We would like to thank Grant Carroll, Misty Lacy, those who helped to decorate and coordinate meals, and the Children’s Ministry Committee for offering this outstanding, unique event to our congregation and surrounding community.

We are plugging into relief efforts at two locations: Mount Moriah Baptist Church (pastored by Jim Garner, who is known to many of us) and Millsprings Missionary Baptist Church. Food and toiletry distribution is underway from Mt. Moriah, and Millsprings is handling a number of needs as well (limited by the fact that Millsprings MB is badly damaged). A great deal of heavy equipment is in the area clearing debris. Blankets and clothing are being distributed as well. Community Counseling Services has set up a trailer in the community. The Red Cross left on Wednesday.

Mt. Moriah is serving 300+ meals a day out of their fellowship hall to homeless and needy residents and to relief workers (100 meals 3x a day). Garner estimates that meals will need to be served for about another week. Churches from all around are responding with supplies and manpower, but needs still exist.

Here’s what has happened so far:

1. On Wednesday your deacons met an immediate need: supplying Mt. Moriah with three days’ worth of breakfast supplies (eggs, bacon and sausage, biscuits, grits, milk, juice and fruit for Thu/Fri/Sat). Marc Sims and Richard Briscoe made that happen by providing product at no cost to us or at near-cost, and Owen Oliver has delivered the groceries.
2. We have committed FPC to provide, cook and serve Saturday lunch at Millsprings. We need people to sign up for two teams for Saturday, May 1. One is a prep team of 6-12 people who will work at FPC from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. to prepare food. Owen and Bud are organizing this effort. (NOTE: Men’s Power Breakfast will not meet this morning. We encourage men to get involved with Saturday’s relief effort.) The other is serve team of unlimited number who will leave FPC at 10 a.m. to deliver, serve, and clean up, and to be of whatever service we can be until about 2 p.m. You can call Marsha (289-2435) to sign up.
3. You can designate special giving to this project through the Deacons’ Mercy Fund. We anticipate being involved beyond this weekend. Your giving gives us more opportunities to bless this community.

This is a developing story, but we will keep you all posted and ask that you join us in praying for this outreach effort. Be ready to spend and be spent to meet some significant needs right up the road.

• Beginning Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 6:30 pm
• Thursday nights from 6:30 – 8:30 pm
• First Presbyterian Church – Kosciusko, MS
• Registration Fee: $15.00 (scholarships available)

GRIEFSHARE…Your JOURNEY from mourning to JOY

For more information, visit the GRIEFSHARE web site at www.griefshare.org

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WORSHIP
Jesus unplugged: New sermon series in Morning Worship begins September 13. Bring “ordinary life” and “kingdom life” together by listening to Jesus answering questions, Jesus conversing at the supper table, Jesus talking things over, Jesus telling stories—Jesus unhurried and interruptible.

Choir: 4:45 pm each Sunday. A joyful heart and a willingness to raise your voice in praise to the Lord are all you need.

Children’s choir: ages 3-2nd grade, 6:30-7:00 pm on Sunday nights. Children’s choir trains young saints to praise God in song and to glorify God through catechism memorization. Children join us in Evening Worship and then are dismissed prior to the sermon.

TEACHING
Wednesday Night Connection:
Supper at 5:15. Call the church office for reservations.
Wednesday Night Connection starts at 6 pm. Adults choose an elective:
•    Framework of Faith: a study of fundamental Christian teaching that aims to be rigorous and refreshing, systematic and stimulating, taught by Phillip Palmertree.
•    What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage: a DVD and discussion series featuring Paul Tripp.
First Wednesday nights of each month:
•    Women’s study of The Prodigal God study returns September 2, led by Maureen Boswell.
•    Men’s Forum: strength for the fight of Christian living through Fight Clubs: Gospel-Centered Discipleship.

Kid’s Connection
(New curriculum from Children Desiring God Ministries)
•    3s, 4s, and 5s – He Has Been Clearly Seen: A Study on Seeing and Delighting in God’s Glory
•    1st-3rd grade – I Stand in Awe: A Study on the Bible
•    4th-6th – Fight the Good Fight: A Study on Persevering in the Faith

Youth Connection
August 19 & 26: Join us in the sanctuary for the final two episodes of The Truth Project.
September 2: Dive into Deuteronomy, More Grace, More Love.

