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9:00 am Open Door Contemporary Service in the Rec Room
Running Over Dr. Rosalind Banbury
9:00 am Traditional Worship in the Chapel (new) 11:00 am Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary
The Grace of Giving Dr. Charlie Summers
5:00 pm Evening Prayer in the Chapel No childcare available
Generous God Dr. Rosalind Banbury
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On-site registration begins at 3:15 pm. The walk begins at 3:30 pm
The Walk for Water is a 3.7-mile round trip, which is the distance that many people in developing countries must walk each day for water for their families. FPC's Clean Water Ministry helps communities in Nicaragua and Haiti to build and maintain clean water systems.
If you cannot walk this Sunday, please consider giving making a donation online. 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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Thanks to our generous donors and volunteers, FPC's blood drive in honor of Joan Trotti collected nearly 30 units of blood--enough to help over 80 people!
Our cookie collection for Kairos prison ministry topped our goal of 150 dozen with over 180 dozen baked! Also, our children and youth created some wonderfully cheerful placemats.
Thank you, FPC, for touching many lives this week.
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Wednesday, November 11 6:00 pm
Join the Stewardship Committee in celebrating FPC's many blessings and The Grace of Giving with an old-fashioned, church-wide potluck supper! Bring your best dish (and serving utensils). Fried chicken will be provided. Our speaker will be the Rev. Brenda Halbrooks from Three Chopt Presbyterian Church.
Childcare will be available. Rides will be arranged for those who need them--contact the church office (or indicate on the sign-up form) if interested.
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November Sunday Morning Classes for Adults
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Please join us for inspiring adult education in November!
9:45 - 10:45 am Room 219 November 1 - December 13
Covenant Class:
November 1 9:45 - 10:45 am Room 218
November 8 - December 13 9:45 - 10:45 am Room 218
9:45 - 10:45 am Room 205 November 8 - December 13
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Please mark your calendar for our Farewell Celebrations in honor of Charlie Summers' 15 year tenure as pastor and leader of our church.
CONGREGATIONAL FAREWELL CELEBRATION SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2016 12:15 pm Fellowship Hall Family reception and program
EVENING FAREWELL CELEBRATION SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2016 5:30 pm Country Club of Virginia Seated dinner and program
More information to follow.
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PW Dinner and Program: Life Interrupts
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Tuesday, November 3 6:30 pm
This month we're trying something different--dinner instead of lunch! Sherry Sharp of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund will share her story.
You may pay for your dinner(s) online here. Deadline to order your meal is November 1. Childcare will be available.
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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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Attention Veterans, the Evening Prayer Committee is planning a special service for November 8 at 5:00 pm in the Sanctuary to honor and remember our veterans and would like to have a list of all our veterans in our congregation.
Please email or call Micki Stout, micki4@verizon.net or 288-4463, to let us know who you are and your branch of service.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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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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Youth Fellowship
No Youth Fellowship this Sunday
Come to the Walk for Water instead!
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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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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Stewardship 2016: The Grace of Giving
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Our stewardship theme this year is "The Grace of Giving." We invite you to reflect on Luke 6:38, which reminds us: "Give, and it will be given to you...for the measure you give will be the measure you get back."
You should have received a pledge card in the mail. There are also cards in the pews. Please prayerfully consider your gift to the ministry of Christ in and through FPC. 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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 November 1
On Sunday, November 1, our services of worship will be of special thanksgiving as we remember the saints who have gone before us. On this day, we will lift up in thanksgiving those of the faith, members of our congregation, who have died since this time last year. A roll of these members will be read aloud during services. We hope you will be able to share in our thanksgiving and memorial service.
At our 11:00 Service, our chancel choir will present excerpts from Fauré Requiem with Chamber orchestra including harp. This requiem is a larger musical work written to commemorate life on earth.
We have invited the families of our church members who died this year to join us in worship and receive a white rose in memory of their loved one. Prayers of peace for all who grieve this day.
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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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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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Thursday, November 12 2:00 - 4:00 pm 
Join FPC friends for Tea With Thee at Westminster Canterbury's Roof Terrace! Visit with our members who reside at Westminster Canterbury, and enjoy tea and goodies.
All church members are invited, not just women or Westminster Canterbury residents!
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Fall Food Drive sponsored by FPC Preschool
November 1 - 30
FPC Christmas Pageant
Sunday, December 6, 4:00 pm
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2016 - 2017 Preschool Applications Available
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The preschool is accepting applications for the 2016 - 2017 school year. Children must be 8 months as of September 1, 2016 to attend. Church members receive priority if their applications are received by January 1, 2016.
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