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Sunday Morning Adult Education
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10:45 a.m. on Sundays.
Led by Denny Lawson in Sanctuary Hall
The Acts of the Holy Spirit in the Early Church
A Discussion of the Book of Acts
10:45 a.m in the Living Room
Led by Pastor Dave
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June
25 - Mission - Feed Our Starving Children
20 - WF Bonfire/Mission Trip Reunion
30 - FPC Book Club
July
10 - WF Starved Rock Hiking Trip
August
14 - WF Brookfield Zoo Trip
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Online Calendar
Looking for even more details about what's coming up? See our online calendar here.
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Feed My Starving Children
Sign up
It's now time to sign up for our June 25 packing event at Feed My Starving Children in Aurora. We will be packing there from 9:00 -11:00 a.m. We have fifty spots available and all ages five and up are welcome. If you are bringing children, please note the following age restrictions:
Grades K-2: one adult is required per child Grades 3-6: one adult is required per three children Grades 7-9: one adult is required per four children Grades 10-12: one adult is required per five children
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The Giving Garden is Growing! 
We had a perfect morning with an excellent turnout of gardeners. Thank you to all who came out and planted our giving garden. You will find tomatoes, broccoli, brussel sprouts, swiss chard, yellow squash, zucchini, green beans, wax beans, cucumbers, peppers, onions, lettuce, gourds, a pumpkin plant and sunflowers in our garden. Check out the pictures on our FPC Facebook page. Please take a look at the sign-up board out in the rotunda for weekly weeding and watering throughout the summer. The more the merrier and it is a great opportunity to meet fellow Presbyterian gardeners. If you have questions or concerns please contact Mary Kinsey, call 630-668-5147 x20, or sign up online.
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Celebration Garden Bricks
Engraved bricks are still available for the Courtyard Celebration Garden. Order forms are available in the church office and should be submitted by June 30th. The cost is $50 per brick. For more information please contact the church office or Randy Foster at (630) 653 2612.
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Men's First Light Collaborative
New Summer study, Saturday mornings at 7:00 a.m. beginning May 14 in Stewart Hall 101.
"When God Whispers Your Name" by Max Lucado.
Lucado.
Please contact us to be sure we have enough bacon for all.
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Please be in prayer for the PNC and for the candidate God has in mind for the future of First Pres. We continue to meet weekly to move 'as quickly as we can, and as slowly as we must' through this process.
Click Here for more information about the search.
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FPC Book Club 
FPC Book club selection for June is Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. This book explores the indomitable strengths of female friendship, and charts the journey of an unforgettable girl who loses one mother, but finds many others in the storybook city of Savannah."
Join us on Thursday, June 30th 7:00 p.m. in the Parish House living room, for great discussion and enjoyable fellowship. Questions? Contact Mary Kinsey
(630) 668-5147 x20.
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For the month of June we are collecting baby items such as baby food, diapers, baby wipes and baby shampoo. Bring your donations any time during the month to the Rotunda or Narthex.
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Worship 9:30 a.m.
Recordings of our past sermons are available on our website here.
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First Pres Security Initiative
During the past year, First Pres formed a security team which has met to discuss and research the security needs and safety standards of the church at the request of Session and the Preschool. Having a more intentional strategy for a secure and safe church facility is significant in the following ways:
- Additional security measures will better enable the protection of our preschool children.
- Additional security safeguards and limiting building access will help provide a greater safety net for our staff, particularly in the administrative office. It will provide greater opportunity to know who is entering and leaving the building at all times of the day.
- It will facilitate and increase security for all of our members and guests.
Session has fully endorsed the recommended a security initiative that will allow us to install security equipment to help us appropriately limit access to the facility and provide a greater safety net for children, staff, members and guests. The approximate cost will be $25,000. Some of the interior cabling and wiring will be done by our own staff.
Please consider partnering with us by making a donation to help advance the First Pres Church Security Initiative. Contributions can be made online at Designated Giving (using the Giving Type drop-down, select Security Initiative), checks can be made out to First Presbyterian with Security in the memo line.
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Women's Ministry
First Pres Women's Ministry has wrapped up another year of Christian service and fellowship. Thank you for your participation and thank you to the leadership team members for their calling and sharing their gifts! Our treasurer, Tanya Downing, reported that PW circles raised and donated over $3,500.
We contributed a majority of the money to our annual pledge to the Presbytery Women Chapter of Chicago and missions supported by the Chicago Presbytery such as Least Coin, Thank offering, Blankets and Birthday fund. We supported Erie House with our pecan sale proceeds. The remaining money was distributed to local missions that we feel passionate about: PADS, PRC, Rush University Medical Center Women's Board, Roseland Daycare Center, DuPage Convalescent Center, Kemmerer Village, Outreach Community Center and Christmas Sharing.
Looking forward to 2016/17 we have one leadership role remaining, to co-lead programs. This is a fun shared position, if you like bringing innovative speakers, authors or events to our church! Please call Angela Stephenson, at 630-200-2533, if your heart is calling you to this important shared role in women's ministry at our church.
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VBS Surf Shack
The children had an awesome week at the Surf Shack VBS where they caught the wave of God's amazing love. 70 children gathered (double the 35 we had last year) for a week of Bible stories, games, crafts, science and music. We couldn't have done it without the 39 adult and teen volunteers that worked hard to make it such a success!
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VBS Service Squad
Our Middle School VBS-Service Squad of 24 youth and 10 adults spent the week sharing God's love with others. We packed 40 lunches for PADS, sorted crayons, pens & pencils and took apart 3 ring binders to be recycled at SCARCE, we sorted frozen meat and packed 100 bags for the lunch program at the Humanitarian Service Project, we removed brush and invasive plants from an area being restored at Willowbrook Wildlife Haven and our highlight.....taking a loaf of homemade cinnamon bread and an a painted flowerpot wind chime to some special FPC seniors. A huge THANK YOU to our adult chaperone/drivers. We could not have done this mission work without you!
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Girls'/Guys' Small Groups 
We will continue to meet weekly on Wednesdays, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Come join us, even if you've never come before. Small groups are a great way to keep your focus on God during the summer months. (We won't have small groups on June 22, while we are away on the mission trip).
Sunday AM/WF Special Events
Sunday AM will continue on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, with special events mixed in:
6/26 We WILL have Sunday AM. Lisa Shine and Bryan Sanzotti will be ready to meet with anyone not going on the Mission Trip. The morning may include a trip to Starbucks, or donuts and a lesson in the courtyard... Meet in the Rotunda to find out!
7/10 Starved Rock hiking - bring a sack lunch and get ready for an adventure! Returning around 4pm.
8/14 Brookfield Zoo - bring a sack lunch and $15 and we'll head out for a wild time! Returning around
4:00 p.m.
Mission Trip
We are on our way to Elizabeth City, North Carolina. We can't wait to get started scraping, painting, and doing repair work at the homes of the families we will serve. Please pray for the Holy Spirit to move in us and through us as we work and share God's love in North Carolina!
WF Bonfire/Mission Trip Reunion
This will be held on Wednesday, June 29 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Shine's house. Please join us for some outdoor games and tasty s'mores. The mission trip team will share stories and God-sightings from the trip with those that couldn't come. You won't want to miss it!
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Members from both Hannah and Grace Circles provided a summer BBQ meal for the residents of Ronald McDonald House on Monday evening.
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