Friends at FBCP,
Happy Friday! Here are all the updates and announcements for this week.
This Sunday we will be gathering in the park at 10:30AM for worship and lunch! We hope you’ll join us on this first Sunday of the month as we share both communion and a full meal together. We’ll provide a yummy taco bar and refreshments, and we invite you to bring a dessert to share if you are able. It’s also a service we hope our families with kids will feel encouraged to attend, and we promise more fun songs with hand motions that our kids know well.
This week our nursery is closed so that our nursery staff can join us for worship and communion. All babies and toddlers are, of course, welcome to join us in the park if that works for your families, and next week our nursery will be open again.
This week we are asking you to bring canned tuna, canned chicken, or soup for the Friends In Deed Food Pantry if you are able. Right now this will help meet a major need in their supply. Thanks for contributing!
We also have officially started our Backpack Drive for Friends In Deed! For the next three Sundays we invite you to bring supplies for students in our neighborhoods. Many families will be facing the same financial concerns as they have in the past, and probably some new ones, too. This could make preparing their kids for the new school year an even bigger challenge since there are so many costs that come into play for a new school year. If you would like to help out, here are some things to consider:
Please avoid all red and all blue backpacks. This is very important to Friends In Deed.
Backpacks should be sturdy enough to handle the rigors of a student's day and the crazy amount of books they heft around, especially for our high school students.
The supplies needed are recommended by the Pasadena/Altadena area schools and a list is included here.
Join us on Thursday for our Bible study at noon in the park. We’ll be there every week for a time of discussion and fellowship as we look at scripture together. Our first focus is on the book of Galatians. There are no materials to download, but you are encouraged to bring a Bible (or we can loan you one!). Feel free to bring your lunch to eat, too. Hope to see you there! Email Pastor Chip with any questions.
Grace and peace to you as we head into the weekend. We can’t wait to worship with you on Sunday!
Less without you,
The FBCP Community