Worship Info for 8.30.20

 Greetings, saints!

Here is the link for Sunday's worship service: https://youtu.be/ykAUiMhY2HU

Prayer Requests: Gracious God, we ask your healing and encouragement for:

• For the family and friends of Florence Howell as we grieve her loss and remember her
• For everyone dealing with the traumas of fires or hurricanes
• Mary Helen, recovering from surgery
• Lois' sister Linda with declining health
• Sondra's sister Evelyn, caring for others after a COVID death in the family
• Annette's friend Patty's husband
• Carlene as she recovers from shoulder surgery
• Teresa's continued healing
• Sam's broken heels
• Thanksgiving for Sherry's double lung transplant; continued prayers for complete healing.
• Strength and encouragement for Steve and Cindy
• Family members suffering from mental illness or addiction
• For Union County; may all of us make wise decisions about protecting ourselves and others from COVID-19
• For racial justice and peace in our nation
• An end to violence in all its forms
• Our schools as they move forward with dealing with Covid
• All the churches in Union County as they seek to glorify God during this time

Communion this Sunday in the PFC Parking Lot, 10AM-12PM: drive up, stay in your car, we serve you, with careful social distancing and COVID precautions. We hope to see you there!

No Zoom Coffee Hour this week due to the Drive-Thru Communion. Back again next week.

The Peace of Christ be with you!

Pastors Laura and Keith

Drive Through Communion Sunday Aug 30.

 Just a reminder that we are doing a drive through communion this Sunday, Aug 30, at the Friendship Center with Roberta from 10-12.  Please enter through the Spring Ave entrance and exit through the 6th Street entrance.  We encourage you to turn left on 6th in case there are more cars coming to enter the parking lot.  We had 4-5 cars show up at the same time a couple of times last go around!

FPC Midweek Connection 8.26.20

 Here is the link to this week's Midweek Connection:

https://youtu.be/rtSEtAD0slk

Worship Info for 8.23.20

 Good day, saints!  Here is the link for the worship service this week

https://youtu.be/yv7-EL3Gsu4

Prayer Requests: Gracious God, we ask your healing and encouragement for:

• For Florence who broke her hip then suffered a stroke during surgery.  Prayers for her family during this time
• Mary Helen, recovering from surgery
• Lois' sister Linda with declining health
• Sondra's sister Evelyn, caring for others after a COVID death in the family
• Annette's friend Patty's husband
• Carlene as she recovers from shoulder surgery
• Teresa's continued healing
• Sam's broken heels
• Thanksgiving for Sherry's double lung transplant; continued prayers for complete healing. 
• Strength and encouragement for Steve and Cindy
• Family members suffering from mental illness or addiction
• For Union County; may all of us make wise decisions about protecting ourselves and others from COVID-19
• For racial justice and peace in our nation
• An end to violence in all its forms
• Our schools as they move forward with dealing with Covid
• All the churches in Union County as they seek to glorify God during this time

Zoom Coffee Hour  will happen at 10 am on Sunday:

• Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87261513822?pwd=dDZuRFdmc1pVSmpDUXVHZ2VXZDcyZz09

• Meeting ID: 872 6151 3822
  Passcode: 009418
  
  
• We will allow free-flow conversation later in the meeting, but at first we will invite you to tell a story where or how you experienced God this past week. Hudsons will start and then share the opportunity to speak by mutual invitation.

• We will close no later than 11 am with prayer

FPC Midweek Connection 8.19.20

 Here is the link to this week's Midweek Connection:

https://youtu.be/VicHQrWHgLo

Worship info for 8.16.20

 Hello, Saints! Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is the link for Sunday's service:

https://youtu.be/lKtOpK6pyI4

Prayer Requests: Gracious God, we ask your healing and encouragement for:

