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Non-Profit Org,

Quincy, Florida

Permit # 88

Phone: 850-627-6576_Fax: 850-627-3328

E-mail: fpcofquincy@yahoo.com

We’re on the web: www.firstpresquincy.org

F IRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 306 N. M ADISON STREET

P .O. BOX 627 QUINCY , FLORIDA 32351

Return Service Requested

Assisted Living & Nursing Home

Martha Kleiner

(South Carolina) Pauline Smith

(Harbor Chase) Jenna Palmer

(Miller Nursing Home) Sandy Darnell

(Magnolia House)

AT HOME Nora Larsen

Esther McCall

Ione Williamson

Neff McMillan

August Birthdays 1 Grayson Touchton, Kelly Branson, Mary Suber, Charlotte Pickels,

Caroline Lewis

3 John Pat Thomas

4 Tee Hinson, Sandra Smith, Gabriel Jackson, Joe O’Brien

5 Nick Reynolds

6 Jack Munroe, Cathy Conrad

7 Martha Kleiner, Bradford May

8 Mary Bryant VanLandingham, Elizabeth Woodward, Paula Phillips

9 Mary Lil May

10 Edward Hood, Lara Leigh Hackney, Martha Thomas, Mac McCall

11 Rob Pochapsky

12 Ralph Higdon

13 Beth S. May, Angela Kelly, Debbie Maxwell, Cullen Ventry

15 Lane Stephens, Evelyn Bell

17 Danny Meeks

18 Meg Branson, Garvin Bowden

20 Karen May, Beverly White

21 Carolyn Summerford

23 Kaitlyn Sirmons

24 Susanne Mahaffey, Elder Maxwell Booth

25 Carol Owens

26 Scott Bergman, Lauren Warren, Kylie Morris

27 Michelle Higdon

28 David Boyd

29 Greg Mock, Pauline Smith, Melissa May, Krysta Russell, Tori Hollingsworth

30 Carolyn Sapp McIntosh, Jackie Bell, Lilly Morris

Come Join Us for Sunday School!

9:45a.m. each Sunday morning in the Fellowship Hall and at 10:00a.m.

in the Sunday School rooms.

Sign Ups Have Begun For Church Directory!

Photography Sessions August 23-27 Mon. - Fri. from 1:30-8:40p.m. Sat. 10-5:00p.m.

Each Family receives a complimentary 8x10 and a free directory for participating!

Sign up after church today, and the following two Sundays, downstairs in the area

right outside Chris’ office. Or go online to our website at fpcqquincy.org and click on

the link that will take you to the sign up page.

Coupons Available: Feed the Need—bring 1 or more non-perishable food item, for our Food Bank, to your appointment and receive a $5.00 coupon toward your portraiture.

Check-in coupon—Each family will receive a $10.00 coupon toward portraiture purchase when they check in.

Senior Citizens will receive a 20% discount on entire order.

Active Military will receive a 20% discount on their order.

Only one 20% coupon may be used per family.

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We will begin with our breakfast pick up and promotions at 9:30am before Sunday School. Our youth will provide musical entertainment to start off the new Sunday School Year. You will not want to miss it! Everyone is invited, so grab a friend or two and come on!

News of News of First Presbyterian ChurchFirst Presbyterian Church Quincy, FloridaQuincy, Florida

AUGUST AUGUST

Church

Directory

Monthly Fellowship Teams Update The Monthly Fellowship Teams play an important role in the life of our church. They are designed to help members get to kow each other, to create the feeling of family through smaller groups, and to help new members quickly become an integral part of the church. In our new Fellowship Team format members will get together to socialize and carry out various church-related activities.

Below you will find an outline detailing our plan to restructure the Monthely Fellowship Teams. We hope to create teams that offer interests for each of us, provide ongoing fellowship, and enthusiasm for our faith.

1. Re-establish teams with an emphasis on participation opportunities and shared leadership.

2. Establish team leaders for each interest group.

3. Create Community groups, possibly two groups of each. Each group would do quarterly activities with one of them being some type of sevice project for the church or community. Group examples:

Gardening—Camellia Show, Nursery Visits, Church Grounds, Community Yard Visits.

Movies—Dinner and Movie, Tallahassee or Quincy Little Theater, Netflix at Church.

Music—FSU music events, Other Church music productions, sing for local assisted living folk.

Cooking—Visit different restaurants, Publix Cooking class, help cook at ChristTown’s annual Thanksgiving dinner.

