Rebuilding Together of the Triangle –

A Call for Volunteers for FPC Workday

FPCERS, please join us for a volunteer workday to replace siding for a homeowner near Old Oxford Highway in Durham. We will replace damaged Masonite siding with fiber cement siding on three sides of the house. Some trim will be replaced as well. We will also paint the new siding and trim and will need lots of help. This will be our first repair workday since the pandemic started. All work is outdoors and we will wear masks. We request that volunteers be fully vaccinated.

We are using an online signup that divides the day into two shifts, but feel free to work all day. We will not finish in one day, so the RTT staff will complete the remaining work. The link to the signup page: FPC VOLUNTEER SIGNUP. We ask that volunteers be at least 16 years old.

RTT will provide all tools, but it is fine to bring your own hand tools and tool belt. Water and snacks are provided, but not lunch. First-time volunteers are welcome since we need to expand our pool of mission trip workers.

Please call Tyler Momsen-Hudson with any questions at (919) 697-1898 or email Tyler at: [email protected]. 

First Presbyterian Church, an active, caring, and inclusive church in downtown Durham, is looking for a custodian for Sunday mornings (building and grounds preparation, security, and event set-up and clean-up).  The position is 5 hours a week.  Pays $16.92 an hour.  Hours are approximately 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with some flexibility required.  A criminal background check will be conducted.  A full job description is available here.  If interested, please send application letter and résumé (including contact information for two references, preferably from the two immediate past employers) to [email protected].  Position open until filled.  Church members and active friends of the congregation are not eligible.

Join us on Sunday, August 22 for our Fall Kick-off event!

A blessing of school backpacks during worship.

After worship, on the grounds of FPC enjoy an inflatable OBSTACLE COURSE, GAMES, CRAFTS, and SOUL FOOD food truck. Wear shorts or comfortable clothes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

For more information on regathering for worship in the sanctuary, read this Q & A document. For information on viewing worship online, read this Q & A document.

• Our children’s summer faith formation class started June 6. Beginning July 4, we are offering one children’s class via Zoom or you can come to FPC for in-person discussion and activities, 10:00-10:30 a.m.
• The summer Faith & Community class for adults will have six weeks led by the Anti-Racism Task Force (June 6 – July 11) studying the book The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South, followed by five weeks of discussion of The Black Church, the documentary by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (July 18 – August 15). The Faith & Community class will meet via Zoom from 10:00-10:45 a.m. on Sundays, June 6 and 13.  Beginning Sunday, June 20 and following, class will meet via Zoom from 9:45-10:30 a.m. unless otherwise publicized.
• The Lectionary, Journeys and Scratch adult classes will meet this summer as well.  Start times and locations/Zoom links for each of these classes to be announced.
• The Women’s Spiritual Formation Class will not meet this summer.  They will join with the Faith & Community class via Zoom.

On Sunday, May 30, our youth and children’s Sunday School classes will not meet. Instead, we ask that families join us from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on the church grounds as we show love to our neighbors and reconnect with each other. We will be assembling items for hygiene kits that our friends at Urban Ministries will distribute. After we’re done with this project, there will be yard games and a bring-your-own picnic on the back lawn.  This is a great event for those who are fully vaccinated and ready to reconnect.