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FIRST PRESSThe Newsletter of First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville
Register online now at www.firstprez.com.Volunteers needed – contact Britany Spivey ([email protected] or 483-0121)
Gear up for Maker Fun Factory, where kids will discover that God made them—and for a purpose! Kids participate in Bible-learning activities, sing, create and play
games, test out sciency-fun experiments, and listen to real kids talk about God!
Register for VBSJune 19-23 • 9 AM–Noon
Preschool 2-year-olds through the 6th grade
Saturday, May 69:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. • Fellowship Hall
Operation BandanasJoin us in folding and packaging
Psalm 91 bandanas for the troops. Bandanas are distributed to our men and women serving their country here and abroad. Last year the bandanas went to Fort Bliss, Texas, and Walter
Reed National Military Medical Center.
Volume 29, Issue 9 April 30, 2017
Get on Board for the Middle School Summer Mission Trip
Dates: June 11-16Application Deadline: April 30Deposit: $100
Time is running out to join the summer mission trip. We’ll be joining with a group called Raleigh Youth Mission to do some mission work in our own backyard. This trip is primarily for rising 6th through 8th graders. But it is also open to anyone in high school. RSVP online NOW at www.firstprez.com
FLING WIDE THE GATES! The history of First Presbyterian Church is available from the church office for $30.00.
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CHILD CAREChild care is available Sundays for infants, toddlers, twos, and threes during Sunday Services, Wednesday evening ministries, and other occasions as needed. Child care at First Presbyterian is always nurturing. Children explore the truths of God’s Word.
CongREgAtIonAL CAREBe reminded that Prayer Request Cards are available in the pews. If you, a family member, or a friend has a special need to be remembered in prayer, fill out this request card and drop it in the offering plate. Many things are wrought through prayer, and your church wants to help.
EmERgEnCy PAstoRAL ConCERns
If you’re hospitalized, seriously ill or having surgery... please notify the church office at 483-0121. Your pastors want to minister to you whenever you are ill, and they can do that only if you inform us.
PRAyER tEAmsFour prayer teams are committed to praying for the concerns of members and friends of First Pres-byterian Church – three e-mail prayer chains and one phone chain. If you would like to be a part of this ministry, contact Joy Keys at 483-0121 or e-mail [email protected].
BAPtIsmThe Sacrament of Baptism on Sunday, April 26, 2017, at the 11:00 a.m. Service of Worship, was administered to Jason William Myers. Dr. Garrett was assisted by Elder Barbara Ursich.
FLoWERsThe Chapel flowers on Sunday, April 23, 2017, were given to the glory of God and in honor of the Reverend Jonathan West. The Sanctuary flowers on Sunday, April 17, 2017, were given to the glory of God and in honor of the installation of the Reverend Jonathan West as Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adult Ministry. These flowers were given by the Presbyterian Women.
PRAyERs & symPAtHyThe Prayers and Sympathy of the congregation are extended to the family of Hazel Peden Miller, who died Friday, April 21, 2017.
NEWS FIRST@and other special events
first things first
AdultsQuesters - Dr. Garrett ....................Room 203
The class considers the sermon of the day.G.I.F.T. Class ..........................Activity Room
Studying the Bible in detail.Parenting - Kim Hall ...................... Room 209
Parents with children of any age are welcome.“Wired Word” - Bill McFadyen.......Room 405
Scripture and expert commentary unravel the headlines of the week.
Fellowship Class .........................The ChapelCovenant Class .............................Room 416Friendship Class ............................Room 413Calvin Class ........................Rankin BuildingYouthMiddle & High School ................Room 228 Applying Christian values to real life. Begins in Room 228, separates by age.
ChildrenToddlers .......................................Room 129Two-year-olds ...............................Room 104Three- and Four-year-olds ............Room 118Kindergarten-Fifth Grade .............Room 208
Children start in Room 208 and then break up into smaller groups.
NurseryFor infants .....................................Room 128
Spring Sunday School(9:45-10:40 a.m.)
Information & DirectoryWorship Services
Services are held at 8:30 a.m. in the Chapel and at 11 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
EntrancesThe main business entrance to the church is now through the double doors under the porte cochere. Other church entrances will be open for Sunday services and other events.
FellowshipEller Hall will be the gathering place for fel-lowship after each service.
MAY MEETINGS
In Honor of Dorothy Ennis by Julie Ennis.In Honor of Dianne MacIlwinen by Carol and Sammy Short.In Memory of Martha Butts by the Friendship Sunday School Class, and Sharon and John Buroker.In Memory of the Rev. Marion Currie by Patsy Markham.In Memory of Harriett Cromartie by Stacy Grooms, Debbie and LaMar Williams, Sharon and John Buro-ker, and Jinnette and William Hathaway.In Memory of Johnson Chestnutt by Jeannie and Terry Plummer, Carol and Sammy Short, Sandra and Mel-vin Kankelfritz, Sharon and John Buroker, Ann Row-ell, Zula Hubbard, Susan Hubbard, Sue and Warren Baker, Eliza and Fred Williams, Rhonda and Stephen Gooding, and special friends.
mEmoRIALs & HonoRARIums
FIRST SCHOOL OPENINGSThe preschool still has availability in the Mother’s Morning Out, both 2’s classes, and both 4’s classes.
The calendar below is an effort to keep you informed of the events happening at First Pres-byterian Church. For a complete listing of ac-tivities, refer to our website at www.firstprez.com.SuNDAy, APRIL 30 8:30a Worship - Chapel 9:45a Sunday School 10:40a Session meeting - Parlor 11:00a Worship - Sanctuary 1:30p Canticle Ringers - Handbell Room 1:30p First Stitches - Eller Hall 3:00p Jubilate Women’s Chorus - Choir Room 4:00p Catechism Class - Room 207 5:00p Youth - Fellowship Hall & Activity RoomMONDAy, MAy 1 10:00a PW Coordinating Team - Room 207 1:00p Revelation Ringers - Handbell RoomTuESDAy, MAy 2 8:30a SALT Breakfast - JK’s Deli 5:00p Children’s Music Leaders Meeting - Rm. 416 5:30p Witness Committee - Room 225 5:30p Stewardship Committee - Eller Hall 6:00p Hannah Circle - Luigi’s Restaurant 7:00p Men’s Basketball - Fellowship HallWEDNESDAy, MAy 3 12:00p Property Committee - Room 225 5:15p Catechism Class - Room 207 6:00p Celebration Choir - Choir RoomTHuRSDAy, MAy 4 9:30a Tapestry - Activity Room 5:30p Worship Committee - Room 416SATuRDAy, MAy 6 9:00a Operation Bandanas - Fellowship Hall
MAy 1 10:00a PW Coordinating Team - Room 207 5:30p Witness Committee - Room 225 MAy 2 5:00p Children’s Music Leaders Meeting - Room 416 5:30p Witness Committee - Room 225 5:30p Stewardship Committee - Room 413
MAy 3 12:00p Property Committee - Room 225 MAy 4 5:30p Worship Committee - Room 416
MAy 712:00p New members/newcomers luncheon
MAy 812:00p Finance Committee - Room 225 1:00p SALT Planning Meeting - Room 416
MAy 9 6:00p Deacons Meeting - Activity Room MAy 10 5:30p VBS Training - Activity Room 7:00p C.E. Committee - Room 207 MAy 11 4:30p Food Service Committee - Eller Hall MAy 15 12:00p Personnel Committee - Room 413 MAy 16 6:00p Session Meeting - Activity Room
BUFFALO LAKE
Sunday, May 7Leave church after the 11 AM service
PARENTS AND FRIENDS ARE WELCOME. PLEASE RSVP AT WWW.FIRSTPREZ.COM
Church member Jay Gilbert is letting us use his house on Buffalo Lake. He has even offered to take us tubing on his boat. We will head up there after church and stay all afternoon.
