a look at what’s happening at fpc november...

A look at what’s happening at FPC

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PAIDMIDLAND, TX 79711

PERMIT NO.185800 West Texas AvenueMidland, Texas 79701

NOVEMBER

8, 15, 22

Stewardship 2016

FirstGlance

FIRST PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH | 432.684.7821 | WWW.FPCMID.ORG

8:15 am Worship in the Sanctuary9:30 am Sunday School for all ages11:00 am Worship in the Sanctuary11:00 am The Bridge Worship in the Chapel

We’ll see you this Sunday!

LISTEN TO THE11AM SERVICE

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NOVEMBER

26-27Thanksgiving HolidayChurch building closed

NOVEMBER

4Come to the QuietMorning Edition

COME TO THE QUIETWEDNESDAY MORNINGS IN THE CHAPEL AT 7:40

BEGIN YOUR DAY WITH WORSHIP, SCRIPTURE, REFLECTION AND PRAYERCOFFEE & CONVERSATION IN THE COMMONS TO FOLLOW

O R N I N G E D I T I O

WHY GIVE?

thanksgivingSO HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO, GOD HELPING YOU: TAKE YOUR EVERYDAY,

ORDINARY LIFE - YOUR SLEEPING, EATING, GOING-TO-WORK, AND WALKING-AROUND LIFE - AND PLACE IT BEFORE GOD AS AN OFFERING. EMBRACING WHAT GOD

DOES FOR YOU IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR HIM.

ROMANS 12:1

11/1 Braden Miller, Britton Harris, Devon McDaniel, Henrietta Fikes, LuAnn Lane, Sandra Geiselman, Will Burford11/2 Alan Meyers, Amanda Hartshorne, Rodney Satterwhite11/3 Carson Ham, Duncan Robertson, Eleanor Chalfant, Jane Moore, Luke McDaniel, Luke Henry Morrow, Melissa Dorman, Tyler Timmons11/4 Blythe Harris, Bobby Faris, Niels Gaynor, Parker Bell, Pat Hunter, Wes Pittman11/5 Bradley Ward, Brandi Gardner, Kelly Reese, Paul Staley, Richard Howard11/6 Heather Petty, Miles Boldrick, Tom Zeigler11/7 Bill Burford, Carol Craig, Madison Grace Wilson, Sara Sumrall11/8 Carol Walker, Gri�n Sell, Parker Lindgren11/9 Breck Record, Bruce Gilmour, Caden Carson, Cameron Ford, Hunter Wegman, John Davis, Lynn Durham, Melinda Williamson, Randall Upton, Ryan Horner11/10 Alea McKean, Drew Anderson, Judy Devenport, Laura Wright, Robert Floyd11/11 Donnie Nunn, Jack Rathbone, Judy Grant, Marion Liedtke, Mike Hedrick, Sally Green11/12 Barrett Ramsey, Claire Blake, Dan Hart, Johnathan Dorman, Melissa Scott, Ware Hudson11/13 Joan Hu�, Liam Bowers, Ryan Spurgeon11/14 Carter Anderson, Lucy Box, Michelle Carter, Wesley Howard11/15 Claire Renaud, Frank Norwood, Guy Ellis, Megan Howard, Summer Painter11/16 Barbara Koch, Kendall Blanchard11/17 Aaron Watson, Bob Kiker, Missy McGee, Willa Joyner11/18 Annie Campbell, Brenda Clark, Charles Harlan Dorman, Holly Stroman, Mason Vestal, Meg Branson, Richard Davis, Shel Anderson11/19 Bob Wiggins, Clara Hart, Emma Bolger, Jessica Custer, Marshall Woodside, Paula Cahoon, Robert Rendall, Sharla Sirgo11/20 Ashley Beal, David Shipman, Mary Carter11/21 Daniel Scharbauer, Dorise Watson, Elizabeth Wilson11/22 Glenn Rogers, Hayden Boldrick, Mitch Strickling, Slade Sawyer11/23 Beth Edwards, Catharine Nunn, Celia Wilson, Steve Cole11/24 Lunelle Zeeck11/25 A J Ferguson, Cathy Burgess, Debbie Spinks, Jennifer Black, Karen Gates, Leslie Kennedy, Vanna Holton11/26 Alison Gaynor, Ellie Burleson, Karen Winkler, Tony Farish, Weezie Tettleton11/27 Bob Kmiec, Charley Rogers, Emma Gotcher11/28 Abbey Cain, Brandon Erb, Francys Walker, James Morrow, Sterling Brown, Taylor Mayne11/29 Allison McDonnold, Barrett Johnson, Caroline Steger, Craig Mulloy, Michael Beal11/30 Hollen Wheeler, Judy Warren, Savannah Cain

