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T h e F i r s t P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h o f N a p l e s
Celebration Commitment Compassion
February 2013
You’re invited to join us each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel
Worship and Music 2
News and Events 10
Christian Education 4
Calendar 6
Mission 8
Preschool 4
Children and Youth 3
Nielson & Young duo pianists Sunday, February 10 at 4:00 p.m.
Transition Team Report
Read the update on the
Interim Pastor Search
Page 10
See who we highlight this month! Page 8
Wednesdays
February 20 and 27
6:30 p.m. in the Chapel
Rev. Jonathan Evans
What is "Taizé worship?"
Why do so many people (up to 7,000 a week – primarily young
people) go to Taizé to pray? There are a multitude of answers but
perhaps a key response lies in the fact that, at the heart of the
prayer, there is a monastic community. Taizé is a little village in
the south of Burgundy, France. In this village, over 60 years ago,
Brother Roger founded a community devoted to prayer and
living a parable of reconciliation within the church and the
human family. The Community is made up of brothers from all
the continents and major denominations who gather together
three times a day, seven days a week, throughout the year to pray
whether there are thousands or only twenty. (To learn more you
can Google their website).
The Taizé prayer is not simply a prayer form or model that can
be adapted or inserted into any context with the same results.
There are, however, characteristics of the Taizé prayer that can
be useful in understanding its dynamics. The distinguishing
marks include repetition of simple musical lines and
silence. What is unique to the prayer of Taizé is the adaptation
of the repetitive form and core biblical texts that can be sung by
a whole assembly of various nationalities, languages, and
denominations. The assembly is to immerse itself in the simple
but profound harmonies and let itself be carried by this sung
prayer.
Silence is perhaps the second most important aspect of this
particular prayer practice. In the middle of the prayer is a long
period of silence (rather than a sermon or meditation).
Maintaining silence is not a technique or method enabling some
special communication with God. It is simply holding oneself in
the Presence and letting Christ, through the Holy Spirit, pray in
us. All of this then culminates in intercessory prayer and more
song.
2 Worship and Music Rev. Jonathan Evans, Associate Pastor , [email protected]
Dr. Brice Gerlach, Director of Music Ministries, [email protected]
Deacon Sunday Join us in
Spencer Hall February 17
following the worship services.
Meet your Deacon and
enjoy some special treats!
Ash Wednesday
Service February 13
7:00 p.m.
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Nielson & Young, duo pianists Sunday, February 10, 2013 4:00 p.m.
After more than three decades of musical collaboration that continues to take them around the world, duo-pianists Stephen Nielson and Ovid Young are veterans of more than 3,500 concerts in a fascinating array of venues. Those performance sites have ranged from Copenhagen, Denmark’s Tivoli Concert Hall; Toronto, Canada’s Roy Thompson Hall; Madras, India’s Academy of Music; Moscow, Russia’s Kremlin and Tchaikovsky Hall; Oberammergau, Germany’s Passionspiel Theatre; Bern, Switzerland’s Konzerthaus; and Dallas, Texas’ Meyerson Symphony Center.
Among the most active duo-piano teams on the musical scene today, Nielson & Young will present an exciting concert of classical music and well-loved hymn arrangements. Stephen Nielson and Ovid Young have been performing together since 1971 and have performed at our church several times in recent years.
We are delighted to have these artists back again for another great afternoon of music!
The Oracle Trio April Johnson, violin, Peter Seidenberg, cello, Kate Boyd, piano Sunday, March 17, 2013 4:00 p.m.
Founded in 2005, The Oracle Trio, with violinist April Johnson, cellist Peter Seidenberg, and pianist Kate Boyd, has performed throughout the United States, interpreting celebrated classics as well as demonstrating a commitment to performing music of our time. The trio enjoys collaborating with composers, and has commissioned and premiered several new works. The Oracle Trio has been a featured ensemble at the Heidelberg New Music Festival, the Ohio and Indiana Music Teachers’ Association state conferences, and on concert series at numerous universities and music schools. The trio has performed works by a number of living composers, including Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Samuel Adler, Marc Mellits, Douglas McConnell, and Daniel Koontz. The concert will feature such favorites as Camille Saint Saens’ Piano Trio No. 1 and Antonin Dvorak’s Trio No. 4 in E minor "Dumky" as well as an eclectic and colorful piece by contemporary composer Marc Mellits called Fruity Pebbles.