May 148:30 & 11 AM
CRAVE and the youth of the church take the leadership roles in worship for both
services. Come and worship during this special event.
Contact Jonathan West for additional information.
Children’s Corner
YOUTH NEWS
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VBS – Dates are June 19-23. Registra-tion has begun. Sign up online at www.firstprez.com. Those interested in volun-teering please contact the office or Britany Spivey.
CHILDREN’S CHURCH is for kinder-garten and first graders during the 10:55 a.m. service. The teacher will stand in front of the Sanctuary to escort the chil-dren to Room 116 at the start of the second hymn (or as designated in the bulletin).
SUMMER MIDDLE SCHOOL MISSION TRIP – We’ll join Raleigh Youth Mission June 11-16 to do some mission work there. The trip is for rising 6th through 8th graders, but it’s also open to any high schoolers not heading for Mexico. The application deadline is April 30. Applications are available online.LAKE HOUSE PARTY – CRAVE youth are heading to Sanford and a lake party on Sunday, May 7, after church services. Parents and friends are welcome. To RSVP, go to www.firstprez.com.YOUTH SERVICE – On May 14th, the youth will be leading Sunday worship. If you know someone who would like to participate, have them send Jonathan West an e-mail ([email protected]).
The fund aids the Fayetteville Urban Ministry and the “House of Moses” Crisis Nursery in Lusaka, Zambia. The
Two Cents Offering on Sunday, March 26, 2017, was $598.32. The total to date is $2,003.31. The next offering is Sunday, April 30, 2017.
The Two Cents Offering
Agape Pregnancy Support Services offers compassionate understanding and guidance, providing information, assistance and referrals to mothers-to-be. Donations needed include baby blankets, dia-pers, baby bottles, wipes, infant clothing and supplies. Bring items to the volunteer desk in Eller Hall.
Presbyterian Women May Project
The Buy A Block/Build A House program al-lows more people to participate directly in the Mexico Mission. Everyone is encouraged to buy blocks at $10 each. You can buy as many as you wish. In addition, we want everyone to fill out index cards with prayers and favor-
ite Scriptures for the families we build the houses for. As the team builds the walls of the houses, we will place the cards in the blocks.
Find donation envelopes in the pew racks and on tables around the church, where you will also find the prayer cards.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH/MEXICO MISSION
Buy A Block/Build A House
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6:00 PM • Fellowship Building
Call the church office at 483-0121 by Thursday, May 18, to reserve your seat. The cost is $12.00
per person, payable at the door. Husbands welcome.
PW ANNUAL GATHERINGThe meeting will begin with dinner and include
memorial and award ceremonies, followed by the presentation and installation of officers for 2017-18.
MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017
First Presbyterian Church welcomes this new member, who joined the church on Sunday, April 23, 2017.
Welcome NeW member!
Jason William Myers318 Windover DriveRaeford, NC 28376
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A Really Happy EasterThese children particiipated in the Children’s Ministry mission project, which provided a very happy Easter for the Cape Fear Valley Health Foundation, delivering 36 Easter baskets to hospitalized children.
What is your congregation’s particular call in this time and place? Is it to revitalize the faith of your own members? Is it to reach
out to people unlike you? Is it to cooperate with nearby churches to do what can’t be done alone? Or is your church so small it’s time to ask if the membership might be better served elsewhere?The seminar this Saturday, April 29, will explain how to do a com-prehensive Mission Study for your church, how to tailor it to different-sized churches, and will present information on various programs for revitalization. The leader will be Dr. Duane Hix, who has pastored five churches and is currently the interim pastor at Laurinburg Pres-byterian. Please call De Scott at 910-862-8300 ext. 1, to reserve your place. There is no charge to participate. This event will be held at the Pres-bytery of Coastal Carolina offices in Elizabethtown (Bladen County, down NC 87) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a break for lunch on your own.
