February 2018

The Banner

Inside this issue:

From your pastor 2

Member spotlight 3

From Chris 4

Christian education 5

Ecumenical Storehouse 6

Session news 7

Letter from Wes Tilley 8

Bits ‘n’ pieces 9

Worship volunteers 10

Calendar 11

First Presbyterian Church

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

This month

FPC youth group

Directory photography

Wednesday dinners

Ash Wednesday service

Youth movie night

“Uncensored”

Coffee chat

Lent comes early this year; look for signs of the season

Heads up: Lent comes early

this year. The season begins

on Ash Wednesday, which is

Feb. 14. We will mark the

occasion with a 6:15 p.m.

worship service in the

sanctuary that will include

the Lord’s Supper and the

imposition of ashes. Note:

The midweek Bible study

will not meet that evening.

The worship service on

Ash Wednesday will be

preceded that evening by

our first Wednesday night

dinner of the winter/spring

season. A variety of soups

will be served, along with

salad, bread, and a dessert

that will give a nod to

Valentine’s Day.

Lent invites us to turn the

corner from Epiphany and

set our course toward

Jerusalem and the death and

resurrection of Jesus. Our

worship theme for Lent is

“Signs Along the Way.” We

BE INCLUDED! We are creating a new photo directory to help us all connect names

and faces, and we need you to make it complete! Photography dates

are Friday, Feb. 9, through Monday, Feb. 12. If you have not yet signed

up, and if you are in any way a part of this church family, please

schedule a photo session right away. Click this link to sign-up online:

booknow-lifetouch.appointment-plus.com/y81xvkt8/, or call Carolyn

Krause (387-3212) or the church office (483-1318) for assistance. If you cannot

make it on one of those dates, we can help you make other arrangements.

Everyone included in the directory will receive an 8X10 portrait, a print copy of

the directory, and new this time, access to a mobile app for the directory. (Yay!)

Bringing our church family together

will delve into stories of

Jesus using a different road

sign for each of the five

weeks of the season

(enhanced by worship

bulletin artwork by our own

Tarri Driver). The initial

sign on the first Sunday of

Lent, Feb. 18, will be a stop

sign as we delve into the

story of Jesus being tempted

in the wilderness. We’ll also

observe the Lord’s Supper

that morning.

On Feb. 4 is our annual

observance of Scout Sunday.

Members of FPC-chartered

Boy Scout Troop 42 will

assist in providing worship

leadership that morning.

Troop 42 is the largest

troop in Oak Ridge.

We will also receive the

Blanket Offering, which

supports the work of

Church World Service.

CWS, an ecumenical

organization, has worked

for seven decades with one

goal: building a world where

there is enough for all. The

organization works to meet

the present needs of

individuals and families, as

well as to help them create

solutions they can maintain

and build on. The name of

the offering describes one

aspect of CWS’s assistance

to those who have

experienced the harmful

results of natural and

conflict-related disasters.

Boy Scouts and Blanket Offering on Sunday, Feb. 4

From your pastor

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Sharon Youngs, pastor

The Banner

One of my friends in

Louisville, Harry Pickens,

set an ambitious goal for

himself last year: post a

different question on

Facebook each day for folks

to ponder. By year’s end,

Harry had posted a total of

355 questions.

I was impressed with

Harry’s creativity and

discipline in accomplishing

that feat. I was equally, if

not more, impressed and

moved by how others

answered his questions. So

I have decided to adapt

Harry’s idea by offering a

different question each

month for us to consider.

While Harry’s questions

tended to be introspective

at a personal level, my

questions are going to be

more introspective at a

congregational level.

So, here’s the question for

this month: When have

you seen or sensed First

Presbyterian Church as

fully alive?

