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Opportunities at FPC this week:
Sunday, May 13 - 9:00 a.m. - Early Addition - 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School - 11:00 a.m. - Worship ; 6:00 p.m. - No Youth Group Meetings... Celebrate Happy Mother's Day!
Monday, May 14 - 10:00 a.m.- PW Council Meeting
Tuesday, May 15 - 10:00 a.m. - PW Elizabeth Greisser Circle - Library
Wednesday, May 16 - 4:30 p.m. - Godly Play Meeting; 5:00 p.m. - Diaconate Meeting; 6:00 p.m. - FNS and Bible Study; Godly Play for Evergreen; 7:00 p.m. - Chancel Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, May 17 - 12:00 p.m. - Brown Bag Bible Study - Acts; 5:00 p.m. - Session Meeting; 6:30 p.m. - PW Zelle Moore Circle - Annex
Saturday, May 19 - 9:00 a.m.- Pines Presbytery Meeting
Sunday, May 20 - 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast with our Seniors - 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School - 11:00 a.m. - Senior Recognition and Youth Sunday Worship ; 6:00 p.m. - Youth Groups Dinner and Meeting
Plus other regularly scheduled programs: Check our interactive weekly calendar!
Brown Bag Bible Study
Join us at 12:05 each Thursday as Rev. Susan Arnold leads a study of the Acts of the Apostles.. Bring your lunch and a friend!
Presbyterian Women 2012 Birthday Offering
The Fellowship Hall was filled on May 2nd as we celebrated the annual PW Birthday Offering. Sallie Dill and the PW Hospitality Committee prepared a delicious catered dinner, a Lifetime Membership was presented to Richard Hall (Yes...men can be honored... His mother, Ella May, was the first recipient at FPC back in 1945), and Jane Portis gave a wonderful report about her recent trip to Haiti to install solar systems with Solar Under the Sun, one of the 2012 Birthday Offering Grant Recipients.
If you missed her program, you can read about her trip in the May Newsletter...
Over $1000 was collected for Birthday Offering! Thanks to all for your generosity!
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First Presbyterian to Host Pines Presbytery Meeting
Commissioners from all over Pines Presbytery will gather at FPC on Saturday, May 19th for the regular monthly meeting. Many thanks to all who participated in a work day on Saturday, May 5th to beautify the grounds and areas inside the buildings and to those who will be helping on the day.
Senior Recognition and Youth Sunday coming May 20th
 Please make plans to join us on this special Sunday which begins with breakfast at 9:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Our worship service at 11:00 a.m. will be conducted by the youth, led by our 2012 high school graduates.
Congratulations to our Graduates!
Ruth Arnold - Texas High School
Alan Burns - Ashdown High School
Alonso Corral - Texas High School
Charlie Morehead - Arkansas High School
Rachel Fomby - Texas A&M, College Station
Kristen Fomby Gibson - Texas A&M, Texarkana
Brett Jackson -Baptist Medical Center School of Nursing
Laura Lee Lacy - University of Oklahoma
Marshall E. Moore - University of Arkansas
Community Garden Work Days
Folks continue to tend the Greater Texarkana Downtown Community Garden which now has a drip irrigation system
Tomatoes, okra, beans, onions, peas and squash are a-growing! Drive by and take a look...
Updates on the garden and more opportunities to help will be posted on our calendar and on the Facebook page. It doesn't matter whether your thumb is green or not! All are welcome....
Diaconate Second Quarter Mission - Presbyterian Disaster Hygiene Kits
The supply of PDA hygiene kits at Ferncliff has become an issue due to several factors. Recent storms and the threat of more this spring and summer means that people displaced will need these supplies. Also, as part of kid’s camp experience, they help to assemble these kits. The Diaconate has chosen to collect items for use in these hygiene kits as our second quarter mission. Items needed are . . .
hand towels (16”x28”) No fingertip or bath towels
washcloths
wide-toothed combs
nail clippers
bath-sized bars of soap
toothbrushes in original packages
standard size “Band Aids”
1 gallon zip-top plastic bags
No toothpaste. This is purchased just before shipment.
The collection box is located outside of the Fellowship Hall. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Your help with this project is greatly appreciated! Thank you.
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