Join us online Sunday, January 30
for education, worship AND Congregational Meetings
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Adult Education at 9:00 am
Youth Education at 9:00am
Children's Education at 9:15am
Join us via Zoom
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Worship Service at 10:30am.
Join us for worship together
via livestreaming on Facebook
Click here to connect on Sunday.
You will find the bulletin for Sunday here.
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Special Congregational Meeting at 11:45am
and
Annual Congregational meeting at 11:50am
Details and zoom link below.
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Please send any prayer requests to Glenn
so that we can include them in worship on Sunday.
Offering of Our Gifts
You can mail offering to: FPC, 362 State St, Albany, NY 12210
Or go online to donate (www.firstpresalbany.org/donate/)
Thank you for your continued support of FPC ministries.
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Congregational Meetings – January 30
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Please plan to attend these important meetings as we’ll be celebrating our ministry in 2021 and talking about plans for First Pres’ future.
The Session has called the congregation to meet on January 30 via Zoom link here at 11:45am for a special meeting of the Congregation and Corporation of First Presbyterian Church for the purpose of approving changes in the Bylaws of First Presbyterian Church which will allow for virtual meetings and electronic notice of meetings.
Click here for the text of those changes.
The Session has called the congregation to meet via Zoom link here on Sunday, January 30, at 11:50am for the Annual Meeting of the Congregation and Corporation of First Presbyterian Church for the purpose of 1) receiving annual reports of Session, Board of Deacons, and other recognized groups of the church, 2) receiving the financial report of the year ending December 31, 2021, for information, 3) receiving 2022 budget for information, and 4) voting on changes in terms of call of co-pastors.
Glenn and Miriam Lawrence Leupold, Moderators of Session
Mary Rogers, Clerk of Session
Session has decided, in order to maximize participation during this pandemic, our meetings will be held virtually via Zoom (instead of in-person). So we’ll meet via Zoom at 11:45am to vote on changes to our Bylaws. When that meeting finishes, we’ll adjourn that meeting and call to order the Annual Meeting. Worship on January 30 will be livestreamed on Facebook at 10:30.
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The Property Committee would like to correct an error in its 2021 Annual Report. Committee member John Myers' name was inadvertently omitted from the list of committee members. We apologize to John.
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Finger Labyrinth Walks and Meditations resume each Thursday in February at 12:30pm via Zoom. Pastor Miriam, Certified Advanced  Labyrinth Facilitator, leads each session, and our time together is 30 minutes. This time is open to all, whether you’ve walked a labyrinth in the past or not. Register here for Thursday, February 3, to receive the zoom link. Please have a Finger Labyrinth available - you can download a paper version if you don’t have your own or Jamie in the church office. Join us!
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The Capital Area Council of Churches (CACC) Annual Assembly will be held on Tuesday, February 8th at 6pm. Depending on restrictions, this may be either an in-person or virtual event. More information on site will be forwarded when determined.
The purpose will be to pass a budget, vote on board members and officers hold discussion on potential ecumenical activities the CACC should pursue in the coming year.
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Would you like to help run the audio-visual systems during the church service? You would control the soundboard, which broadcasts the audio throughout the sanctuary and the Internet broadcasting software that delivers the Facebook livestream. And, of course, you'd receive full training.
Our team shares these duties so that your commitment would be between 8 - 12 Sundays per year.
If interested, please contact Dwight Cheu at dwightcheu@gmail.com. We also welcome high school students too -- this would be a great introduction to audio and video broadcasting.
The Youth are updating their space on the 2nd floor! We are looking for donations of gently used items to update & refresh the space. Please contact Molly or 518-810-3158 if you have any of the following to donate:
Area rugs,
Plants and/or hanging contraptions for plants,
Individual seating (bean bags, gaming chairs, comfortable arm chairs),
Cushions for floor sitting.
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Sunday evening gatherings will resume for all youth in 6th-12th grades. Please enter through the office door off the parking lot, and make sure to sign in for contact tracing. In order to attend, you must have proof of vaccination and be symptom free. Please complete the
Proof of vaccination form
We will provide KN95 masks if you need one. Eating is suspended for the time being so we can keep masks on the entire time. We have updated air filtration units in rooms throughout the building.
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Sign up for Text Reminders
All youth and parents, if you haven't already, please sign up for text alerts!
Text @mdowellb to 81010
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Triennium info
Please review your 2022 summer calendar and let Molly know if your high school youth (rising 9th grader to graduating 12th grader) can join us! Mdowellbaum@firstpresalbany.org
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Thurs., 1/27 7:00am Men's Bible Study (Rose Room)
7:00pm Soloist/Choir Rehearsal
Saturday, 1/29 1:00pm Session Retreat
Sunday, 1/30 9:00am Adult Education via Zoom
9:00am Youth Education via Zoom
9:15am Children’s Education via Zoom
10:30am Worship Service Livestream on
Facebook
11:45am Special Congregational Meeting via Zoom
11:50am Annual Congregational Meeting via Zoom
5:00pm High School Youth Gathering
Tuesday, 2/1 9:00am Men's Bible Study via Zoom
12:30pm Staff Meeting
5:30pm Membership Committee Meeting
5:30pm Outreach & Mission Committee Meeting
5:30pm Property Committee Meeting
5:30pm Worship Committee Meeting
7:30pm Christian Education Committees
7:30pm Social Justice & Peacemaking Committee Meeting
Thurs., 2/3 7:00am Men's Bible Study (Rose Room)
12:30pm Finger Labyrinth Walk and Meditation
7:00pm Soloist/Choir Rehearsal
Sunday, 2/6 10:00am FOCUS Worship Service at
First Church of Albany
In-person and via Zoom
Tuesday, 2/8 9:00am Men's Bible Study via Zoom
11:30am Clergy Meeting
6:00pm CACC Annual Assembly
6:30pm Anti Racism Task Force
Wednes., 2/9 6:30pm SWAT Team
7:00pm Dads' Small Group
Thurs., 2/10 7:00am Men's Bible Study (Rose Room)
12:30pm Finger Labyrinth Walk and Meditation
7:00pm Soloist/Choir Rehearsal
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