upcoming events
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Poplar Grove Christmas
The Mission Committee is partnering with Poplar Grove Elementary/Middle School to make Christmas special for five local families, providing gifts for 15 children in need.
How You Can Help:
Gift Needs: Each child will receive toys and clothing, with a budget of $100 per child. Teens appreciate gift cards (Walmart, Target, or fast food).
Essentials: Please include 3 essentials for each child, choosing from: pajamas, hoodie, hat, mittens/gloves, water bottle, socks, or underwear. (NOOK will provide coats.)
Family Gift Card: Add a $50 Kroger or Walmart gift card (in a separate small gift bag) for parents to purchase special holiday items.
Gift Delivery:
Instructions: Please place each child’s gifts in a single, unwrapped gift bag labeled with their name.
Drop-Off Deadline: All gifts should be delivered to FPC (location TBD) by December 1.
To sponsor an entire family, a child, or provide a family gift card, please email Christine Grisham by November 22.
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"Giving Thanks" organ Mini-recital
Sunday, November 24 is a Mini-organ Recital: "Giving Thanks" by Michael Snoddy immediately following the worship service at 11:15 AM.
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Poinsettias for the sanctuary may be given in honor or in memory of a friend or loved one. The cost is $20. Checks should be made payable to First Presbyterian Church or you may pay online.
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Advent Workshop
This annual intergenerational event happens on the First Sunday of Advent during Sunday Morning Wonder Hour/Sunday School. Join us at 9 AM on Sunday, December 1 in Wilson Hall for centers to help guide your Advent season.
During the workshop, the Mission Committee will have a station in Wilson Hall, and we need your help to put together 180 “Christmas Appreciation Bags” for the teachers and staff at Poplar Grove, our partner school with United4Hope. The gift is a small thank you for all they do for our children and the community.
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Join us for the Christmas Brunch at FPC from 11 AM-1 PM on Saturday, December 7. Sign up here.
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FPC Youth is holding the annual Live Nativity and Chili Cookoff fundraiser on Sunday, December 8! From 5-7 PM we'll gather together to sample delicious and creative chilis while the youth walk us through the Nativity story with a Living Nativity presentation!
Anyone wanting to enter a chili into the competition sign up here. We also need youth and their parents to provide desserts for the event.
Questions? Email Sam Belcher
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GraceWorks' Manger
Each Christmas, FPC collects gifts for GraceWorks’ Manger. A tree in Wilson Hall holds tags with a child's age group and gift ideas (suggested price: $40–$60). You can either scan the QR code on the tag to purchase a gift from GraceWorks’ Amazon Wish List, or select a gift yourself and bring it unwrapped to Wilson Hall by Sunday, December 8. FPC will deliver all gifts to GraceWorks.
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NaCoMe will be having 4 weeks of summer youth camp programming. They have weeklong options for campers who are rising 3rd to 12th graders, 3 daylong options for rising 2nd to 4th graders, and a weekend family camp for families with younger children. Sign up here and use the discount code FRANKLIN25 for $150 off.
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Join us this fall for Wednesday Night Live!
Dinner, 6:00 PM
Programs for all ages, 6:45 - 7:30 PM
Bring the entire family!
Click here for dinner sign ups and to see the speaker/topic for the evening.
Register all at once or by Sunday prior to the Wednesday meal. Suggested pricing: $10 per adult/youth, $5 per child, $25 family max.
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Sign up here! The flowers add to our worship by reminding us of God’s creation, and then are broken down into smaller arrangements and delivered to members of our congregation as a reminder of the love of their church family and of God. The cost is $85, and you may pay online or with a check with worship flowers in the memo line. The signups are on a first come first serve basis. If you have a specific date you would like, sign up ASAP. Thank you for providing flowers each week to enhance worship.
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Sisters in Spirit small group meets Fridays in the parlor.
If interested, please contact Cindy Blackburn or Martha Johnson.
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The Men's Bible Study group is currently studying the books of Exodus and Leviticus. Join them in the Parlor any Saturday. For more information contact Duke Ellis.