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First Presbyterian Church 1169 Clark Street, SW Covington, GA 30014 770-786-7321

Nonprofit Organization U.S. POSTAGE

P A I D Covington, GA

30014 Permit No. 32

The deadline for the January “First Press” is January 15, 2013. Please submit your articles and information to the church office by email: [email protected] or

by dropping off your copy to the church office, neatly printed or typed or on a flash drive. Thanks!

Time Sensitive Church News Please Do Not Delay

January Birthdays

If your birthday has not appeared on our monthly list, please notify us and we will add it to our data base so that when your next birthday rolls around, we will be able to help you celebrate!

1 Hilda Patrick Laura Hillman 2 Rick Gunter 3 Barbara Martin 5 Janet Burtts 6 Julia Brubaker 8 Betty Goins 9 Brenda Howell

17 Michael Duttweiler 18 Becky Wade 23 Agnes Campbell Dylan Jessup 24 Nina Giles 25 Liz Stillerman 28 Mandi Raines 31 Grace Ottley

9 Brad LeSassier 10 Betty Robinson Barbara Johnson 11 Anne Cranford Paige Boston 12 Pam Rossi Gene Wallace 15 Susan Crowell

Happy Birthday

First Presbyterian Church, Covington January 2013

First Presbyterian

Church

1169 Clark Street, SW,

Covington, GA 30014

(770)786-7321

Fax(770)786-6596

www.fpccov.org

FIRST PRESS

First Presbyterian Church Staff

William B. Wade, Jr.

Pastor [email protected]

Louly F. Hay Parish Associate [email protected]

Dan Walden Director of Youth and

Children’s Ministry [email protected]

Peni Haug Secretary-Treasurer

[email protected]

Alan Bunn Choir Director

[email protected]. ga.us

Alice Walker Organist

Awalker.organist@ gmail.com

Pauleen Green and Maria Serrato

Nursery

Krissy Jones Director

Early Learning Center krissyFPELC

@hotmail.com

In the church calendar, the Christmas season lasts for 12 days, beginning with Christmas Day and ending with Epiphany on January 6. Epipha-ny marks the day the Magi arrived in Bethlehem bearing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The Magi followed the star, leading them to the One John’s gospel calls the Light of the world.

The season of Epiphany is the season of light, the season of revelations of Christ’s presence in the world. It reaches its climax in Transfiguration Sunday, when Jesus is transfigured in dazzling light on the mountain top. May the light of Christ be revealed to you this season, the light which the darkness cannot overcome! Billy

A new class of elders will be installed during the morning worship service on January 6, 2013. Billy Fortson and Jim Stillerman will return to the Session. Others being

installed who will be ordained are: Gary Boteler, Jan Giles, Darcel Tabb and Kevin Weber.

and INSTALLATION of ELDERS

Our grateful response as a church family to God's great-est gift has been an outpouring of generosity that is remarkable. From bicycles for children in foster care, to gifts for children through the Salvation Army and Emp-ty Stocking fund, to gifts for residents of our two local nursing homes, to donations to the Community Food Pantry and the Garden of Gethsemane homeless shelter, to the many other gifts and acts of kindness that have been offered and received, the members and friends of FPC continue to exemplify the generosity that we are called to as followers of Christ.

The staff of FPC would like to extend a special thanks for the many gifts that you have showered upon us during the Christmas season. We know that we are tru-ly loved and appreciated by you all!

First Presbyterian Church

2012 November

Numbers rounded

Monthly Budget

Actual Income/

Expenses

YTD Income

/Expenses

Pledged Income

35,805 28,257 370,045

Non-Pledge Income

2,500 2,255 22,090

Other Income

166.67 94 5,201

Expenses

38,792 31,618 406,869

Net Totals 11/30/12

6 (1,012) (9,524)

News and Notes

Pledge shortfall

Year to Date September

(-23,811)

Please let us know your new address,

phone number or e-mail address when-

ever you have a change. Thanks!

Weekly E-newsletter:

Send us your e-mail address if you are not receiving it already. Just send an email to:

[email protected]

Session Highlights

Examined and approved new elders—Jan Giles, Billy Fortson, Gary Boteler, Jim Stillerman, Darcel Tabb, and Kevin Weber;

Authorized payment of bills in January based on 2012 budget;

Heard report of commissioners Bill Loeble and Cy Wolverton to Presbytery meeting on Novem-ber 15;

Thanked outgoing elders Bernice Bailey, Mac Cranford, Judy Hooten, Rebecca Bates and Day Kennon for their service;

Received audit report for church finances for 2011.

Bill Loeble, Clerk of Session

The next meeting of the Ses-sion will be Sunday January 13, in the Martin Fellowship Hall immediately after wor-ship

Presbyterian Women

Please mark your calendars for the circle meeting that you would like to attend and call the hostess of the group to say you’ll be there or to get directions.

