Stained Glass Gazette F i r s t P r e sby te r ian Chur ch , Mou l t r i e , GA Ap r i l 23 , 2020

Senior Spotlight:

Bobby Ussery Parents:Jay and Stacie Ussery

What are your plans after graduation?

To attend Georgia Southern University

Favorite youth memory:

Going to Montreat

Favorite Bible verse and or bible story:

1 Corinthians 16:13-14

What advice would you like to give to the rising 6th grade youth

members:

Go to church on Wednesdays

Is your personality similar to your mom’s or dad’s? dad’s

What scares you? failure

Are you a good or bad loser? bad

What three words best describe you?

Simple, Hardworking, Funny

Can you cook? If so, what do you like to cook?

Yes, Pizza

What’s your nickname:

Don’t have one

Our

2020 Graduating

Seniors

John Melvin

Herndon

Mary Madelyn

Jacobs

Aaron Long

Ian Small

Slater Stringer

Bobby Ussery

Senior Spotlight:

Ian Small Parents: James and Lynnette

What are your plans after graduation? Study Aerospace engineering

at the University of Maryland at College Park

Favorite youth memory: Pulling together the newbies at skiing and

going on our own adventure through the slopes to find our moun-

tain top moment

Favorite Bible verse and or Bible story: Galatians 6:4

You reap what you sow.

"But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have

rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another."

What advice would you give to the rising 6th grade youth members?

Make many friends with your fellow youth and don’t discount the

wisdom you are surrounded by in the church. There are many

people with great stories and advice who only want to help you.

Is your personality similar to your mom’s or dad’s? My dad’s

What scares you? making bad decisions

Are you a good or bad loser? good loser if it's my fault

What three words best describe you?

well-traveled, thinker, stubborn

Can you cook? If so, what do you like to cook?

Yes, sauteed fish, panini sandwiches

What’s your nickname? Don’t have one

Picking favorites ...

Picking favorites ...

KIDS! Summer Camp with

Flint River Presbytery will be

June 21-27 Be sure to check out our Dogwood Acres summer

camp offered in partnership with Florida presbytery!

Go to http://www.dogwoodacres.org/summer-camp/online-registration/

Announcements Gatherings at the church are suspended.

Modified hours for the church office Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Call the office if you need assistance from Congregational Care.

Make a point to mail in your pledges and offerings.

LOOK FOR EMAILED LINKS TO THIS WEEK’S RECORDED SERVICE ONLINE.

Sunday, April 26 – recorded service will be posted online by 11 a.m.

VBS: SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY, May 31-June 4

Vacation Bible School

Rocky Railway

Jesus’ Power pulls us through

5:30-8:00

ONLINE SERVICE HIGHLIGHT

First Presbyterian Church

501 First Street, S.E., Moultrie, Georgia 31768

www.moultriefirstpres.com

To all who are weary and need rest, to all who mourn and need comfort, to all who are lonely and need friendship,

to all who are glad and would serve others, to all who are complacent and need disturbing,

to all who sin and need a Savior, this Church opens wide its door in the name of Christ, and bids you welcome.

Brett Johnson, Doug Hall, Lisa Zeanah and Laura Hall sang “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” by Craig Courtney.

The flowers in the sanctuary last week were given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Bailey Heard by Mr. and Mrs. Buck Heard and Kathy Rogers.

Congregational Care Church members who need help with a hot

meal, grocery or prescription deliveries or help

getting to the doctor, please call the church of-

fice. The Congregational Care committee and

other volunteers are standing by and trying to

stay in touch with the congregation. If you or

someone you know needs our help, please reach

out. 229-985-3158

FACEBOOK NEWS: www.facebook.com/MoultrieFPC

A big thank you to CARRIE LASSETER who has

invested her time and creative energy into making our church facebook page come alive with all our inter-ests, activities and photos. It has really kept us con-nected as a church body. Carrie will be stepping back from the day-to-day posting on facebook and we are looking for a few more volunteers to help for limited periods throughout the year.

If you would like to volunteer or if you ever have snapshots you would like to be considered for the church facebook page, please send an email to mfpconline@gmail.com.

At-Home Preschool Learning Keeps Little Minds Busy

During the school shutdown, the preschool teachers have posted videos

reading books, doing puppet shows, dancing to their favorite songs and

video lessons about farm animals, bees and planting a garden. And they

have included activities that continue to reinforce colors, shapes, letters,

Bible verses and character qualities.

Here’s one activity:

Backyard

Scavenger Hunt Find 3 kinds of leaves

Find something yellow.

Name a bug that is red.

Find 2 sticks.

Find something that smells good.

Name something you see in the sky.

Find something that is round.

Find something that grows that is

green.

Find a bird.

Find 3 different colored rocks.

Find something purple.

Find a bug.

Here’s a link to activities:

https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/kindness-crafts-for-preschoolers/

Share your CARES money (if you can)

By Robert Hay, Jr., Presbyterian Foundation

Senior Ministry Relations Officer for the Southeast

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, is giving most Americans a stimulus check that the U.S. Treasury says should be direct-ly deposited in many bank accounts today (April 15). As this money arrives, many people are beginning to think about how they will spend it – and I want to invite you to #ShareYourCares, if you can.

Some of us desperately need this money. Some have lost jobs or been furloughed, or our work schedule has been im-pacted such that our pay is significantly less than normal. The stimulus check for some of us will help to cover our basic living expenses.

But some of us are doing financially okay during this cri-sis. We still have jobs and steady paychecks. We might even be saving some money because we are not spending it eating out, driving, traveling or enjoying entertainment as we did before. This is where I find myself during this crisis.

For those of us like me who are doing okay during this crisis, what can we do with this CARES Act money that we were not expecting, and we do not need?

We could put this money in our savings account or in our retirement account. We could purchase that new gadget that we have been wanting.

Or we could do some good with this money.

As Christians, we are called to love our neighbors, and this is an opportunity to live out that commandment. I plan to give every penny of my CARES stimulus check away to someone who needs it. This stimulus check does not belong to me – and it never did. Nothing I have belongs to me. Eve-rything I have belongs to God and God has entrusted me with it. I am to be a good steward of God’s assets. I believe the best way to be a good steward of my stimulus check is to give it to someone who needs it.

#ShareYourCARES is an opportunity to love your neigh-bors. Maybe you have a family member who needs it or an actual neighbor who needs it. Maybe it is your housekeeper or your hairdresser. Maybe it is the small business owner in your community. Maybe it is the nonprofit in your commu-nity that is helping those in need during this crisis. Maybe it is your church who is still providing ministry during this crisis. #ShareYourCARES is an opportunity to love your neighbors.

This is our opportunity to say thank you to God for the generous blessing of good health and financial security. Can you share your CARES? If you decide to do so, post about it in social media and use the hashtag #ShareYourCARES. We’d love to see what God calls you to do during this time.

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A note from Dr. Richard T. Gillespie: Any funds sent to the church with a memo line of Share Your CARES will be set aside as such to be used locally to offer discretionary assistance as needed and to support local non-profit relief agencies helping those in our commu-nity with critical needs associated with the pandemic & economic crisis.

SPECIAL OFFERINGS

ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING JOIN PRESBYTERIANS WORLDWIDE IN ANSWERING GODS CALL! One Great Hour of Sharing provides relief from natural disasters, relief for the hungry, and relief for the poor and oppressed. 3 ways to give: Send a check to MFPC: Make the memo for One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) Donate by credit card online at presbyterianmission.org/give-oghs Text OGHS to 20222 to give $10 It is time to send in your Lenten offerings from the Presbyterian Women’s study, prayer and giv-ing project. The offerings from the project will be given to the Colquitt County Food Bank to pro-vide much needed food for our neighbors. Mail checks to the church office and include LENTEN PROJECT on the memo line, please. If you drop off your study envelope with cash offerings, be sure to write your name on the outside of the envelope.

The Columbia Friendship offering was scheduled for March 15, but church services were cancelled. Please support the goal of 5 scholarships to Columbia Seminary by donating to this mission. You can mail your donation to the office. Just be sure to note Columbia Friendship in the memo line on your check.