Worship and Music Rev. Jonathan Evans, Associate Pastor , [email protected] Dr. Brice Gerlach, Director of Music Ministries, [email protected]
Children and Youth Christian Education Christian Education Kathleen Law, Administrative Assistant for C.E., [email protected] 4
Ashley Houk, Preschool Director, [email protected] Preschool Adult
Bible
Study
We meet each Sunday in Room 204 at 9:45 a.m. We will begin the study of Galatians. For more information call Gretchen Oakley at 239.591.3467.
HUDDLE
Please feel welcomed as we meet each Thursday at noon until 1:00 p.m. in Spencer Hall. Keith Kersch will be leading a study on Genesis: God’s Grace from the Beginning, a study by Debbie Schmidt. Just bring your own lunch and join us for this fellowship
and study. For more information, please contact Roger Miller at 239.774.5552.
Books &
Bagels Join leader Jeanie Weigel for a closer look at the book, The Time Keeper, by Mitch Albom.
Books & Bagles meets in the Parlor at 9:30
a.m. on Tuesday, February 12. No reservation needed. For more information, please contact Jeanie at 239.963.5318.
A s part of our
curriculum,
we offer Chapel to our
children once a week.
The children join me in
the Chapel where we
sing, dance and share in
a short, interactive
message about God. The intent of this time is to share the good word of
the Bible and provide a simple, child-directed message about the
blessings that God bestows upon us. Our hope is that this introduction
will serve as a solid foundation for the children in our care.
Many times parents will
comment that their child
enjoys singing the songs
at home or that they have
repeated a message they
heard. I truly enjoy
hearing this as it means
that the children are
comfortable with their
experience and truly
delight in the time we
spend together each
week.
During a week in January, parents were invited to share in the Chapel
experience with their child. They were encouraged to sit on the floor
with us, to dance and sing with us, to share the message with us.
We had a great time, and while not all the parents were able to
participate, I certainly saw a level of appreciation from the parents that
their child were involved in such a meaningful experience and they were
able to participate as well.
The Preschool has an
open door policy and we
invite families and
church members to join
us and share in all of our
important moments
during which we grow
and learn, both spiritually
and educationally.
Christian Education Kathleen Law, Administrative Assistant for C.E., [email protected]
“Come to Tea” February 6 at 12:00 p.m. in Spencer Hall. Presbyterian Women invite you to join them as they celebrate a traditional Tea of scones tea sandwiches, jams, mock Devonshire cream, an assortment of muffins and pastries, and fruit salad. Your favorite hat and white gloves are not mandatory, but welcome. Reservations can be made in Spencer Hall after the worship services February 3, and at your Circle meetings. Look for Katie Pennock and Dorie Tichenor at the PW table or call Dorie at 239.775.4246. Our speaker will be Jeane Nealon
provides sneakers to school children. Attendees are asked to bring a pair of sneakers for a child age 6-12. If you prefer to make a donation, please make your
Thank you to Bonita Krauss, our representative to Church Women United who organized Blanket Sunday on January 20. Donations of gently-used or new blankets, sweatshirts and jackets have been
House and Immokalee Friendship House.
Women of the church will receive a pledge letter shortly for the on-going work and mission of Presbyterian Women. Each year we are able to assist by donating approximately $10,000 to various charities here in Collier County that further education, safety, and health care for area women and children in need. This one-time donation instead of fundraisers, bake sales, etc. funds the budget of PW and allows us to reach out to agencies that we know can use our help. Many members of PW are active rocking babies at FunTime Nursery, working
groceries and helping with homework at Grace Place and working with many of the other agencies locally. These efforts and our donations are a large part of the work of PW. For more information, call Treasurer Sharon Irwin 239.398.8391.
In February our Book Club Books and Bagels meets
again. The chosen book is “The Time KeepersMitch Albom. Join us in the church Parlor at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 12. No reservation needed--you do not need to be a member of Presbyterian Women or even the Church. For more information, call Jeanie Weigel, our Bible Study coordinator and discussion leader 239.963.5318.
Looking ahead, the March Gathering will be Wednesday, March 6--
matter what the actual date. Our speaker will be Dr.
And there will be cake!
Sunday, March 10 will be Presbyterian Women Sunday. Our ladies will greet, usher, participate in the service, and serve you wonderful cookies and punch after both services.
Bible Study books are still available from Jeanie Weigel or at the Circle meetings. Anyone wishing to join a Circle, please look at the list below for dates and times. Any one of our Circles will welcome you. Circle leaders are listed if you would like additional information.
