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May 19
Pentecost
Lessons
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Acts 2:1-21
Sermon
Spirit's Power
David Welch
Hymns
Wind, Who Makes All Winds that Blow
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
Come, O Spirit, Dwell among Us
Anthem
Every Time I Feel the Spirit
Last Sunday's Worship Count
10:30 Combined Service: 302 |
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Windows
on First Presbyterian Church
May 16, 2013 |
Come to Game Night May 31! |
The FPC deacons will hold an intergenerational game night Friday, May 31, from 7:00 to 9:00 in the Fellowship Hall and outdoors. Dinner will not be served, but light snacks will be available. Bring your favorite board game. Outside, we might play Whiffle ball, kickball, ors capture-the-flag. For more information, contact Pete Stigers. This is a great chance for informal fellowship and fun. We look forward to seeing you there! |
Consider Dedicating or Simply Donating a New Hymnal |
Thank you to the members of our congregation who have purchased 151 hymnals so far in our campaign to obtain 350 copies of the new Presbyterian songbook by the end of the month! However, with our May 27 payment deadline eleven days away, we are still less than halfway to our goal of having enough of the twenty-first-century resource, Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal, for Sunday services.
We are inviting contributions for copies of the new hymnal at $15 each. You may purchase any number of hymnals for the simple joy of making a tangible gift to our church family's worship experience, or you may dedicate hymnals in memory or in honor of loved ones; a bookplate will note the appropriate designation. Please consider now how you would like to give one or more of the new hymnals for use in worship. You can pick up order forms on Sunday mornings or get them from the church office throughout the week. Again, thank you for your participation in our communal life! |
FPC Teens FISH for Summer Hosts |
Fellowship in Someone's Home (FISH) will begin as soon as school is out. Middle school students will meet on Tuesday nights, beginning May 28, and high school students will meet on Thursday nights, beginning May 23. We share a short lesson or devotion and always have a lot of fun!
We are now fishing for families to host us! Hosts provide a meeting place, snacks, drinks, and an activity of some sort. The activity does not have to be elaborate, just something that will pull our teens together and give them an opportunity for fellowship. Last summer we swam, played volleyball, competed in Minute to Win It and The Amazing Race, had a bonfire, and more! Contact Katie Arnold at karnold@fpcbristol.org and reserve your FISH now! |
Middle School Mania Strikes Again! |
 Celebrate the last day of school at Middle School Mania! All sixth through eighth graders are invited to get the summer started at a glow stick dance party on May 22, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The FPC Youth Wing will be transformed into a blacklight wilderness with glow sticks, glow-in-the-dark paint, and more. Wear your craziest neon outfit, grab friends, and get ready to party the night away!
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VBS News
Final Volunteer Training Session This Sunday Evening |
 It won't be long before we walk through the marketplace in ancient Athens, conveniently relocated to the FPC campus, as Vacation Bible School encounters Paul on his second missionary journey. Meanwhile, we have one final volunteer training opportunity on offer. Volunteers who have not participated in a training session can do so Sunday, May 19, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., at the church. Materials Needed First of all, we request your prayers! And if you have any of the following items, we could use them, too! - Empty paper towel rolls
- Easy-up canopy tents
- Flat sheets (solid colors)
- Artificial greenery or ivy
- Woven rugs
- Artificial fruit
- Crocks, jugs, pottery, Greek statues
- Rope lights/Christmas lights
Registration Under Way Registration continues! You will find registration forms, along with flyers to share with friends and neighbors, in the Fellowship Hallway and the church office. Early registration is very helpful in planning for Vacation Bible School, so please let us know that you are coming. We encourage everyone who has children to sign them up now! And please invite friends and neighbors to register their children for this enriching and enjoyable process. Our records show that the children from outside our congregation who attend have usually been invited by a member of our congregation. Dates & Times VBS is scheduled for Monday through Wednesday, June 10-12. Morning hours will be 9:00-12:00. The Wednesday evening dinner and program will begin at 5:30. Be sure to save time on your calendars for the final events! For more information, please contact Ann Abel, Lilly Osborne, or Tina Witcher. |
Sunday's Kids' Kirk Looks at Miracles |
 Kids' Kirk will meet during both services this Sunday, May 19. We will learn about some of the miracles of Jesus. Hearing that Jesus turns water to wine, walks on water, and feeds the multitude will help us understand that Jesus can do anything! Kids' Kirk is for four-year-olds through rising second-graders.
