February
    A Month-long Mission Focus
        1 - Introduction to Mission Emphasis
        8 - Children and Missions
        15 - Short-term Mission Trips
        22 - Local Missions
        February 28 and March 1 – Ken and Marilyn Sides, Billy Graham Association Mission Workers

March
    Each March Worship Service – Present milestones of 10 decades
        15 - Boy Scout Sunday – Honor Heritage of Troop 36
        29 – Hymn Sing and Worship Service

April
        5, 8:00 p.m. The Last Supper presentation
      26 – John Fain, III, Guest Speaker
      28, 6:00 p.m. – Honor members 50+ years with a dinner

May
      6, 6:30 p.m. – 100^th Children’s Birthday Party during Discovery Club, play games from 100 years ago, award prizes for games meeting the 100 point mark
      31 – Pentecost Hymn Sing and Informal Worship - Dr. Rick Efird, Guest Speaker - Church-Wide Lunch Following Service

June
      21 – Centennial Homecoming – Eldon Wadsworth, guest speaker, Dinner on the grounds

July
      4-11 - Mexico Mission Trip
      19-22 - Centennial Vacation Bible School

August
      9 – Centennial Ice Cream Social
      30 – Hymn Sing & Worship

September
        Centennial Family Picnic
        Kannapolis Kares Project (to be determined)

October
            "Singing in the Street": - exact date to be determined
      28 - Wednesday Lunch & Worship Service Reunion

November
            Centennial Vespers and Fall Festival Event
      29 – Advent Hymn Sing & Worship
      29 – Old fashion "Hanging of the Greens" with a soup supper

December
            Centennial Christmas

Homecoming, June 21

We invite anyone who has ever been a part of the First Presbyterian family to join with us for the Centennial Homecoming on Sunday, June 21, 2009.

We will begin the morning with a time of coffee and juice in the Fellowship Hall at 10:00 a.m. The Reverend Eldon Wadsworth, former pastor, will be our guest speaker at the 10:55 a.m. Worship Service. We will have "Sons of the Church" participating in the service, along with representatives from our mother, sister and daughter churches. A Scottish bagpiper will remind us of our heritage with special music during the service, and the celebration will close with a Covered Dish Lunch on the grounds.

Join us if you can and please know that our guests need not bring a lunch, but just join us for the worship, fun, and festivities. Please contact Kris Edscorn, Director of Church Ministries, at the church office, 704-938-4623, kedscorn@firstpresb.org, with questions.

We hope you will take the opportunity to share some of your stories from the past and reminisce with old acquaintances as we celebrate our history and look forward to our future

Our Schedule for the Day:
    10:00 a.m. - Gather in the Fellowship Hall for coffee and fellowship - the bagpiper will summon us to the Sanctuary for Worship.
    10:55 a.m. - Worship Service in the Sanctuary
    12:15 p.m. - Dinner on the Grounds - either in the Fellowship Hall or under a tent outside.

Service Challenges

As Rick Warren reminds us, "It's not about you!" Even as we celebrate what God has done in and through us for the past century, we also recognize that there are many needs around us to be met. The Centennial Celebration Task Force has issued a service challenge for each month. So far (through April) we have surpassed the goals with flying colors! Let's keep up the good work!

January - 100 items to be donated to the Kannapolis Food Pantries (200 actually contributed!)
February - 100 hours of service for church (337 actually reported!)
March, July, December - 100 total pints of blood collected for American Red Cross Blood Drive (36 pints collected in March!)
April/May - 100 items donated to Cabarrus Crisis Pregnancy Center (230 actually donated in April!)
May (new challenge!) - 100 items donated to Teen Closet and Hygiene Cabinet at Opportunity House
June - 100 visitors brought to church
August/September - 100 school items donated to local schools
October/November - 100 items of warm clothing collected for distribution to needy
December - 100 angels "adopted" off of Prison Fellowship's Angel Tree