Next Week at FPC (March 11, 2022)

Dear First Pres. Family,

This weekend our Confirmation Class will spend an extended time together as they learn about what is distinctive about our Presbyterian branch of Christianity and put into words what it is exactly that they believe at this important time in their lives. Please be in prayer for them as they draw near to the end of this Confirmation process.

Also, this Sunday is Girl Scout Sunday, and the 11am Sanctuary service will be full of area Girl Scouts as we celebrate the positive impacts of scouting on girls and women.

Blessings and Peace,
Craig Foster
Associate Pastor for Discipleship and Communications

Spring Forward on Saturday Night
Daylight Savings Time ends in the wee hours of Sunday morning. So be sure to set your clocks forward an hour and go to bed extra early so that you’re not that person that walks into church during the benediction!

THIS SUNDAY – March 13
8:45am MorningSong (Fogartie Hall)
8:45am Traditional Worship (Sanctuary)
9:45am Sunday School for children, youth, and adults
10:30am Receiving New Members (Parlor and Inner Courtyard)
11:00am Traditional Worship (Sanctuary)
5:00pm Sunday Night Youth Group (Family Life Center)

Stream our services live on FPCSpartanburg.org/worship, YouTube, or Facebook.

Sunday School
Pre-K & Nursery – Clark Building, First Floor
Elementary – Clark Building, Second Floor
Youth – Family Life Center, Second Floor
Adults:

Abide – Purnell Room (Temporary Location – Watch for a new location next week!)

Bible Alive –Room 2208 and on Zoom

Emmaus – Room 2207

LIFT – Room 2201

NEXT WEEK
Wednesdays at First – Register Now for Dinner! (Register Here)
Join us Wednesday for Baked Potato and Fixings, Corn Bread, Salad Bar, Banana Pudding, Beverage.
Children’s Menu is chicken fingers, mac and cheese, fruit cup, dessert, and a juice box. Register yourself and/or your family by Monday at 4:30pm.
If you would like to serve as a volunteer in some capacity to ensure WAF runs smoothly, please click here to sign up!

WAF: F.A.V.O.R – Wednesday, March 16
6:30pm in the Sanctuary
Join this Health Series follow-up on how Faces and Voices of Recovery have journeyed and partnered with those recovering from addiction and those that have experienced the loss through addiction. This panel will share their intimate stories of how they have dealt with addiction and how F.A.V.O.R. has become part of their lives and their recovery.

JOY Fellowship Trip to Johnson Gallery – Thursday, March 17
RSVP by Tuesday
Meet at 11:00am in the FLC Parking Lot
The JOY Fellowship Committee invites you to join them on Thursday, March 17th for a tour of the Johnson Gallery and lunch at Cribb's Kitchen. We will meet at the FLC and carpool to the gallery. The current Johnson Gallery exhibit is "What's in a Frame?" Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 15th by contacting Joanie Shackleton (jshackleton@fpcspartanburg.org / 864-208-2132).

FPC Educators Social – Sunday, March 20
3-5pm at the home of Donna and Norman Pulliam
RSVP here!
The Children’s Ministry Search Committee is inviting all public and private school educators in our congregation to an event on March 20 to say thank you for your perseverance and determination during these hard years of COVID-19. They would also share a bit about the children’s ministry search that is ongoing at our church. Come enjoy good fellowship with fellow educators in our congregation. For any questions contact Anna Blanton at blantonar@gmail.com or Jennifer Hoy at 864.435.7825.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Witness Season UPDATE
Thank you to all who have given as part of our Witness Season Project to help purchase a van for Angels Charge Ministry, as they serve our area by helping women re-enter society after incarceration. This mission offers a number of services which require transportation: medical care, job skills training, and education. They are in desperate need of a van for these purposes. To date, we have exceeded our initial goal, raising $38,886 toward the purchase of a van! You can still contribute by giving online at fpcspartanburg.org/give or by marking checks as “Witness Season” in the memo line.

Support for Ukraine
So many have heavy hearts over the war and violence occurring in Ukraine. We as a denomination invite you to pray for peace and strength, as well as for a change of hearts and minds so that world leaders can reach some agreement. If you would like to support humanitarian relief to those fleeing violence in Ukraine, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has set-up a fund to support organizations working directly with families on the ground. Donations can be made through a fund at the church at fpcspartanburg.org/give or directly to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance here.

Ministry Finder
Find all sorts of ways to get involved in serving God and serving others on the church website through Ministry Finder!

OTHER NEWS
Website Email Problems - UPDATE
The problems with emails sent through the church website has been resolved, and church staff are following up on emails that did not go through during the time that those were not going through. You may once again email members of the staff, devotional, contributors, ministry leaders, etc. though the church website.

FPC Spartanburg Calls a New Senior Pastor
On January 30, we had a great turnout for our Annual Congregational Meeting and the congregation voted to call the Rev. Alan F. Dyer as our new Senior Pastor and Head of Staff. Alan is currently the senior pastor of St. Simons Presbyterian Church on St Simon’s Island, GA. His first Sunday in our pulpit will be Sunday, March 27, and there will be a welcome reception for him during the Sunday School hour between services. Until then, get to know a little about Alan and his family in this video and on the church website. If you missed the congregational meeting, you can watch a recording of the PNC report here.
Many thanks to the members of our PNC: David Beacham (chair), Bert Barre, Randall Chambers, Molly Colbath, Suzy Cole, Harriet Ike, Whit Kennedy, Craig Kocisko, Carter Smith.

Peace and Justice Task Force Spotlight: Week 2 March 13
The Peace and Justice Task Force March Spotlight is on The ECHO Project. The Echo Project is a nonprofit dedicated to healing racial division and standing against hatred through dialogue, empathy, and understanding. They work on expansive, community-informed projects that recognize our past to create space for a more just future, and they are starting the effort by transforming a former KKK headquarters namesake: the Echo Theater. Rev. David Kennedy, a Black pastor, is transforming the theater in Laurens County with a racist past into place where diversity is celebrated. Once a home for hate groups to assemble, the Echo Theater in Laurens, South Carolina is poised for a reinvention. Watch this Today Show clip to learn more: https://www.today.com/news/celebrate-black-history-1/pastor-works-transform-formerly-segregated-echo-theater-rcna14346

LOOKING AHEAD
March 14- Let’s Bake! Class
March 13 – Daylight Savings Time Begins
March 13 – Girl Scout Sunday Celebrated
March 25 – Peace and Justice Task Force Meeting
March 27 – Welcome the Rev. Alan F. Dyer
April 10 – Palm Sunday
April 14 – Maundy Thursday
April 15 – Good Friday
April 17 – Easter Sunday
April 24 – Confirmation Sunday
May 15 – Church on the Lawn
May 22 – Baccalaureate Sunday
June 5 – Pentecost
June 27-30 – VBS

More activities and events can be found in First News.

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