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NEWS

Only one Worship Service During the Summer
Come to worship this Sunday morning at 10:00 am (there will be only one worship service through the summer).

First Presby Youth:

Let’s go fly fishing!

We are planning a day-trip to
Elk Springs Lodge for Saturday, August 9.

We’ll leave the church parking lot at 7:00 a.m. The cost is $30 which includes instructions on how to cast and your lunch. Elk Spring Lodge’s web site is www.elkspringsflyshop.com.

What to bring:

·    Fly Rods and fishing equipment (no spinning rod & reel)

·    Bug repellant, Hat and Sunblock

·    Money for supper on the way home

·    If you are 15 or older and want to fish on the river, in addition to fishing at the lodge, you will need a fishing license (available online at http://wvdnr.org/fishing/license.shtm).

We would like to get a working estimate of the
number of people going by mid-July.

Please reply to the church office or
Claire Butler, youth@firstpresby.com, 343-8961 ext. 119.

Operation Beans and Rice!

First Presby is beginning a new fundraising program which we have titled Operations Beans and Rice. It is just a small attempt to address the continuing plight of world hunger and malnutrition. Think about how much you or your family spends on a weekly basis to eat out following church on any given Sunday. Most families spend about $11 a person for their meal. What if instead of spending that money at First Watch or Bob Evans instead you spent it on a bag of beans and rice which you could then take home and cook instead of going out or you could donate it to the Covenant House Food Pantry located right in our own church. Beginning on June 1 during the gathering on the lawn following the 10 am worship service you will have an opportunity to purchase a bag of Beans and Rice. All proceeds from our Operation Beans and Rice will go to help support the High School Mission Trip to work with Sea Island Habitat For Humanity.

The Middle School Youth Council is forming! Are you in going to be in the 6th, 7th, or 8^th grade? Do you want to help decide what activities the middle school youth group participates in at Sunday Night Fellowship and during other times of the week?

Join the Middle School Youth Council! Applications are available here. Turn your application in to Claire Butler or email it to her at (youth@firstpresby.com).

The High School Youth Council is forming! Are you in going to be in the 9th, 10th, 11^th, or 12^th grade? Do you want to help decide what activities the High School youth group participates in at Sunday Night Fellowship and during other times of the week?

Join the High School Youth Council! Applications are available here. Turn your application in to Claire Butler or email it to her at (youth@firstpresby.com).

Check out some of our History from 1958 when the Activities Building was dedicated!

The "before" pictures of the dome and cupola work were posted on June 24, 2007.

First Presby Weekly News -- June 22, 2008

Child Care Helpers Today Are Amy Isaac, Susan Herold, Susan Watkins and Nancy Winefordner. Won’t you volunteer a Sunday morning? Call Sally King, 344-8309, to schedule a Sunday.

Our Sympathy to . . .

v      Tom and Louise Brotherton, on the death of their son, Thomas K. "Kem" Brotherton, Jr.
on June 10;

v      Nancy Bulla on the death of her sister Carolyn Soule, on June 17; and to

v      the family of Mary Cox on her death June 18.

Join Us For Fellowship outside “On the Green” following worship. Next week, June 29th, “On the Green” will be a hot dog picnic. Come and eat.

Next Week’s Sermon will be “The Greatest of These” with Bill McCoy.

Jim Robert’s Installation Service will be held this afternoon, June 22, at 4:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. You are cordially invited to attend the reception in the Ruffner Room following the service.

Middle School Youth Conference: All middle school youth are encouraged to attend the July 15-18 conference. Associate Pastor for Youth, Claire Butler, will be taking our group to the Massanetta Springs Conference Center in Virginia. There are some openings left and we want as many as possible to attend. Camp Massanetta has a long history of outdoor ministry to children and youth. Facilities include a lodge with a fireplace which is a great place for the groups to gather. A full-size swimming pool, playfields, archery range, vesper dell, acres of forested trails and a lake for canoeing are all found on the grounds. They also have a covered recreation pavilion near the lake that will provide a venue for camp activities - rain or shine! The youth will have hands-on experiences that provide ways to interpret and apply the faith concepts presented during worship. These include drama, art, games, music, outdoor activities, videos, and discussion. Pick up the conference information forms from the church information table or call the church office.

We Need YOU To Make Our Church Family Album Complete. Make-up sessions will be scheduled between July 17-July 19. Portrait sessions take place in Room A-201 in the Activities Building at our church. Signing up is easy—you have several options. 1) Go to our church home page at www.firstpresby.com and click on Schedule my Photo Session. Times available Monday – Saturday;
2) Sunday we will have a sign-up sheet in the hallway outside the church office; or 3) phone Marilyn in the church office (343-8961) and she will assist you with scheduling. Everyone participating will receive a free directory and a free 8x10 portrait. There is no sitting fee and no obligation or pressure to purchase any additional portraits. The Directory won’t be complete without you--sign up today!

Photos of Church Members Deployed in the Military - If you have a family member who is unable to schedule a photo session for the pictorial directory due to military employment, please submit a photo to the church office (digital preferred) so we may include it in the directory.

Imagine Feeding 3219 People!

During the last ten months, last August through May, the Covenant House Food Pantry, housed here at First Presbyterian, fed 3219 people; of that number 1075 were children. This summer those children will not be receiving free breakfast and lunch at school. Families already overextended will be in even more difficulty. During the summer grocery carts will be at the entrances to the Sanctuary on Sunday mornings as a convenient way for you to drop off canned goods and staples (any basic and necessary type of food product). There are NO surpluses of any type of item at this time. When you shop, please remember those who cannot. Looking back to ten years ago (1997), the Food Pantry fed 1240 individuals over a twelve-month period; five years ago (2003) it assisted 2051 folks. What a blessing in these folk’s lives that people from many congregations have given generously of groceries, volunteer time and effort to provide this food pantry.

The Weekly News is provided as a supplement the First Presby News which comes out once a month. Please note anything of interest to you, your family, or your friends. Take it with you as a reminder.

For Sale:

The church is offering property for sale in the Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. Four adult interment spaces described as Lot No. 32-A, 1-2-3-4 are located in Section No. 5 in the Garden of Everlasing Life. Two family companion crypts are in the WV Memorial Building described as Section :C-W, Crypt Nos. 12-D, Level: 2.

Please call Jackie Lilly in the church office at 343-8961 ext. 121 for more information.