Jesus is RISEN! He has risen INDEED! That never gets old, does it!? Romans 8 says, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!” Later, it also says, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!” Amen to that! The cross is the final and lasting payment for no condemnation and no separation. The cross demonstrates the kind of God we have and the lengths He will go for us all. He chose condemnation and separation so we would never have to receive either. The resurrection shows neither could condemn or separate our Lord forever, and in Christ, the same is true for you and me. Let’s celebrate! Jesus Is Risen!

Pastor Drew

Philippians 1:3-6

NEWS

April 2019

Pastor Drew’s Views: Happy Easter!

Website: www.fpcgriffin.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/FPCGriffin

April 10 - Easter Potluck Supper with Bingo at 6:00 p.m. Meat provided. Call the church to reserve a spot.

April 14 - Palm Sunday Egg Hunt for kids After worship Confirmation Sunday

April 18 - Maundy Thursday “The Living Last Supper” at 7 p.m.

April 19 - Good Friday with reflection and prayer at noon

April 21 - Easter Sunday Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. followed by breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Worship Service at 11:00 a.m.

Upcoming events at FPC

Mission, Outreach, & Evangelism

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Jesus said “Go”, so let’s GO! Here are some opportunities to serve together with unconditional “agape” love (sign ups in the Narthex or just call the church office):

Abundant Life

Soup Kitchen

We will serve together again at the soup kitchen on Tuesday, April 16th, from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. If you haven’t tried this yet, it is a great oppor-tunity to serve in our community with the love of Christ and also get the word out about who we are.

Aluminum cans needed!

Please help Tim and me with our mission. We do the breast cancer walk every

year. We have sold cans for years to help the cause. The money we get is doubled

by Altria. Just think how much we can raise if we make this a church effort. A

large trash can has been placed in the narthex for you to place aluminum drink

cans in. Please put cans in a bag to eliminate leakage. Since 2006 Tim and I have

walked over a thousand miles and raised approximately $50,000.00. Thanks for

your help and support.

Becki and Tim Brown

Do you know someone who

needs help with their utility

bill? Spalding Samaritans is open on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month at noon to assist with up to $200 annually. Call the church office for more information.

The Prayer Room is open every Sunday

after worship for anyone who needs prayer. It’s

right by the library in the C.E. office.

Here’s a quote from one of our mission partners: “One of the joys of being old timers on the mission

field is seeing God continue to raise up young people with a fresh call to go out to the nations

with the Gospel. Now some of the new folks are our kid’s ages!”

– George Mixon of Serge in Kenya

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Cereal Sunday

The first Sunday of each month, FPC Griffin has the honor to participate in "CEREAL SUN-DAY". We ask members to bring bags or boxes of dry cereal and place them in the grocery cart located in the Narthex, near the wing of the Children's hall. This FOOD PANTRY minis-try provides many poor and homeless individuals a nutritious meal that can either be eaten dry or with milk. Please bring cereal on Sunday, April 7th.

Darlene Chipman Pruitt Health Monroe

4796 Highway 42 North Forsyth, GA 31209

Richard & Jane Gaston

1809 Maple Drive Griffin, GA 30224

Joyce Jones

1401 Macon Road Griffin, GA 30224

Ione Kelly 3223 Newnan Rd., P-9

Griffin, GA 30223

Connie Kendrick Breman Jewish Home

3150 Howell Mill Road NW Atlanta, GA 30327-2108

Donna Krepps

1705 Oak Knoll Road Griffin, GA 30223

Marty Lang

201 Crosstown Drive Peachtree City, GA 30269

Here is a list of our members who are not able to get out and about. Remember them in your prayers, send them a card, give them a call, drop by to visit.

Let’s don’t forget them!

Anne Mixon Brightmoor Assisted Living

3223 Newnan Rd. Griffin, GA 30223

Michael & Maggie Rockholt

1211 Pebble rock Road Hampton, GA 30228

Richard Turner

929 Springer Drive Griffin, GA 30224

Remember our shut-ins. Send a “Thinking About You” card or note.

Continue collecting items for the shoeboxes.

April’s item is stuffed animals which make a great WOW item.

In March we delivered 31 boxes of cereal to the food pantry.

Congregational Care

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The Newsletter is displayed on the big bulletin board across from the office.

Check out the news and what’s going on at FPC!