Community Outreach—Habitat for Humanity, Ramp Build.

Faith Enrichment—Bible Study, ecumenical engagement, denominational service, Q. & A. dinner with Pastor and Parish Associate.

4. All the groups will continue ushering and helping with the Food Bank.

These changes will take place the first of the year. Keep watching your newsletter/bulletin for more information. Thanks from your Church Growth and Evangelism Committee.

Responsibilities for August

Circle 1 - S.S./Rally Day/Communion

Circle 2 - Flowers/Plates Circle 4 - PW Gathering

CIRCLE MEETINGS No Circle Meetings in August

PW Annual Gathering

8/25 6:30 p.m.

Page 2 *Elder & **Deacon for the month

Women’s Ministry

Ushers

Bill Wert Wil Hinson Charlie Phillips Brian Jackson Keith Lawson Bradley Joyner

Jr. Ushers

Wil Hinson Kobie Lawson

Session/Diaconate Joint Meeting

Wednesday August 10th 5:30 p.m.

Nursery Duty

8/7 Debbie Wert

8/14 Tracey Hinson

8/21 Nonnie Woodward

8/28 Kena Lawson

August Elder & Deacon Bill Wert*

Wil Hinson**

With Deepest Sympathy

Sylvester Woodward August 31, 1928 - June 28, 2016

Fennell May October 9, 1922 - July 4, 2016

Robbie Lee Wilson August 26, 1929 - July 6, 2016

(Mike Wilson’s mother)

John Allen Smith, Jr March 8, 1956 - July 20, 2016

Please keep the family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.

More Bell Ringers!

Jared and Eliza Bell

Hugh and Chase

Thomas

Dear Church Family,

We want to thank you for all the thoughtful words and deeds that came our way after Daddy’s death. We are so appreciative of the food, visits, cards, and kind words we have received. We are also thankful for the visits and spiritual ministry that was provided for Daddy once he could no longer attend church. We know he appreciated it, too, as church was very important to him. Again, thank you. We are so fortunate to be part of such a loving group. Mary Katherine, Jane, & Joe

Dearest Church Family,

Thank you does not seem enough to express our gratitude, support, and love of our church family during this time. We appreciate the kind words, meals, cards, and prayers, and know we have the love of the congregation.

Allen and Sandra Smith, Hubert, Martha Lee, and Polly Bohannon

Fellowship Team Debbie and Bill Wert*

Davis & Vicki Bell**

Roy Braswell

Chuck & Gayle Fisher

Brian & Jeanette Jackson

Bradley & Melanie Joyner

Keith & Kena Lawson

Jamie Luten Lopez

Alice Malone

Jeremy & Michelle Morris

Charlie & Paula Phillips

Eric & Betty Ungericht

Rita & Frank Ventry

George & Nonnie Woodward

Karen and Joe May would like to thank everyone for their support, prayers, food, and the transportation provided for Josie and Perry during Karen’s recent surgery and recuperation.

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First Presbyterian Church of Quincy – Side Yard Soccer - Ages 3 to 12

Please complete this form and include a check made payable to FPCQ

Forms should be mailed to SYS @ FPCQ – 306 N. Madison St., Quincy, FL 32351

Call 688-0521 or email fpcqsoccer@yahoo.com if you would like to volunteer or have questions.

Child’s Name ______________________________ Gender ____________

DOB_________

Number of Seasons Played _____________________Team and Division last season ______________

Parent’s Name __________________________ Phone ___________ Email ______________________

Address ____________________________ City ____________________ Zip ______________

Team assignment requests (ie, Susie and David on the same team as they are cousins; Mark and Sam on the same team as Coach will be driving both). Please understand, we will attempt to honor these requests, but cannot

guarantee.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

********* If registration allows, we will have girls only and boys only teams in the 9-12 year old league *********

UNIFORM SIZES

Shirt Size circle one

Youth Small Youth Medium Youth Large

Adult Small Adult Medium Adult Large Adult X-Large

We need you

FPCQ Side Yard Soccer league is an all volunteer program. We need parental support.

Coach/Assistant ____ yes ____no Field Crew (game set up/clean up) ____ yes ____no

Team Parent ____ yes ____no

Essential information

Uniforms All participants receive a shirt and socks with registration fee. Black bottoms should be worn.

Shin Guards Shin guards are mandatory for games and practices.

Water It is wise to bring water to practice and games. Encourage your child to drink plenty of liquids.

Restrooms Restrooms are located in the Education Building.

