First Church Family,
I pray you are doing well. We are still basking in God’s Easter season’s blessings.
This weekend is going to be activity packed. I want you to know of several things in which you might want to participate.
On Saturday morning at 8:00AM, volunteers from our church will gather at our Habitat site, 2614 Friendswood, Lenoir, to work on the house until noon. At 10:00AM our church will provide a break-time snack.
At 9:00AM, on that same morning, our trustees will meet at the parsonage to spread mulch and care for the parsonage property.
Then at 11:00AM, youth and parents will gather with our Kay Lanier in the church kitchen to put together baked spaghetti casseroles for the next day’s Youth BigStuf trip fundraiser. Youth and parents have donated almost all of the ingredients for the meal, so as to be able to raise as many funds as possible to help defray trip costs.
Later, on Saturday (at 1:30AM) our Confirmands will meet at the church to be transported to Granite Falls UMC in the church van for a Confirmation Retreat. The youth will process four lessons there before enjoying a meal together with the Granite Falls youth at 5:00PM and then returning to FUMC around 5:30PM.
And then, of course, on Sunday morning we will worship at 9:00AM and 11:00AM before enjoying a fellowship luncheon in the CLC at noon. Reservations are not needed for that luncheon. Donations will be received to help the youth and chaperones who will make the Panama City trip in late June.
Wow, what a weekend! I pray God guides us through all of it.
Hope to see you in church Sunday,
Pastor Dave