• The family and friends of Alidean McMaster, who was laid to rest in La Grande this past weekend.
• Mary Helen, recovering from surgery
• Lois' sister Linda with declining health
• Sondra's sister Evelyn, caring for others after a COVID death in the family
• Annette's friend Patty's husband
• Carlene as she recovers from shoulder surgery
• Teresa's continued healing
• Flo and Bill as they make some life transitions and especially Bill as he had a recent fall
• Sam's broken heel
• Thanksgiving for Sherry's double lung transplant; continued prayers for complete healing.
• Strength and encouragement for Steve and Cindy
• Family members suffering from mental illness or addiction
• For Union County; may all of us make wise decisions about protecting ourselves and others from COVID-19
• For racial justice and peace in our nation
• An end to violence in all its forms
• Our schools as they move forward with dealing with Covid
• All the churches in Union County as they seek to glorify God during this time

Zoom Coffee Hour will happen at 10 am on Sunday:

• Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87261513822?pwd=dDZuRFdmc1pVSmpDUXVHZ2VXZDcyZz09
• Meeting ID: 872 6151 3822
  Passcode: 009418
• We will allow free-flow conversation later in the meeting, but at first we will invite you to tell a story of a recent moment of connection you have experienced. Hudsons will start and then share the opportunity to speak by mutual invitation.
• We will close no later than 11 am with prayer

Blessings,

Pastors Keith and Laura

FPC Midweek Connection 8.12.20

 Dear Saints-Here is the link to this week's Midweek Connection:

https://youtu.be/7ZiMyq2hwjA

Our friend, Peter Fargo, shares part two from his "Mourning to Meaning" message.  Watch for the prayer challenge!

  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwswhk84WIE&t=28s

Spiritual Growth Opportunity: It's not too late to sign up! 

 Title: Your Most Life-Giving Story.

Cost: FREE!

Dates: August 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9.

Time: 4:00-5:30pm (Pacific Time)

Who: Anyone who wants to grow in knowledge of self, others, and God; anyone seeking deeper conversation and a greater sense of connection in community. Members of any church (or no church) are welcome. Participants do not have to be local, since we are doing the gatherings by Zoom. Description: Spiritual Director and Pastor Laura Hudson will facilitate an online spiritual experience. Participants will discover new insight into their life stories in a group of four people on Zoom. How: Please commit to bringing your full listening presence to all four of the weekly events. Zoom link will be sent the day before each session.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezlkV84pXjic73pUWiR__5S8IGnmuwUgq7jBASjgx98UV3JA/viewform?usp=sf_link

And if you haven't done the worship survey, here it is!  Please only do it once.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCEHjGjPq3-oJZIo0KI9aIJO1o-YUBQFldOIJsEhNFRdeXWw/viewform?usp=sf_link

It's not too late to discover Your Most Life-Giving Story!

 It's not too late to sign up for Your Most Life-Giving Story:

Cost: FREE!

Dates: August 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9.

Time: 4:00-5:30pm (Pacific Time)

Who: Anyone who wants to grow in knowledge of self, others, and God; anyone seeking deeper conversation and a greater sense of connection in community. Members of any church (or no church) are welcome. Participants do not have to be local, since we are doing the gatherings by Zoom. Description: Spiritual Director and Pastor Laura Hudson will facilitate an online spiritual experience. Participants will discover new insight into their life stories in a group of four people on Zoom. How: Please commit to bringing your full listening presence to all four of the weekly events. Zoom link will be sent the day before each session.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezlkV84pXjic73pUWiR__5S8IGnmuwUgq7jBASjgx98UV3JA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Worship Info for 8.9.20

 Greetings, saints of FPC! 

Here is the link for Sunday, Aug. 9 Worship: https://youtu.be/FtlC94SVcno

Prayer Requests: Gracious God, we ask your healing and encouragement for:

• Mary Helen, recovering from surgery
• Lois' sister Linda with declining health
• Sondra's sister Evelyn, caring for others after a COVID death in the family
• Annette's friend Patty's husband
• Carlene as she recovers from shoulder surgery
• Teresa's continued healing
• Flo and Bill as they make some life transitions and especially Bill as he had a recent fall
• Sam's broken heel
• Thanksgiving for Sherry's double lung transplant; continued prayers for complete healing. 
• Strength and encouragement for Steve and Cindy
• Family members suffering from mental illness or addiction
• For Union County; may all of us make wise decisions about protecting ourselves and others from COVID-19
• For racial justice and peace in our nation
• An end to violence in all its forms
• Our schools as they move forward with dealing with Covid

Zoom Coffee Hour  will happen at 10 am on Sunday:

• Link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87261513822?pwd=dDZuRFdmc1pVSmpDUXVHZ2VXZDcyZz09

• Meeting ID: 872 6151 3822
  Passcode: 009418
  
  
• We will allow free-flow conversation later in the meeting, but at first we will invite you to tell a story of a moment of connection you have experienced in the past couple of weeks...connection with nature, other people, yourself, God--whatever story comes to you to share.  Hudsons will start and then share the opportunity to speak by mutual invitation.

