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9:00 am Open Door Contemporary Service in the Rec Room
One Step Forward Dr. Rosalind Banbury
9:00 and 11:00 am Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary
Let Your Gentleness Be Evident to All Cindy Corell
Our guest preacher is Cindy Corell, PC(USA) Mission Co-worker. She serves as the Presbyterian Hunger Program facilitator in Haiti, where she shares the good news of Christ as she works with farmers to address food security. This missionary position is made possible by a partnership with the Presbytery of the James, and FPC is one of the contributing congregations. Cindy is from Staunton, Virginia, and was for many years a successful journalist before hearing God's call to serve in Haiti.
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5:00 pm Evening Prayer in the Chapel No childcare available
Bartimaeus Dr. Rosalind Banbury
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2,000 Cookies Needed by October 18
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Kairos Prison Ministry brings God's care to those in prison who are isolated, without visitors and who have never experienced God's love.
How can you help?
- Pray - sign up to pray for 30 minutes sometime October 23 - 24 for the men in the program.
- Bake Cookies - homemade cookies are given to the prisoners as encouragement to engage in the program. Pick up cookie bags in the Commons and return them to the FPC freezer between October 1 - 18.
- Decorate Posters and Placemats - words and pictures of caring and encouragement have a big impact on the prisoners.
Sign up either online here or on the bulletin board across from the Chapel.
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RVA Bus Transit: What's Up and Why?
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Come and learn about initiatives afoot for metropolitan-wide mass transit and what it might mean for our community. Metro Richmond currently ranks 92nd out of 100 top metro areas in terms of public transportation connectivity. On Oct 20, we will consider why improving transportation matters from civic and theological perspectives.
Improved mass transit that crosses lines of county and city will be a blessing to many people. It will enable people from the counties to get in to the city with less traffic congestion and fewer parking problems. All major cities offer this. So it will help welcome people to our city. Hospitality is an important virtue in Scripture.
It will enable people who are seeking jobs and job training to get from the city out to the counties, where many new entry-level jobs are located. So it will help the poor, a clear biblical mandate.
It will reduce the air pollution that comes with much auto traffic, making our part of God's creation a healthier place to live. Genesis chapters one and two make clear our role in caring for creation.
It will connect our lives in new ways. As Jeremiah reminds us, "seek the welfare of the city where I have placed you. For in its welfare you will find your own."
- Charlie Summers
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Justice Ministry Offering Update
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Thank you for your generosity to the Justice Ministry Offering collected on October 4. You donated $2,285, which will be divided between RISC (Richmonders Involved to Strengthen Our Communities) and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to help the Syrian refugees.
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Stewardship 2016: The Grace of Giving
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Our stewardship theme this year is "The Grace of Giving." As an act of His Grace, God has given us more than we need. Let us follow His example as we give in return. Give, and it will be given to you..for the measure you give will be the measure you get back. Luke 6:38 (NSRV)
Please prayerfully consider your gift to the ministry of Christ in and through First Presbyterian Church. You can pledge online or you may place your pledge card in the offering plate or mail it to the church office, 4602 Cary Street Road, Richmond, Virginia 23226.
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The Officer Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for elders and deacons. You will find nomination forms in the Commons and online here. Please prayerfully consider those whom you would like to suggest as elected leaders of this church.
Elders are charged with the oversight of the life of our congregation. Deacons are charged with the sympathy, witness and service for all our members and the poor. One does not have to serve as a Deacon before serving as an Elder.
Please submit nominations by Sunday, November 1. We encourage you to nominate yourself if you feel called to serve. For more information, please contact committee chair Lisa Kunz.
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 First Presbyterian is happy to welcome our new Director of Christian Education, Mary Park. Mary is very committed to a family-based approach to Christian education and spiritual formation and brings great enthusiasm and commitment to the ministry with Christ's people.
Mary and her husband, Robert, have three sons, Ethan, 9, Davis, 7, and Colin, 5. For the past seven years, they have been living in Bluefield, West Virginia, though Richmond is familiar as Mary eared her Master of Arts in Christian Education from Union Presbyterian Seminary. To learn more about Mary and her family, please click here.
Mary's first Sunday with us will be October 25 and we look forward to welcoming her and her family in to the life of our congregation.
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Our new members and visitors often say how much they appreciate our wearing nametags. Is your nametag lost or broken? Have you changed your name? Do you need a new nametag? Contact the church office and we will make you a new one! In the meantime, you can make yourself a temporary tag in the Commons.
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Youth Fellowship
Grades 6 - 12
Sundays
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Meet in Fellowship Hall for dinner
$25 flat fee for all dinners through Dec
OR $3 for dinner
Bring a friend!
Grades 6 - 12 and their friends and family
Saturday, December 5
6:00 pm
Tickets: $25
Small groups are available for youth in grade 8 and grades 9 - 12. For information and locations, visit fpcrichmond.org/youth.
