February 23

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Lessons

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Climbing the Tree of Opportunity

John McCall

Bell Prelude

Ring Praises

Youth Bells

Hymns

Come, Christians, Join to Sing

Will You Come and Follow Me

Lead On, O King Eternal!

Anthem

The Best of Rooms

Sanctuary Choir

Worship Count

Feb. 16: 8:30: 150; 11:00: 120

Wednesday Night Programs for Feb. 26

All those interested in joining our congregation are warmly invited to meet with the FPC Session at 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, March 2, in the chapel.

Please plan to participate in our Ash Wednesday worship service, to be held March 5 in the sanctuary. A nursery will be provided. The service will begin at 6:20, after the fellowship dinner.

Come to the Heart to Heart Read & Feed This Saturday

Last Chance to Register for Women's Retreat

Clarence Mitchell II

Our Arts Series continues Sunday, March 2, with a concert of baroque trumpet solos and duets, presented at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary by Clarence Mitchell II and Dr. David Champouillon. The Pro Musica Chamber Ensemble, directed by Tim and Kim Barrett, will provide the orchestral accompaniment. The program will be concertos by composers Franceschini, Torelli, Viviani, Telemann, Purcell, Vivaldi, Fasch, Handel, Tartini, and Stradella.

Mitchell is retired from the United States Air Force Band (Washington, D.C.) and lives in Fort Washington, Maryland. He retired as a senior master sergeant with 28 years of service. He earned a bachelor of music degree in composition from Temple University. Champouillon is a Bach artist/clinician and professor of trumpet at East Tennessee State University.

David Champouillon

Mitchell and Champouillon served in the USAF Band of the Golden Gate from 1979 to 1983 and have been friends for more than 33 years. They studied together with Laurie McGaw, then the associate principal trumpet of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. They both also studied with the late Professor William Fielder of Rutgers University, who taught Wynton Marsalis. Further study for Mitchell was with the late Seymour Rosenfeld, second trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Champouillon went on to study trumpet with the late Gilbert Johnson, solo trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Arts Series events are free and open to the public. Suggested ticket donations are $10 for adults and $5 for students ages 6 through college.

Sunday's music participants: Sanctuary Choir, Youth Bells.

Peter Mathews

Sunday's music: The Sanctuary Choir anthem, "The Best of Rooms," is a setting of a poem by Robert Herrick (1591-1674), an English poet and cleric. The four brief lines of the text call on us to give our very best, our heart, to Christ. The musical setting is by Peter Mathews. Mathews (b. 1944), a native of Canada, was educated in Michigan and Missouri and has spent his professional career performing, teaching, and composing in Central Florida. His lyrical melody evokes the thoughtful and contemplative nature of the words.

The Youth Handbell Choir will offer the prelude for the 11:00 service, "Ring Praises" by Sallie Lloyd. This is an acclamation of original music that calls us to worship joyfully.

In Our Prayers

Mack Blevins

Frances Caldwell

Sue Cannon

Jane Crewey

Dorothy Dollar

Frances Emerson

DeeDee Galliher

Mary Nell Harris

Sharon Hatcher

Ann Holler

Carolyn King

Ruth Musser

Nancy Preston

Mary Rice

Virginia Rutherford

An extensive list of prayer concerns, "Pray for One Another," is available for pickup at the church each week.

To the Church Triumphant

Mary Washburn Fisher Landrum

February 12, 2014

Dr. Edgar Claude Hatcher Jr.

February 13, 2014

Sara Carpenter Rhea

February 17, 2014

Congratulations

We rejoice with Whitley and Parke Morris in the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Blaine Galbraith Morris, on February 12 in Memphis.

Birthday Prayer Fellowship

February 23        Jean Addison, John Rutherford

February 24        Rebekah Heacock, Sara Reuning, Chris Shaw

February 25        John Connor, Bart McMillin

February 26        Amy McCracken

February 27        Jan Patrick, Chris Phipps, Colt Stocstill

February 28        Linda Archer, Aidan Haaser

March 1                Christian Bolick, Jack Hyder, Linda Ratcliff

Gifts received February 10-16 will be acknowledged in next week's newsletter.

Sunday, February 23

8:30 a.m.      Worship, Fellowship Hall

9:00 a.m.      Cherub Choir, Room 209

10:00 a.m.   Combined Sunday School with John McCall, Fellowship Hall

11:00 a.m.   Worship, Sanctuary

5:00 p.m.     Jubilate Youth Choir, Music Wing

6:00 p.m.     Student Ministries Fellowship, Fellowship Hall

Monday, February 24

5:45 p.m.     Sanctuary Handbells, Handbell Room

7:00 p.m.     Session Meeting, Room 123

Tuesday, February 25

9:00 a.m.      Staff Meeting, Room 123

10:00 a.m.   Morning Prayer Group, Conference Room

7:00 p.m.     Boy Scout Troop 3, Scout Wing

Wednesday, February 26

9:30 a.m.      Lynette Wallen's Heart to Heart Bible Study, New Mothers' Room

9:30 a.m.      Lorri Looney's DVD Bible Study, Friendship Classroom

4:15 p.m.     Children's Handbells, Room 212

4:45 p.m.     Youth Handbells, Room 212

4:45 p.m.     Savior's Singers Children's Choir, Room 209

5:15 p.m.     Baby & Toddler Care, Nursery

5:30 p.m.     Fellowship Dinner, Fellowship Hall

6:00 p.m.     Wednesday Night Kids, Rooms 11 & 31

6:00 p.m.     Student Ministries Small Groups

6:15 p.m.     Adult Learning, Fellowship Hall

7:15 p.m.     Sanctuary Choir, Room 202

Thursday, February 27

7:00 a.m.      Men's Bible Study, Parlor

12:00 p.m.   Noon Bible Study, Room 117

8:15 p.m.     Praise Team Rehearsal, Fellowship Hall

Saturday, March 1

8:00 a.m.      Men's Breakfast, Fellowship Hall