The Messiah in the Passover presentation and participation March 13 was wonderful. Thank you to all who helped with the preparation, set up and clean up. We are already thinking about having a presentation with a banquet next year. You won’t want to miss this.

Meal Coordinator for March is Becki Brown

Easter Potluck Supper and Bingo Wednesday, April 10 at 6pm

Meat (pork roast) will be provided Bring a side and/or dessert

Reservation Slips will be in the bulletins April 6 OR call the church office

Congregational Care will meet Sunday, April 7th, after worship. If you know of

any needs or concerns, please contact Debbie Hammond, Bonnie Pfrogner or

Bill Baldwin.

We are working on a trip in May to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. Stay tuned for more information.

Easter Egg Hunt Prep

We are asking that anyone who wants to donate FILLED Easter eggs for Hope Town’s Easter Egg hunt, would please

bring them in between March 31st through April 14th.

Easter Egg Hunt

First Presbyterian Church of Griffin is planning on hiding a LOT of Easter eggs filled with candy for the children to find

immediately following the service on April 14th. We will

The choir celebrated Ivan Betz’s 90th birthday in January!

Facilities

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Join us for a true Easter Sunrise service at 7 a.m. Meet outside at the cross.

There will be no Sunday School.

Easter Sunday Worship will be at 11 a.m.

Jesus is risen!

March 9 was our “SPRING CLEAN UP DAY”. If you missed it………..well you missed it. We are thankful to have had two visitors assist us with our needed pro-jects. We make projects at our church an opportunity for unchurched to come and walk on our campus AND get to meet our folks. What better outreach ministry could you have?

Thanks to Bill and Lou Baldwin, Roger and Linda Soons, Ed, Sr. and Ed, Jr. Springer, Gary and Sylvia Hollums, Tim Brown, George Hollander, Joe Bailey, Hannah Lentz and our two guests, Willis Cox and Jim Rosser.

We pruned and cleaned up the landscaping on the entry side of the main church building, trimmed crepe myrtles, painted and modified a storage closet, caulked a roof leak, replaced attic insulation, replaced belongings in the music director’s office, worked on children’s rooms, replaced the ceiling tiles in the entryway of the activities building, polished the door handles going into the activities building, finished sanding one of these doors and set up tables for the upcoming Seder event.

Facilities needs help with future projects. If you need a reminder, or would like to volunteer to help, there is plenty to do! Please see Michael Biddle.

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday Pancake Breakfast 9:30 a.m. in the Activities Center.

Come hungry!

Christian Education

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1st and 3rd Men’s Fellowship

Men! We are meeting at Chick-fil-a on the 1st and 3rd Mondays at 8 a.m. (Taylor Street). Join us April 1st and 15th for fellowship, a short devotional and prayer.

Youth

Hope Town

When we think of Easter, we may think of dying eggs, egg hunts, the Easter bunny, and dressing up in your Sunday best on Easter Sunday. But there’s so much more to Easter than that. What really happened to Jesus over 2,000 years ago, and how does it affect us today? In this series, kids will become detectives to look for clues and discover the true meaning of Easter. Kids will learn about Je-sus entering Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus celebrating a special meal with His disciples, the crucifixion and resurrection, and Jesus ascending to heaven and giving His followers a special mission.

April Church-wide Memory Verse

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God

1 Corinthians 10:31

“Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” If you grew up going to church, it’s probably the first song about Jesus you can re-member singing. “Jesus loves me” may seem like a pretty straightfor-ward and foundational belief, but let’s be honest . . . singing about Je-sus’ love is a lot easier than actually imitating it. In this 4-week se-ries, the students will be challenged to observe, imitate, and be trans-formed by the radical love of Jesus for all people, but specifically His love for children, for the poor, for the stranger, and for the sinner.