I will “prime the pump”

with my own reflection on

the question. I see First

Presbyterian Church fully

alive when we are in

response mode. That is,

when the congregation is

made aware of a particular

need, especially timely in

nature, we respond. For

example, last year we rallied

in very short order to

gather the materials

necessary to assemble more

than 250 hygiene kits for

Presbyterian Disaster

Assistance to distribute to

hurricane victims. We also

responded to the need to

help secure a service dog

for Esmee Lavender by

holding a successful dinner

and auction.

In other words, I sense us

being fully alive as a

congregation when we are

doing something—

responding to particular

needs that arise, like the

ones mentioned above, but

also in ordinary tasks, such

as preparing meals, mulching

flower beds, assembling

quilts, securing donuts for

Sunday mornings, picking up

furniture for the Ecumenical

Storehouse, ushering

worship guests, transporting

folks to and from worship

and other events, setting up

tables for meals, signing

get-well cards, teaching

Sunday school, singing in the

choir, praying for others.

The challenge to all of that

doing is to be intentional

about making sure our

batteries remain sufficiently

charged for those myriad

tasks—charged physically,

of course, but even more

so, charged spiritually as a

congregation.

Now it’s your turn. When

have you seen or sensed

FPC as fully alive? I’d love to

know your responses.

With a grateful heart,

Sharon

Peggy Claiborne (left) and Susan Sharp helping at the Ecumenical Storehouse

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February 2018

FPC Spotlight: Elaine Wilson

Elaine Wilson, who

became a member of First

Presbyterian Church on Jan.

28, 2018, is a licensed

clinical social worker who

serves as director of

outreach for Choices in

Senior Care, LLC, in

Knoxville.

A native of Lewisburg,

she grew up in north-

central and southwestern

Pennsylvania and central

New Jersey. Her father was

a Presbyterian minister and

her mother was a librarian.

Elaine has a B.S. degree

from Ithaca College in New

York in speech and hearing,

an M.S. degree in audiology

from Syracuse University,

and an M.S. degree in social

work from the University

of Tennessee at Knoxville.

While in college, she

was a coxswain for the

women’s rowing team. “Per

tradition,” she said, “I was

thrown in many rivers by

the team after winning

races.”

For 20 years she was an

audiologist in Massachusetts

and then Maryland. She

started a second career in

social work in 2009. She

was director of social

services at a nursing center

in Massachusetts before

returning to Tennessee in

2014.

“I enjoyed visiting

Tennessee as a teen and

returned to live near the

Smoky Mountains,” she

said. “Currently, I live in

Oak Ridge. In my job, I

manage community

education, caregiver

support services, and

networking-marketing for

Choices in Senior Care.”

Elaine is married to

Darlene Sanders, whom she

met in West Knoxville after

corresponding by email. “I

have a stepson, who is

married and has three

children. I am the proud

grandparent of Zoey,

Daniel, and Zachary, Jr.”

Elaine enjoys kayaking,

genealogy, gardening,

canning, and traveling

throughout New England

and spending time on Cape

Cod with her family.

Why did she decide to

become a member of our

church?

“I felt it was time to return

to my Presbyterian roots

after a number of years

attending a Unitarian

Universalist church,” she

said. “I came to First

Presbyterian in November

2017 and felt like I had

come home. I have started

participating in the

Sunday morning Bible study

groups. I look forward

to opportunities to serve

through FPC.” Elaine Wilson

Elizabeth and Trygve Myhre, who have moved to Maryville, were

presented with a cake and table runner (made by the Prayer Shawl

Ministry) in recognition of their many years of faithful service at

FPC. Among other things, Elizabeth organized many receptions for

various occasions and Trygve provided computer support for the

church. Both were a great help to the late Barbara Dreiss.

From Chris: Let’s Celebrate!

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Chris Black, director of Congregational

Care and Discipleship (DCCD)

The Banner

On Jan. 21, Nathan Myers

and Willow Tilley received

personalized Bibles from

our church during worship.

It was such a wonderful

moment! I hope we can

celebrate all our young

people and support them

spiritually by encouraging

them to read scripture for

themselves. My hope is that

all our youth and children

can learn more about what

the Bible says and that our

adults can be willing

partners in discipleship with

them by listening to their

questions and discussing

scripture with them. As

they grow in their love and

understanding of God, so

will we grow too!

Parents, see page 10 for

the worship volunteer

schedule, including

acolytes and First

Steps leaders.

Nathan Myers perusing his new Bible

Youth movie

night—Feb. 23

Our next Youth

Movie Night will take

place from 6:00 to 8:30

p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, in

room 102, Activities building, at First

Presbyterian Church. We will be watching a

fun movie together, playing games, and eating

pizza, desserts, and popcorn. We hope to

see you there. Please bring your friends!

Youth Group Themes for February: Every Sunday night that we have youth at First

Presbyterian Church we will have a fun theme to

guide our games and activities for the night.

Please be on the lookout for something different

and exciting each week.

Feb. 4 – NO YOUTH (Super Bowl Sunday,

so please stay home and be safe.)

Feb. 11 – High Five Night!

Feb. 18 – Penny Night!

Feb. 25 – Neon Night!

We have a youth council! Are you interested in joining the conversation?

A team of parents, volunteers, youth, and staff have come together to aid in the planning and visioning

of the children’s and youth ministries. Our second meeting is being planned for near the end of February.

If you are interested in learning more about this team, or if you have questions, please contact Chris in

the church office.

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February 2018

Midweek Bible study

Please note—The midweek Bible study schedule

will be a little different during February and into

March. Here’s the schedule:

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 5:45 p.m.

No class Feb. 14 (Ash Wednesday service)

Wednesdays, Feb. 21, through March 21,

the class will meet at 6:00 p.m., (following

Wednesday night dinners)

The meeting location is the parlor, just outside

the fellowship hall on the west side of the

sanctuary building, and childcare is available.

1 Corinthians is the current focus, and the class

is designed so that anyone can join the discussion

at any point.

Christian education

Adult morning Bible classes

The Early Birds group meets at 9 a.m. every Sunday

in Room 6 in the Sanctuary building. The class, led by

Anne Backus and Rosalyn McKeown-Ice is beginning a study of Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard

Thurman. Come join them for coffee, prayer, study,

and great conversations.

The Rise ‘n’ Shine class, taught by Cheryl Barr,

Hannah Tippett, and Sue Byrne, meets at 9:00 a.m.

in the parlor. They are studying Hebrews and

welcome you to join their discussion.

The Kerygma class continues at 11:15 a.m. in the

parlor, led by Peggy Terpstra. The Kerygma

curriculum focuses on broad thematic arcs carried

through scripture, from Old to New Testaments.

Mark your calendars for a special 4-week

series in April. Phillip Sherman, religion professor at

Maryville College, will be the teacher. (Phillip led our

study of Islam two years ago.) Look for more

information soon!

Youth Worship Works is this month On Sunday, Feb. 25, our regular Youth Sunday

School class (which meets in the youth room), will

have the opportunity to learn more about all aspects

of our Christian worship. The class meets in the

choir room or the sanctuary with Sharon, Chris, and

Anna. This month we will be talking about how

important our hymnal is to our worship together.

An EPIC scavenger hunt will go with the lesson.

A Lenten journey with First Steps During our First Steps time this month, our

children will be learning about what it means to

journey together through Lent. We will discuss

all the Lenten themes that are presented in our

worship.

Are you interested in helping with First Steps

or joining our conversation during worship?

If you are, please let Chris or one of the other

First Steps volunteers know.

Wednesday night craft time Our first Wednesday night dinner of the

season will occur on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14,

at 5:15 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the

Sanctuary building. The next week, on Feb. 21,

we will begin offering our normal craft time

near the end of dinner for all our children and

youth. We will be making a variety of Lenten

crafts this year, and we hope you can join in

on the fun! Be on the lookout for Anne Backus,

Chris, and Brooke and

Brittany, our nursery

workers, who will be

helping lead our craft

time together.