Thank you to the Eventide Circle who provided the punch and cookies after worship services in January.
Date Circle Place Hostess Phone
Monday, February 18
7:00 p.m. Eventide 2150 Gulf Shore Blvd. N. #701 Irene Litchefeld-Neff 239.262.8464
Tuesday, February 19
9:30 a.m. Faith/Joy Church Parlor Marcia Kempers 239.262.7599
Wednesday, February 20
9:00 a.m. Love Church Parlor Nina Howard 239.248.3647
9:30 a.m. Grace/Peace Youth Room Katie Geshay 239.592.5358
12:00 p.m. Sunshine Youth Room Jackie Cusick 239.262.2126
1:00 p.m. Friendship Room 202 Carolyn Mollers 239.213.1577
1:00 p.m. Honor/Spencer 2349 Gulf Shore Blvd. N. Barbara Swallen 239.263.0896
February Circle Meetings
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Calendar
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THRUSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Cookie Baking
1:00 p.m. Preschool Training
2
9:00 a.m.
Communion prep
3
8:30 a.m. Communion Worship
9:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Communion Worship
11:00 a.m. Currents
12:00 p.m. Cumberland Church
4
9:00 a.m. PW Bible Facilitators
10:30 a.m. Men’s Club
4:00 p.m. Stewardship
Committee
5
7:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast Bible
Study (separate location)
11:00 a.m. Alzheimer’s
Support Group
6
10:30 a.m. PW Coordinating Team
12:00 p.m. PW Gathering
12:00 p.m. Preschool Committee
5:00 p.m. Bell Ringers
5:45 p.m. COW Dinner
6:30 p.m. COW Classes
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
7:30 p.m. New Member Class
7
9:00 a.m. Stephen Ministry
12:00 p.m. HUDDLE
8
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Cookie Baking
9
10
CONCECRATION SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. Worship
9:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Currents
12:00 p.m. Cumberland Church
4:00 p.m. A Season of Music Concert
11
12 OUTREACH DEADLINE
7:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast Bible
Study (separate location)
8:00 a.m. Facilities Mtg.
9:30 a.m. Faith/Joy Circle
9:30 a.m. Books & Bagels
1:00 p.m. Worship & Music
4:00 p.m. Mission Mtg.
13
3:00 p.m. Communications Committee
5:00 p.m. Bell Ringers
ASH WEDNESDAY
Worship 7:00 p.m.
14 VALENTINE’S DAY
10:00 a.m. Sew & Sews
12:00 p.m. HUDDLE
15
OUTREACH DEADLINE
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Cookie Baking
16
17
DEACON SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. Worship
9:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Currents
12:00 p.m. Cumberland Church
18 PRESIDENT’S DAY
PRESCHOOL CLOSED
10:30 a.m. Men’s Club
7:00 p.m. Eventide Circle
19
7:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast Bible
Study (separate location)
9:30 a.m. Faith/Joy Circle
5:30 p.m. Deacons Mtg.
20
9:00 a.m. Love Circle
9:30 a.m. Grace/Peace Circle
12:00 p.m. Sunshine Circle
1:00 p.m. Honor/Spencer Circle
1:00 p.m. Friendship Circle
5:00 p.m. Bell Ringers
6:30 p.m. Taizé Worship
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
21
12:00 p.m. HUDDLE
22
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Cookie Baking
6:00 p.m. Dinner for 8
23
24
8:30 a.m. Worship
9:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Worship and Installation of
new members
11:00 a.m. Currents
12:00 p.m. Cumberland Church
4:00 p.m. Season of Music Concert
25
26
7:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast Bible
Study (separate location)
4:00 p.m. Session
27
5:00 p.m. Bell Ringers
6:30 p.m. Taizé Worship
28
10:00 a.m. Sew & Sews
12:00 p.m. HUDDLE
This calendar does not necessarily include all events that are scheduled at the church. For additional information, call or visit the website www.fpcnaples.org.
Deadline for monthly Outreach is the fifteenth of the month prior to that edition. Submit all items to [email protected].
If submissions are not received prior to the deadline, we cannot guarantee that your article will be considered for publication for that month.
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7 Sandy Poore, Facilities Manager, [email protected] Sandy Poore, Facilities Manager, [email protected]
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THRUSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Cookie Baking
1:00 p.m. Preschool Training
2
9:00 a.m.