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Volunteer for Kids' Kirk or Sunday School |
 Summer is almost here, and our children's Sunday School teachers are preparing to take a two-month break. We are now looking for people to fill in. Our summer schedule also means we will need volunteers to help with Kids' Kirk during each Sunday morning service in June. Please contact Ann Abel at 423-764-7176 or aabel@fpcbristol.org if you can assist.
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Serving Christ Opportunity Coming Up June 22 |
 Our next opportunity for service at Sharing Christ Ministry in downtown Bristol will be Saturday, June 22. We need volunteers to prepare and serve chicken casseroles, marinated slaw, green beans, and dinner rolls. We also need donations of sandwich bread, peanut butter, jam, snack cakes, and fruit for bag lunches, and volunteers to make the sandwiches and fill the bags. We estimate that we will need at least 150 dinners and 75 bag lunches. To volunteer and/or donate food, please contact Tammy Connolly at lconn4691@btes.tv.
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Flowers from Adam's Curse |
As a great poet very nearly wrote: "To be born a gardener is to know, although they do not talk of it at school, that we must labour to be beautiful." Because we are blessed to have gardeners among us, our courtyard is spruce and blooming again. Many, many thanks to Tom's Courtyard Crew: Jackie Burt, Emily Hyder, and Billie Whisnant, for the early spring cleanup.Thanks also to Bill Whisnant for the beautiful lilies and pansies.
But it's "certain there is no fine thing since Adam's fall but needs much labouring." And therefore we invite contributions for more courtyard color. (Please write "courtyard" on the memo line of your check payable to FPC.) And if you really want to get involved, you can purchase and/or plant your own flowers. Please contact Tom Daniel or Bill Whisnant for suggested locations.
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 If it isn't too much to hope that the weather will be both warm and dry for a spell, we can expect to see the Tiger Cat roaming the church lawn between May 15 and 18 with Dan Gross at the reins. Changsub Shim and Jae Shim take control May 22 to 25.
To live the dream, just call Randy Cook at 423-956-1541 or npolecook@aol.com. |
From Steve & Vicki Fey Music Notes |
Sunday's music participants: Sanctuary Choir with George Huber, soloist. The Feys will be on vacation May 20-29.
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Sunday's music: William L. Dawson (1899-1990) was one of a number of influential twentieth-century African-American composers and arrangers. Although he wrote a number of original compositions, he is probably best known for his choral arrangements of spirituals. The Sanctuary Choir anthem, "Every Time I Feel the Spirit," has remained popular since its composition in 1946 for the Tuskegee Institute Choir, which he developed and directed. The spiritual is believed to be from before the Civil War; the words draw from a number of Biblical images of the action of the Spirit, and say that the movement of the spirit in our hearts calls on us to pray. This is most appropriate as we celebrate Pentecost.
Choir awards: The annual children's and youth choir awards dinner was held Wednesday, May 8. The following children received perfect attendance awards: Foster Covington, Isabel Gross, Wyatt Gross, Zora Gross, Claire Hankins, Riley Miller, Reed Miller, Alex Rush, Wyatt Rush, and Ford Sikorski. We had no graduating seniors, and we welcomed several rising sixth graders into the youth choir and youth bells, as well as several rising second graders into children's handbells and Savior's Singers.
