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  From: The News Desk     To: First Presbyterian Church May 31, 2023       Your Weekly Edition of Narthex News is here! INSIDE THIS ISSUE: ·          REMINDERS ·          TIME FOR TEA ·          FAITH CIRCLE ·          CELEBRATIONS ·          SAM PIPER’S GRADUATION PARTY ·          THANK YOU FROM HUTCHESONS ·          LOCAL HAPPENINGS ·          WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL ·          PRAYER ROOM   Dear Church, Summer is here! Longer days, warmer weather, and brighter sunshine are just a few things we can look forward to. Are you planting a garden? Going on vacation? Celebrating a graduation? Planning extra time with family? Whatever season life finds you in right now, we pray that God meets you where you are at. We ask that He fills you with hope and helps you balance your responsibilities with rest. Welcome to this week’s Narthex News – Weekly Edition. Read on to find out what’s going on with FPC this week and in the near future.   Reminders

OT Lesson: Numbers 11:24-30 (NIV) So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and made them stand round the tent. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but did not do so again. However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. A young man ran and told Moses, ‘Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.’ Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since youth, spoke up and said, ‘Moses, my lord, stop them!’ But Moses replied, ‘Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit on them!’ Then Moses and the elders of Israel returne

  From: The News Desk To: First Presbyterian Church May 24, 2023   Your Weekly Edition of Narthex News is here!     INSIDE THIS ISSUE: ·          REMINDERS ·          CELEBRATIONS ·          OLIVER’S GRADUATION PARTY ·          HONORING THE MEMORY ON MEMORIAL DAY ·          PCUSA SPECIAL OFFERING ·          GOURMET SEEKERS ·          PPM UPDATE ·          WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL ·          PRAYER ROOM   Dear Church, Welcome to a new week! We hope you are experiencing God’s comfort and care in each area of your lives, as well as His guidance for whichever part of life’s journey you are on. We here in “the newsroom” have been trying out different formats for the Midweek Newsletter. Thank you for bearing with us as we experiment with creativity. You are welcome to share feedback with “the news desk” (a.k.a. Gretel). The following are the “news-bites” of what is happening within the FPC family this week and in the near future.   Reminders: