| This spring, our Tuesday night Zoom Book Group will be reading and discussing On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned about Serving the Common Good by Jim Wallis. If you would like to join us on Tuesday nights from 7-8pm, please contact the church office for the Zoom invitation. |
Justice
Earth Day Celebration – April 25
You are invited to join us for our Earth Day Celebration this Sunday, April 25, from 1-2pm. We will have a variety of opportunities and activities available. Come and learn ways to advocate for our world as we work together to follow God’s calling to be careful, humble stewards of this earth, and to protect and restore it.
Activities
- Participate in a trash treasure hunt around the church property (bring gloves)
- Learn about ways to connect with others who garden at FPC and Anchor Gardens
- Find out how you can get involved with FPC’s Community Garden at I St and 3rd Ave
- Learn about FPC’s Earth Care Team
- Learn how to compost
- Make a bag out of a T-shirt (bring a T-shirt)
- Sign up to be a part of FPC’s Citywide Clean Up Team (bags will be available)
- Write a prayer for our creation and hang it on our prayer tree
Gardening
- If you bring a 5 gal bucket you can take home a bucket of goat manure from the I St Garden
- If you have gardening supplies (seeds, containers, tools, hoses, etc.) that you are no longer using, please bring them and we can share with each other
Recycling
- Bring any plastics you can’t recycle in Anchorage and we will take them to Valley Community Recycling in Palmer.
- Bring glass jars (preferably with lids) and we will donate them to Blue Market AK
- Bring batteries and light bulbs and we will recycle them
Donations
- Habitat for Humanity Restore will be here and you can bring donations to support their work (furniture, plumbing, lumber, tools, lighting, hardware, etc.)
- Bring pasta for F.I.S.H. (Fellowship in Serving Humanity)
- Bring clothes, bedding and shoes for the guests at Sullivan Arena Shelter
Please wear a mask. COVID protocol will be in place.
Tuesday Night Lenten Study
You are invited to join us on Tuesday nights for our study of The Way of Shalom: A Lenten Journey to Peace and Wholeness. This devotional, published by Presbyterians Today, provides an opportunity to understand what shalom means for us today as we live out our calling as Christians. Contact Danna Larson for the Zoom link and join us Tuesday night at 7pm!
January 16 Drive Thru
Come by the church this Saturday (January 16) from 12:30-1:30 pm….
1. Pick up a family faith formation packet which will include MLK, Jr activities, Bible story activities, and spiritual practices for you to do alone or as a family.
2. Pick up a devotional: These Days or Our Daily Bread
3. Drop off the letters, cards or pictures you have created for the men and women in prison
4. Drop off gently used winter clothing, jackets, gloves, caps, blankets and toiletries for the guests at Sullivan Arena
5. Drop off non-perishable food items for the Food Bank
Book Study: Love is the Way
All are welcome to join us us for our current online book study. We are discussing Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times by Bishop Michael Curry. The group meets each Tuesday from 7-8 pm via zoom. Contact Danna Larson for the Zoom link to join.
Food Pantry Box Instructions
Many of our families in Anchorage do not have enough money to buy food for their families.
The Children’s Lunchbox is stepping up to make sure no child goes hungry in Anchorage by providing Food Pantry Boxes for these families. A Food Pantry Box is a shoe box filled with food items that will make a meal for a family of four. Click here to see the menus, food items needed, and directions for assembling the Food Pantry Boxes. Boxes can be brought to the church through Sunday, Dec. 20.