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CHERUB CHOIR
(age 4-grade 1) |
SAVIOR'S SINGERS
(Children's Handbells*) |
YOUTH BELLS |
JUBILATE YOUTH CHOIR | |
Landon Brooks |
*Josiah Chambers |
Taylor Connolly |
Taylor Connolly | |
Rachel Covington |
*Tobin Chambers |
Morgan Foran |
Abigail Davis | |
Drew Davis |
*Foster Covington |
Kameron Harkleroad |
Katie Davis | |
Evie Davis |
Kathleen Dotterweich |
Annie Osborne |
Morgan Foran | |
Sarah Galliher |
*Zora Gross |
Daniel Osborne |
Annie Osborne | |
Isabel Gross |
*Claire Hankins |
Angelica Poteat |
Daniel Osborne | |
Wyatt Gross |
*Riley Miller |
Cheyenne Poteat |
Angelica Poteat | |
Samuel Hankins |
*Ginny Osborne |
Maria Poteat |
Cheyenne Poteat | |
Nora McCracken |
*Laynie Richardson |
Rosa Poteat |
Maria Poteat | |
Vance McCracken |
Alex Rush |
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Rosa Poteat | |
Reed Miller |
*Wyatt Rush |
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Madison Ratliff | |
Jack Richardson |
*Ford Sikorski |
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Sara Shumate |
Lance Tudor |
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Julia Sikorski |
Logan Tudor |
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Nell Stigers |
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Sophia Streetman |
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Branch Sword |
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Rehearsal schedule: The Sanctuary Choir ended weekly rehearsals Wednesday, May 15, and will sing in worship through the end of June. During the month of July, soloists and ensembles will provide music for the 11:00 service. The Sanctuary Bells will rehearse on Monday, July 1, at 5:30 p.m., and ring for worship on Sunday, July 7. If you would like to sing with us through June, give us a call!
Program of note: Organist Dr. Richard Webb will present a recital this Sunday, May 19, at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of Central Presbyterian Church. Dr. Webb is Professor and Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Humanities at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, having served previously as Dean of the College and Chief Academic Officer at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, as well as Professor and Chair of the Departments of Music at San Francisco State University and East Tennessee State University. The recital, sponsored jointly by Central Presbyterian Church and the Northeast TN/Southwest VA chapter of the American Guild of Organists, is free and open to the public. |
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In Our Prayers
Bruce Bales
Mack Blevins
Sue Cannon
Dorothy Dollar
Elizabeth Harkleroad
Mary Nell Harris
Sharon Hatcher
Carolyn King
Mary Landrum
Ruth Musser
Nancy Preston
Mary Rice
Janet Wright
An extensive list of prayer concerns, "Pray for One Another," is available for pickup at the church each week.
Condolences
Our love and sympathy are with Annette and David Tudor in the death of their sister-in-law, Roxana Wasyliw Wizorek, May 12, in Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania.
Congratulations
We rejoice with Hugh Testerman Jr. and Stephanie Rollins on their wedding, May 11, in Chattanooga.
Birthday Prayer Fellowship
May 19 Lucinda Brown, Sarah-Courtney Cavatoni, Emily Clark, Shannan Miller
May 20 Jane Crewey, Bonnie Haskins, Jim Ratliff
May 21 Sara Stocstill
May 22 Karen Boone, Myers Mumpower, William Mumpower, Branch Sword
May 23 Kristen Allerton, Phil Bailey, Sue Olsen
May 24 Frank McCown
May 24 Jared Kreiss, Linda Welch
May 25 Faye VanNostrand |
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Sunday, May 19
8:30 a.m. Worship, Fellowship Hall
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Worship, Sanctuary
6:30 p.m. Vacation Bible School Volunteer Training
Monday, May 20
4:45 p.m. Administrative Committee, Room 117
7:00 p.m. Christian Education Committee, Room 117
Tuesday, May 21
9:00 a.m. Staff Meeting. Room 123
10:00 a.m. Morning Prayer Group, Conference Room
4:00 p.m. Evangelism & Outreach Committee, Room 117
6:00 p.m. Cub Scout Pack 3, Scout Wing
7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 3, Scout Wing
7:00 p.m. Heart to Heart Bible Study, Room 123
Wednesday, May 22
9:30 a.m. Summer Devotionals with Lorri Looney, Parlor
7:00 p.m. Middle School Mania, Youth Wing
Thursday, May 23
7:00 a.m. Men's Bible Study, Parlor
12:00 p.m. Noon Bible Study, Room 117
7:00 p.m. High School FISH, TBA
8:15 p.m. Praise Team, Fellowship Hall |
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