Communion prep
3
8:30 a.m. Communion Worship
9:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Communion Worship
11:00 a.m. Currents
12:00 p.m. Cumberland Church
4
9:00 a.m. PW Bible Facilitators
10:30 a.m. Men’s Club
4:00 p.m. Stewardship
Committee
5
7:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast Bible
Study (separate location)
11:00 a.m. Alzheimer’s
Support Group
6
10:30 a.m. PW Coordinating Team
12:00 p.m. PW Gathering
12:00 p.m. Preschool Committee
5:00 p.m. Bell Ringers
5:45 p.m. COW Dinner
6:30 p.m. COW Classes
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
7:30 p.m. New Member Class
7
9:00 a.m. Stephen Ministry
12:00 p.m. HUDDLE
8
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Cookie Baking
9
10
CONCECRATION SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. Worship
9:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Currents
12:00 p.m. Cumberland Church
4:00 p.m. A Season of Music Concert
11
12 OUTREACH DEADLINE
7:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast Bible
Study (separate location)
8:00 a.m. Facilities Mtg.
9:30 a.m. Faith/Joy Circle
9:30 a.m. Books & Bagels
1:00 p.m. Worship & Music
4:00 p.m. Mission Mtg.
13
3:00 p.m. Communications Committee
5:00 p.m. Bell Ringers
ASH WEDNESDAY
Worship 7:00 p.m.
14 VALENTINE’S DAY
10:00 a.m. Sew & Sews
12:00 p.m. HUDDLE
15
OUTREACH DEADLINE
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Cookie Baking
16
17
DEACON SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. Worship
9:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Currents
12:00 p.m. Cumberland Church
18 PRESIDENT’S DAY
PRESCHOOL CLOSED
10:30 a.m. Men’s Club
7:00 p.m. Eventide Circle
19
7:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast Bible
Study (separate location)
9:30 a.m. Faith/Joy Circle
5:30 p.m. Deacons Mtg.
20
9:00 a.m. Love Circle
9:30 a.m. Grace/Peace Circle
12:00 p.m. Sunshine Circle
1:00 p.m. Honor/Spencer Circle
1:00 p.m. Friendship Circle
5:00 p.m. Bell Ringers
6:30 p.m. Taizé Worship
7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal
21
12:00 p.m. HUDDLE
22
9:30 a.m.
Sunday Cookie Baking
6:00 p.m. Dinner for 8
23
24
8:30 a.m. Worship
9:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study
10:00 a.m. Worship and Installation of
new members
11:00 a.m. Currents
12:00 p.m. Cumberland Church
4:00 p.m. Season of Music Concert
25
26
7:00 a.m. Men’s Breakfast Bible
Study (separate location)
4:00 p.m. Session
27
5:00 p.m. Bell Ringers
6:30 p.m. Taizé Worship
28
10:00 a.m. Sew & Sews
12:00 p.m. HUDDLE
This calendar does not necessarily include all events that are scheduled at the church. For additional information, call or visit the website www.fpcnaples.org.
Deadline for monthly Outreach is the fifteenth of the month prior to that edition. Submit all items to [email protected].
If submissions are not received prior to the deadline, we cannot guarantee that your article will be considered for publication for that month.
8 Preschool John Oakley, Mission Committee Chair, [email protected] Mission
Are you hungry? Last week I asked my wife if she would like half of the fruit I was eating. Her response was “No thank you. I’m not hungry”. It made me think how many children, women and men would answer “Yes please. I am hungry!” The people of First Presbyterian Church, have a great opportunity to do something about the latter response. You contributed generously to the Christmas offering for “Meals of Hope”. We can now finish that commitment when we bag and distribute the food
packages. We can do so in just two hours with one hundred pairs of hands…young hands, old hands and all in between hands on Saturday morning March 2, 2013. Just think! We
can prepare 50,000 meals for a family of four in those two hours! If you don’t know anything about these meals, each bag can feed up to six people. We may assemble bags of BEANS AND RICE, which includes rice, pre-cooked dried beans, soy protein, 6 dried vegetables, and 21 different vitamins and minerals. Or we may assemble FORTIFIED MACARONI AND CHEESE: includes macaroni, soy protein, 21 vitamins and minerals, and a packet of cheese sauce. Please come with your “pair of hands” to help fill, weigh and seal the bags of food. That is all you need to bring to Spencer Hall on March 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to allow some of these hungry mouths answer the question with “No thank you. I’m not hungry”! We are excited about this mission activity for folks from ages 4-104! I’ll be there. I hope you will be too! John Oakley, Mission Committee Chair
by Gretchen Oakley, Mission Committee Secretary
Our third Mission Action nominee is Jan Gazdic. Even if you do not recognize her name, you have seen her every Sunday. You can’t miss her beautiful shining hair and smiling face that is lighting up the soprano section of the choir. When she is not singing or soon about to be attending Session meetings, she is busy being in action—Mission Action, that is!
Jan is totally involved with Avow Hospice which is her Mission Action-First Pres Style. She and her husband Tom were in Naples part-time from 1988 to 1998. Then in 1998 they became full-time Floridians. Both Gazdics are CPAs. As CPAs they audited and worked with health organizations, and when Avow Hospice needed board members to assist with their finances, the Team Gazdic fit the bill. After a while, because Jan had been involved with finances for such an extended period, she began to feel that she wanted to leave the financial world and get to know the patients, their families and find out what they needed. As she learned about their concerns, she saw families sitting for hours with loved ones, never talking and not able to leave them. She watched children with nothing much to do except being quiet. And, then, there were the patients lying in bed hurting and afraid.
I now digress. Jan has a four year old, white, one hundred pound Golden Retriever named Riley. You
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Feed the 5,000 Luke 9:10-17
In February we gather food for the benefit of Grace Place and the people they serve. Grace Place is a faith based community center, teaching literacy, language, and life skills to at-risk children and impoverished families.
If you are able to help others in need, on the first Sunday of the month pick up a Publix bag from an usher as you leave the Sanctuary. The bag has a list of desired food items. Bring your food contribution to the 6th Street church entrance on the second Sunday of the month.
If you prefer, checks may be made payable to "First Presbyterian Church" and the memo marked "Feed the 5,000."
Suggested items are:
1 pound rice 1 jar peanut butter 1 jar jelly 1 can chicken 1 can vegetables 1 can fruit 1 box dried milk 1 box children’s cereal
John Oakley, Mission Committee Chair, [email protected] Mission
ask what has this to do with Mission Action? Well, Riley has been trained by PAWS, (Pets Are Wonderful Souls) and is certified to go into hospitals, in-patient facilities, people’s homes and even into intensive care units. He, also is welcome at Avow’s Georgeson House where he and Jan go once a week. Jan says that it is wonderful to see very ill persons become peaceful as they pet the dog. The children and waiting families come alive as they see Riley and interact with him.
One day Riley visited a patient who had been comatose for some time. The visitors were playing with Riley and offered him a cookie. He ate it and immediately barked for another one. Suddenly, the patient barked, too. The family was thrilled for the sign that their loved one could relate in some way with what was happening around him.
Avow also helps patients in their homes. A friend of Jan’s had Avow come to the house to help her husband who was very ill. They gave him excellent care. On the day before he died, he was taken to Georgeson House. When her friend was informed that her husband was gone, she returned to his room to find him covered with a handmade quilt, a Bible beside him, and candles giving a soft light around the room. The Hospice volunteers and helpers not only care for the dying but they reach out to those left behind.
Something happened to Jan and Riley that hits closer to home for us here at First Presbyterian Church. A week or two ago Jan and Riley were visiting with Robin Maloney and her family and friends and were bringing some comfort to them all about one half hour before she died.
Naples can be very proud to have Avow Hospice as a part of their city with its new community center that provides educational activities to help those in need of information and direction on how to care for loved ones in trouble.
Avow and First Presbyterian can be very pleased that Jan and Riley are carrying on such a kind, loving, and appreciated work. They truly are “Mission Action-First Pres Style.”
Grace Place for Children and Families needs volunteers who want to find ways to serve the poor in our community. We always need volunteers to tutor and help in our classes (morning, after-school, evening, and Saturdays). We have three special needs right now: (1) Basic facilities work projects on Tuesday or Friday mornings, (2) Food Pantry helpers on Friday afternoons, (3) mentors for high school students one evening a month. Contact Dave at 239.455.2707 or [email protected].
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The so-called “fiscal cliff”
law just passed by Congress
in January and signed by
President Obama, formally
known as the “American
Taxpayer Relief Act” (the
Act), has reinstated IRA Charitable Rollover gifts through
the end of 2013. This provision allows individuals older
than 70½ to donate up to $100,000 from Individual
Retirement Accounts to public charities, without having to
recognize the distribution as taxable income. You may
contact your IRA custodian for all the details. Please call
Michele Martin, our church accountant, if you make a
contribution from your IRA so that proper credit may be
given for your gift.
