All youth (middle school and high school) and their families are invited to an evening of good food, family, friends and fun on Sunday, November 12 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m! We will break bread together, sing together, and enjoy being together. We hope to see you there!
Celebrate our anniversary with us on Saturday, November 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Social Hall! Enjoy a traditional Filipino lechon (pig roast) complete with Roast Pork, Chicken Adobo, Pork Adobo, Eggplant Casserole, Pancit with Chicken and Shrimp, Coleslaw, Rice and Rolls, Vegetarian Pancit, Mango Cake, and Macaroon Cookies. PACE, the Philippines Arts and Culture Ensemble, will provide authentic Filipino music and dancing. Proceeds support ongoing mission work in the Philippines.
Join in the Singing at the Hymn Festival - Tom Granum will lead our congregation in singing Christmas carols and hymns from our wonderful Schoenstein pipe organ. The Chancel Choir, Youth Choir, and orchestra will provide additional leadership and present several carol-based selections. Some carols will be preceded with exciting introductions or end with exhilarating soprano descants. Others will be followed by an organ reflection on what was sung, and many will be sung "straight" with beautiful, unadorned congregational singing.
Sunday, December 3, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. in Monteith Hall - Ending the Silence is designed to give middle schoolers and high schoolers an opportunity to learn symptoms and indicators of mental illness and give ideas about how to help themselves, friends, or family members who may be in need of support. A young adult living with mental illness will give a personal testimony and discuss his/her journey to recovery. Youth leaders and program and pastoral staff members will also be present.
SUICIDE: Ending the Silence - Last year our area experienced more teen suicides than it had ever before. Parents and youth are concerned and anxious to know more about how they might help someone before tragedy occurs. NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will present two different programs here at First Presbyterian, one for youth and one for adults, designed to provide information and resources. Both programs are presented by trained volunteers with lived experience (both an adult and a youth).
Join us Sunday, October 15 at 4:00 p.m. here at First Presbyterian Church for a relaxed operatic experience as we explore two great warhorses of opera, Verdi’s Rigoletto and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. Artists from Michigan Opera Theatre will give live performances of operatic hits that showcase these works, highlighting the 2017–18 Michigan Opera Theatre season. Musicologist Austin Stewart hosts, offering context and intriguing insights into these timeless operas. An opportunity to meet the artists will follow. There is no admission charge.
You are invited to attend “Between Worlds,” a dinner and program hosted by the Russia Mission Team with Ellen Smith, our Russia Mission Co-Worker, on Friday, October 6 froom 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in the Social Hall. PC(USA) Mission Co-Worker Ellen Smith will speak on "Ministry in Russia," including updates on our congregation’s connection with the church and summer camp in Davydovo. Also, Dr. Laura Kline of Wayne State University will present "The Intersections between Politics, Faith, and Culture in Russia Today." Register to attend online by Tuesday, October 3.
All women of the church are considered members of Presbyterian Women (PW) and are cordially invited to participate in any or all of our activities. Join us on Wednesday, September 20 for our first gathering of the fall. The schedule is listed below:
9:30 a.m in Lewis Room – Bible Study
We begin the 2017-18 Bible Study, Cloud of Witnesses: The Community of Christ in Hebrews by Melissa Bane Sevier. Meg Brown leads Lesson 1, “In Community with Jesus Christ.” From Hebrews to Ann Arbor – what an awesome Cloud!
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance reports that people have given more than $3 million dollars and more than 400 churches have expressed an interest in sending work teams to Texas, Florida or Puerto Rico. First Pres collected and shipped 64 "Clean Up Buckets" to assist victims and the Mission Committee expresses gratitude for this response! Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico and PDA assessment is ongoing. Years of recovery lie ahead and your commitment will help PDA extend the hands of Christ toward long-term rebuilding after three hurricanes.
Letting Love Show! Your 2018 Stewardship workgroup is asking for your help. Please submit photos of members Letting Love Show, along with a one or two sentence prayer or scripture to photos@firstpresbyterian.org. Pictures should be examples of members Letting Love Show in worship, through education, mission activities, and congregational life (singing in the choir, teaching a child, serving a meal, visiting someone, etc.).
