News of News of First Presbyterian ChurchFirst Presbyterian Church Quincy, FloridaQuincy, Florida 20172017

New Officers for Class of 2019

ELDERS: DEACONS: JR. DEACON:

Vickie Stegall Pat Wodward Fran Rude Jack Schmidtman Camryn Curvey

George Hackney Walter McPherson Rodney Joyner Bennett Chesser

Ashley May

JanuaryJanuary

Thank you lettters written by DeMilya Thomas and his brother who were receipients of Building Families Christmas gifts, “Ms. Lynette I Love You. Thank you for the presents. Merry Christmas”

COVENANT BIBLE STUDY

You are invited to join the second 8 week session of Covenant Bible Study as we wander back and forth between the Old and New Teataments, listening for the stories of folk whose lives were transformed by

God’s covenant.

We meet at 4:00 p.m. in the room behind the stage, beginning Sunday, January 15, 2017.

Check with Ruth for the study books.

Happy New Year!

WONDERFUL

WEDNESDAY

January 18th Noon

Fellowship Hall

Knitters

begin at 1:00 p.m.

CIRCLE MEETINGS Monday, 9th

#1@ 10:00 am - Janice Curry’s

#2@ 12:30 pm - Fellowship Hall

#3@ 12:30 pm - Parlor

#4@ 5:30 pm - Barbara Pople’s

Page 2 *Elder & **Deacon for the month

Women’s Ministry

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Office Closed for the New Year’s Holiday January 2, 2017. Office Closed MLK Day January 16 , 2017. Presbyterian Men will begin meeting for breakfast in the Fellowship Hall every

other month in place of the monthly Tueday night dinners. We will begin on January 22nd at 8:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. All men invited!

Ushers for January

Dale Summerford Pam Hollingsworth

Tony Brittin Wilson Hinson Bettsy Mitchell Don Sirmons

Marjory Ann Boone (JR) Jackson Boone (JR)

Fellowship Team

Carolyn & Dale Summerford* Steve & Pam Hollingsworth**

Mary Jack Boone Tony & Helen Brittin

John Shaw & Janice Curry Sheryl Hinson

Tee & Wilson Hinson Clay and Margaret Johnson Henry & Almetta Leverett

Elizabeth May John Bradford May

Bettsy Mitchell Jena Palmer+ Julia Shiver

Don & Donna Sirmons Grayson Touchton Helen Woodward+

Nursery Duty

1/1 Donna Sirmons

1/8 Sheryl Hinson

1/15 Carolyn Summerford

1/22 Mary Jack Boone

1/29 Grayson Touchton Presbyterian Men Meet for breakfast on

Sunday January 22nd at 8:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall

P.W.E.C.T. will not meet the month of January.

We will meet again Feb. 6, 2017

Responsibilities for January

Circle #1 - Flowers/Plates

Circle #2 - CFM

Circle #4 - S.S./Communion Setup

Here is a BIG THANK YOU to all the photographers that so faithfully and beautifully captured the life of this church all year long. You tell the story of our WALK in ways that words never

could. I couldn’t do it without you! Beverly

Elder & Deacon For January

Dale Summerford* & Pam Hollingsworth**

Deacons Meet January 3rd at 6:00 p.m.

DEACONS ELDERS

Congratulations to Adam and Tyler Coggins Reep on their marriage December 10, 2016. Adam is the son of Steve and Becky Reep.

+Indicates a Shut-in or someone needing special care

SYMPATHY Heartfelt love and sympathy is extended to the family of Kent Robbins who passed away December 26th, 2016. Please keep Melissa, Brett, and all their

family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.

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Wishing everyone

a safe, healthy, blessed and joyful 2017! Chris

First Presbyterian will be conducting the worship service at Magnolia House on Sunday January 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 3:00 pm. Come join us as we enjoy this special time of fellowship with the residents.

The Presbyterian Women and their “Dreamboat” Jack Schmidtman attended the party and delivered your gifts for the East Gadsden Exceptional students. One attendee said,“If you ever need to get into the Christmas spirit this is the place to do it. It is so heartwarming to witness the joy your gifts bring to these wonderful students.”

The Presbyterian Women would like to thank you for your genreousity in supporting this program.

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JANUARY 6, 2017 FRIDAY NIGHT 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Enjoy a delicious bowl of soup and good fellowship! Please bring Christmas trees with

ornaments removed (no wreaths please), dessert, chairs, small table (optional), jackets and blankets. Cost: $5:00

Drop off your tree and place it in the trailer behind the church before 5:00 p.m. on January 6th if you’d rather not take it yourself. Trailer will be available beginning Wednesday, January 4th.

Directions to Tree Burn - Flora Dora (Dooner Farm) - approximate address: 1415 Attapulgus Hwy, Quincy.

From FPCQ head north on Attapulgus Hwy. (County Rd 65/N Madison St).

Go 1.9 miles and look for the dirt road on the left immediately past the home on the left.

Follow the dirt road into the property and turn right at the barn. Follow the road to the burn location.

