Next Week at FPC (March 25, 2022)

THIS SUNDAY – March 27
8:45am MorningSong (Fogartie Hall)
9:45am Welcome Reception for the Rev. Alan Dyer and family
11:00am Traditional Worship (Sanctuary)
*NO YOUTH GROUP!

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

Help Alan and his family get to know YOU!
Beginning on Sunday, March 27, and continuing throughout the month of April, please wear your nametag to services and church events to help Alan, Erin, Sam, and Jack get to know their new church family. This will also help us to get reacquainted with each other (for those brain cloud moments). Feel free to wear your Sonitrol Badge or one of those “older” nametags. If you do not have a Sonitrol Badge, no worries, there is still time to have one made. Additionally, we will have blank nametags onsite for visitors or anyone in need of a nametag. Nametags and pens will be located in the FLC Lobby, Tower Room, and Hospitality Room. Thank you!

NEXT WEEK
Wednesdays at First – Register Now for Dinner! (Register Here)
Join us this Wednesday for Hamburger Steak with brown gravy, corn, mac & cheese, cole slaw, roll, peach cobbler, and a beverage. The children’s menu is pizza, 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!

Chancel Choir Concert – Wednesday, March 30
6:30pm in the Sanctuary
The Chancel Choir will welcome our new Senior Pastor (and all of you!) with a presentation of Dan Forrest's "Lux: the Dawn from on High". This inspirational 40-minute work features soloists and a 23-piece orchestra.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
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.

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

First Pres Cookbooks

Apparently, word got out that copies of the First Pres cookbook are available! Click here to get your copy!

FPC Tartan Ties and Scarves
Ties and scarves in the FPC tartan pattern are once again available for sale. The ties are $25, and the scarves are $35. You can order here or by contacting Lynise Clarke.

VBS 2022
Save the Date for VBS 2022! The theme will be Discovery on Adventure Island and the dates are June 27-30 from 9am-12pm for Rising 4K – rising 6^th grade. More information coming soon!

Join the Palmetto Council of Boy Scouts of America in honoring David and Harriet Ike
April 19, 2022 at the Spartanburg Marriott
6pm Reception // 7pm Program
You are invited to the 2022 Distinguished Citizen Dinner honoring our own David and Harriet Ike for their faithful service to the Boy Scouts. Come celebrate with them! While there is no cost for the dinner, this event is a fundraiser for the Palmetto Council of Boy Scouts of America, and you are invited to make a contribution to the Boy Scouts in honor of David and Harriet’s many years of service. Visit https://palmettocouncil.org/2022-spartanburg-dcd to learn more about David and Harriet’s work with the scouts and to RSVP for the dinner.

Peace and Justice Task Force Spotlight:
Racial Healing Circles are conversations that honor and value each person’s humanity, better reflect our common humanity, and build mutually respectful relationships across racial difference to bring about racial healing and repair in communities. They were developed as part of the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) framework by Dr. Gail Christopher, who was the City of Spartanburg’s MLK Unity Celebration keynote speaker in 2020 just before the pandemic closed everything down. As she puts it, “A racial healing circle is not just a conversation, not just a safe space. It is an experience that engages the heart and requires the heart to be open and expansive. It re-affirms the humanity in all of us. It is a commitment to acknowledging that unconscious bias lives in all of us, and it is the spiritual work of affirming and loving ourselves.” To date, about 150 people in Spartanburg have participated in one. Please join us. To learn more and to register, visit https://justfuturespartanburg.org/racial-healing-circles.

LOOKING AHEAD
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.