Y’all, it’s that season we look forward to every year, reflecting on our blessings and preparing to deliver Easter gift bags to our Meals on Wheels friends! We need 32 volunteers to fill bags with holiday staples and treats. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the church volunteer’s office, and we would ask that you fill the bags (2) and return them to the office by March 30th, so they can be organized and prepared for delivery on Saturday, April 4th .

  Please consider picking up and giving of yourself so we can bring joy to the lives of some very deserving folks.

We will also need the help of members who have signed up for gift bag prep and delivery, and others who would like to be a part of this rewarding experience.  You will be contacted shortly to ask for your participation, but feel free to text/call Frankie England (662-695-1277) or Barry Schuster (662-822-0071) to offer your help (and trucks/trailers) on Saturday, April 4th.  This promises to be an Easter blessing for us all!

MGM 2026: Together, We Did It!

Donations continue to flow in, as well as pottery and grillades sales. We are still adding up numbers and looking at expenses and will have a more final report next week. As of now, we have raised enough money for solar power for two of our partners in Cuba and filters and replacement parts for the year for all eight of our partners in Cuba. Thank you, church family! Our partners in Cuba are grateful for our support and are celebrating with us—here are some of the words they shared with us:

Thank you for this news! God's blessing descends upon you in abundance. Hebrews 6:10 comes to mind: For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you worked for him and how you showed your love for him by serving other believers, as you still do. —Pastor Elvis Hernández, President, Adventist Seminary in Havana

This has been a gift from God. A troop of angels is helping us! —Moraima Gonzalez, Living Waters for the World Cuba in-country coordinator

A troop of angels. Because we showed up with love, coming alongside our partners in a very real and practical way. When we gave of our time, talent, and treasure, we weren’t just funding equipment or supplies. We were participating in God’s provision. We were answering prayers, standing with our brothers and sisters and saying, “You are not alone.” Our partners see our love not as a transaction, but as a gift from God.

So today, we celebrate what God has done through all of us coming together. We give thanks for every dollar raised, every prayer whispered, every act of service offered by our church and our water partners. And in communities across Cuba, when clean water pours into a cup, people will remember that a church family far away cared enough to help.

Thank you for being that church. Thank you for being part of that troop of angels.

To God be the glory.

Click the video above to view the March 1st worship service.

IN OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK

FPC FAMILY:

Libbi Cox

the family of Sarah Porter Smith

the family of Wendell Hoyle

the family of John Sandefur

Cynthia Virden

MEMBERS IN ASSISTED LIVING

Pat Chambers

Bill Gamble

Jacquie Turner

NEW PARENTS:

Olivia (Turner) & Michael Fancher Palmer Louise Fancher, 2-10-26. 

THOSE AWAY:

Courtney Bacon

Bright Hays

Judy Jones

Trude Powers

FPC FRIENDS:

Nancy & Jimmy Bradley (cousins of Betty Lynn Cameron)

John Cox

Margaret Dent (Mollie Stock’s niece)

 Lila Hood

Linda Fratesi

Bob Hoagland

Myra Kogutt (Terri Lane’s mother)

Vicki Lucas

Marshall Roberson (friend of Lisa Willis)

Carol Rogers (Donna Beckham’s sister)

Olene Sabbatini (Brittany Brozovich’s grandmother)

Kirk Simmons (friend of William Tindall)

Kristen DeAngelo Swafford & family (Wendell Hoyle’s granddaugher)

Rubye Warrington

Calendar, Week   March 1-7, 2026

Sunday                    

Chancel Choir Rehearsal 8:45 a.m.

 Sunday School 9 a.m.

 Worship 10 a.m.

 Confirmation class 5:45-7 p.m.

Monday                  

Men’s Coffee Group meets 10 a.m.

Handbell rehearsal 4:30 p.m   

Wednesday            

Prayer Shawl ministry meets 1:30 p.m. 

Lenten Lunch-First Methodist Ch.11:30 p.m.                                  

Those Assisting in Special Ways This Week & Next                           

Children’s Sermon  

3-1 Ann Laird Jones, 3-8 Dana Warrington

Communion Servers                          

Jon Alverson, Kim Dowdy, Jobyna France, William Lane Sarah Mitchell, Bobby Warrington

Livestream Camera           

3-1 Win Cadenhead, 3-8 Eric Schuster

Liturgist                                          

3-1 Ann Laird Jones, 3-8 Joe Nash  

MOW Delivery                                                            

3-7 Joe Nash, 3-14 Tom Atkins, Wade Chambers & Kendall Cox                                 

MOW Tray Assembly                         

3-6 Kathleen Montgomery, 3-13 Beverly Bell

March Ushers                                   

Allen Spragins, Head Usher, Jon Alverson, Tommy Hart, Bob Robinson