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We gathered together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Our youth and children led us in the 5 pm service, and our musicians led us in the 7 pm service. Both services are available on Facebook, here on the website, and on YouTube.

Our Christmas Eve offering this year is going to the PC(USA) Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) to support recovery efforts from the Dec. 11 tornadoes that rippled through multiple U.S. states, resulting in extensive damage and significant loss of life. PDA is in touch with affected presbyteries to coordinate resources and assistance. Our Christmas offering will assist these efforts.

You can still give to this offering online on our church website.    https://firstpresanchorage.org/give/

The Tuesday night zoom small group fellowship and book study will resume this Tuesday (Oct. 12) at 7 pm.

The group meets for fellowship, prayer, and faith formation discussion and practices centered around a book study.  This fall the group will continue with the book “On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned about Serving the Common Good” written by Jim Wallis.  Together we will continue to explore how Jesus’s agenda can serve the common good, what it takes to sustain a lifelong commitment to social justice, and how reading the Bible as well as the culture can shape our lives for genuine transformation. 

For the zoom link or questions contact Danna Larson at dllsitka@gmail.com or 907 538-7313.

Paul Slooter Sr.

May 15, 1931 –

Apr 13, 2021

Paul Slooter Sr., born in Goudswaard, The Netherlands, to Johannes Slooter and Lina Poldervaart Slooter, passed away in Anchorage, Alaska, on April 13, 2021. He lived through World War II in occupied Netherlands. In 1949, at 18, he immigrated to Washington state. He was drafted into the Army in 1952, serving as a telephone repairman and switchman, radar technician and electronic warfare technician in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Germany and various locations in the U.S., retiring after 23 years, in 1975, at Ft. Richardson, Alaska.

He counted himself fortunate to find a second career with ALASCOM in 1976, as head of Real Estate and Manager of Facilities retiring in 1991, and remaining in Anchorage.

Almost everywhere Paul lived he would find a plot of ground to seed, a hunting ground or a fishing hole and enjoyed sharing the fruit of his hard work with others. Paul was an excellent mechanic, servicing almost every car, pickup, motorhome, boat and systems around their home “until all the high tech equipment showed up.” Each August, he would dedicate about a week to smoke salmon, canning most of it in olive oil and sharing it with family and friends all over the world. Paul loved his family, his adopted country and the great and beautiful state of Alaska.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Kimie; and is survived by his son, Paul Slooter Jr.; and many friends and family in the Netherlands, Japan and all around the U.S.

A celebration of his life will be at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at First Presbyterian Church Anchorage, and will be available by Livestream at firstpresanchorage.org or on their Facebook and YouTube pages.

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Paul Slooter Internment Service with thanks to Trinity Presbyterian

Carolyn Elizabeth Ward

Jun 11, 1929 –

Aug 23, 2021

Carolyn Elizabeth Ward died on Aug. 23, 2021, in Anchorage, Alaska, from Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. She was 92 years old.

Carolyn was born in Sparkill, N.Y., on June 11, 1929, to Mary and George Robinson. She graduated from Tappan Zee High School, attended NYU and later graduated from Hope College in Holland, Mich.

Carolyn taught for the DOD in Japan for two years and then made her way to Alaska in 1957. She taught at Mountain View and Turnagain Elementary schools. In 1962, she met Frederick Ward at Alyeska Ski Resort, where she was a volunteer ski patrol. They married in Sparkill on Dec. 15, 1962. Carolyn stopped teaching to raise four children, but went back to work teaching preschool this time, at New Horizons preschool. She was a longtime very active member of First Presbyterian Church Anchorage and in later years Anchorage Reformed Presbyterian Fellowship.

Carolyn was adventurous and loved teaching, children, skiing, which she did into her 70s, being a lifetime member of Arctic Valley Ski Club, gardening, berry picking and making jam. Much of her time was spent helping at church events, walking with her friends and volunteering at local schools. Carolyn never met a stranger and would smile at and start a conversation with anyone she could.

Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, George and Raymond Robinson; and sister, Eleanor Zoellner.

She leaves behind her husband, Fred; children, Jeff Ward (Jennifer), Andrea Ward, Jenny Gay (Brady) and Katie Potton (Howard); grandchildren, Zoie, Trey, Mia and Luke Segers, Nicholas and Danielle Potton, and Elly and Sophie Neeser; great-grandchildren, Royal and Kingston Robinson; as well as many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church Anchorage, 616 West 10th Avenue, at 4 p.m. on Sept. 10, 2021. Masking and social distancing will be necessary.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to an Alzheimer’s research or support organization or a local homeless charity.

Arrangements made by the Cremation Society of Alaska.

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Link to the service