Circle I - Tuesday, January 8, 10:00 a.m. at the home of Ann Bouchillon.

Circle II—Tuesday, January 8, 10:00 a.m. at the home of Bettie Miller. Meet at the church at 9:30 to car pool.

Circle III—Tuesday, January 8, 10:30 a.m. at the home of Day Kennon. Carol Dunbar will lead us in Lesson 5.

Circle IV—Tuesday, January 8, at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Stephanie Scarborough. For more infor-mation contact Stephanie at 678-660-3228 or Jan Giles at 404-216-2927.

Circle V— Tuesday, January 8, at 7:00 p.m. at the home of Jeanie Liem. The address is 10184 Malcolm Drive, Covington. Please call Jeanie for directions at 770-787-7530. King Day

Celebration

The annual King Day Cele-bration will be held on Sun-day afternoon, January 20, at 3:00 p.m. at the Porter Audi-torium (Newton High School).

Carol Stillerman’s new ad-dress is 1668 Mason Mill Rd., Atlanta, GA 30329

CORRECTION The December issue of First Press carried an article about Ricky Kerbow, a local painter who refinished the wooden doors at FPC at no cost. We apologize for the misspelling of Ricky’s last name.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 January

2

No Wednesday activities

3 10:30 Ambassador Choir 11:30 Prayer Group

4

5

6

9:00 Handbell Choir 9:30 Children’s Choir 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Worship with Or-

dination and Instal-lation of Elders for Session

5:00 Youth Connection

7 8

10:00 Circle 1 10:00 Circle 2 10:30 Circle 3 4:00 Exercise 7:00 Circle 4 7:00 Circle 5

9 4:00 Finance Team 4:00 Adventure Club 6:45 Study Group

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10:30 Ambassador Choir 11:30 Prayer Group

11 12

13 9:00 Handbell Choir 9:30 Children’s Choir 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 12:00 Session 5:00 Youth Connection

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15

4:00 Exercise

Newsletter Deadline

16 4:00 Adventure Club

17

10:30 Ambassador Choir 11:30 Prayer Group

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20 9:00 Handbell Choir 9:30 Children’s Choir 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 3:00 MLK Celebration

21

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday

22 4:00 Exercise

23

4:00 Adventure Club


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9:00 Hand Bell Choir 9:30 Children’s Choir 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 Worship 3:00 Piano/Organ Concert 5:00 Youth Connection

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4:00 Adventure Club


Feb 1

Feb 2

Visit us at: www.fpccov.org

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Coloring Page from www.hellokids.com

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SESSION

Class of 2013 Patrick Carmichael

Judy Davis Denny Dobbs Aubrey Evans Dave Gregory

Class of 2014 Debra Arnold

Bill Loeble Darcel Tabb

Roger Tingler Cy Wolverton

Class of 2015 Gary Boteler Billy Fortson

Jan Giles Jim Stillerman Kevin Weber

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The Journey of the Three Wisemen

First Presbyterian Church

News and Notes

Dear Friends:

Please accept our gratitude for the prayers, support, and many kindnesses extended to us. We are truly blessed to be a part of the First Presbyterian Church family. The outpouring of caring in the form of cards, calls, food and assistance has touched our hearts more than we can possibly express. It is of great comfort to know that others found Sandy to be a blessing in their lives.

Our concern with expressing our gratitude is that our fog of grief will cause us to overlook some people. For this we ask forgiveness. We extend our sincere thanks to all those involved in prepar-ing for Sandy's service and reception. Music was an important part of Sandy's church life and we are grateful to the Ambassador Choir, Dan & Perri and Janet Carmichael for joyfully sharing their tal-ents at Sandy's service. We especially want to acknowledge Bernice Bailey and the many hands that prepared food for the reception and all that it entailed. We are indebted to Doug Bolton for co-ordinating arrangements for a dog area at Chim-ney Park as a memorial to Sandy. For faith in ac-tion we thank Gene Wallace for his work in the Memorial Garden. Last, but not least, we thank the staff at the church Billy, Louly, Dan, Alice and Peni for their faithful ministry to us.

In gratitude, Jim and Jean Elder

The family of Mary Myers is extremely grateful for your outpouring of love, kindness and care during these recent days. Thank you for your gifts, visits, cards, calls and emails. And especially thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray for us. Al Myers

THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT STUDY GROUP

6:45 pm in the Church Parlor Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Mary Magdalene

DVD Presentation by

Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Professor, Vanderbilt University Divinity School

We encourage all who are interested to attend. We will also be discussing lessons for the coming year.

