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. 

Our rising 6^th-12^th 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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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.