Locations All games and practices are at the church fields.

General Registration will be through August 20th and the fee is $30.00

Late Registration will begin August 21st with a fee of $45.00 and will only be allowed if a jersey can be obtained.

All registration fees include Jersey, Socks and End of Year Award.

Games will be played each Saturday beginning September 24th – October 29th

Children can participate in one of 3 leagues. Teams and Divisions will be determined by participation so register early and tell your friends about our league. We need Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Referees, Team Parents and Game Day Helpers – please consider the role that you can play in our program. Registration form is included on page 6 of this newsletter. They are also available for pick up in the Church office and the Narthex. The form will be emailed to last year’s players. If you are interested in assisting with this season or would like to register your child, please email fpcqsoccer@yahoo.com , visit our website firstpresquincy.org, contact Melissa Robbins at 850 688-0521, or call the church office at 850 627-6576.

Since I was 5 years old, I've been a Chicago Cubs fan. When I was little and people asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always, "I want to be the batter for the Cubs!" (I hadn't completely figured out the game yet). Hitting was fun, standing in the field, not as much; so I just wanted to be the batter, I just wanted to do the fun stuff. As I came to understand baseball I realized that unless you can get a team to work hard, and work together in the field, you'll never get to the plate. Unless you can become a team, there won't be any opportunities for personal achievement.

I think the same applies to our faith lives. Unless we gather together in worship, study, service, and fellowship...Unless we can grow together as a team...even our best individual efforts will be pretty much, meaningless. When we're together, we learn from and teach one another, we grasp and develop ideas that would have eluded us if we were alone, and we grow stronger as people of faith, and as a Christian Community.

Rally Day is in a couple weeks, and we'll be talking about Sunday School, The Fellowship Hour, and the roll-out of our new interest-based Fellowship Teams. It's going to be a busy and fun day, and I hope you'll be here to learn about what we can do together to share God's love and grace, as the FPCQ Team!

Peace, Chris

(and...Go Cubs Go!!!!)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRAYER—As it is my belief that prayer is a vital discipline for all of us as we seek to live into our relationship with our loving God, we are offering a couple options for developing this important discipline. First: Some of us pray best in quiet and still placers, others of us need to move as we pray. From August 14-16 there will be a Labyrinth set up for use in the room behind the stage for those who walk as they pray. A Labyrinth is a pattern consisting of a single circuitous path which winds to the center. As you walk to the center of the path and out again, you offer your prayers to God. Second: The Bible

encourages us to pray: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." The Bible also gives us models for prayer. You are invited to join our Sunday evening study, August 21 & 28, from 5:30-6:30 as we study some of the prayers in the Bible and consider how they might be guides for our prayer life. Ruth

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The annual meeting of Presbyterian Women is on August 25th in the Fellowship Hall. Jean Little will

prepare one of her delicious salad suppers for the 6:30 meeting. This event will conclude one

year of study and fellowship, and launch a new one. The Bible Study for the year will be

introduced. It is “ Who Is Jesus?” The program will also include introduction of the new

officers and circle leaders for the coming year, and installation of officers. Circle rosters, circle

responsibilities, the moderator’s report on the past year, and treasurer’s report will be

distributed. Business should be completed around 8:00 p.m. New officers will assume duties

immediately at the close of the annual meeting. The fellowship of Presbyterian Women is open

to all who are active in the life of the church and their friends. It is not confined to the official membership

of the church. A special Variety Show is being organized, so plan to come and invite your friends.

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As I sit here to write, I’m hours away from leaving for Montreat with our Sr. Highs. We have a fun and inspiring summer as you can see by all the pictures Ms. Beverly has put in this newsletter! We are excited and very grateful for the Gregory and Woodward families for allowing us to us their houses at Montreat. We are looking forward to being there next week.

During the month of August we will be reving up for Rally Day and the start up of all programs for the year!

On August 9th, the Terrific Tuesday & Route 456 group will go to Water World for the last outing.

On August 11th at 6p.m. we will have a youth parents meeting for rising 6th-12th grades to discuss our year and get all forms notarized and ready for upcoming events.

On August 14th we will be having Rally Day. Tune up your life by getting back in the groove and join us for some musical fun at 9:30a.m. in the fellowship hall. We will have a pick up breakfast and promotions at that time and introduce teachers and class options.

And last but most important- IT’S DIRECTORY TIME! Please make sure to sign up to get your pictures made so you will be in the new directory! Pictures are being made August 23-27th.

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