Anchorage First Presbyterian Church

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Youth Group Kick Off Sunday

All 7th-12thgraders and your parents are invited to join us on Sunday, September 8 at 2 pm for our 2019-20 Youth Group Kick-off Sunday.  We will meet at Immanuel Presbyterian Church (2311 Pembroke St) and will work together to plan for the upcoming year.  Eagle River Presbyterian Church’s youth are interested in being a part of our youth group this year.  Bring your school calendars, ideas for youth group meetings, and a snack to share.   

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Backpack Blessing 2019-20

Lord, bless these backpacks and the children and youth who carry them as they begin yet another year of school……

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F.I.S.H. Sunday – August 25

Next Sunday is F.I.S.H. (Friends in Serving Humanity) Sunday at FPC.  We will be bagging oatmeal and rice following the worship service in fellowship hall.   Bring your pasta to help us reach our goal of donating 60 pounds of pasta each month to F.I.S.H. which is an all-volunteer non-profit that delivers emergency food to  families who are in need and cannot get to the mobile food banks.   If you are interested in volunteering with F.I.S.H. current opportunities include: phone calling to set up delivery time for people needing food, drivers to deliver the food, packers to pack the bags for delivery, and shoppers to get the food needed for the bags that is not donated.  If interested in volunteering please contact John or Stuart Beard or Danna Larson.

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Removing Chokecherry/Mayday Trees

This summer our Earth Care Team has been working with the Trustees to arrange for the removal of the European Bird Cherry trees from the church property. This tree, also known as Chokecherry or MayDay, is an invasive species here. While invasive plants can be quite beautiful and easy to care for, they take over! They spread and crowd out healthy native species, wrecking the biodiversity that is important to growth, health, and sustainability. You can learn more about them in this brochure that is also available in the church narthex.

We are pleased to report that the Chokecherry trees have now been removed from the church property and the Earth Care Team planted apple trees in their place!

These trees will be cared for by the Earth Care Team volunteers and we hope that in a couple of years the tree will be full of apples for the community to harvest. 

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Clare House Volunteers

Thanks to those of you from FPC who have signed up to volunteer at Clare House so the shelter can stay open during the daytime.   More volunteers are needed.   If you are interested, please fill out a Catholic Social Service’s application at the website: www.csalaska.org.  If you have additional questions please call Brigette Guzy, HR Director at 222-7384.  

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HUGSS Donation and Distribution

Thanks to everyone who generously donated school supplies for HUGSS (Helping Us Give School Supplies). The donations help make sure all children and youth in the Anchorage School District have the supplies they need to start school.   If you are interested in volunteering for the distribution of the school supplies on August 12-13 at East High please sign up at www.cssalaska.org.