ANNOUNCEMENTS
We're having a special "hymn sing" for the fifth Sunday of the month. We'll be singing at least a few verses of many favorites, old and new. In lieu of a prelude, we'll gather by raising our voices in song starting at 10:45am! Don't be surprised if we're already in the swing of things when you arrive, just grab a hymnal and join in.
The Session will meet this Sunday, July 31 @ 2pm, also Administrative Committee meeting @3pm all FPC session members are urge to attend.
(SCHEDULED MEETINGS)
● SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th, 9:00am – Women United in Prayer.
● WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10th, 5:45pm – Worship Committee meeting.
(SCHEDULED EVENTS AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN)
● EVERY SUNDAY – 6pm-9pm – Cuban Salsa (Bookoo Rueda).
● EVERY SECOND MONDAY – 7pm-10pm – Square Dancing.
● MONDAY, AUGUST 22 – 6:30pm-9:30pm – Tulane Welcome New Students Square Dance.
● EVERY TUESDAY – 7:00pm-10:00pm - “Big Easy” AA Group in the Fellowship Hall.
● EVERY WEDNESDAY – 6:30pm-8:00pm - Karate classes with Bruce Sandifer in room 207.
● EVERY FRIDAY - 8:00pm-11:00pm - Tango dancing in the Fellowship Hall.
Deacons News
The Deacons are resurrecting an old FPC tradition- Salt-and-Pepper Dinners, a monthly potluck meal in member’s homes. We will be kicking off this fellowship with an end of the summer pool party hosted by Nicole and Hoy Hughes at their home, 211 Rue Landry, St. Rose, La. on Saturday August 13 at 3pm.
- September - dinner will be hosted by Justin Wood.
- October - dinner will be hosted by Linda Wilson.
- November - dinner will be hosted by Ken Allen and Sherri Hutton date and time will be announced.
- December - (date and time to be announced) This will be our annual Bell Caroling followed by a Christmas party at the Capasso’s. Please mark your calendar!
News from the Worship Committee - Hymn of the Month
The purple hymnals are a terrific resource full of new songs, and we want to start singing some of them! We have a plan to help familiarize the congregation with new hymns. We are beginning Hymn of the month program. During worship the new-to-us-hymn will be played as the prelude or other interlude music as often as it fits in. One week the choir will sing the hymn as the anthem, inviting the congregation to sing along aka a "congregational anthem." The following week the hymn will be featured as one of the standard 3 hymns during the service. Then we plan for that hymn to be ready for a more regular inclusion in worship.
Our first Hymn of the Month is an easy one- you might already know it but you have not heard it at FPCNO! Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door, hymn #728