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Ecumenical Storehouse

The Banner

FPC, together with Central Baptist Church, and other “regulars” from the community,

staffed The Ecumenical Storehouse the first half of December and second half of January.

For the first time (of hopefully many!), we were also joined by residents from the Morgan

County Residential Recovery Court (MCRRC) program. Together we worked to serve

families in our area in need of basic household necessities due to various circumstances.

Pictured below are images of the many ways we minister through the Storehouse, from

picking up donations in the community and organizing them, to helping clients find and

load the items they need.

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February 2018

Session news:

At its regular January

meeting, the Session

• Re-elected Carolyn

Krause as clerk and Dave

Mullins as church treasurer

for one-year terms.

• Elected Gene Ice and

Martina Ward as

commissioners to the Feb.

10, 2018, quarterly meeting

of the Presbytery of East

Tennessee.

• Accepted the Joyful Noise

and Worship Works

curricula for children and

youth.

• Approved Martina Ward

and Peggy Terpstra as co-

chairs and Teresa Fulcher,

Pete Johnson, and Rosalyn

McKeown-Ice as members

of the Christian Education

committee for 2018.

• Approved for 2018 the

following members of the

Congregational Care and

Welcome committee—

Mary Childress, Lou Dunlap,

Gretchen Drane, Vivian

Jung, Phyllis Phillips, Sandy

Rohwer, Shirley Sauls,

Melinda Tilley, Chris Black

(ex officio), and Sharon

Youngs (ex officio)—and of

the Welcome team—Gail

King, Sue Byrne, Mary

Childress, Nanette King,

Margaret Ann King, Anna

Robinson, and Vivian Jung

(chair). Anna Robinson and

Margaret Anne King are

again co-chairs of CC&W

committee.

• Approved for 2018 the

following members of the

Finance committee: Richard

Alexander, Anne Backus,

Bill Bostick, Robert

Clausing, Fred Haywood,

Katy Everitt, Bonnie

Murray, David Mullins

(ex officio), and Sharon

Youngs (ex officio). Gene

Ice remains Finance

committee chair.

• Accepted the proposed

special offering dates for

2018 and early 2019: One

Great Hour of Sharing,

April 1 (Easter); Pentecost

Offering, May 20; Living

Waters for the World

(LWW), Aug. 12; Peace &

Global Witness Offering,

Oct. 7; Morgan-Scott Pro-

ject, Nov. 11; Christmas Joy

Offering, Dec. 24; Blanket

Sunday (Church World

Service), Feb. 3, 2019, as

well as the quarterly FPC

Hunger Fund Offering

(March 18, June 24, Sept.

23, Dec. 9) and offerings for

the Minister’s Discretionary

Fund on most Communion

Sundays.

• Accepted the proposed

dates for serving

Communion at the church

in 2018: Feb. 14 (Lent) and

18, March 11 and 29

(Maundy Thursday), April

15, May 20, June 10, July 15,

Aug. 5, Sept. 2, Oct. 7,

Nov. 4, Dec. 2 and 24.

Teresa Brittain remains

chair of the Human

Resources committee; Steve

Layendecker will be the

second Session member,

and Louise Dunlap will again

be the member represent-

ing the congregation. Anna

Robinson is the new chair

of the Nominating

committee; Janet Swift is

the second Session

member, and members

representing the

congregation are Sydney

Murray, Matt Stone, and

Rosalyn McKeown-Ice.

Janet Swift is again chair of

the Social Concerns

committee. Colin

Colverson is chair of the

Planning & Organizational

Development committee.

Anne Backus and Steve

Layendecker are the new

co-chairs of the Property

& Maintenance committee,

Tiffany Murray is again chair

of the Stewardship

committee, and Eric Myer

is the new chair of the

Worship committee.

In the Jan. 17 meeting of

the FPCOR Corporation

[501(3)(c)], Session voted

to approve the re-election

for one year of the

following officers: Gene Ice,

president; Teresa Brittain,

vice president; Carolyn

Krause, secretary; and

David Mullins, treasurer.

