Weekly Announcements

Apr 11 - Apr 17
Rev. Small, Sr. is currently on Spring Break with his family this week (4/5 - 4/11) and will return on Monday (4/12). As such, he will not be available as normal. If you have a need arise, please reach out to your Shepherds first.
Worship Ministry News
10 Things You Need To Know!!!
  1. You must call the church office to register for worship by the previous Thursday at 1:30 pm @ 704.376.8014.
  2. You must wear a mask at all times, have temperature checked, and answer the COVID-19 questionnaire prior to entering. Don’t worry, this should go fast.
  3. No one with an abnormal temperature will be allowed to enter. No exceptions.
  4. If you did not register we will not be able to accommodate you.
  5. Arrive early to allow for needed processing time.
  6. Do not expect to sit where you normally would sit.
  7. Seating is limited to 55 persons in the sanctuary and 30 persons in the fellowship hall and will be assigned based on registration order.
  8. If you can climb stairs you will enter in on 7th St., unless you have been assigned to the fellowship hall for worship.
  9. If you cannot do stairs or have been assigned to the fellowship hall you will enter at the gate located between the education building and church office.
  10. Follow the directions of those who will be directing you, please. It is for everyone’s safety.
  • To register for in-person worship, click here
  • For church Re-Opening Information, click here


Other ways that we are bringing you the Word of God!!! Our worship service is streamed live every Sunday @ 11 am from FUPC's sanctuary via our church's website (www.fupcc.org), Facebook page (@firstunitedcharlotte), and Zoom. We also continue to partner with First Pres every 4th Sunday via First Presbyterian Church's TV ministry, channel 64- WAXN.

Meeting ID: 879 8931 0381
Passcode: 933562
Dial-in: 1-301-715-8592 and follow the prompts

SAVE THE DATE!!!
Our next Shared Ministry Meeting is April 18 @ 12:30 pm
Join Zoom Meeting:

Meeting ID: 870 3606 1385
Passcode: 624533
Dial-in: 1-929-205-6099 and follow prompts

WE CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE when ALL participate.
Using the same passage Two and Five Cents-a-Meal has used since 1982…
“Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of my brothers, you have done it unto me.” – Matthew 25:40

Please consider a gift to Ten Cents-a-Meal every first Sunday. To learn more about this program click here.
Become the Voice of FUPC!!! United Media is in search of someone who has the gift of speech. This individual will have the opportunity to craft FUPC's calling post messages. If you believe you are that someone please reach out to Renea Stitt at rastitt@att.net or at (704) 458-7607 for more information.
Education Ministry News
Black History Moment brought to us by PBS.org:
Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin. Most people think of Rosa Parks as the first person to refuse to give up their seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. There were actually several women who came before her; one of whom was Claudette Colvin.

It was March 2, 1955, when the fifteen-year-old schoolgirl refused to move to the back of the bus, nine months before Rosa Parks’ stand that launched the Montgomery bus boycott. Claudette had been studying Black leaders like Harriet Tubman in her segregated school, those conversations had led to discussions around the current day Jim Crow laws they were all experiencing. When the bus driver ordered Claudette to get up, she refused, “It felt like Sojourner Truth was on one side pushing me down, and Harriet Tubman was on the other side of me pushing me down. I couldn't get up."

