Children & Family E-News: February, 21, 2024

Dear Families, Hope everyone is having a great week!  ____________________________________________________________________________ This Sunday Milestones continue this Sunday at 10am!! Preschool – CORL 304 – Bible Superheroes (Lydia) Kindergarten &...

What Shall We Give Up, and What Shall We Add?

Last Wednesday we started the liturgical season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. The season of Lent in the church is a time when we focus on this call to return to the Lord. It is a time of prayer, fasting and self-examination in preparation for the celebration of the...

Dear Families, Happy Valentine’s Day! ♥️ Also, Happy Lent! (Is “happy” Lent a thing?!?) Pick up a Lenten Practices Family Calendar at church if you didn’t get one on Sunday! Join us tonight for the imposition of Ashes during the Ash Wednesday...

Overview of Lent

King cakes, pancakes, roses, chocolates, and ashes – it is going to be a full week!  This Wednesday we begin the season of Lent, the six weeks of penitence in which we reflect on Christ’s life and Christ’s death.  During this time, we prayerfully prepare for the...

Just Checking In

Perhaps among all the news stories about all the challenging things our community, nation and world are facing, you saw the story about Elmo.  Yes, Elmo, now it has been a minute or two since our daughters were watching Sesame Street, but this last week Elmo asked a...

Children & Family E-News: January 31, 2024

Dear Families, I hope everyone is having a great week! Here’s what’s happening!  **One last reminder that TODAY is the last day to register for Passport Kids Camp (current 3rd-5th graders; June 18-21) and/or Middle School conference (current 5th-8th...

Seeing God’s church and our discipleship

After attending the Greensboro MLK breakfast two weeks ago, I got on a plane to Atlanta to attend the first-ever Matthew 25 Summit. The Summit was a gathering of pastors and church members seeking to learn more about how to put into practice the teachings of Jesus to...

When we most need to pray

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Capital campaign and Lent and 200th plans, oh my!  Shetler discernment and worship and women’s retreat, oh my!  Hunger ministries and Christian formation and preschool, oh my! Maybe it is just me, but sometimes when there are a lot...

Give Some of Your Time

The mountains of North Carolina are a special place, especially Montreat. It’s a thin place where it feels as if heaven and earth meet; a place to be in God’s beautiful creation, a place of memory for me and so many of you all. The first week of January was a special...

FPC Children & Family E-News: January 10, 2024

Dear Families, I hope everyone made it safely through yesterday’s wild weather! Here’s what happening!  ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sunday School This Sunday, January 14 – No children’s...