First Presbyterian Child Development Center

Reminder! Pick Me up Meal reservations are due by noon on Thursday, October 22! Sign up Here: https://forms.gle/sq3gZES4udvGvkfP8 The meals are prepared by Chef... Joel and will be available for pick up from 5:45-6:20 on Wednesday, October 28 at the Porte-cochère (covered entrance) at Swetenburg Hall. Menu: Meatloaf, potatoes au gratin, broccoli, roll and a cookie Cost is $3.00 per child, $5.00 per adult and $15.00 maximum for the family (this includes all children and youth living with you). Cash or Checks are due when picking up the meals. Bring your little pumpkins dressed up in their costumes, and they will get a special treat!

Join us Wednesday, October 28 for a modified Trunk or Treat 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM in the FPC parking lot There will be goodie bags for the children and youth or for... anyone who comes in a costume. Don't forget to take pictures in front of the decorated trunk to post on the FPC Facebook page! "Pick me up" meals prepared by Chef Joel will be available for pick up from 5:45-6:20 at the Porte-cochère (covered entrance) at Swetenburg Hall. Meatloaf, potatoes au gratin, broccoli, roll and a cookie Reservations required by Thursday October 22 Cost is $3.00 per child, $5.00 per adult and $15.00 maximum for the family (this includes all children and youth living with you). Cash or Checks are due when picking up the meals. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/YyJ8wcxuaLbX3ga8A

Parents! Do you want a night off from cooking but would love a homecooked meal? Check out our "Pick me up Meals" offered two Wednesdays a month!

NOW HIRING: Apply in person, 800 South Enota Dr. Gainesville, GA 30501 We have 2 part time positions available. MUST pass background check! Be available to work 2pm to 6pm Monday-Friday. PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON

Parents and staff, please check your email for an important update.

Parents, We have been in contact with church leadership and the Child Development Center will remain closed until a tentative re-opening date has been decided, provided that the COVID-19 numbers are still declining in Hall County. First Presbyterian Church has formed a task force to determine a safe reopening date. The next meeting is Monday, June 1, 2020. Hopefully, we will have answers at this time. Thank you all for your patience and continued support to the child development center. We hope to remain as connected as possible with our families during this time of social distancing. Please don't hesitate to reach out to staff. Our prayers continue to be with those who are infected with this virus, those who are caring for these individuals, and for those who have to make difficult decisions as we navigate this time.

We had a wonderful turn out for our Pre-K celebration parade last night! We practiced social distancing and loved seeing our Pre-K students!

We are pleased to be able to offer a Pre-K end of the year celebration alternative. We can’t wait to celebrate your child and their accomplishments this year. Please remember to follow the rules to keep everyone safe!

Please join us for worship this Sunday, May 17, streaming live at https://fpcga.churchonline.org/ at 11am. Organ Prelude: Abide With Me--William Bolcom Musical... Reflection: How Can I Keep from Singing--arr. Richard Walters; JoAnna Hansen, soloist Organ Postlude: Hymn Improvisation on "Abbot's Leigh"--Paul Manz "No storm can shake my inmost calm, While to that rock I'm clinging. Since love is Lord of heaven and earth How can I keep from singing?" [Robert Lowry]

To the moms who inspire us, the moms who have become our teachers, the moms who are near and far, the moms who love us unconditionally today we celebrate y...ou! Happy #MothersDay! Thank you for all that you have done for us. <3

If we were in session, we’d be celebrating our great Child Development Center teachers this week! Thank you, teachers, for all the ways you go above and beyond to teach and love the children in your class!

Join us for worship today at 11am here: https://fpcga.churchonline.org/ From Pastor Lee’s note on Thursday: This Sunday we'll depart from the lectionary in order to keep telling resurrection stories - we need those right now! Our scripture reading will be John 21:1-19. In this reading the resurrected Christ appears to his disciples, all of whom just wanted to ‘get back to normal’ following his crucifixion. Jesus, however, came to them and called them into a new way of being.... He called them into a new ministry that grew out of an inescapable truth: everything had changed. What message is there for us in this reading? What is the resurrected Christ calling us to do or to be in 2020? While it may be true that everything has changed, and that there's no way back to ‘normal’ as we once knew it, we nevertheless center ourselves on the ultimate reality that Christ has risen, and we are called to live as resurrection people. May God bless you and guide you through this surreal and uncertain time, and may you be blessed with opportunities to proclaim and live the good news: Christ is alive, here and now.