First Presbyterian Church

Glory and Joy 53rd Annual World Mission Conference:

October 15, 6:00 pm - Mission Report

October 17, 12:00 pm - Brown Bag Lunch; 7:00 pm - Home Fellowships with Missionary Guests

October 18, 7:00 am - Men’s breakfast; 5:00 pm - Covered dish; 6:30 pm - Conference 1

October 19, 9:30 am - Mission report; 10:50 am - Conference 2; 6:00 pm - Conference 3

Lunch with John Bible Study: Tuesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm in the 2nd floor conference room at Tyler, King & Ryder.  Bring your lunch.  All are welcome.

Women’s Bible Studies:

Wednesdays, 8:30-10:30 am in the home of Lynda Temple.  They are studying Lynda Dillow’s book, Calm My Anxious Heart: A Woman’s Guide to Finding Contentment.

Wednesdays, 8:30-9:30 am in the Jackson Room.  They are studying Lydia Brownback’s  Legacy of Faith.

FPC Fall Lecture Series:  Meet C.S. Lewis, a Man for All Christians: Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 pm in the FPC fellowship hall.

Conditioning Class: Mondays and Thursdays, 5:30-6:15 pm in the gym.

No life is untouched by depression. Where do we find hope when darkness creeps into our souls? Grace in Dark Places: Finding Hope in Spiritual Depression is the theme for our upcoming Bible Conference, March 27-30. Over the course of four sessions, pastor, author, and national speaker Dr. Derek Thomas will examine the topic of spiritual depression.

Join us for the first session Thursday, March 27th at 6:00 PM at the church building on 603 Smythe St. This is a community wide event. All are welcome and invited. Come and discover hope in the face of darkness.

For more information call the church office at 289-2435.

Schedule of Events

• Thursday March 27
  • Session 1 - 6:00 PM
• Friday March 28
  • Session 2 - 6:00 PM
  • Dessert with Derek - 7:15 PM
• Saturday March 29
  • Officers’ Breakfast - 7:00 AM
  • Church-wide Supper - 5:00 PM
  • Session 3 - 6:00 PM
• Sunday  March 30
  • Q&A Interview with Dr. Thomas - 9:30 AM
  • Corporate Worship and Session 4 - 10:50 AM

52nd FPC World Mission Conference
“Do Not Hold Back”
October 26-28, 2007

Isaiah 54:2-3 - “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.”

Thursday, 10/18/07

• Cottage Prayer Meeting

Friday, 10/26/07  

• Lunch (Brown Bag) - 12:00 pm; Andy & Bev Warren, MTW Ethiopia
• Evening Service - 6:30 pm;
  • John & Lynne Sabin, MNA Lagniappe Presbyterian
  • Les Newsom, RUF Campus Minister, University of Mississippi

Saturday, 10/27/07 

• Officers’ Breakfast - 7:00 - 8:00; Les Newsom
• Fall Festival/Evening Service - 4:00 - 7:00 pm
  • Ken Roberts, MNA Red Water Presbyterian Church
  • Les Newsom

Sunday, 10/28/07  

• Sunday School - 9:30 am; Andy & Bev Warren
• Morning Worship - 11:00 am; Les Newsom
• Evening Worship - 6:00 pm;
  • Ed & Emily Hartman, MTW Romania (DVD)
  • Les Newsom
• Youth Fellowship with Les Newsom following worship

This fall, Dr. Derek Thomas will spend six Thursday evenings lecturing on the second book of John Bunyan’s Christian classic, Pilgrims Progress. Book two is the story of the journey of Christian’s wife, Christiana, and four children from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. It remains a moving and vivid allegory of Christian pilgrimage.

Everyone is welcome. There is no cost though an offering will be taken up on the last evening. A nursery is available for children age 4 and under by reservation (289-2435).

Lectures will be held on the following evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 pm:

• Sept 20
• Sept 27
• Oct 11
• Oct 25
• Nov 1
• Nov 29

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Originally from Wales, Derek Thomas is the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at the Jackson campus of RTS. After pastoring for 17 years in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dr. Thomas returned to the USA in 1996 where, in addition to his work at the seminary, he serves as the Minister of Teaching at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson. In addition to serving in the pastorate, Derek has served as editor of the Evangelical Presbyterian, a monthly denominational magazine. A graduate of RTS in 1978, he gained a Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Lampeter in Calvin’s preaching on the book of Job. He has written or edited 15 books and has contributed to commentary series by Banner of Truth and Evangelical Press. He also co-edited Give Praise to God: A Vision for Reforming Worship, (P & R) with Philip Ryken and Ligon Duncan. In 2004, Derek Thomas became Editorial Director for The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and the editor of its ezine, Reformation 21 (www.reformation21.org ). His interests include the music of Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner, and Gustav Mahler, and he has a passion for good coffee and blue cheese! He has been married to his wife, Rosemary, for almost 30 years. They have two adult children, Ellen and Owen, a dog called Jake and a cat (with feline attitude)-Maxamillian Beauregard!

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June 4th through June 8th First Presbyterian is hosting Vacation Bible School from 9:00-12:00, Monday through Friday.  This year’s theme is “The Race is On”.  The last day of VBS, there will be a picnic to which the whole family is invited.  If you have children from four years of age to the 6th grade, please join us as we learn how to “press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called us heavenward in Jesus Christ”.

There will be a Children’s Ministry Seminar at Lakeland Presbyterian Church in Flowood, MS on Saturday, March 31 from 8:30am - 1:00pm.  If you want to attend this free seminar contact Grant Carroll for more information.

We meet Tuesday mornings at 6:45 a.m. in the Jackson Room. Joe Holland leads the discussion. We are studying the book Holiness by J.C. Ryle. All are welcome.

A new session began January 18.  It is never too late to join the group.  Each Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m.

Griefshare Information

No Fellowship Suppers from May 30 to August 1.  They will resume August 8.Prayer Meeting, Youth & Children Activities at 6:15 pm.

The Jimmy Pinkard family will host the Fellowship for this Sunday, March 18.