Discerning God’s Call – Big or Small
Saturday, April 29 • 10 AM-3 PM Presbytery office, Elizabethtown
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MINISTRy Dr. Michael Garrett, Senior Pastor [email protected] The Rev. Jonathan West, Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adult Ministry – [email protected] Dr. Donna Fowler-Marchant, Minister of Pastoral Care – [email protected] PROGRAM STAFF Dr. Marcia Heirman Mervin, Director of Music Ministry/Organist – [email protected] Britany Spivey, Director of Children’s Ministry – [email protected] Wanda ussery, Nursery Supervisor [email protected] ADMINISTRATION Joan Daughtry, Operations Director [email protected] Joy Keys, Administrative Assistant [email protected] Connie Burry, Program Secretary [email protected] Jim Blaine, Publications Coordinator [email protected] Julie MacRae, First School Director [email protected] MISSIONARIESLeon & Jacky Dorleans: HaitiCharles & Diane Wonnenberg:
Native Americans (South Dakota)George & Gail McBane: PakistanBill & Nancy Warlick: At-LargeTed & Sue Wright: Southern AfricaDon & Marta Wehmeyer: Merida, MexicoAlan & Ellen Smith: Russia
First Presbyterian staFF
Sunday’s sermon is broadcast at 9:00 a.m. each Sunday on WFNC Radio, 640 AM on your radio dial.
CONTACT US:Phone: 910-483-0121
Web: www.firstprez.comFirstSchool: 910-483-0146
Email: [email protected]: www.facebook.com/1stprez
SALT takes pottery tour
Sign up for the trip by contacting Ann Rowell at g [email protected] or
910-867-3556 by Friday, May 12.
Tuesday, May 16SALT is planning a trip to Seagrove, North Carolina, the pottery capital of the state. Meet at the church at 8:30 a.m. to arrange a carpool.
The Summer Events/Classes Brochure will be printed soon. If you have an event or class for this summer or early fall, contact Jim Blaine at [email protected] to have the item included. Deadline: May 9.
Get Your News In!
The Rev. West Installed
The Rev. Jonathan West was installed as Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adult Ministry at First Presbyterian Church during a 5 p.m. service on Sunday, April 23rd. A reception (photo) followed the service. Find the sermon (which compares pastors to light bulbs... and drew some laughs) and music from the service at www.firstprez.com and the app.
SUMMER CAMPS – The Monroe Camp and Retreat (affiliated with the Presbytery of Coastal Carolina) is taking registration for its summer camp program. Camps include rookie, adventure, culinary, horseback riding, night owl, and photography, among others, and be-gin June 18th. For more, check their Web site. Click here. PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH COUNCIL applica-tions for 2017-2018 are available and are be-ing accepted now. Applications will not be ac-cepted later than August 1. It is recommended that interested youth apply ASAP. Applications are available on the presbytery’s website. For information, contact the Associate For Youth Ministries Erin Wehrmeister at office (910862-8300 or (910)578-7724 or [email protected]
CONTINUING EDUCATION – On July 29, 2017, consider the seminar “Jürgen Moltmann, the First Three Books.” This seminar, like oth-ers during the year, are primarily designed for Qualified and Commissioned Ruling Elders, but are open on a space available basis to other church leaders. Call De Scott at 910-862-8300 x1 to register.
SUMMER GATHERING – The presbytery’s Central Mis-sional Community Summer Gathering will be June 3, 2017, at MacPherson Presby-terian Church in Fayetteville. Guest preacher and work-shop leader will be the Rev. Dr. Alice Ridgill.
Other News
BreakfastSALTSEASONED ADULTS LEARNING TOGETHER
May 2 • 8:30 A.M. • JK’S DELISALT members and friends meet at the Owen
Drive restaurant.
Dogwood Festival ParkingApril 28-30
Williams Office Environments parking lot on Ray Avenue
First Presbyterian youth will be offering parking for the Dogwood Festival as a fundraiser for their trip to Mexico. Park with them if you’re going to the festival.