• We will close no later than 11 am with prayer

Midweek Connection First link correction 8.5.20

Hi, Friends-Not sure what is up with the first link to the Midweek Connection.  Some places it is working, others it is not.  Here it is again with the link to the first part:

https://youtu.be/fdmLhZsCcvE

Midweek Connection 8.5.20

Here is your Midweek Connection. Two links this week. 

Watch this one first. It has our announcements and the introduction of a special treat for this week, guest speaker Peter Fargo:  https://youtu.be/fdmLhZsCcvE\

Watch this link second, with Peter's message, Pt. 1 of "From Mourning to Meaning.": https://youtu.be/Sf8EzIif7C0

We hope you enjoy our friend Peter. As we mention in our introduction of him, he is the author of One Million Prayers to Solve Our Climate Crisis and the founder of https://www.millionprayerchallenge.org/. We will share Pt. 2 of his message next week, so stay tuned. 

Online Spiritual Direction Experience

Dear FPC Friends and Family, 

In recent worship and Midweek Connection videos, I (Pastor Laura) have been announcing an online group spiritual direction experience that I'll be facilitating via Zoom. Here's more information and a link to an online registration form, which I need to be able to send you the Zoom links. 

Your Most Life-Giving Story: noticing, appreciating and discovering a fuller truth in your life.

In this online group spiritual direction experience, participants will discover new life-giving insights by sharing their personal stories in a small group, using story prompts and the 4-4-4 format developed by Diane M. Millis in Re-Creating a Life (Check out the book here: https://www.dianemillis.com/recreating-a-life).

It looks like this: during each week's Zoom meeting, you will work with a small group of no more than 4; each participant in the group will have the opportunity to share a story, inspired by a story-prompt, for 4 minutes. Then the group will help the storyteller reflect on his/her story for 4 minutes, after which the storyteller can add or deepen their story for another 4 minutes.

To make this experience best for all participants, you need to make a commitment to bringing your full listening presence to each weekly event.

Dates: August 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9.

Time: 4:00-5:30pm (Pacific)

Location: wherever you can access Zoom :) No need to be local. Zoom link will be sent the day before each session.

Cost: Free!

Register below:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezlkV84pXjic73pUWiR__5S8IGnmuwUgq7jBASjgx98UV3JA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Worship Info for 8.2.20

Good day, saints!  We hope this information finds you well! 

Here is the link to Sunday's service:  https://youtu.be/6fIP5m0gsD8

Prayer Requests: 

• Prayers for Annette's brother Craig who has improved
• Prayers for Carlene as she recovers from shoulder surgery
• Prayers for Teresa's continued healing
• Flo and Bill as they make some life transitions and especially Bill as he had a recent fall.
• Prayers for Sam's broken heels
• Thanksgiving for Sherry's double lung transplant; continued prayers for complete healing. 
• For Union County; may all of us make wise decisions about protecting ourselves and others from COVID-19
• For racial justice and peace in our nation
• An end to violence in all its forms
• The family of Lucy and Tony for health concerns
• Ongoing prayers for Steve and Cindy
• Family members who are suffering from mental illness
• Our schools as they move forward with dealing with Covid

Zoom Coffee Hour  will happen at 10 am on Sunday, link is below. 

• Please mute yourself upon entry to the Zoom room.  We will be trying to facilitate the flow of conversation, and muting yourself when you are not talking is helpful. 
• We will allow free-flow conversation later in the meeting, but at first we will invite you to tell a story of a moment of connection you have experienced in the past couple of weeks...connection with nature, other people, yourself, God--whatever story comes to you to share.  Hudsons will start and then share the opportunity to speak by mutual invitation.
• We will close no later than 11 am with prayer