THIS WEEK AT FPC
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
May 17, 2015
Gospel Lesson: John 17:13-19 page 880
New Testament Lesson: 1 John 5:1-13 pages 991-992
Sermon
“God Gave Us Eternal Life”
The Rev. Joel T. Moore
Associate Pastor
During the Praise and Worship Service the congregation will be singing the following
praise songs: “Firm Foundation,” “Victory Chant,” “As The Deer,” “Turn Your Eyes
Upon Jesus,” and “This Is Amazing Grace.”
The special music will be “This Is
Amazing Grace” sung by the Praise Team.
During the Traditional Service the congregation will sing the following hymns:
“Come, Thou Almighty King” and “Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine!.” The Introit
will be “The One is Blest” from Andro Hart’s psalter The CL Psalms of David. The
anthem will be “Eternal Life” music by Olive Dungan, text by St. Francis of Assisi.
The Children’s Choir will be singing “All of My Praise,” by R. E. Schram.
“This Is Amazing Grace”
Phil Wickham was born on April 5, 1984. He hails from San Diego, California. He’s
been busy the last few years releasing 7 LPs, his latest being “Ascension.”
Philip was raised in a Christian home, the second of three children (brother Evan,
sister Jillian), and after feeling the need to “make his faith his own” he began
leading worship for his youth group at 13 years old. He graduated from Calvary
Christian School in Vista, California. Wickham’s father is currently a worship
leader, and both of his parents were at one time members of Jesus movement band
Parable. His older brother Evan Wickham is also a musician who used to serve at
Calvary Chapel in Vista, and now currently serves at Solid Rock Church-Westside,
Portland, OR. His parents, John and Lisa, encouraged Wickham to learn popular
praise songs and to write his own. Wickham began his full-time music career by
touring California and recording his first album. On November 2, 2008, Wickham
married his longtime girlfriend, Mallory Plotnik. They have one daughter, Penelope
Maye Wickham.
“Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine!”
It might seem unlikely that a blind writer of hymns living in a slum and a wealthy
woman living in a mansion would have anything in common –– but Fanny Crosby,
the blind hymn writer, was a humble woman with a number of distinguished
friends. Grover Cleveland, who later became President of the United States, met
Fanny Crosby as a young man, and they became lifelong friends.
The friend in the mansion was Phoebe Knapp, the daughter of a Methodist
evangelist. When she was just sixteen years old, Phoebe married Joseph Fairchild
Knapp, a young man who went on to found the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. The Knapps worshiped at the John Street Methodist Church in lower
Manhattan, which is where Fanny Crosby also worshiped –– and so a friendship
was born. Phoebe, the wealthy matron, often invited Fanny, the blind hymn writer,
to her palatial home.
Phoebe enjoyed music, and had a music room furnished with a collection of musical
instruments. During one of Fanny's visits, Phoebe invited her to the music room,
where Phoebe sat down at the keyboard and played a tune that she had
written. "What does that say," she asked? Fanny clapped her hands in delight and
said, "That says, 'Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!'" And so a hymn was born.
During her lifetime, Fanny Crosby wrote eight thousand hymns, many of which
became famous –– but "Blessed Assurance" just might be the most famous of all.
––Copyright2008, Richard Niell Donovan
SUNDAY, May 17: Praise and Worship Service, 9:00 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; Traditional
Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.
MONDAY, May 18: Angel Academy, 9:00 a.m.; Stewardship Committee, 5:15 p.m., CR
TUESDAY, May 19: Church Staff Meeting, 8:45 a.m., CR; Session Meeting, 5:15 p.m., Rm. 210
WEDNESDAY, May 20: MBS, 6:45 a.m., Rm. 210; Angel Academy, 9:00 a.m.,; Sr. High Lunch, 12:37
p.m., YC; Praise Team Rehearsal, 5:15 p.m.; Chancel Choir, 6:30 p.m.;
THURSDAY, May 21: WID, 10:30 p.m., CR; METS Lunch & Game Day, 11:45, Commons
SUNDAY, May 24: Pentecost: Sunday School, 10:00 a.m.; Combined Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.,
with Communion.
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he Music and Worship Committee is beginning the process of reviewing
possible new hymnbooks. Our current hymnbook is now 25 years old. If you
have a favorite hymn or hymns you would like to see in a future hymnbook
please contact Carolyn Mason with your recommendation by May 11 at
cmason@angelo,edu.
Food for the month of May:
Canned meat, canned milk, canned tomato products, peanut butter, beans and rice.
Please place your non-perishable items in the cart in the Commons.
FPC is at the Wesley Daily Bread Soup Kitchen the 4th Monday
of every month. Our next date will be Monday, May 25. If you
would like to join this fun and enthusiastic ministry team,
give Susan Gober a call at the church, 655-5694.
METS LUNCHEON & GAME DAY
Join us Thursday, May 21, at 11:45 for our
3rd Thursday Luncheon & Game Day.
We meet in the Commons.
