Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. 

Worship is broadcast at 11:00 a.m. on WCHS-580AM

304-343-8961

 Next Week’s Sermon will be given by Bill McCoy.

Many ways to support our ministries: In addition to traditional cash and checks in the offering plate, you can give on our website firstpresby.com via your computer or smart phone, through our mobile app “Church Life” (you must first set up a user profile on our website to use the Church Life app.) or by texting 73256 and typing “firstpresby” in the message line. Use the QE code card in your pew rack to go directly to our giving page. God loves a Cheerful Giver.

Manna Meal Sandwich Making: The Elementary School children will make 200 sandwiches next Sunday, January 8, and deliver to Manna Meal. Meet in the chapel at 9:15 a.m.

Presbyterian Coffee Project: Coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolates, raisins, and nuts continue to be available for purchase after worship and during the week during church business hours.

 More about the music: Below is an excerpt from Glory to God: A Companion about this morning’s middle hymn, “Jesus Entered Egypt”: “This text was written as an entry in a 2007 search for new Epiphany texts sponsored by the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.  It is one of the few hymns dealing with an event in Jesus’ life that has received little attention, the flight into Egypt in order to avoid the killing of young male children in Bethlehem, as ordered by King Herod. In every stanza, the first half describes Jesus in terms that demonstrate his identification with outsiders, then the second half asks a related question. The first stanza identifies Jesus as “this refugee,” while the third stanza describes the “wandering poor” who search for “a refuge.”  This distance between “refugee” and “refuge” describes the vast area of life where Christians are called to be aware of those whom Jesus called “the least of these” (Matthew 25:40). For more tidbits about our music and hymn texts, visit a church copy of Glory to God: A Companion by Reverend Carl P. Daw, Jr. M.A., M.Div., Ph.D in our church library, or look through the copy on the piano at the front of the sanctuary after worship.

This Week’s Food Pantry Needs:  Crackers and Pasta Products

  Geneva Choir for youth and adult’s welcomes sopranos, altos, tenors, basses, and everyone in between. No prior musical experience is required; just a servant heart and a sense of humor. We rehearse on Thursday evenings from 7:30-9:00 p.m. in the Choir Room at the top of the stairs above the Susie Early Room.  Come sing with us!

Thanks to Our Child Care Volunteers in our nursery, toddler and preschool rooms. All child care rooms are equipped with live video feeds of the worship service. Do you love children and babies? Call the church office, 304-343-8961, to volunteer in this special ministry.

Youth Group will resume on Wednesday, January 4, in the Youth Room from 5:00-7:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 8, from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in the dining room.

No Wednesday Fellowship Dinner This Week

Dinners Resume Wednesday, January 11 When LOGOS Starts

This Week at First Presbyterian

 Sunday, 1/1

10:00  Music Warm-up

10:30 Worship

 Monday, 1/2

8:30  Aerobics

 Tuesday, 1/3

5:30   Christian Education Division

6:00  Knitting/Crocheting

7:00  Boy Scouts

Wednesday, 1/4

8:00  Wednesday Work Crew

8:30  Aerobics

5:00  Youth Group

7:00  Worship Music Team

Thursday, 1/5

7:30    Shoney’s Group, Downtown

5:30    Capella Bells Rehearsal

7:30    Geneva Choir

Friday, 1/6

7:00    Men’s Group

8:30    Aerobics

Saturday, 1/7

10:00  Archery