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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
A Service of Lessons and Carols
December 02, 2015 
December 13, at 11:00 AM. Come hear the First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir sing carols and anthems in a service modeled after the Service of Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge, England. The service will include carols by Tschesnokoff, Roland Martin, Hermann Schroeder, Bob Chilcott, and Malcolm Archer. The public is invited!
“Christ the King” Sunday
November 17, 2015 
Christ has dominion over all creatures, a dominion not seized by violence or usurped, but by his essence and by nature. – Cyril of Alexandria Pope Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King in 1925, following World War I, to remind believers that our primary allegiance is to a heavenly ruler and not to earthly powers. Join us on Sunday, November 22 for worship at 11:00 a.m. as we celebrate “Christ the King” Sunday!
Youth Sunday at FPC!
November 13, 2015 
Join us on Sunday, November 15 as we celebrate Youth Sunday during worship at 11 AM! The youth are ready! All are welcome! THEME: “This is the Covenant: Keep Calm and Believe On”