June 19 - First Presbyterian Church

Volume 13, No. 25  June 19–25, 2016
Ministry News
College Ministry, Spencer Simmons
COLLEGE MINISTRY WEEKLY SCHEDULE
SUNDAY SCHOOL/LUNCH:
9:45am • Sunday School in Room 405
Free lunch following worship (off campus)
MONDAY GIRLS’ NIGHT:
8:00pm • 11 W. Hillcrest Drive, Greenville, 29609
TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY:
7:00pm • 183 Chapman Road, Greenville, 29605
WEDNESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHT:
7:30pm • with ROOTS at First Pres
THURSDAY GUYS’ NIGHT:
8:00pm • Basketball at First Pres Gym
Questions? Contact Spencer Simmons, College
Ministry Volunteer, at 325.7345 or email espencer.
[email protected].
Congregational Care, Stan Johnson
LIFE HURTS. GOD HEALS.
GRIEF SHARE SUPPORT GROUP
Do you have questions about death, dying, your own
mortality, eternal life? If you’ve experienced the loss
of a loved one, Grief Share is here to help. This small
group can provide you with understanding, support,
and encouragement. The next session begins
Sunday, September 11, at 4:00pm in Room 261.
Contact Susan Stewart (sstewart@firstpresgreenville.
org or 672.1756) to register.
Men’s Ministry, Phil Hargrove
CHRISTIAN MEN’S FELLOWSHIP SPEAKERS
Christian Men’s Fellowship is the senior men’s group
that meets for lunch ($7) at noon every Thursday in
the Formal Dining Room. We are open to all men
who are seeking friendship in a group that meets
at the church. Join us for this series of faith stories
with the following speakers: Andy Douglas (June
23), Jack Key (June 30), Carl Evans (July 7), and Phil
Bradley (July 14). For details, contact Bob Jones,
[email protected].
Missions, Brian Stewart
NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUS SUMMER PROGRAM
Walk This Way is the exciting theme for the
Neighborhood Focus Summer Enrichment Program.
Over 100 at-risk kids in the White Horse Road corridor
of Greenville will take an interactive journey through
the Bible, learning how to talk to God, listen to God,
and share their faith. Please prayerfully consider
supporting the needs of this vital program: sponsor
a camper; fund a field trip; underwrite a line item
cost in our summer program budget; or subsidize the
cost of a summer staffer. To learn more about the
program, see the May newsletter at http://eepurl.
com/b2sr_v, or contact Keith Groce, 704.7848 or
[email protected].
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MISSIONS
Be in prayer for our mission team members as they
serve in LaRomana, DR, June 25–July 2.
Music & the Arts, John Gentry
PRAY FOR YOUTH IN CONCERT IN NYC
Please be in prayer for our older youth choir,
Resonate! Prime, as they travel to New York City to
participate in a concert in Carnegie Hall on Tuesday,
June 21. Twenty singers, along with twenty-three
VBS
&
day
missions
june 20-23
adult leaders, chaperones, and family members
will be in New York June 18-22 for this once-in-alifetime opportunity. Soli Deo Gloria!
Prayer Ministry, Stan Johnson
CHM LEVEL I PRAYER TRAINING CLASS
A new Christian Healing Ministries Prayer Training
class will begin Wednesday, June 22, at 4:00pm
in Room 303/304 and continue for 13 weeks (no
class the week of July 4). Please contact Charlotte
Joye ([email protected] or 672.0309)
to register or for further information.
TUESDAY EVENING PRAYER SERVICE
Come and experience God’s presence and receive
His love, peace, hope, and healing through prayer.
Offered every Tuesday at 7:00pm in Harper Prayer
Chapel, the service includes praise and worship,
ministry by the FPC prayer team, and expanded
opportunities for prayer.
Vineyard Bookstore, Aften Briggs
PRE-ORDER APOSTLES’ CREED AUDIO SERIES
The Apostles’ Creed sermon series will be offered
as a packaged 12-CD audio set in July. Cost is
$20 per set. To pre-order your copy, contact the
Vineyard bookstore at 672.1846 or email abriggs@
firstpresgreenville.org.
Women’s Ministry, Claire Ripley
WOMEN’S WEEKLY OFFERINGS THIS SUMMER
• 30 MINUTES OF PRAYER: Join us each Tuesday
at noon in Harper Chapel as we pray for our
country, our communities, and each other, using
Anne Graham Lotz’s outstanding outline for
prayer. You won’t want to miss this life-giving
time led by Rev. Claire Ripley and team, which is
sure to bring joy and peace to your heart.
• WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY: Join us each Thursday,
9:30–11:00am in Room 316, for an eight-week
study of John Stott’s Jesus Christ: Teacher, Servant
& Savior. Books are available in the Vineyard
bookstore. For further information, contact Kate
Hellier (801.3189) or Vicki Wood (288.3793).
Are you interested in membership?
Do you just want to learn more
about First Pres?
Our next FIRST LOOK Series is
Sundays, July 10, 17, 24
9:40–10:50am in Room 201
Register with Autumn Clark
(672.0370, [email protected])
Questions? Contact Claire Ripley
(672.1839, [email protected])
We look forward to welcoming you!
Member News
BAPTISMS (June 12, 2016)
Mary Frances Meece, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Meece (Erin), and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Erickson (Judy).
David Dillard Ramseur, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Ramseur, Sr. (Tracy), grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Ramseur (Geni), and great-grandson of Mrs. Gene
Dillard.
CONGRATULATIONS
The Pastors and Congregation extend blessings to:
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reed (Joann), who celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary on June 9.
Calendar for the Week
FATHER’S DAY, SUNDAY, JUNE 19
Pastor of the Day: Tim Leslie (423.2063)
8:30am • Worship Service (Sanctuary)
9:30am • Continental Breakfast (Memorial Hall)
• VBS Kickoff Party (Gym)
9:45am • Sunday School
10:45am • Ignite Worship (Fellowship Hall)
11:00am • Worship Service/DR Team Commissioning
(Sanctuary)
12:00pm • College Lunch (off campus)
12:15pm • Missional Ministry & Evang Comm. (Rm 261)
MONDAY, JUNE 20
Pastor of the Day: Stan Johnson (423.2067)
9:00am • Vacation Bible School (throughout campus)
• Day Missions (off campus)
8:00pm • College Girls’ Night (off campus)
TUESDAY, JUNE 21
Pastor of the Day: Charlie Buchanan (561.6346)
9:00am • Vacation Bible School (throughout campus)
• Day Missions (off campus)
12:00pm • Women’s 30 Minutes of Prayer (Harper Chapel)
4:30pm • Academy Board Meeting (STEM Lab)
7:00pm • Tuesday Evening Prayer Service
(Harper Chapel)
• College Bible Study (off campus)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
Pastor of the Day: Phil Hargrove (423.3455)
9:00am • Vacation Bible School (throughout campus)
• Day Missions (off campus)
4:00pm • Level 1 Prayer Training (Room 303)
7:30pm • Senior High Roots (Youth 352)
THURSDAY, JUNE 23
Pastor of the Day: Charlie Buchanan (561.6346)
7:00am • Men’s Bible Fellowship & Breakfast
(Formal Dining Room)
9:00am • Women’s Prayer Group (Room 212)
• Vacation Bible School (throughout campus)
• Day Missions (off campus)
9:30am • Women’s Summer Bible Study (Room 316)
12:00pm •Christian Men’s Fellowship (Formal Dining Rm)
8:00pm • College Guys’ Basketball (Gym)
FRIDAY, JUNE 24
Pastor of the Day: Tim Leslie (423.2063)
10:00am • Bulletin Stuffing (Room 254)
SATURDAY, JUNE 25
Pastor of the Day: Tim Leslie (423.2063)
5:00am • Mission Team to DR (off campus)
7:00am • Men’s Cycling Club (Parking Lot)
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
IS NEXT WEEK!
There are dozens of opportunities for parents, grandparents,
and volunteers to serve the week of VBS, June 20-23. What can
you do? Pray, direct parking, bring snacks, drive or chaperone
for Day Missions, and much more. There is a place for everyone!
To help, contact Tina at [email protected] or call
672.7031. If you haven’t yet registered your children, go to
FirstPresGreenville.org and click on the VBS icon.
MISSION PROJECT ITEMS NEEDED
Children’s Ministry is collecting Foster Care emergency kit items for one of
our Day Missions projects. Please donate any of the following items: 9x12-inch
doodle pads, 24-count twistable crayons, small toys (match box cars, stress balls,
small dolls, stuffed animals, etc.), hospital gloves, 3-ounce Germ-X hand sanitizer
with flip cap, cube box of Kleenex, wet wipes in hard plastic container, 50-count
8-gallon trash bags, 9.7-ounce Febreze air freshener, MediBuddy First Aid Kit.
Please bring items to Children’s Ministry. Questions? Contact Karen King
([email protected] or 672.1840). Thank you for your support!
A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GREENVILLE, SC
Worship
Assignments for June 19th
FATHER’S DAY
SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2016
8:30 and 11:00am Worship
10:45am Ignite Contemporary Worship
“I BELIEVE IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS“
John 1:1-14
Rev. Dr. Richard Gibbons
9:30am – Continental Breakfast
9:45am – Sunday School
Connections Greeter Team:
8:30 Service (8:10am): Bob and Jackie Thompson (Portico), Brenda
Evans (Loggia), Bayne Brown (Memorial Hall), Nancy Spry (Sanctuary),
Jim Williams (Washington/Richardson Corner)
Sunday School (9:20am): Bayne Brown (Portico), John Stelling (Loggia),
Darst Guest (Richardson Street), Davey Tucker (Choir Door)
11:00 Service (10:40am): Heather Tapp, Klara Szekely (Portico),
Michael Watson, Marge Robertson (Loggia), Will Sykes (Memorial
Hall), Charlotte Watson (Sanctuary), Suzanne Rivet (Choir Door)
JUNE 22, 2016
Nursery Team: (9:15) Caroline Mullen, Bentley Mitchell, Amy Willcox,
Megan Blackston, Jeanette Terry, Emily Smith; (10:30) Kate Hellier,
Emilie Simpson, Teresa Dick, Melissa Copeland, Devon Pace, Pace
child, Ellie Hungerford, Elizabeth Williams, Clary Hill.
NO Bible Study or Lunch
this week due to Vacation Bible School
New volunteers are always welcome!
Lunch (11:30am) & Bible Study (12:30pm)
resume June 29.
To join the Connections Greeter Team:
Contact Chad Brown at [email protected].
This WEDNESDAY
To join the Nursery Team:
Contact Evelyn Penkert at [email protected] or 672.1843.
Evening events resume in September.
June 19–25, 2016
WHAT’S INSIDE
Contact Us
Red, White & Q – Sunday, June 26
Patriotic Services & Churchwide BBQ
200 West Washington Street
Greenville, SC 29601
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
phone 864.235.0496
fax 864.235.0698
website FirstPresGreenville.org
email [email protected]
facebook.com/FPCGreenville
Register and Volunteer for June 20-23:
Egypt VBS (grades K4–4)
Day Missions (grades 5–12)
Emergency Kit Items Needed
for VBS Missions
College Summer Weekly Opportunities
Broadcast
Women’s Ministry Summer Offerings
TELEVISION
First and Foremost Program
on WHNS-TV FOX Carolina
Sundays at 10:30am
For more information about
the ministry of FPC, visit
FirstPresGreenville.org
sunday * june 26
June 19–25, 2016
Come to our patriotic
services
8:30am * 10:45am Ignite * 11:00am
Join us afterward for a churchwide lunch
Red * White * & * Q
12:00 noon in the Gym *
Pulled pork BBQ, all the fixin’s, & ice cream sandwiches!
$7/person
* $25/family * under age 5 free
June Anderson, Virginia Anderson
Jennifer Bridges, Ann Broome
Lynn Campbell, Lori Cheves
Jean Corbin, Cheryl Craig, Ray Denny
Charmaine Dunn, Mickey Erwin
Marilyn Fain, Sarah Fain, Norma Floyd
Louis Garduno, Motte Grey
Natalie Hall, Betty Hayman
Grover Haynes, June Haynes
Suzanne Hilger, Daniel “Dan” Hoover
Jay Huff, Ellis Huguley, Amy Hunter
Christine Jameson, Eric Johnson
Jamie Kay, Claire “Cee Cee” Kaylor
Mary Ellen Keathley, Justin Lamb
Herb Lindsay, Jr., Janet MacCallum
Jackie McKeithan, Deryl McKinney
Montez Miller, Gary Morningstar
Pat Quarles, Jonas Ramirez
Terry Richey, Susie Roberts
Darst Yvonne Rose, Bertha Mae Sims
JoAnne Smith, Rebecca Sowell
Larry Starkey, Clark Sturgis
Maxine “Max” Trexler, Mary Lou Vassar
Margaret Wasson, Barry Wimberley
Bette Worrell, Carolyn Wyrick
Bold = New Italics = In Hospital
PRAYER REQUEST LINES
Prayer Requests: 672.1838
Prayer Appointments: 672.1848
Congregational Care Director
Tammy Burkhalter: 672.0327