other large pieces of furniture)
- Tools - in good working order
- Children’s Toys - clean and with all parts
- Pet items
- Vintage & Collectible items (vintage kitchen glassware, antiques, old and unique items)
- Rugs - clean and good condition
- Puzzles, and that one of a kind item someone just might be looking for!
Questions??? Check with Sallie Dotger, Gina Goff, Carrie Myers, or Harriet Phillips!
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Bye Bye Birdie at Salisbury Piedmont Players Theatre |
A loving send-up of the 1950s, small-town America, teenagers, and rock & roll, Bye Bye Birdie remains as fresh and vibrant as ever. Teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie has been drafted, so he chooses All-American girl Kim MacAfee for a very public farewell kiss. Featuring a tuneful high-energy score, plenty of great parts for teens, and a hilarious script, Birdie continues to thrill audiences around the world, and this production features our own Jonathan Ewart!
Tickets - 704-633-5471 or www.piedmontplayers.com
The play runs this month: July 14,15,21,22,28,29 at 7:30 PM and July 16,23,30 at 2:30 PM
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Cabarrus County Youth Orchestra | Earlier this year, Pastor Ellen was approached about a new partnership with a non-profit being created to bring music to more children in our community. With session’s blessing, beginning in August we will be hosting the new Cabarrus County Youth Orchestra here at FPC. Students from kindergarten through high school will be on campus Monday through Thursday in the early evenings in the children’s music rooms. For more information about this new organization or to register your child, please visit https://www.cabarruscountyyouthorchestra.org/. | |
This Tuesday, July 11, PW Circle 3 will meet at 11:30 AM for lunch at the Cabarrus County Club. | |
Red Cross Cabarrus County VIP Blood Drive |
Monday, July 17th, in Davis Hall from
2:30 PM - 7:00 PM
To schedule an appointment click here and enter 28025 or
visit redcrossblood.org and enter: Cabarrus VIP Blood Drive
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Have Lunch with an Author - or Two!! |
Do you know Deborah Reese? Chances are, you know at least half of her!! Debbi Burke, from our choir, and her friend, Mary Reese, write historical novels together as Deborah Reese. Their second book, Low Country Boil, was recently released by their publisher, Austin McCauley and they will talk about their relatively new careers as authors at The Lunch Bunch on, Wednesday, July 26 at 11:45 AM.
Their first book, Two Wars Raging, set in the era of the War of 1812, was published in 2020. This new book, is set around Charleston in the time of the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion. Guests will be welcome but reservations for box lunches will be needed. Further details to follow soon.
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Sunday, July 9, 2023
Rev. Ellen Crawford True
Psalm 68:4-6,19-20, John 14:15-18, 27
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Thursday, July 6
10:00 AM Staff Meeting (Fellowship House Sunroom)
Sunday,July 9
9:45 AM S & D Class (Fellowship House)
10:00 Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room)
11:00 AM Worship (Sanctuary)
5:00 PM Selah (Davis Hall)
5:30 PM Sunday Supper (Davis Hall)
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Monday, July 10
10:15 AM Youth Meals on Wheels Route (Fellowship House)
Tuesday, July 11
11:30 AM Circle 3 (off campus)
2:00 PM Staff Meeting (Fellowship House Sunroom)
7:00 PM Al Anon (Commons)
Wednesday, July 12
10:30 AM Bible Study (Fellowship House)
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Birth
Congratulations to Mary Cannon and Collin Frye on the birth of their daughter, Margaret Barrett Frye on June 28, 2023. Grandparents are Mary Margaret and Bob Underwood. Great Grandparents are Margaret and Barney West.
Birthdays
July 6 - Bob Brattan, Brenner Moore, Susan Payne
July 7 - Will Davis, Adelle Patten, Hannah Ross Patten, William Patten, John Schneider
July 8 - Jennifer Meendering
July 9 - Jennifer Newton, Mary Rohrer
July 10 - Gabriel Chikes, Ashlyn Harkey, Betsy King, John McCoy, Hugh Morrison
July 11 - Jim Davis, John Eapen, Tony Dale McBride. Jane Pegram
July 12 - Claudia Dugan, Gene Light
To enjoy a sung Happy Birthday, click here!
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Ellen Crawford True
Senior Pastor/Head of Staff
ellen.crawfordtrue@firstpresconcord.org
René Prager
Director of Christian Education
r.prager@firstpresconcord.org
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Director of Music and Organist
Choirmaster
Church Administrator
Kim Mazzola
Financial Administrative Asst.
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Heath Ritchie
Maintenance Superintendent
Director of First Kids
Wedding Director
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First Presbyterian Church
(704) 788-2100
70 Union Street North
Concord NC 28025
Mailing Address:
PO Box 789 Concord NC 28026-0789
Church Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Closed Friday
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The Commons Prayer Room:
Open to FPC: Sunday until 1:00 PM,
Tuesday10 AM - 5 PM, Thursday 10 AM - 5 PM
Open to FPC and the public: Wednesday 10 AM - 6 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 3 PM
Group times available with prior arrangement
Memorial Garden:
info@firstpresconcord.org
36 Spring Street SW
Concord NC 28025
Garden Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday, 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Closed Monday
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