FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

1315 Central Avenue

Great Falls, MT 59401

   (406) 453-1411


A Stephen Ministry Church



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SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Please join us every Sunday at 9:45 am for our Prayer and Praise Time. You will enjoy contemporary Christian music while preparing your heart for worship.

9:00 am -    Adult Sunday School - Room 6 (near the 14th St. door)

                      9:00 am –   Childcare for children for all ages

9:45 am - Childcare for children 4 & under

9:45 am - Gathering Music

10:00 am – Worship Service

10:15 am – Sunday School for children up to 6th grade

Following Service– Coffee Hour in our Social Hall Downstairs


COMING IN MARCH		March 2010

Easter Lilies

The Sanctuary will be decorated with lilies on Easter Sunday, April 4^th. If you would like to purchase a lily, please complete the form found in the Sunday bulletins (March 14th and 21st). You may also contact the office by phone or email to place your order.

DEADLINE for ordering is FRIDAY, MARCH 26^th. The cost for each lily is $8.00. Payment is appreciated when the order is placed. Please be sure to indicate if the lily is being purchased in the memory of or honor of a loved one and write your request clearly. Lilies may be picked up after Easter Worship.

Palm Sunday Cantata

During the worship service on Sunday, March 28^th, the
Cathedral Choir and Amphitheatre Singers will present the annual Palm Sunday Cantata. This year’s program looks at Christ’s life, death and resurrection through the eyes of a child. Featured soloists include Hannah Rausch and Michelle Berger.

FISH News

Being unsure of life needs, such as where your next meal will come from, is a frightening experience. Thankfully there is a local organization they can count on! Those in need can be recommended to FISH by qualifying through Opportunities
Incorporated.

Our FISH Committee is challenging our church to donate 2,000 pounds of food for 2010. This means our monthly goal will be 165 pounds - let’s work together to lessen the hunger needs of our community! Although the first Sunday of each month is FISH Sunday, you can bring non-perishable food anytime. All items can be placed in the FISH basket found in the Narthex. Thank you for your continued support!

Tenth Annual Loaves & Fishes Dinner

An evening of good food, entertainment, silent auction, raffle,
and door prizes.

Friday, March 12^th

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

1326 1st Ave. North

Seating: 4:30pm and 6:00pm

ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT FISH

Contact Cinclair May for ticket information.

Do you make crafts or even woodwork? Are you willing to make
a theme basket, provide gift certificates, or have other items for door prizes? If the answer is YES, please consider donating to this ecumenical event, items must be at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church no later than Wednesday, March 10^th.

Volunteers are also needed to make desert bars (brownies, cookie bars, etc.) for the dinner. Please call the church office or Cinclair May (952-4338) if you are
interested in helping.

2010 CROP Hunger Walk

The CROP Hunger Walk is an annual event which combines fun and fundraising to raise money for those who are hungry around the world. Walkers invite friends to sponsor them with a contribution of $5, $10, $20 or more.

Be part of the thousands nationwide who support the fight against hunger. Join the 2010 Great Falls CROP Hunger Walk and raise funds to support hunger relief both locally and globally.

The walk will be held on Saturday, April 10^th. Registration will begin at 8:30am at the Paris Gibson Park Band Shell and the walk will begin at 9:30am.

For more information, contact Rev. Dr. Ron Greene at 453-4317 or Steve Van Gilder at 761-1543. All proceeds benefit the Great Falls Community Food Bank and Church World Services.

TIDBITS

Don't forget to "spring ahead" by one hour before you go to bed on Saturday, March 13th!

African Children’s Choir Concert

Wednesday, April 7^th

7:00pm

First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary

A free-will offering will be taken to help provide education, care, and emergency relief for over 7,000 children in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Ghana.

The concert will be a wonderful mixture of well-loved children’s songs, traditional African songs and dances, and favorite gospel tunes. Come experience the hope, dignity, and beauty of Africa!

The African Children’s Choir has been working with the most vulnerable children in Africa for 25 years, raising awareness of the plight of the African’s orphaned and abandoned, but also showing the beauty and potential of each African child. They are the voice of the millions of children suffering in Africa.

For more information or to offer your help with this event, please contact Joan Schmidt or the church office.

"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight." Philippians 1:9

At First Presbyterian Church, we have five actions that help us work towards our purpose of “leading ordinary people to extraordinary lives together with Christ”.

· Joyfully Worshipping God – worship should be an uplifting experience. We try to provide this through life-inspired sermons that have Biblical solutions and a variety of worship services that engage a wide variety of God’s people.

· Compassionately Caring for One Another – by identifying and ministering to the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of our church family.

· Humbly Serving Others – by reaching out with our gifts and talents and using them to minister to the needs of our community and even out into the world.

· Continually Growing Together in God's Word – by incorporating meaningful, comprehensive learning pathways to encourage an abundant life in Christ.

· and Actively Sharing the Good News of Christ – by leading God’s people to share His grace to others in ways that best fit their personality.

Please be sure to look around our website for full details on events, classes, staff, and so much more! Contact us anytime if you have questions or concerns. Our pastors are more than happy to come to you too – just let us know what you need!

*First Presbyterian Church and PCUSA are proud to be affiliated with the Intermountain in Helena, Montana. Intermountain was founded in 1909 as a home for children with nowhere else to go. Today, they are often the last hope for boys and girls between four and twelve who have suffered the most extreme forms of abuse and neglect imaginable. Please see the wonderful work Intermountain is doing by clicking the link below or checking out their website: www.intermountain.org.

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PLEASE NOTE: Bible Blitz will not meet March 31, April 1, April 7, or April 8.

WORSHIP SCHEDULE: Child Care for all ages at 9:00am; Adult Sunday School at 9:00am; Childcare for children 4 & under at 9:45am; Gathering Music at 9:45am; Worship Service at 10:00am; Children's Sunday School at 10:15am; Coffee Hour following Worship Service.

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VERSE OF THE DAY:
Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you. (Hebrews 13:17)