M E M B E R B I R T H D A Y S

Worship and Sunday School Worship, 8:15 am, Sanctuary Worship, 11:00 am Sanctuary Worship, 11:00 am The Bridge in the ChapelSunday School, 9:30 am

November 1Daylight Savings Time Ends/Turn clocks back one hour

November 1Congregational Meeting8:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast and Fellowship in Lynn Hall begins. 8:30-9:30 a.m. You are invited to a prayer service in the Chapel anytime between 8:30-9:30 a.m. One worship service at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Registration continues in Lynn Hall until 11:00 a.m.11:00 a.m. Congregational Meeting in the Sanctuary

November 1-8Family Promise Week

November 4, 11, 18, 25Come to the Quiet Morning Edition

November 8Nursery Appreciation Day

November 8Veteran’s Day Sunday. Wear your uniform to our services. We will have breakfast to celebrate Veteran’s Day.

November 13-15Con�rmation Retreat

November 18Last Fall Gathering and classes.

November 22Christ the King Sunday

November 26-27Church building closed in observance of Thanksgiving.

September Financials:Fiscal year July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016

Budget: $3,521,041

September Revenues: $181,741September Expenses: $273,612September Revenues Over Expenses: $(91,871)

YTD Revenues: $621,608YTD Expenses: $781,727YTD Revenues Over Expenses: $(160,119)

Common Ground

September Revenues: $9,695September Expenses: $ 613,477

To Date Contributions: $9,71,125Unpaid Pledges: $1,543,184

MORE THAN WORDS Take time to view the MORE THAN WORDS exhibit currently on display in the Common Ground Gallery.

These words are expressions of blessing shared by many of you at Parish Life meetings in recent months. You responded to the questions, How has FPC been a blessing in your life? and What is something you value about FPC?

Interspersed with your words are Jesus’ words, the red letters, under which we stand. As we celebrate our newly remodeled space, these words, both gray and red, remind us of the love and common ground we share, and God’s goodness to us.

Give thanks to THE WORD, Jesus Christ, who is Lord and head of this church, and through whom we have a future and a hope.

Extra Joy for the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!For the Advent and Christmas seasons, the Sanctuary Choir would like to invite all who love the “Sounds of the Season” to join us for Advent and Christmas, including the annual Lessons and Carols service. For more information, please contact Greg, [email protected], or come join us Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the choir room. We look forward to seeing you there!

Giving Tree This Christmas, the FPC Nursery, Children’s Ministry and Faces of Children invite you to help spread joy and love to mothers and children living at the Safe Place and Genesis Center shelters in Midland. Through the month of November, we will have a Giving Tree set up in the new Commons area of our church. Please stop by our Giving Tree with your children and choose an ornament and make a contribution together. Please take the ornament home and hang it on your own tree to serve as a reminder to pray for these families this Christmas.

Faces of Children PrayerWednesday at 11:30 am, A gathering to pray for the children of the world.

TGIF(Thank Goodness It’s Friday) for birth-kindergarten, 9:00 am-2:00 pm. Reservations required with Arlene Reynosa, 684-7821 ext. 162.

Monday and Tuesday Bible StudiesPlease join us Mondays, at 10:00 a.m. in the parlor and Tuesdays, 6:30 a.m. in the Koinonia room. The Monday study is led by Shannon Weisenfels and the Tuesday study is led by Steve Schorr.

5:55 ClubFor 4 year olds-6th grade continues Wednesday evenings between the Gathering meal and choir. Ends November 18.

Children’s ChoirContinues each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Child Development Center.

Youth Weekly EventsELEMENT, WednesdaysJunior High, 6:00-7:00 p.m.High School, 7:45-9:00 p.m.Dinner for all, 7:00-7:45 p.m.

For Primetimer information and schedule of events, please consult the PRIMETIMER newsletter.