Cell Phone collection for The Shelter for Abused Women and Children
Please recycle your old cell phones and chargers to a worthy cause. These phones provide children and adults living in fear of abuse access to police and ambulance services 24 hours a
day/365 days a year; no service provider required! Most donated phones are given to individuals in danger, the remaining are properly recycled by a company that makes a cash contribution back to The Shelter for each phone submitted. The Shelter for Abused Women and Children has a purple collection box in Spencer Hall.
New Member Class If you are considering making FPC your church
home, in full membership or as an affiliate
member with your northern church, we invite
you to our New Member Class on Wednesday,
February 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Parlor.
Learn about membership, our church, and go
for a tour. Please contact Sharman Pfaus at
[email protected] or 239.262.1311 ext.
236 to sign up for the class.
Transition Team Report
The Interim Pastor Nominating Committee (IPNC) narrowed its search for an Interim Pastor to a single candidate, having first completed a thorough selection process. This included listening to sermons, reviewing references and a personal interview during an on-site visit to FPC Naples.
This individual received the highest candidate ranking throughout the search process and has contracted to serve as our Interim Pastor, subject to approval from the Presbytery's Committee on Ministry (COM). He will appear before the COM on February 12, and would begin his work here immediately thereafter. We hope to have him fill our pulpit beginning Sunday, February 24.
National Competitive Cycling RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR CHURCH
SUNDAY, MARCH 10. We need volunteers to help us be a welcoming presence to
all who come to the event! You can either give water
bottles at a welcome table or be ‘course marshals’ to help
guard the race course. Please visit Sign Up Central in
Spencer Hall.
News and Events Send all publication submissions to: [email protected]
News and Events Send all publication submissions to: [email protected]
Men’s Club
Speakers for
February
February 4
Laura Merrifield
Funeral Pre-Planning
February 18
John Fumagalli
A Banker’s view of the Economy, 2013
Coffee 10:00 a.m.,
Program 10:30 a.m.
in Spencer Hall
Dear Friends,
Your cards, hugs, flowers, and best wishes made
me feel 90 years young! A special thank you to
the Singles Lunch Bunch who truly surprised me
with a delightful celebration complete with
balloon, birthday cake, and a very special
painting. How fortunate we are that our church
is brimming over with people who care about
others! Thank you, God.
A heart full of love,
Pat Warner
Dear Members of FPC,
Words cannot begin to express the love and care
I have received from you since my eye surgery.
The cards, flowers and food have been so greatly
appreciated. Most importantly, it is because of
your prayers that I have regained the vision in my
eye and a full recovery is anticipated.
God has truly blessed me with your love and care.
With deep gratitude,
Sharman Pfaus, Executive Assistant
YOU HAVE A DINNER DATE
Mark your calendar for February 22, and March 22. These are the dates for dinners in members’/friends’ homes. Attendees bring a dish to share and this friendly social setting helps us get to know each other better. It’s fun and easy and we invite all to participate – couples and singles. Questions? Contact Betty Plum – 239.732.8799 or [email protected]. Reservations will be taken in Spencer Hall after worship or by contacting Betty.
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First Presbyterian Church of Naples 250 Sixth Street South Naples, FL 34102 www.fpcnaples.org 239.262.1311 or fax 239.262.1275
CONsECRATION Sunday February 10
Come let us celebrate God’s love.
Come let us celebrate our salvation
Let us present to God in morning worship our best gift
as we Pledge to God our financial gift.
Rejoice and leap for joy!
Let us worship together and afterward share refreshments in Spencer Hall.
SPECIAL WORSHIP MUSIC PLANNED
Our services will truly be a musical celebration!
We will be joined by the Rebecca Richardson Jazz Trio and will be once again uplifted by
their music. The Chancel Choir will be accompanied by the jazz trio in a gospel piece entitled
Praise His Holy Name that will really “raise the roof”!
In addition, Stephen Nielson and Ovid Young will be performing a duo piano concert
in the afternoon at 4:00 p.m. but will also join us in our morning worship.
Ovid Young, who is also a fine organist, will join Stephen Nielson
in a piano and organ duet arrangement of A Mighty Fortress.
Please join us in worship for Consecration Sunday and be a part of our celebration!