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The FPC Legacy Society
April 30, 2016 
The FPC Legacy Society welcomes all who have provided a gift to the church in their estate plan. The opportunity for membership in the society will continue through the coming years. Charter memberships are still available through the end of this year. Please contact FPC Business Administrator Tom Bloom at 919-682-5511 or Sheila Breitweiser at 919-797-2717 to learn more.ng this year. Booklet Membership Form
PENTECOST SUNDAY
April 20, 2016 
Sunday, May 15 Worship and Holy Communion at 11:00 a.m. Members are asked to wear red, orange, or yellow in celebration of the birth of the Christian church! Following worship, popsicles will be provided! Remember to bring your completed Time and Talent Sheets to worship! On Pentecost Sunday we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit descending in a mighty rush of wind and flame to inspire the church’s proclamation of Christ’s rising and to empower its mission and ministry to the world. (See Acts 2:1-13; see also Joel 2:28-32.)
Benefit Concert and Silent Auction – Friday, April 22
April 05, 2016 
Fundraiser for NCCU’s Presbyterian Campus Ministry
7:30 p.m. in the FPC sanctuary and Watts-Hill Hall
Concert by Generations, a local seasoned jazz ensemble. Donations welcomed at the door.
If you would like to donate items for the silent auction (such as art, game tickets, electronics, gift cards, golfing packages, weekend get-a-ways), please contact Laura at [email protected] for more information.
Holy Week – ALL WELCOME!
March 10, 2016 
Maundy Thursday, March 24
6:15 p.m. Supper / 7:00 p.m. Worship w/Holy Communion and Stripping of Chancel /
Good Friday, March 25 –
12 Noon Stations of the Cross (begins at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church) /
Sunday, March 27 Easter –
9:00 a.m. Worship w/Holy Communion in Memorial Garden /
9:45 a.m. Sunday School / 11:00 a.m. Worship w/Holy Communion
2016 Church League Basketball
March 01, 2016 
Congratulations FPC!
Thanks to the church for supporting and sponsoring us, all the guys that played this year, and to the FPC I team for a dominating 44-29 victory over the Community Church team in the February 29th finals of the Hope Valley Baptist Church league!
Women’s Voices Chorus Spring Concert
March 01, 2016 
Sunday, April 24 – 3:00 p.m. in the FPC sanctuary
“I am the God of a thousand names: why cannot one of them be Woman singing?” So asks poet Catherine de Vinck in the title piece of this spring concert, which features stunning music about powerful women. Read more about the concert here.
YOU CAN VOTE Team Training – rescheduled!
January 21, 2016 
Due to inclement weather, the January 23rd You Can Vote Kick-Off event at First Presbyterian Church (10:00AM – 11:30 AM) has been moved to FEBRUARY 6th. Special guest: Anita Earls from the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. We will train or re-train you on the new rules and teach you to engage effectively with voters. A Ben and Jerry’s ice cream social following training!
Valentine’s Day Party
January 21, 2016 
Families with young children are invited to FPC on Sunday, February 14, from 4:30 -5:30 p.m. to make blessing bags with valentines. We’ll have a story, a treat, and assemble “love bags” for the Walk-In Ministry. Middles Schoolers are invited to join us!
MLK Sunday / Compassion Sunday
January 16, 2016 
Everyone is invited to do something radically compassionate for a stranger following worship on Sunday as a way to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Live” Broadcast – Lessons and Carols
December 15, 2015 
Come hear a “live” stream of the broadcast of King’s College “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” in the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary – free event and open to the public – 10 a.m. on Christmas Eve – December 24, 2015