NURTURE
Church-wide Rally Day Breakfast
When:  Sunday, August 16 at 8:45 am
Cost:  $1.00 per person (Dress casually if you’d like.)
Rally Day, our annual celebration of our Sunday School program, will follow at 9:45 am in the Sanctuary.

New Ladies’ Bible studies:
Instruments in the Redeemers’ Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change by Paul Tripp—Begins Thursday, August 27, 8:15-9:15 am in the Jackson Room. Call Judy Potts (289-6075).

Study of 1&2 Kings and 1&2 Chronicles—Begins Wednesday, September 2, 8:30-10:30 am at the home of Lynda Temple (290-0123).

Men’s groups: Men groups will be back in September. Old groups will be reunited, and a couple of new groups will be forming. Talk with your group leader. If you want to join up for the first time, talk with Phillip.

Prime-Timers: Keenagers Conference at Ridge Haven Conference Center in Brevard, North Carolina. Some slots are still available. See Owen Oliver for more information.

Special Youth Events:
Canoeing on the Okatoma River (Saturday, Aug. 29th)
Fall Retreat at Lake Forest Ranch (weekend of Oct. 17-18)

REACHING
Youth Service Day: The youth of FPC want to know if any of our Senior Saints have any jobs around the house or yard that we can help you with. Once we know what you need, we will plan a time to show our love through service. Please call Grant Carroll, 601-421-1277, or Greg LeVert, 289-3160, with your request.

Reaching Out at Home: Do you have a heart for the mission field close to home? If you are, you are invited to a meeting directed toward developing and strengthening FPC ministry vehicles for local outreach and mercy ministry, English as a Second Language (ESL), church planting in North America, special needs ministry, campus ministries, military chaplaincy, disaster relief, and other ways of reaching out to our nearby neighbors and those in spiritual need across our nation. We will meet over sandwiches on Sunday evening, August 23, in the Jackson Room right after Evening Worship.

World Mission Conference: October 9-11
Guests include: Main speaker Dr. Richard Pratt (Third Millennium Ministries), Rev. Bill Bradford (Peru Mission), and Chad Smith (RUF, Belhaven College).

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We’re adding some new things to Wednesday nights to develop our TEACHING ministry (remember W-T-N-R?). Wednesday Night Connection is designed to connect us with one another in fellowship and reaching and to dig deeply into God’s Word through Bible-centered studies for children, youth, and adults.

Different sized gatherings deliver different benefits. Large gatherings are good places for robust singing, kingdom-focused prayer, and biblical preaching. Small gatherings are good places for personal accountability and tailored prayer for specific needs. Mid-sized groups can be good places for mission reports, testimonies, and connecting with one another over the Word.

Summer 2009 (NOTE: Due to the length of each DVD episode of ‘The Truth Project,’ we’re altering the schedule a bit from the original plan)

6:00   Children’s ministry; adult and youth electives will gather in their respective meeting rooms (but still, don’t be late):

ELECTIVES
•    Framework of Faith: a study of fundamental Christian teaching that aims to be rigorous and refreshing, systematic and stimulating (led by Phillip Palmertree). A number of people have been asking for a survey of systematic theology, and here it is. Join us for a study of the skeletal system of Christian living. Meeting in the Mary Thornton Room.
•    The Truth Project: a DVD-based study from Focus on the Family challenging you to look at all of life from a biblical perspective. (Find out more here.)  The Truth Project is for youth, their parents, and everyone! This is an excellent curriculum that will last through the summer months. Meeting in the sanctuary.

NOTE: 1ST Wed. nights of each month will continue to feature Women’s Bible Study and Men’s  Forum.

FUTURE SCHEDULE
September- November 2009    Framework of Faith-continued
What Did You Expect? ¬ —DVD study on marriage with Dr. Paul Tripp

December 2009        Reaching: projects for the entire church family to reach others

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The teaching elders and the Session pray that you will take advantage of this resource to look forward to the Lord’s day, familiarize yourself with the hymns and scripture texts to come, and thereby ready yourself to worship with greater anticipation of and joy for how the Lord will speak to us.

If you have any problems or questions regarding how to access or print the bulletins online, please contact Keith Parish through the church office.

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Come for our normal fellowship supper at 5:15pm and then stay for one of our two meetings.

Our men will be having a Mens’ Forum.

Our ladies will continue their study in Tim Keller’s book, Prodigal God.

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