Claudette Colvin’s stand didn’t stop there. Arrested and thrown in jail, she was one of four women who challenged the segregation law in court. If Browder v. Gayle became the court case that successfully overturned bus segregation laws in both Montgomery and Alabama, why has Claudette’s story been largely forgotten? At the time, the NAACP and other Black organizations felt Rosa Parks made a better icon for the movement than a teenager. As an adult with the right look, Rosa Parks was also the secretary of the NAACP, and was both well-known and respected – people would associate her with the middle class and that would attract support for the cause. But the struggle to end segregation was often fought by young people, more than half of which were women.
Christian Nurture/Service News
Thank you to the wonderful members of FUPC!!! Your giving will make a significant difference in the lives of our homeless Charlotte brothers and sisters. In partnership with FUPC’s Presbyterian Women, the Deacon Board, and our Christian Nurture/Service Unit, your dedication to serving our purpose, in God’s faith, word, and deed, was clearly evident as we collected monetary donations and requested items to be donated to the HealCharlotte.org organization. These monies and donations are greatly needed to assist with their efforts in providing housing and ongoing support to the recently displaced tenants of Tent City. If you would still like to give, please access www.healcharlotte.org for more information. Again, than you FUPC!
34th ANNUAL SPRING GATHERING
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
PRESBYTERY OF CHARLOTTE
~ Click here for more information ~
Exciting news!!!
We will dedicate CCP’s 32nd Habitat House on Thursday, April 15 at 11:30 am at the house, located at:
2400 Rebecca Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28208
We would love all of you to join us as well as any other members of your congregations! 
More info to come as details get arranged!
Can’t wait to see you all!

Happy Birthday to Our April Honorees!!!
Kyron Williams ~ April 3rd
Skye Mosley ~ April 5th
Jocelyn Stanley ~ April 6th
Devanée Williams ~ April 7th
Eric Davis, Jr. ~ April 8yh
Caryle B Bennett ~ April 9th
Carmen Brown ~ April 9th
Catherine Strong ~ April 11th
Keyara Burton ~ April 11th
Elayna Williams ~ April 11th
Juanita Eison ~ April 13th
Shalana Carelock ~ April 14th
Wade Y. Mosley, Sr. ~ April 21st
Aldriche “Zoe” Watkins ~ April 22nd
Ronald Thomas II ~ April 23rd
Tamara Tate ~ April 26th
Jaron Givens ~ April 27th

Happy Anniversary to Our April Lovebirds!!!
Olin & Gaynelle Grier ~ April 6th
FUPC Calendar of Events
Administration Ministry News
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The Nominating Committee is currently receiving nominations for our 2022 slate of officers. We are currently in need of 4 Elders and 5 Deacons. Please submit your nominations as soon as possible via the nomination form located here. The deadline is April 18, 2021.
Community News
“A gripping account of one of the most disturbing, though virtually unknown, political events in American History.”
~ The Wall Street Journal

You are invited to join a Zoom discussion of “Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy”, by North Carolina based-journalist and author David Zucchino. 

As you were probably never taught in school, 2000 heavily armed white nightriders swarmed through Wilmington, NC in November, 1898 in order to overthrow the legitimately elected city government. City officials and leading Black citizens fled at gunpoint, women and children were terrorized and at least 60 Black men were shot and killed.

The author calls this “a story that needs to be told… and shows what can happen when people exploit ancient hatreds and suspicions and fears.” 

The discussion will be held Thursday evening, April 29th at 6:30 p.m. Send questions or to sign up for the discussion, please email:  Nan.r.clarke@gmail.com
Black Males Needed at Meharry Medical College
This message is from Dr. Glenda Glover, President of Tennessee State University, and her Community Affairs Liaison, Mrs. Barbara Murrell. This is a program between TSU and Meharry Medical College where students would go to TSU for 3 years, then on to Meharry and finish to become an MD or DDS in 7 years, instead of the traditional 8 years. The program has enough female students already signed up, but no Black males. If you know any Black males, who are high school seniors, want to become a medical doctor, scored a 28 on the ACT, and a 3.5 GPA, there is a possible free ride for them at Tennessee State University. Please send the prospective candidates' information to gussie.fuller@gmail.com. Their information will then be forwarded to President Glover and Mrs. Barbara Murrell. All students' information needs to be submitted ASAP!
The FEMA Funeral Reimbursement Program
The FEMA Funeral Reimbursement Program will launch in a week or two. FEMA is reimbursing up to $7,000.00 for COVID-19 funerals. PLEASE PASS ON FOR WIDEST DISSEMINATION TO OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES.... to any family member who paid for a funeral. Please keep funeral documentation. COVID-19 Funeral Assistance at FEMA.gov https://www.fema.gov/disasters/coronavirus/economic/funeral-assistance