JOIN US WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24th FOR OUR
MID-WEEK LENTEN SERIES


​February 24
Sharon Eswine
“The Proclamation of the Gospel
for the Salvation of Humankind”
Isaiah 55:10-13 and Romans 10:9-15
Maggie McManus, Soloist

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March 3
Pascal Binda
“The Shelter, Nurture and Spiritual
Fellowship of the People of God”
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 1 John 1:1-4
​Diane Ricks, Soloist
March 10
Larry Koch
“The Maintenance of Divine Worship”
1 Corinthians 14:26-33
Gina Shields, Soloist

March 17
Jim Baker
“The Preservation of the Truth”
John 14:1-7, 19:37-38
Daniel Cohen, Soloist

March 24
Emily Salzer
“The Promotion of Social Righteousness and the
Exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the World”
Isaiah 58:6-11 and 1 John 3:11-24
Katy Keyes and Grace Imholz, Soloists
Rev. Dr. David Gambrell is associate for worship in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Theology and Worship and co-editor (with Kimberly Bracken Long) of the Book of Common Worship (WJKP, 2018). He was an ex officio member of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song (responsible for the 2013 hymnal Glory to God) and coordinated the 2017 revision to the PC(USA) Directory for Worship (part of the denomination’s Book of Order). David is author of Breathing Spirit into Dust: Fifty Hymn Texts (GIA, 2015) and Presbyterian Worship: Questions and Answers (WJKP, 2019).

Fourteen of Dr. Gambrell’s hymns are in the Glory to God hymnal including “Great God of Every Blessing,” written on the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth.
Annual Foote Series
Sunday, February 28
On-line Format

"Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Gift and Challenge of Baptism"
 
For two millennia, Christians have understood baptism as the sacramental source of our identity and mission in Jesus Christ. In recent times, however, baptism has been misunderstood … as a perfunctory blessing of babies, an artifact of human institutions, or an exclusive marker of belonging. How do contemporary Christians respond to such challenges while claiming baptism as a gift of God’s overflowing grace?

9:00 a.m. on-line
The Rock: The Gift of Baptism
 
11:00 a.m. 
Service of Worship in-person and live streamed
Sermon: “A Matter of Death and Live”
Scripture: Mark 8:31-38
“Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink.” (Exod. 17:6)

5:00 p.m. on-line
The Hard Place: The Challenge of Baptism
William G. Foote Lecture Series

Organized in 1827, First Presbyterian Church began the Foote Lecture Series in 1995. The Foote Lecture Series invites noted
church leaders to Savannah each winter. The series recognizes Savannah merchant William G. Foote, who died in 1862 on the
island of Madeira. Foote’s generous will with a bequest to the church is found in the archives at the Chatham County Courthouse. His gift of $50,000 depreciated during the Civil War, but still enabled the church to pay largely for construction of its sanctuary on Monterey Square. The church subsequently moved to its present site in Ardsley Park in 1927.

2021 COMMITTEE
Peter Foley, chair
Jenell Griffith, Gay Mayfield,
Linda Wittish

OUR WORSHIP SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

In-Person Worship:  A 30-minute service is held in the sanctuary at 11:00 a.m.  Masks and social distancing.  Pre-registration is encouraged, please email Judith@savannahfpc.org

On-line Worship:  The live service is streamed on-line and later posted to the website.

On-line Adult Sunday School:  A team of teachers leads Bible study at 9:00 a.m.  Enjoy conversation and fellowship at 9:15 a.m. Email Judith@savannahfpc.org for the link.

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