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Chemo Care Packages
HE METS (Meet, Eat, Travel & Serve) continue to meet. We eat the third
Thursday of each month and we have a great trip scheduled in May! And, now
we have our latest service project to introduce to you. Born from an idea of one
of our church members, we are going to embark on putting together and
distributing Chemo Care Packages. Because of a gift given our church and with the
blessing of the givers, we have been able to order reusable bags and cups for the care
packages. Each will have a Celtic cross and the name of our church. We need the
generous and thoughtful members of our church family to donate any and as much as
you’d like of the following items: tissues, peppermints, lemon drops, gum, fragrancefree lotion, hand sanitizer, nice quality lip balm, antibacterial hand wipes, soft socks,
soft head wrap or hat, fleece-knot, crocheted or knitted blankets, satin pillow cases,
Biotene Dry Mouth Toothpaste, Biotene Dry Mouth Mouthwash, Luden’s Moisture
Drops, Eucerin Dry Skin Therapy, Aquaphor Healing Ointment, lavender baby oil,
journals, pens, notepads, word puzzles, tea bags (peppermint, Ginger, or lemon citrus
are suggested), inspirational messages, restaurant gift cards and for children: Ring
pops, Lemonheads, soft and cuddly washable stuffed animal, coloring books, crayons
and stickers.
MEN’S BIBLE STUDY
The Community-wide Men’s Bible Study meets on Wednesday mornings at 6:45 a.m., in Rm. 210.
All men in the church are welcome to attend.
Women’s In Depth Study (Conference Room)
The WID group meets on Thursdays.
They will be wrapping up their study in two weeks and will then begin again in the Fall.
Women of the Word (WOW)
The WOW group has finished for the Spring & will begin again in the Fall.
Sunday School: 10:05-10:50
Youth Fellowship will not meet again until September.
Contact Info: Amy Hill, 325-212-1179; [email protected]; [email protected]
Upcoming Events
 WOW WEDNESDAY: Wed June 3, 6-8pm at the RIVER STAGE. This event will be an
evening of music & worship and entertainment by a Christian comedian. We want
to encourage you to make plans to come and bring your friends to be enriched by
God’s message with music and laughter.
 Youth Fun-day Monday’s at the Lake Lodge: Every Monday this summer, June 8-Aug
17 6pm-8:30pm, will be Youth Night! We will have fun at the lake with swimming,
boating, volleyball, 9-Square, games, music, and supper! Bring your friends to join in
the fun!
Mission 2015 T-shirts are on sale now! Available in
The Commons after church and in the office during
the week! $20 each. All proceeds will go to the
Guatemala Scholarship Fund.
July 18-25, 2015.
This year, we will focus our mission work on construction, children, youth,
& a new women’s ministry project.
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EEDS FOR GUATEMALA MISSION TRIP!
Our mission trip to Guatemala is just about one
month away. Thirty-one members of our congregation are assisting Promised Land
Ministries in their mission to provide for the housing needs of poor families in the San
Lucas Tolimán region. Please prayerfully consider how God might be calling you to help this vital
mission with your special pledge towards the Guatemala mission. We are hoping to raise
$35,000.00. Here are a few other ways in which you could help:
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Buy a house. A two bedroom house costs $2,000.
Buy a quarter of a house for $500.
Buy a share of a house for $200.
Buy a stove for $150.
Buy a water filter for $50.
Buy crafts for 10 kids for $20. We will be offering a VBS.
Buys supplies for our new women’s ministry, 10 packages for $20.
We can't do it without the Holy Spirit, and we can't do it without you. Thanks!
HOUSE OF FAITH: First Presbyterian Church, for the fourth year in a row, is
forming a team of volunteers to prepare and serve a meal
to House of Faith campers on Wednesday, July 15 at
Lake Brownwood!
The last three summers a team of FPC volunteers have
traveled to Lake Brownwood Christian Retreat and fed over
300 elementary-age children and their counselors. This
year we will feed high school age campers and plan to feed
350.
We need your help! This is a great way for our youth to get any service hours they
might need for school or civic organizations. It is also a wonderful opportunity for
mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, cousins, and grandparents to work side-by-side
in service to our Lord by feeding and serving others. Call Susan Gober to volunteer,
655-5694.
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VBS 2015
he school year is winding down and summer plans are heating up! One thing you
won’t want your children or grandchildren to miss is VBS 2015—Everest: Conquering
Challenges with God’s Mighty Power! As in years past the week begins with a family
fun kick-off party at the Lake Lodge on Sunday, May 31, from 6:00 p.m.—8:00 p.m.
and then June 1-June 4, from 9:00 a.m.—noon at our main church campus.
You may register your child on-line by entering the following web address:
https://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/fpc2015. In addition, you may register to volunteer online. If you have already indicated that you’d like to volunteer, you do not need to register
on-line. Youth may register for the Assistant Crew Leader and Crew Leader positions as
well. Those children entering 6th or 7th grades need to register as an Assistant Crew Leader.
Those children entering 8th grade through 12th grade may register to be a Crew Leader.
Youth volunteers are urgently needed to be Crew Leaders or assist Station
Leaders. It’s a great way for youth to get any necessary volunteer hours completed, all while
helping spread the Gospel. VBS would not be possible without the participation of our youth
volunteers. The little children adore the teens and pre-teens!
For more information about VBS 2015, email VBS 2015 Director, Colette Tschumi at:
[email protected], or you may call and leave her message at the church office, 6555694.
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very year we provide a teachers’ lounge in the Parlor for the volunteers! If you would
like to bring treats to ensure our volunteers are well-fed, you may do so anytime
during the week of VBS (June 1-4). You may bring your donations to the Big Kitchen,
beginning, Sunday May 31. Bring anything you believe teenagers and adults would enjoy
consuming. Savory, sweet, healthy, crunchy, crispy – it doesn’t matter! FMI, call the
church office 655-5694.