In its Jan. 13 called

meeting, Session approved

the 2018 church budget of

$358,250 with a deficit of

$8108. The deficit reflects

the Session’s decision to

maintain its practice of

placing a portion of funds

into the Major Maintenance

Fund in case of

unanticipated needs for

building repairs. In the Jan.

28 called meeting, Session

received three new

members: Elaine Wilson

(reaffirmation of faith), and

Alex and Julia Cantrell

(transfer of membership

from Second Presbyterian

Church, Knoxville).

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Late last fall, several FPC members sent cards to Wes Tilley for his 40th birthday, which he celebrated while on

active duty in Tunisia. Wes sent the following letter in response:

Hello Presbyterian Family,

I hope you all are doing great. I am so grateful for the wonderfulbirthday cards that you sent to me last month. It

is always great to get mail here and when the delivery came, I was amazed at all the cards. It was very special for

you to take the time to send your kind words. I wanted to take a picture of all the cards I received and send it to

you but unfortunately, I am not authorized to take photos of mail items. I am also thankful for you all checking on

Ryan and

the kids (and Mom and Dad). Ryan has been telling me that you all check on them often. Thank You.

Things are going well here. After a few weeks in Texas, and a couple of days in Germany my team and I wedged

ourselves into a C-130 and had a nice flight across the Mediterranean Sea. We arrived in Africa about a month and

a half ago. The weather here is pleasant. It is the rainy season here and the temperatures are mild. In the mornings

it is long sleeve weather and most evenings are

comfortable in a small jacket.

The guys on my team are doing well. We stay

busy working and making each other laugh.

When I'm off work I stay busy cutting all the

guys hair on my Team. It's the first time I have

ever cut hair, but all of them have had me do it

several times. If it looks bad, I remind them that

there is nobody here to impress anyway. I'll

keep my day job. Ha, Ha! I won't let any of them

cut my hair though. I'm not crazy. Not sure what

they might do. I feel better waking up early on

every few Saturdays and making one of the few

appointments with a local guy that cuts hair. He

only charges a couple U.S. dollars to cut my hair.

I show him a picture of the haircut I want and he

nods and smiles. He's hilarious, or he seems to

be, but neither one of us understand much of

what the other is saying. It ends up being kind of

a ridiculous exchange of gestures, mumbles and

nods. I'm still working on my local dialect.

I look forward to seeing you all in the spring.

Merry Christmas to all!

V/R,

Wesley E. Tilley, SSgt, USAF

Security Forces

722d Expeditionary Air Base Squadron

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February 2018

Bits ‘n’ pieces

FPC Women’s lunch The FPC women will gather for

lunch at 12:30 p.m.. Monday, Feb.

12, at Outback Steakhouse on

Illinois Ave. Outback is one of the

local restaurants that donates a

portion of their profits to ADFAC

the second Monday each month. February Birthdays…

2/9 Adrienne Pyle

2/13 Jim Tonne

2/14 Gene Ice

2/15 Bob Edwards

2/17 Christopher Brittain

2/22 Desmond Darko

2/28 Sandy Rohwer

2/28 Anna Thomas

Congratulations!

Food 4 Kids

Food 4 Kids workdays coming

up—Feb. 12 and 13 at First United

Methodist Church, Oak Ridge.

Meet at FUMC at 1:30 p.m. on Monday to

pack backpacks. Then Tuesday, at 8:30 a.m.,

the backpacks are distributed to local

schools. If you have any questions, please

contact Gretchen Drane at 483-1472.

Wednesday night dinners

start on first day of Lent The Wednesday night dinners are starting again

on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, which is also

Valentine’s Day. Dinner is served from 5:15 to 6:00 p.m.,

with a suggested donation of $4 per person ($12 max

per family; children under six years are free).

