Christmas and New Year’s Greetings from Eliane Menezes
“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.” (Mathew 1:23) Christmas is a time to celebrate Immanuel – God is with us! I pray you and your family rejoice in this special season. Thanks for your support for this ministry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year! Eliane Rev. Eliane MenezesPCUSA Mission Co-Worker – GuatemalaFacilitator for…
White Gift Bag Offering – Waverly Road Presbyterian Church – Community Food Pantry
Thank you FPC members for providing thirty-nine grocery bags of food and household items for Kingsport families to receive through Waverly Road Presbyterian Church Community Food Pantry.
FPC Foreign Missions Provides Bibles to Guatemalan Women
With the help of teachers and the Spanish Bibles, these Guatemalan women will learn Spanish and be able to read for themselves the Bible and empower them to improve their lives, the lives of their family members and the lives of their fellow community members. The pictures are rewarding. The women standing in line hungry to receive the Word of God made me cry. Thanks be to God, thanks to Bee Rigby and thanks to all the FPC members who…
INVITE SOMEONE TO JOIN YOU AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-KINGSPORT
INVITE SOMEONE TO JOIN YOU AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-KINGSPORT Attractive, oversized postcards have been developed to make it easy for you to send a brief, personalized message to a new neighbor or anyone you think could benefit from a visit to First Presbyterian Church, to join us in FELLOWSHIP, WORSHIP, STUDY, SERVICE. Postcards will be on the round table in the church foyer for you to address, sign with a friendly invitation and mail. This is a great way you…
A Letter from Michael and Rachel Ludwig Serving in Nigeria
Hopefully by now you’ve heard that Michael and Rachel Ludwig are leaving international mission service. After much prayer and discernment, they feel called to return to parish ministry. Michael has accepted a call to pastoral ministry in the United States beginning January 1, 2022. Here’s a link to their most recent letter where they announce their departure from Niger: “Goodbye to Dear Friends.”
The Parables of Jesus Bible Study – September 15, 2021 – November 3, 2021
“The Autobiography of God”…starting on Sept 15th, Dr. Shelton will be doing a study of Jesus’ parables. In Jesus, God’s autobiography, his self-disclosure is being written and revealed in a unique way: through parables. You can take the class in person or online. Mike will post material for the online participants and hand out material for those taking it in person. Below is the schedule of weekly classes to be held through November 3. September 15 What parables are, different…
Missionary Update from Eliane Menezes
The attached file is an update from Mission Co-Worker, Eliane Menezes, serving in Guatemala on Educational Opportunities for Women.
Count Me In!… 2021-2022 Stewardship Campaign
Count Me In!… Why we give is more important to God than what we give. Lest you think I am talking only about money, then I will tip you off: I do not care about your money. I care more about you. If you never gave a dime to this church but served in its ministry, it would be okay with me. But I am not Jesus. What he thinks about you matters more than what I think. Our stewardship…
