Help us at Founders Memorial Garden (325 S. Lumpkin St.)., register at accgov.com/mlkday. Alternatively, you can help at the Project Safe Thrift Store. Please e-mail Kitty Donnan at kittydavedonnan@gmail.com to register.

Please join us in Fellowship Hall for our Annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday, January 30. We will receive the Annual Report and review the pastors’ terms of call.

First Pres Weekday School registration for Fall 2022 begins for in-house students on Tuesday, January 18. On Friday, January 21 at noon, community registration begins. Our Weekday School is a half-day church preschool serving 3 months through 5 years. Questions? Call our director, Elaine Johnson, at (706) 206-8180 or e-mail elaine@firstpresathens.org.

Project Safe Work Day, January 17

Join our team on MLK Day from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. to help straighten and sort clothes and other items for sale to benefit victims of domestic violence. To volunteer or for questions, please contact Kitty Donnan at kittydavedonnan@gmail.com. The Project Safe Thrift Store is located in the Bell’s Shopping Center, 955 Hawthorne Ave.

Food Sunday, January 9

You may bring donations of snacks (please no candy) to church next Sunday, January 9. You may also bring food to church office until Friday, January 7.

Alternatively, you may take your donations directly to the Athens Area Emergency Food Bank 9:00 a.m. - noon, Monday-Friday at 640 Barber Street, Athens, 30601. Please put supplies on loading dock at far end of building. Thanks for your donations in December - our neighbors in need are grateful!

Interested in Membership?

Join us for “First Things,” an informative class about First Presbyterian Church, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January 9, 2022. Please call the church office (706-543-4338) or e-mail Lucy Bell Johnson at lbell@firstpresathens.org to make a reservation.

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