Capture the Flag Saturday, January 7, 2017 Flora Dora Farm 4:30 p.m.

Lines By Lisa

Feels like it was yesterday that I was writing the 2016 January newsletter! Where does time go…. when you are having so much fun!!

We will start the New Year off with the College Conference at Montreat, January 2-5th. We have 5 college students attending this year. Thanks to the Woodward Family for allowing us to stay at Montreat! It is such a treat!

Terrific Tuesday will resume on Tuesday, January 10th. On January 6th we will have the annual Tree Burn at the Dooner’s Floradora! My first- I’m excited to be here this year!

On Saturday, January 7th, we will have the Youth Capture the Flag game at Flora Dora! It will begin at 4:30. Meet at the church and guys bring a 2 liter of soda and girls bring something salty or sweet.

This year we will go to Disney for the triennial Faith in 3D conference! Looking forward to going and we have a wonderful group attending.

Route 456 will be held on Thursday, January 12th . We are going to the pottery shop at FSU. Please bring $15 and we will return to the church by 6 PM.

JANUARY 23-28 I will be at the Association of Christian Ed. Conference in Denver, CO.

On February 5th the Youth will be conducting the morning worship service. Everyone is encouraged to bring $1 or can of soup to support Souper Bowl Sunday, which helps our Food Bank.

We are starting the year off with a bang! Looking forward to a great 2017!

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Necessity being the mother of invention, once was enough for scraping ice off those mirrors!! Got the wiper idea from seeing other cars. Not going to worry bout seeing behind me the next time the bus needs to move... #FLboyVsWVA

Chaperhone Robbie Maxwell

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CONGREGATIONAL MEETING TO APPROVE PASTOR’S TERMS

OF CALL

JANUARY 8th, 2017

DURING THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE

RESTOCKING THE FOOD BANK AFTER THE HOLIDAY RUSH! During the month of November and through December 20th our Food Bank served over 113 families.

Clothes Closet

Carolyn McCall, Dale McCall, and Fran Schmidtman have been working over-time gathering and handing out clothes to those who have clothing needs. Currently, we need to restock our larger sizes of men’s and women’s clothing and all sizes of children’s clothing. If you have any of these items you would like to donate please bring them to the church office!

Thank you!

JANUARY 2017

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

New Year’s

Day

2

Office Closed

No PWECT

3

No T.T.

6:00 Deacons

4

5:45 Session

5

6

7:00 Tree Burn

7

Capture the

Flag

8

Cong. Meet to

Approve

Terms of Call

3:00 Magnolia

House

9

Circles

10

3:00 T.T.

5:30 St. Min.

11 12

Rt. 456

13

14

15

3:00 Magnolia

House

4:00 Covenant

Bible Study

16

MLK Day

Office Closed

17

3:00 T.T.

18

12:00 W.W.

1:00 Knitting

19 20 21

22

3:00 Magnolia

House

4:00 Covenant

Bible Study

23 24

3:00 T.T.

5:30 St. Min.

25

9:30 Fold

Newsletter

26 27 28

29 CFM

3:00 Magnolia House

4:00 Covenant

Bible Study

30 31

3:00 T.T.

Phone: 850-627-6576**Fax: 850-627-3328

E-mail: fpcofquincy@yahoo.com

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January Birthdays 2 James Stephens, Rachél Layerd, Joan Stallworth

4 John Samford, Fran Rude

6 Walter Watson

7 Al Culpepper, Don Sirmons

8 Katareen Mohammed

9 Daniel Woodward, Bill Mock, Fletcher J. Davis

10 John Hinson, Jr.

11 Dixon Vaughn, Jr.

12 Francis McCall, Jr.

13 Rhonda Woodward, Cal Cooksey, Fay Armstrong

15 Mary Bevis, Brandon Bisso, Sutton Greg Suber

16 Scott Gregory, Sr., Alice Stephens, Sandy Joyner

17 Jennifer Palmer, Bill Trail

18 Will Boyd

19 Ashlee Weber

20 Mayo Woodward, George T. Rude, Jr., Ann McLane

21 Barbara Pople

22 Rhett Tucker, Jessica Joyner, Mary Pat Thomas

23 Joetta Stephens

25 Leewood Shaw, Jessica Laslie

26 Martha Sapp

27 Polly Bohannon, Chuck Fisher, Melanie McCall, Alex Reiss, Jr.

28 Judy Gregory, Andrew Higdon, Ryleigh Higdon

30 Martha Jean Woodward,

31 Wendy O’Brien, Justin Powell, Kobie Lawson

Assisted Living/Nursing

At Home Neff McMillan

Barbara Bietenholz

Audrey Milner

(Riverchase)

Ione Williamson

(Riverchase)

Nora Larsen

(Riverchase)

Sandy Darnell

(Magnolia House)

Jenna Palmer

(Miller Nursing Home)

Everyone needs a little help sometime ---

if you could use a Helping Hand with a

project at home, yard work, a ride to the

grocery store or a doctor’s appointment, etc., please call the FPCQ church office.

627-6576