​Play Café: A Modern Twist on Mother's Morning Out

Twice a week you'll bring your little one to FPC and drop them off in the Play Café playroom to have a time of caring enrichment with their peers in a space that encourages children to create, explore and make decisions. Once you drop them off, you are invited to join us down the hall for a "Morning Out Meetup" where we will provide an opportunity for you to enjoy some grown-ups-only time! Connect with other parents over a variety of activities that you'll help pick out, while taking time to grow and reconnect with yourself in a supportive environment. At the end of the Play Café day, you'll pickup your little one, prepared to return to the beautifully busy life of raising a child.

Due to maintenance on the projector, tonight's viewing of Pixar's Up has been cancelled.

On Sunday, September 25th, we will commemorate the rich history of the Presbyterian Church with origins deeply rooted in the Church of Scotland. Our worship service will open with a processional of bagpipes and field drum, combined with our beautiful pipe organ, to the magnificent tune "Highland Cathedral". As part of the service, we will present and bless the tartans.

Over the course of the next two months, you have the opportunity to purchase a tartan in your family name (ancient or modern). A member of your family will get to participate in the processional, carrying your family tartan, and will then be a part of the presentation and blessing, as well as the recessional at the conclusion of the service. Tartans can also be purchased for any branch of the military, as well as the United States Tartan. The St. Andrews Cross flag is also part of the service.

Please contact Alicia Taylor at alicia@fpccov.org or 770-656-6848 for pricing, questions, and to order a tartan. If you email, please provide the tartan family name, the name of the individual ordering the tartan, phone number, and email address, as well as whether you will be paying by cash or check. You can do a search for your family tartan HERE.

An Extra Connection to FPC Covington!

The Saint Andrews Society of Washington, D.C. held the first Kirkin' during the early years of World War II. Former pastor of FPC Covington, Dr. Peter Marshall, an eloquent Scot, and then Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, led the service in 1943, choosing "Kirkin' o' the Tartan" for the title of his sermon. His sermons were so popular that a request was made for their publication, with the proceeds designated for war relief programs. As the war continued, the D.C. Saint Andrews Society continued to hold prayer services for the British subjects. These became known as Kirkin's.

Our fall sermon series (starting September 4th) will be a "People's Potluck of Ideas!" Neeley and Erin invite you to consider what YOU would like to hear US discuss in a sermon. We will only be able to cover a few in the three weeks of this series, but we'd love to hear all of your ideas! What is a faith topic you'd like to learn more about? What Bible story might you want highlighted? What do you want to hear us preach on? We invite you to send us your ideas and faith questions as we prepare for this upcoming sermon series!

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The Session has called a Congregational Meeting to be held at the conclusion of the worship service on Sunday, August 7th, for the purpose of receiving a report from the Nominating Committee regarding candidates being called to serve as Elders and Deacons here at FPC Covington. All members are asked to stay, hear their report, and vote on the proposed candidates.

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The 194th annual interdenominational Salem Camp Meeting at the Salem Camp Ground starts on Friday, July 15th with worship services each day at 11:00am and 7:30pm through Friday, July 22nd.

Services will be accompanied by our own Alice Walker with her sister Becky Ramsey on duo-pianos.

On Thursday, July 21st, the 11:00am service will include a musical offering by Dan and Perri Walden, as well as a quartet of ladies who will sing "Witness" by Jack Halloran.

   If you would like to make a contribution to the Give-A-Bell program, please click HERE to fill out the form and attach cash or a check made out to FPC and place it in the offering plate this Sunday or drop it off at the church office. Please put “Give-A-Bell” or “Handbells” in the memo space on your check or envelope.

   Please email catherine@fpccov.org with your listing details if you use Text to Give.

Email Alicia Taylor at alicia@fpccov.org to learn more.

Want to try your hand at creating paper lace cut banners, peace crane origami models, worship banners, and other types of sacred art? The arts are a vital and growing part of our worship at First Presbyterian Church of Covington! If you have a creative mind and love to craft, sew, cross-stitch, needlepoint, quilt, draw, paint, or any other type of art, please email Alicia Taylor at alicia@fpccov.org or call her at 770-656-6848 to express your interest in joining our newly forming Liturgical Arts Guild. Let's get started over a cup of coffee!

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