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Give Blood to Save Others
Blood Drive in Honor of Joan Trotti
Tuesday, October 20, 2:00 - 7:00 pm
Fellowship Hall
For 35 years, First Presbyterian has helped insure a healthy blood supply for premature babies, cancer patients, accident victims and many other women, men and children in this metropolitan region. The need for blood and plasma is great, and each individual's donation can help up to three people.
Our upcoming drive is in honor of FPC elder Joan Trotti, a long-time organizer of FPC blood drives. Joan went so far as to wear a Dracula cape and teeth at church to get people's attention to this critical need.
Please sign up now so that we can ensure an efficient process with enough staff. Sign up for an appointment online here. For questions about eligibility, click here or call 1-800-RED-CROSS. Walk-ins are welcome as well.
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Round Table Suppers are Back!
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October 21 6:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall
$8 adults / $3 kids (11 & under) / $20 family / Free for visitors
Salad Bar, Chicken Marsala, Rice Pilaf, Green Beans, Roll
Chocolate Pecan Squares
Iced Tea, Coffee, Milk
You may also sign up in the Commons
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All men are invited to join us!
Rehearsal: Wednesday, October 21, 6:30 pm
Sing in worship: Sunday, October 25, 11:00 am (9:30 am rehearsal)
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October 23 - December 4 9:30 - 10:00 am
Stacey Hill, FPC member and preschool music teacher, will be teaching this fun interactive class for children ages 8 months - 2 years. The class is open to the community - tell a friend! Cost is $60.
For information, contact Stacey.
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Fall Hike and Vineyard Outing
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Saturday, October 24
Depart from FPC at 8:30 am and return mid-afternoon
Join us for a moderate hike of approximately four miles, roundtrip, in Virginia's spectacular Blue Ridge Mountains. We will begin at the Humpback Rocks Picnic Area just off of the Blue Ridge Parkway and follow a section of the Appalachian Trail, the nation's premier hiking path. We will enjoy beautiful views of the Rockfish and Shenandoah Valleys. The elevation change on this hike is approximately 520 feet from the Humpback Rocks Picnic Area to the summit of Humpback Mountain (3,600 feet). NOTE: This is not the strenuous vertical climb up to Humpback Rocks that we hiked several years ago! After the hike, we will visit the close-by Afton Mountain Vineyards, whose motto is: "Grapes Don't Grow in Ugly Places!"
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On-site registration begins at 3:15 pm. The walk begins at 3:30 pm
Did you know that a billion people do not have access to clean water, which results in disease and death, particularly among children? But we are helping to change that statistic in Haiti and Nicaragua by teaching communities to build and maintain clean-water systems. All donations from our walk will go to drilling a well in Haiti.
The walk is 3.7-mile round trip, which is the distance that many people in developing countries must walk each day for water for their families. Get friends to sponsor you. If you cannot walk, please consider giving a donation.
Bring your friends! Invite your neighbors! Bring children and babies in strollers!
Register online here, on the bulletin board across from the Chapel, or on-site the day of the walk. You may also give money online or on the day of the walk. Suggested donation: $20 a person, $40 per family. Checks may be made payable to First Presbyterian and noted "Walk for Water."
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Young Adult Small Group
7:00 pm @ FPC Library
October 27
November 10 & 24
December 8
Retreat: November 13 - 15
Christmas Party: December 15
Join the FPC Young Adult group for Bible study and fellowship. All are welcome!
Questions about any Young Adult Ministries activities?
Contact Emily Walker or visit the website
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Upcoming Class: Letters of Love and Longing
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Reading the New Testament Epistles
Dr. Scott Spencer (Baptist Seminary), Facilitator
Please join us for a journey into a historical, literary, and theological study of the epistolary literature in the New Testament. Dr. Spencer will employ six Biblical passages and other readings that will serve to flesh out a core tenet of Paul's theology expressed in Galatians 3:28.
November 1 through December 13 (no class on November 29)
Sunday mornings 9:45 - 10:45 am
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Sunday, November 1 12:00 pm
Would you like to join an usher team and serve one Sunday per month? Join us after worship on Sunday, November 1, for training and orientation. No experience necessary.
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Fall Food Drive sponsored by FPC Preschool
November 1 - 30
Wednesday, November 11, 6:00 pm
Tea With Thee at Westminster Canterbury
Thursday, November 12, 2:00 pm
FPC Christmas Pageant Sunday, December 6, 4:00 pm
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Tuesday, November 3 6:30 pm
This month we're trying something different--dinner instead of lunch! Our speaker will be Sherry Sharp.
You may pay for your meal online here. Deadline to order your meal is November 1. Childcare will be available.
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Wednesday, November 4 6:30 - 7:30 pm @Westminster Presbyterian
 Participate in an interactive presentation about the refugee experience at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4103 Monument Avenue, on Wednesday, November 4, 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Kate Ayers, Executive Director of ReEstablish Richmond, will share the refugee story that begins in countries around the world and ends right here in Richmond.
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