The Weekly Grapevine - Sunday, July 21, 2019
TODAY – JULY 21, 2019
Head Usher: Debbie Stoltz
Side Usher: Marinda Rives
Children’s Church Teachers: Anna Peterson, TBA
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Sun, Jul 21
9:00 am – Adult Sunday School
10:00 am –Worship/Children’s Church
Tues, Jul 23
6:00 pm – Girl Scouts
8:00 pm – NA Meeting
Wed, Jul 24
Weekly Grapevine Items Due
5:00 pm – Faith Friends/Beacons Nachos and Game Night
Thurs, Jul 25
8:00 am – Bob Chilton Bible Study
2:00 pm – Red Cross Blood Drive
7:00 pm – AA Group/Scout Hut
Sat, Jul 27
8:00 am – Surry Quilters/Quilt of Valor Workshop
PRAYERS AND PRAISES
Prayers
Our Church Family: Ilene Boyles, Barnsley Brown, Frieda Chauncey, Barbara Cleveland, Bobbie Lane, Kristin Leathers, Wayne Lowe, Mike and Debra Shelton, Janice Younger
Friends of our Church Family: Samantha Johnson Atkins, Ron Cocca, Kat Cooke, Lila Davidson, Roxanne Gartland, Vernell Goins, Whitney Hall, Jeanette Hamlin, Jimbo Miller, Ed and Sandy Nester, Martha Robertson, Macy Smith, Ron Spivey, Ron Walker, Betty Wright
If you wish to add anyone to the prayer or praise list, please do so by using one of the blue cards found in the backs of the pews (chairs in the Koinonia Room) and either drop them in the offering plate or place them on the board outside the church office.
CHURCH MINISTRIES
Are you visiting with us? If so, we are glad to have you! A couple of things you may inquire about: 1) Restrooms are located in the upstairs foyer and hallway. 2) Nursery is available to children birth-2 that lasts the entire length of worship. Children age 3-Kindergarten can stay in worship for the Children’s sermon and then have the option of going to Children’s Church. If you have further questions, please see one of our ushers.
Please be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to receive the Online Grapevine so you can receive all the latest announcements. If you are not on social media, please be sure Lynn has your current email address!
Beacons (6th-12th grade) on the Town and Faith Friends (Pre-K-5th grade) Fun and Games and Nacho Night: Join us for an evening of food and fun and games! Parents: You may drop your children off or you are welcome to stay. Dinner will be from 5-6 p.m. We will have games, inside and out, afterwards!
Organ Concert: Will be presented on Aug. 4 at 7:00 p.m. here at First Presbyterian. The organist is Ryan Singleton – member, organist, choir and handbell director at St. Andrew Lutheran Church; a graduate of North Surry High School, now a senior at UNC-G in the choral music education program. Ellen gave organ lessons to Ryan while he was in high school and he now has one more semester of student teaching before graduation. This organ concert is Ryan’s way to give back to the community where he grew up in and thanks for all the many mentors he has had in the past. This concert will also be in preparation for auditions into graduate school as well as a music director for other churches in the future. Please come!
Walk through the Bible Sunday School Class: Join us each week from 9:00 to 9:45 am each Sunday in the Fellowship Hall. The class combines discussion, cool videos and reading the Bible in small groups. Childcare is available. Griff is teaching this class.
Summer Sunday Worship: Has begun and will continue through Labor Day, Sunday, September 1st, at 10:00 a.m. We are glad you are here! Join us next Sunday as well!
Realm Connect Update: We are excited about the recent move to our new church software application. You’ll soon be able to: update your personal information, communicate with groups and teams, follow church announcements, look up members and be able to put a name with a face, manage giving and join events. If you download the app, the code is: fpcma. If you received an email with an invite, you won’t need the code, but you will have to create your own account with a username and password. Online giving through Realm is available now as well!
Children’s Church Volunteers Are Needed: Would you like to spend some time getting to know the children of our church and helping them to learn and grow in their relationship with Jesus? There is a sign-up sheet on the board in the upstairs foyer. Sign up today!
WITNESS
Red Cross Blood Drive: Will be held here at First Presbyterian Church in the Fellowship Hall on Thursday, July 25th. Please see Bettsee McPhail to sign up or go to redcrossblood.org and look for “First Presbyterian Church” to donate. There is a desperate need for donations! Help us save a life by donating!
Yokefellow Cooperative Ministry: Foods for the month of July are: Canned Fruit and Cereal. All non-perishable foods are accepted. Please make sure they are not out of date. Volunteers are needed! If you’d like to assist at any time stocking shelves or organizing food at Yokefellow, they are always looking for volunteers. They are open from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon each day.
Sandwich Saturdays: What a wonderful way to reach out to our community! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to assist! Bags with sandwiches and other items have been distributed to the children in our community over the entire summer. This is a fabulous outreach for our church to be a part. The following people are scheduled to help on July 27: Steve Yokeley, Lydia Taylor, Bettsee McPhail and Derek Higgs. Please arrive by 10:30 a.m.