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The Living Last Supper April 18, 2019

7:00 p.m. The Chancel Choir and the men of the church, will present the musical drama, “The Living Last Supper” by Ruth Elaine Schram on Thursday, April 18th at 7:00 p.m. for the Maundy Thursday service in the church sanctuary. The musical drama incorporates the Leonardo Da Vinci painting The Last Supper which depicts the twelve disciples seated around the

table with Jesus as they observe the traditional Passover Supper before his sacrifice on the cross. The music passionately captures the pathos of the event while, one by one, the disciples speak, expressing their innermost thoughts with brief but poignant monologues about their relationship with Jesus. The meaning and the purpose of this presentation is best described in the words of the composer, Ruth Elaine Schram: “When God called these twelve men to be His disciples and apostles and to establish the New Tes-tament Church, He chose flawed individuals, people just like you and me, men who were no saints or even finished products, but works in progress; men whose qualities needed to be honed, mold-ed and channeled in positive ways. It is my prayer that God will use this production to remind all of us that He is not yet finished with any of us, and that every one of us is guilty of denying and betraying Him. The most important lesson of this presentation, however, is that His love and mer-cy covers every contingency, and His will is perfect, even if it is difficult to understand. Just as these twelve exemplary men had a mission given to them to build the New Testament Church on a foundation of love and grace, we are also charged to continue that mission, to love one another and to share the good news of the Messiah.” -Ruth Elaine Schram Please come and participate in the Lord’s supper around the table of our Lord Jesus Christ. Sylvia Hollums, Director of Music

We serve in March

Session meeting

The next regular Session meeting will be Sunday, April 28th after worship.

Just a reminder

The church leadership team/staff meets most Tuesday mornings from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm. If we don’t answer the phone, please leave a

message and we will call you back soon.

The office closes at noon every Friday.

April Elder in Charge

Russell Johnson

Church Hour Nursery Age Limits

The nursery during the church hour is for

children in Pre-K and below. No child older

than 4 should be in there. This is for the

safety of our toddlers.

Thanks for your cooperation,

Your CE Ministry Team

Communion Servers April 21 - Easter

Lou Baldwin, Captain

Bill Baldwin

Bob Bugg

Bill Day

Andy Musser

Chip Reahard

Mike Biddle

Diane Gordon

Ed Springer, Jr.

Bonnie Pfrogner

Children’s Message

April 7 - no children’s message

April 14 - Drew Elling

April 21 - Ina Jones

April 28 - Hannah Lentz

Jim Skinner, Captain

Sid Esary

Ed Springer, Jr.

Katrina Springer

Wendy Biddle, alternate

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April 7 - Diane Gordon

April 14 - Cindy Baynham

April 21 - Frank Taylor

April 28 - Hannah Lentz

Newsletter deadline for the May

newsletter is April 15th.

Communion will be served on Maundy Thursday during “The Living Last Supper”. It will also be served on East-

er Sunday, April 21st. There will be no communion

on Sunday, April 7th.

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Special Notes

Dates & Stuff

4/2/1974 - Lanier & Marty Dunn 4/12/1975 - Russell & Mimi Johnson

11 - Elsie Musser 13 - Bill Day

16 - Laurie Hudson 17 - Christy Skinner

18 - Debbie Hammond 20 - Mary Johnson

21 - Cheyenne Sewell 23 - Greg Blanton

24 - Roi Bugg 26- Bill Baldwin

Griffin-Spalding School System Spring Break is April 1 - 5.

Doug and I want all of you to know how much we appreciate your prayers and concern during my recent hospitalization. The cards, the calls, the food and being available for transportation all mean more than you will ever know. God bless each of you.

Pat Brown

Dear FPC family,

This time of my life must come to an end. My husband, Reuben, has accepted a job in Athens, and we have decided to move there. My last day at FPC will be April 30th. As many of you know, our daughter and her family live there, so we won’t be completely alone. Words can’t express what you have meant to me over the last 7 years. It has been my joy, honor, and privilege to serve as your church secretary. You took me in and made me a part of you, and I have loved it all. Thank you so much for your friendship and love. I will always treasure my time at FPC. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of you for this time. I pray for God’s richest blessings for all of you dear brothers and sisters. Love, Millie P.S. Come visit us in Athens!

ECO Presbytery of the South will be in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 12-13.

1349 Macon Road Griffin, GA 30224

The Women of the Church Bible Study

The Women of the Church will meet on Tuesday morning, April 9th, at 10:15 for our monthly Bible Study and time of fellowship.

We will be studying Lesson Eight, "God with Us as the Holy Spirit”,

starting on page 67 of the

Study Book.

Scripture to be used is: John 14:1-31

All women are invited.

If you need a study book, or want more information, please contact

Camille Berry (770-227-3901 or berry3901@comcast.net)