Come and eat with your church family before we gather for soul-feeding

worship at our Ash Wednesday service in the sanctuary immediately after

the meal.

All meals offer a salad bar, hot vegetable, fresh fruit, ice cream,

decaffeinated iced tea, lemonade, and coffee. Gluten-free and vegetarian

options are available. Here are the dates and menus:

Feb. 14: Soup! Vegetarian black bean, beef and barley, and chicken potato

leek soups. Whole wheat bread, white bread, salad, cupcakes, chocolate-

dipped strawberries, and ice cream.

Feb. 21: Bishop’s chicken, pesto noodles, garlic bread, brownies, and

banana pudding.

Feb. 28: Pork loin, sweet and white scalloped potatoes, peas, rolls, and

assorted homemade cookies

Mar. 7: Red beans and rice, assorted cakes, and more.

Mar. 14: Corned beef and cabbage, Hawaiian rolls, Irish soda bread, angel

food cake, and strawberries

Mar. 21: Golden glazed chicken, rice, and a fantastic hot fudge sundae bar!

CWU talk Feb. 2 on domestic violence Church Women United of Oak Ridge will meet on Friday, Feb. 2, at

United Way of Anderson County, 728 Emory Valley Road, in Oak Ridge.

Rachel Thompson, Domestic Violence Victim Advocate for Knox and

Anderson counties, will be the guest speaker.

The program and brief meeting will start at noon. Fellowship begins at

11:30 a.m. All are welcome. For more information, call Gay Marie Logsdon,

CWU-OR president, at 483-7940.

Look ahead to March, FPC will host the CWU meeting on Friday, March 2

in the fellowship hall, following the same schedule as above. Dr. Jennie Jobe,

Director of Morgan County Residential Recovery Court will be speaking.

FPC friends perform

in music festival Pianist John Purifoy, bass guitarist

Randy Pietrzak, and singer-composer

Diane Krause will perform at the sixth

Oak Ridge Rock to Bach Music Festival

on Saturday, Feb. 10, from 10:00 a.m.

to 8:00 p.m. at the Oak Ridge

Unitarian Universalist Church.

The festival is a fundraiser for the

Oak Ridge Civic Music Association,

the umbrella organization for the

Oak Ridge Symphony and Chorus,

Chamber series, and coffee concerts

that are performed in our church.

FPC Housekeeping:

If you leave food or beverages in

the refrigerators in the fellowship

hall or room 102 kitchens, please

label them with your name and

the date. These refrigerators are

cleaned out monthly, and if

things are not labeled, they will

be thrown out.

Thank you!

