February 17, 10 am

On Sunday, February 17, The Griffon String Quartet from Midsummer's Music will help lead us in worship and accompany the choir. This is a great Sunday to invite friends to visit the church and enjoy special music. The Griffon Quartet is: Vinicius Sant'ana and Roy Meyer (violin), our own Blakeley Menghini (viola), and Ryan Louie (cello).

February 22-23

The Unga Bunga Youth Group members will grow closer to Christ and each other as they fast together for 30 hours and raise funds to fight hunger. The group will help prepare a meal at St. John’s Homeless Shelter as a service project during the famine. We have been in contact with First United (DePere) to do some activities together during the famine. Any money raised for 30-Hour Famine will go to the Pantry.

Saturday, February 23, 4:30 pm (8 am to help make the stew)

Deacons are serving dinner to the homeless at St. John's Homeless Shelter on Saturday, February 23. Please sign up on the bulletin board to help with the dinner. We'll need donations of vegetables, desserts, and more (or money to purchase items), as well as volunteers on Saturday, February 23 at 8:00 am to cut up veggies and help make the stew, and volunteers to serve at the Shelter (be at First Pres by 4:30 pm). Questions, contact Kevin Kabacinski.

Sunday, February 24, 11 am

February 24 at 3:05 pm

Help us raise funds for FMSC and enjoy a game

February 24th at 3:05 p.m.at the Resch Center, join us for the 2019 Green Bay Blizzard Faith and Fellowship Game! For each $15 ticket purchased through our church*, $15 will be donated to Feed My Starving Children Mobilepack.Enjoy a great night of family-friendly indoor football and continue the fight against hunger. Talk to Kirke Ryder to purchase tickets.

*Offer not valid at box office, tickets must be ordered and requested through our church*

Friday, March 1, 9:30 am Fellowship, 10 am Service

March 3, 11 am - DEADLINE to order February 24, 11 am

We are having Fat Sunday again this year - featuring Paczkis! The Fellowship Committee invites you to join us after the service on Sunday, March 3 for these delicacies.

But you need to order ahead! There will be a Paczki sign up on the bulletin board in mid-February and the cost is $1.00 each. The deadline to order is 11 am Sunday, February 24. As Loni said, no fundraiser - just wallowing in the fat of it all.

Deadline - March 3

The family of Augusta Jeffrey has presented First Pres with a fund from which a recognition award is presented each year to a member for outstanding volunteer efforts within the Church and through its programs.

You may nominate more than one person, but please limit your nominations to only one person per category. The nomination form must be filled out completely to be accepted. Each year, the winner of the Augusta Jeffrey Memorial Award will designate an honor gift to the area of ministry in which the Church is engaged that they deem most worthy. Access the nomination form here.

March 9, 9:30 am - 5 pm

Pastor Randy and the CE Committee invite you to join us for a day of learning with author Austin Channing Brown. The day includes a keynote and discussion on how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting us to confront apathy, recognize God's ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness--if we let it--can save us all. 

The event, hosted by the Wisconsin Council of Churches, is March 9 at First Baptist Church in Madison, from 9:30 am - 5 pm. Please let Ben Menghini or Pastor Randy know if you are interested in attending.

Austin Channing Brown is a leading new voice on racial justice, and the author of the compelling autobiographical book, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Austin is committed to exploring the intersections of racial justice, faith, and black womanhood. Her talks are one of a kind, infused with justice, pop culture, humor, and truth-telling.

2019

February 17, 10 am - Griffon String Quartet performing during Worship

February 22-23 - Unga Bunga Tribe's 30-Hour Famine

February 23, 5 pm - Deacon's meal at St. John's Homeless Shelter

February 24, 11 am - Annual Congregational Meeting

February 24, 11 am - Deadline to order Paczkis for Fat Sunday

February 24, 3:05 pm - Blizzard game for FMSC

March 1, 9:30-11 am - 2019 World Day of Prayer Fellowship & Service at First Pres

March 1 - Per Capita Payments Due

March 3, 11 am - Fat Sunday

March 3 - Augusta Jeffrey Award Nominations Close

March 6, 6:30 pm - Ash Wednesday Service, Lent Begins

March 9, 9 am - All Church Bible Study / Lenten Study Begins

March 9, 9:30 am - 5 pm - Austin Channing Brown in Madison

March 10, 10 am - Gifts of Women Sunday

March 12 - 2 for 2 at the U

March 13, 6:30 pm - All Church Bible Study / Lenten Study Begins

March 14, 10 & 11 am - Palm/Passion Sunday / Palm Porkie Breakfast

March 18, 6:30 pm - Maundy Thursday Service

March 19, 12:30 pm - Good Friday Service

March 21, 10 am - Easter Sunday Worship Service

March 31, 11 am - Grandparent/Grandchild Event

April 6, 9 am - Lord's Table Communion Training

April 7, 10 am - Lord's Table Communion Sunday

April 13, 5 pm - Deacon's meal at St. John's Homeless Shelter

April 14, 11 am - Palm / Porkie Breakfast

April 28, 10:15 am - Last Day of Sunday School

May 5, 10 am - Children's Play

May 15 - Youth Group Summer break begins

June TBD - Graduation Sunday

June TBD - Seymour Neighborhood Community Picnic

July 7-12 - EPIC Youth Group here from Edwardsville, IL

July 16-20 - Youth Triennium

July 21-26 - Synod School

August 1-31 - BTS Supply Drive for Tank Children

October TBD - 2 for 2 at the U

November 1 - December TBD - Prayer Baskets