CELEBRATIONS
Birthdays: 7/22: Delia Ferry; 7/26: Delane Heath, David Whitfield
Anniversaries: None this week
Head Usher: Debbie Stoltz
Side Usher: Marinda Rives
Children’s Church Teachers: Anna Peterson, TBA
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Sun, Jul 21
9:00 am – Adult Sunday School
10:00 am –Worship/Children’s Church
Tues, Jul 23
6:00 pm – Girl Scouts
8:00 pm – NA Meeting
Wed, Jul 24
Weekly Grapevine Items Due
5:00 pm – Faith Friends/Beacons Nachos and Game Night
Thurs, Jul 25
8:00 am – Bob Chilton Bible Study
2:00 pm – Red Cross Blood Drive
7:00 pm – AA Group/Scout Hut
Sat, Jul 27
8:00 am – Surry Quilters/Quilt of Valor Workshop
PRAYERS AND PRAISES
Prayers
Our Church Family: Ilene Boyles, Barnsley Brown, Frieda Chauncey, Barbara Cleveland, Bobbie Lane, Kristin Leathers, Wayne Lowe, Mike and Debra Shelton, Janice Younger
Friends of our Church Family: Samantha Johnson Atkins, Ron Cocca, Kat Cooke, Lila Davidson, Roxanne Gartland, Vernell Goins, Whitney Hall, Jeanette Hamlin, Jimbo Miller, Ed and Sandy Nester, Martha Robertson, Macy Smith, Ron Spivey, Ron Walker, Betty Wright
If you wish to add anyone to the prayer or praise list, please do so by using one of the blue cards found in the backs of the pews (chairs in the Koinonia Room) and either drop them in the offering plate or place them on the board outside the church office.
CHURCH MINISTRIES
Are you visiting with us? If so, we are glad to have you! A couple of things you may inquire about: 1) Restrooms are located in the upstairs foyer and hallway. 2) Nursery is available to children birth-2 that lasts the entire length of worship. Children age 3-Kindergarten can stay in worship for the Children’s sermon and then have the option of going to Children’s Church. If you have further questions, please see one of our ushers.
Please be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to receive the Online Grapevine so you can receive all the latest announcements. If you are not on social media, please be sure Lynn has your current email address!
Beacons (6th-12th grade) on the Town and Faith Friends (Pre-K-5th grade) Fun and Games and Nacho Night: Join us for an evening of food and fun and games! Parents: You may drop your children off or you are welcome to stay. Dinner will be from 5-6 p.m. We will have games, inside and out, afterwards!
Organ Concert: Will be presented on Aug. 4 at 7:00 p.m. here at First Presbyterian. The organist is Ryan Singleton – member, organist, choir and handbell director at St. Andrew Lutheran Church; a graduate of North Surry High School, now a senior at UNC-G in the choral music education program. Ellen gave organ lessons to Ryan while he was in high school and he now has one more semester of student teaching before graduation. This organ concert is Ryan’s way to give back to the community where he grew up in and thanks for all the many mentors he has had in the past. This concert will also be in preparation for auditions into graduate school as well as a music director for other churches in the future. Please come!
Walk through the Bible Sunday School Class: Join us each week from 9:00 to 9:45 am each Sunday in the Fellowship Hall. The class combines discussion, cool videos and reading the Bible in small groups. Childcare is available. Griff is teaching this class.
Summer Sunday Worship: Has begun and will continue through Labor Day, Sunday, September 1st, at 10:00 a.m. We are glad you are here! Join us next Sunday as well!
Realm Connect Update: We are excited about the recent move to our new church software application. You’ll soon be able to: update your personal information, communicate with groups and teams, follow church announcements, look up members and be able to put a name with a face, manage giving and join events. If you download the app, the code is: fpcma. If you received an email with an invite, you won’t need the code, but you will have to create your own account with a username and password. Online giving through Realm is available now as well!
Children’s Church Volunteers Are Needed: Would you like to spend some time getting to know the children of our church and helping them to learn and grow in their relationship with Jesus? There is a sign-up sheet on the board in the upstairs foyer. Sign up today!
WITNESS
Red Cross Blood Drive: Will be held here at First Presbyterian Church in the Fellowship Hall on Thursday, July 25th. Please see Bettsee McPhail to sign up or go to redcrossblood.org and look for “First Presbyterian Church” to donate. There is a desperate need for donations! Help us save a life by donating!
Yokefellow Cooperative Ministry: Foods for the month of July are: Canned Fruit and Cereal. All non-perishable foods are accepted. Please make sure they are not out of date. Volunteers are needed! If you’d like to assist at any time stocking shelves or organizing food at Yokefellow, they are always looking for volunteers. They are open from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon each day.
Sandwich Saturdays: What a wonderful way to reach out to our community! Thank you to everyone who has signed up to assist! Bags with sandwiches and other items have been distributed to the children in our community over the entire summer. This is a fabulous outreach for our church to be a part. The following people are scheduled to help on July 27: Steve Yokeley, Lydia Taylor, Bettsee McPhail and Derek Higgs. Please arrive by 10:30 a.m.
CELEBRATIONS
Birthdays: 7/22: Delia Ferry; 7/26: Delane Heath, David Whitfield
Anniversaries: None this week