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Mid-Week Adult Enrichment

January Series

“Sabbath As Resistance: Saying NO to the

Culture of NOW”

(Based on the book by Walter

Brueggemann by the same name)

Sabbath is not only a congenial, spiritual

discipline but is an alternative to the busy,

frenetic, anxious, workaholic consumer

culture that we indulge. Join us for three

weeks as we explore a new understanding

of what Sabbath means for us and in the

process, find restoration for our homes and

our society.

*If you were present at our Autumn Dog-

wood Acres Retreat, and attended the Bi-

ble Study, you got a taste of this book’s

reflections.

Join us for an expanded study!

The series will be facilitated by

Greta Reed and Linda Smith.

January 24, 2018

Dinner begins at 5:45 p.m. Program begins

at 6:30 p.m.

Dinner is catered by St. John’s Lively Café

$6.50 per person; $15 family cap; Children

under 12 are free

Register by noon, on Monday before each

session.

We are currently registering children who will enroll at First Presbyterian Preschool in August 2018. If you are interested in knowing more about a fall 2018 opening at our Preschool for a two year old, three year old or four year old, please call Andra Copeland at Preschool at 850.222.4587. The Preschool also participates in the state of Florida VPK program (Voluntary Prekindergarten). Chil-dren who are four years old, on or before September 1, 2018 are eligible for VPK. Andra will be glad to give you more information about the VPK program. Please see www.firstprespreschool.net for general information about FPP.

Grace Mission is holding a new fundraising event at Madison Social on Feb. 7th from 6-8pm. Madison Social (located at 705 S. Wood-

ward Ave) will be our host for a fun social gathering. All you have to do is simply show up. We are calling the event Tips for Trips - let me explain. Grace Mission receives the tips (from the tip jar) from the

evenings event. You can order drinks and dinner from Madison Social (who has great food if you haven't eaten there yet) but the tips at the

bar go to Grace Mission. The tips will go to help pay for the many adventures and field trips we hope to take with our Youth Group

thus, Tips for Trips! This is a great mid-week date night out and a fun time to meet and connect with so many people who support Grace

Mission.

The Launch Youth Group at Grace Mission would love to attend a FSU or FAMU basketball or baseball game this season. If you have any

tickets you would like to share so the Youth group can attend please let us know.

Pastor Jenni 850- 224-3817

Inquirers’ Class Westminster Room, #208

The Inquirers continue with Living the Questions 2.0 (about). The provocative theological discourse—

among progressive theologians featured in the videos and among class participants—will make you

think. Newcomers welcome; each session in the series stands on its own. This week’s program is

titled, “Evil, Suffering & A God of Love.” Our back-ground reading is pp. 20-27 in “LTQ2-SessionMaterial

-Binder2.PDF.” (please contact the church office if you need a copy).

Hearing the Word Room 205-Conference Room

This class meets to discuss scripture and theology as it relates to participants lives.

Middle and High School Youth Sunday, January 21 @ First Presbyterian

6-7:30 p.m.

Service with a Smile! Bring non-perishables and canned goods for Manna Food Bank.

We will be planning our Spring Service Projects and the T-shirts we will wear while doing them!

Adult Bible Study Class Room 202

The Adult Bible Class will continue our study

of Genesis with Chapters 43-44:

The Story of Joseph.

Visitors are always welcome to join the class;

we read the scripture first and then discuss

its meaning for us today.

UKirk Tallahassee, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) campus ministry, is looking for a part-time Admin-istrative Assistant. The Administrative Assistant will perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks, including financial record keeping through Quickbooks, scheduling facility usage, creating fly-ers and social media events to promote ministry ac-tivities, organizing ministry meals, and interacting with students and faculty. Duties of the Administra-tive Assistant include providing support to our Cam-pus Minister, assisting in daily office needs and managing UKirk’s general administrative activities. The ideal candidate should have excellent oral and written communication skills, a welcoming pres-ence, computer proficiency (Quickbooks, Word, Mi-crosoft Publisher or Adobe Creative Suite, Face-book, Twitter, Instagram), and organization. Salary: $15/hour Hours per week: 10-20 hours Application process: Submit a resume, cover letter, a personal and professional recommendation. Please send to shannon@faithpcusa.org no later than Janu-ary 16th.

Lectionary Readings

January 21, 2018 Third Sunday after Epiphany

Jonah 3:1-10 Psalm 62:5-12

1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20

First Presbyterian Church Calendar for January 2018

Date Time Event Location Comments

Sunday Schedule 9:00 a.m. Nursery Opens Education Building

Care for children last through the worship

hour

9:15 a.m. Church School Education Building

10:45 a.m. Lord's Day Service Sanctuary All are welcome

Wednesdays 4:30 p.m. Choristers Choir Room St. John’s Episcopal Church

7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal Choir Room First Presbyterian Church

Wed. Jan 17 5:45 p.m. Midweek Enrichment Westminster Room Sabbath As Resistance: Saying NO to the Culture of

NOW 5:45 p.m. dinner 6:30 program

Sun. Jan. 21 noon Session Meeting Westminster Room

Wed. Jan 24 5:45 p.m. Midweek Enrichment Westminster Room Sabbath As Resistance: Saying NO to the Culture of

NOW 5:45 p.m. dinner 6:30 program

Childcare at FPC on Sunday Mornings

Our nursery and preschool rooms are staffed by childcare providers from the Heavenly Helpers Agency. These childcare professionals are

background checked and trained in infant/child first aid and CPR. They are present in both rooms from 9:00 a.m. – Noon each Sunday.

Main Floor Nursery: Our nursery is for infants and toddlers who are not yet 2 years old. Parents can drop children off beginning at 9:00

a.m. and children will be cared for through the worship hour. There is a sign in sheet for parents to list who will be picking their child up, an

emergency phone number and any particular needs the child may have while in the church’s care. Children should come with a bottle or

sippy cup, preferred snack and diapers. Diaper wipes and additional snacks are available.

Two Year Old Class: Two year old children have their own Sunday school class upstairs in room 307 during the church school hour and in

305 during the worship hour.

Preschool Classes: Beginning at age three, children attend our preschool class in Room 305. There are four teachers who rotate responsibil-

ities for preparing and leading the church school lesson during the church school hour, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. There are two Heavenly Helper

caregivers in the classroom helping the teacher. At 10:30 children have snack and the teachers leave to attend worship and the caregivers

stay to supervise and interact with the children as they enjoy the housekeeping, block town, train set, light board and other centers in the

room.

Care for children lasts through the worship hour.