Sunday, February 4

Liturgist: Scouts of Troop 42

Acolytes: Amelia and Bert Everitt

Time with Children: Sharon Youngs

First Steps: Anne Backus, Chris Black

Sound Guild: Dale Hadden

Ushers: Team II, led by George Darko Counters: George Darko, Katy Everitt

Flowers: TBA

Fellowship Hosts: Candice & Dennis Strickler

Opening/Closing: Anne Backus, Dennis Strickler

Sunday, February 11

Liturgist: TBA

Acolytes: Maddie and Megan Stone

Time with Children: Gene Ice

First Steps: Chris Black, Martina Ward

Sound Guild: Sydney Murray

Ushers: Team III, led by Joe Gray Counters: Anne Backus, Gene Ice

Flowers: Ed & Mimi Tilley

Fellowship Hosts: Judy Greeson, Tiffany Murray

Opening/Closing: Anne Backus, Dennis Strickler

Worship Volunteers

Sunday, February 18

Liturgist: TBA

Acolytes: Avery and Nathan Myers

Time with Children: Chris Black

First Steps: Chris Black, Tiffany Murray

Sound Guild: Carolyn Krause

Ushers: Team IV, led by Dennis Strickler Counters: Teresa Brittain, Jim Campbell

Flowers: Mike & Peggy Hilliard

Fellowship Hosts: Mimi Tilley and family

Opening/Closing: Anne Backus, Dennis Strickler

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Sunday, February 25

Liturgist: TBA

Acolytes: Andre Darko, Rebecca Davenport

Time with Children: Chuck Hadden

First Steps: Chris Black, Teresa Brittain

Sound Guild: Dale Hadden

Ushers: Team I, led by Irene Darko Counters: Irene Darko, Bonnie Murray

Flowers: Peggy Ricks

Fellowship Hosts: Gail & Phil King

Opening/Closing: Anne Backus, Dennis Strickler

Anna Thomas, music director

Choir schedule The chancel choir rehearses each

Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Childcare

is available. If you’ve ever thought

about joining the choir, this is a

perfect time to come try it out as

we prepare music for the season

of Lent and Easter. New voices

are always welcome,

Our first Worship Works class

Februar y 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

28

9 am Early classes

10 am Worship

11:15 Annual lasagna

dinner & meeting of

congregation

5:30 youth group

29

9:30 Coffee Chat

12 pm Men’s lunch

6pm Combined

committee meeting

6pm Boy Scouts

30

12:15 Centering

Prayer

5:30 AA 6:30 Guitar workshop

31

10am staff mtg

11:30 Al Anon

5:45 Bible study

7pm Choir

1 February

2

7:30 Chinese

Bible study

3

12pm Youth

Pride planning

4

9am Early classes

10am Worship

11:15 Sun. school

5:30 youth group

5

12pm Men’s lunch

5:30 Stewardship 6pm Boy Scouts

6

11 am Kareday lunch

12:15 Centering

Prayer

1pm CC&W

2pm Welcome team

5:30 AA

6pm Christian ed.

6:30 Guitar workshop

7

10am staff mtg

11:30 Al Anon

5 pm EHS meeting

5:45 Bible study

7pm Choir

8

7pm Finance

9

2-9pm Directory

photography

7:30 Chinese

Bible study

10

PET meeting

10 am-5pm

Directory

photography

11

9am Early classes

10am Worship

11:15 Sun. school

12-7pm Directory

photography

5:30 youth group

12

12pm Men’s lunch

12:30 Women’s

lunch

2-9pm Directory

photography

6pm Boy Scouts

6pm Social

concerns mtg

13

10am Prayer shawl

12:15 Centering

Prayer

5:30 Prop. & Maint.

5:30 AA

6:30 Guitar workshop

14

10am staff mtg

11:30 Al Anon

5:15 Wed. Night

Dinner

6:15 Ash Wed.

service

7pm Choir

15

8 am United Way

training

10 am ADFAC mtg

16

7:30 Chinese

Bible study

17

18

9 am Early classes

10 am Worship

11:15 Sun. school

5:30 youth group

19

Office closed

12 pm Men’s lunch

6 pm Boy Scouts

20

10am Book forum

12:15 Centering

Prayer

5:30 AA

6:30 Guitar workshop

21

10 am staff mtg

11:30 Al Anon

5:15 Wed. Night

Dinner

6 pm Bible study

6:30 Session

7pm Choir

22

1 pm ORICL

book club

23

6 pm Middle school

movie night

7:30 Chinese

Bible study

24

9 am

“Uncensored”

25

9 am Early classes

10 am Worship

11:15 Sun. school

5:30 youth group

26

9:30 Coffee chat

10 am AAUW

12 pm Men’s lunch

5:15 ADFAC mtg 6 pm Boy Scouts

27

12:15 Centering

Prayer

5:30 AA 6:30 Guitar workshop

28

10 am staff mtg

11:30 Al Anon

5:15 Wed. Night

Dinner

6 pm Bible study 7 pm Choir

1

2

7:30 Chinese

Bible study

3

Please note this calendar is subject to change. Check fpcor.org for real-time calendar.

First Presbyterian Church

P.O. Box 6106

Oak Ridge, TN 37831

First Presbyterian Church February 2018 Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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Located at 1051 Oak Ridge Turnpike Phone: 865-483-1318

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