Free Organ / Piano Concert On Sunday, January 27, 2013, the Arts Association in Newton County will present Phillip Skerrett, Becky Ram-sey, and Alice Walker in concert at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church. No tickets are required, but a free will offering will be taken to benefit the Dave Young Scholarship Fund for young musi-cians. This scholarship was created in honor of Dave Young who was a great educator in the Newton County School System as well as the first Executive Director of the Concert Association, now known as the Arts Associ-ation. Mr. Skerrett is on the faculty of Spelman College and is Organist/Pianist at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church in Atlanta. Becky Ramsey is Organist at Covington First United Methodist Church. Alice Walker is Organist at FPC. Both Mrs. Ramsey and Mrs. Walker direct music for seniors at their churches.

FAMILY CONNECTION

First Presbyterian

** Early Learning Center News ** Dear FPC Family, I hope that everyone had a blessed and wonderful Christmas and New Year. The Early Learning Center has had a fantastic 2012! I look back at all the amazing units of study, Bible verses, class presenta-tions, and even special events and additions to our school such as our Curriculum Night/Fall Festival and of course our Children’s Library. Our ELC has truly been blessed this year! We could not have better teachers, students, or parents. It takes every one of them, and a sup-portive church family, to make this the best little preschool in town! Thank you to all of you for your commitment and support of the ELC. This truly is “a great place to grow.”

As many of you know, we are busy planning our 6th annual “An Art Affair” to be held in April. I cannot express to you all how im-portant this event is to our school. This is our big fund raiser, and our school depends on the success of this event for many of our financial needs. It takes a village to help put together “An Art Affair” each year! We have a great committee that has been meeting since October to help to get things rolling. We are currently seeking donations of art items. Our biggest art need is old or new unfinished wooden furniture that the children can modify and change into mas-terpieces. So, if you have anything you’d like to donate, just drop it by my office, or call me, and we will make arrangements to pick up those items. In years past, we have also had families from the church make monetary donations to help with this event. This year, we hope to purchase three “hot ticket” items for our raffle that will not be able to be donated. We hope to purchase a Creative Kids’ Camp ticket from the Newton County Arts Association ($225), a family membership to Zoo Atlanta ($109), and a birthday party

package from Game Time ($150-$200). We could raise so much money for our school by having these three items in our raffle area. Please let me know if you are interested or able to help us to obtain these. January is a time of new beginnings, and the ELC students will begin studying a new theme that goes along with “An Art Affair.” We will be looking at and studying about Artists. With this theme, each class is going to select its favorite artist, and will create a replica of one of his/her famous work to be included in our event. This will be fun for everyone! Our January Bible verse is “O Lord, you are our Father; we are they clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.” ~Isaiah 64:8. As always, thanks for all of your support and God Bless! ~Krissy

Singers Join Us for Worship The Oxford Youth Singers will be sharing their musical gifts with us during worship on Sunday, January 27th @ 11:00 am. The OYS is an auditioned youth choir for students in 8th-12th grades who rehearse in our church weekly during the school year. This choir enhances music skills and provides choral expe-rience and opportunities for musical theatre. Join us as we cele-brate God’s gifts of music and youth!

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Witness to Our Neighbors

Holiday Blues?

Is thinking about the holidays getting you down? Sometimes we get so caught up in the stress of the season that it’s hard to enjoy the blessings. Join us as we discuss how to get past the Holiday Blues this year to enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas.

2nd & 3rd Sundays in Jan. @ 4:30 p.m.

Classes are free of charge

Dr. Cindy Elrod, a pastoral counselor with the Care and Counseling Center of Georgia, will be leading these discussions at the First United Methodist Church. Child care is available upon request. For information call: 770-786-7305

The Witness Team would like to thank all of you for your contributions to the Christmas giving opportunities: Angel tree Salvation Army Tree Food Pantry Hudson/Chandler Bike Fund Empty stocking Fund Pastor's discretionary Fund. We are all extremely fortunate to be a part of such a loving and giving church family.

Give a Hoot for a Goat

The children’s Sunday School classes would like to purchase a Heifer International goat to be sent to a needy family somewhere in the world. If you would like to make a con-tribution and "Give a hoot and help us give a Goat," contact

one of the children, Rebecca Bates, or Debra Arnold. Buncie Lanners Honored Buncie Lanners was honored by the Newton County Community Band on December 3, 2012 for her outstanding leadership as Executive Director of The Arts Association in Newton County since 2001. The band dedicated their annual Christmas Concert to Buncie, presented her a plaque, and gave her a lovely bouquet of flowers. We con-gratulate Buncie on this well-deserved honor!

NEW PRESBYTERIAN

HYMNAL EVENT!

There will be an opportunity to sing hymns from the new Presbyterian hymnal Glory to God on Monday, January 28, 2013 at 7 pm at the Co-lumbia Presbyterian Church adjacent to the seminary campus at 711 South Co-lumbia Drive, Decatur, GA.

Theologian and hymn writer, Mary Louise "Mel" Bringle,

chair of the Presbyterian Committee on Congrega-tional Song, will lead New Life, New Song: A Festival of Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs. This event is free and open to the public. Bring your friends.

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