This class is for those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ but have not been baptized, or anyone who just wants to know more about baptism. If you plan to be baptized, we require that you take the Joining the Church: Next Step class. The location will be announced in the Joining the Church: Next Step class. A simple lunch will be provided. Please sign up at: http://tiny.cc/fpcbaptism.

If you are new to FPC in the last two months, come join us for food and fellowship. It is a great way to meet other new folks, and helps us get you connected to the life of the church. Lunch is on us!

Definition

Our Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed, instituted the sacrament of his body and blood called the Lord’s Supper, to be observed until the end of the world for:

• the perpetual remembrance of the sacrifice of himself and his death,

• the sealing of all benefits thereof unto true believers for their spiritual nourishment and growth in him, and their further engagement in and to all the duties which they owe him, and

• to be a bond and pledge of their communion with him, and with each other as members of his mystical body.

Frequency

We celebrate the Lord’s Supper once a month, usually on the second Sunday of the month. The Lord’s Supper is open to all who have publicly made a profession of faith in Christ and who are communicants in good standing in any evangelical church.

Children and the Lord’s Supper
The following is the Session’s policy on admitting children to the Lord’s table:

The Lord’s Supper is a special meal only for those who believe in Jesus Christ as their very own Lord and Savior and have previously been baptized.

This faith in Jesus Christ is to be publicly professed. Therefore, children wishing to partake of the Lord’s Supper are required to meet with the pastor, assistant pastor, or two elders in order to publicly profess their faith in Jesus.

—Church Membership Handbook

Please invite your friends to come and discover what Christianity is all about. After the service, we will head to the NTU Lake (http://tiny.cc/fpcPicnic) to enjoy time together outdoors.

Tenebrae (TEN-uh-bray) is Latin for “shadows” or “darkness.” In the Easter season, the Tenebrae service recreates the emotional aspects of the passion story. The tone is somber because the emphasis is on the darkness of the crucifixion. There will be orchestral music, readings from the crucifixion narrative, the lighting and extinguishing of candles, a cross nailing, the Lord’s Supper, and the return of the Christ candle at the end looking forward to his resurrection.

𝓢𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓦𝓸𝓻𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝓛𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮

Due to the retreat on 10/28-29, our service on 10/29 will be @ tiny.cc/fpctemplo

We will celebrate the Lord’s resurrection on April 9. Please invite your friends to come and discover what Christianity is all about. After the service, we will head to the NTU Lake (http://tiny.cc/fpcPicnic) to enjoy time together outdoors.

Join us each Tuesday evening for our online Kingdom-centered prayer meeting, The Engine Room. Use this link: http://tiny.cc/fpcprayer.

Tenebrae (TEN-uh-bray) is Latin for “shadows” or “darkness.” In the Easter season, the Tenebrae service recreates the emotional aspects of the passion story. The tone is somber because the emphasis is on the darkness of the crucifixion. There will be orchestral music, readings from the crucifixion narrative, the lighting and extinguishing of candles, a cross nailing, the Lord’s Supper, and the return of the Christ candle at the end looking forward to his resurrection.

We will gather here: http://tiny.cc/fpcGFS

Join us each Tuesday evening for our online Kingdom-centered prayer meeting, The Engine Room. Use this link: http://tiny.cc/fpcprayer.

Join us for hymns, a reading of the birth narrative, and a candle-lit, hot cider, outdoor reception afterwards.

All members are encouraged to attend. Non-members are also welcome but are not guaranteed a lunch and will be ineligible to vote. We will gather in basement room 107 of the worship building.

[NOTE—will not meet 11/20 and 11/27; final meeting will be 12/4.] Join Pastor Kim in basement room 104 of the worship building as he reviews the essential teachings of the Christian faith. Bring a lunch, if you like. All are welcome.

If you are new to FPC in the last two months, come join us for food and fellowship. It is a great way to meet other newcomers and also helps us get you connected to the life of the church. Lunch is on us!

Meet us in the room at the end of the hallway from the sanctuary.

Interested in becoming a member of FPC, or just want to learn more about the church? Our Intro to FPC course introduces you to our core values and vision in four 1-hour classes. This course will benefit anyone and is required for those seeking membership. (If you have been attending the church for some time, we encourage you to consider becoming a member. It is biblical and will help you to feel like you are part of a real family all growing in Christ together.)

We will meet on Sunday, Sept. 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th, from 3:00 to 4:00pm, in basement room #107 of the worship building. The course will be repeated in November. Participation is open to all.

Is your community group on break over the summer? Are you new to FPC and want to get more connected? Join group leader Asst. Pastor Peter Brown in the room at the end of the hallway from the sanctuary for worship, study, and prayer. The group meets Sunday, July 3rd through Sunday, Aug. 7th. We are doing a study of how the Psalms can help boost our prayer lives.

Looking for a space to discuss difficult questions about morality, politics, and religion?

Join “Let's Talk,” sponsored by our university ministry, Gospel to the Campus (G2C). The topic this month is, “Abortion: Whose Rights?” Meet us in the music room at the end of the hallway from the sanctuary on the 6th floor of the worship building. Snacks provided!

Online participation is also available. Use this link: http://tiny.cc/fpcletstalk.

Are you currently serving or thinking about serving in the Children’s Ministry? Grab a lunch and come join current teachers and other volunteers for an informal training/Q&A session on the Children’s Ministry at FPC. We will provide pizza and meet in basement room #106. (Note--attending will not obligate you to become a teacher.)

Why invest in treasures on earth, “where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal” (Matt. 6:19)? Join Pastor Kim as he leads a new adult Sunday School class, God’s Investment and You. The class will provide an introduction to being Kingdom-minded, and will serve as a supplement to our new sermon series, The Greatest Investment. A simple lunch will be provided for a suggested donation of NT50. Meet in the room at the end of the hall from the sanctuary. Sign up here: http://tiny.cc/FPCss.

[Film and location to be announced.]

All FPC youth (grades 7-12)—and their friends!—are invited to an introduction to calligraphy and origami in room 320 of the church office building. Get some take-out lunch and meet us there at 1:15pm.

Charles Spurgeon, the great 19th-century British preacher, would regularly welcome visitors who were eager to learn the “secret” of his church’s “success.” He would lead them away from the Metropolitan Tabernacle’s impressive crowds and sanctuary and take them down to the basement of the church. There, they would discover a group of people fervently praying on their knees. “Here is the powerhouse of the church,” Spurgeon would declare to his astonished guests. “If the engine room is out of action, then the whole mill will grind to a halt.”

Come join us at The Engine Room, FPC’s monthly prayer meeting, for an evening of kingdom-centered prayer. The December meeting will be held in room 320 of the church office building. You may also join us online (Click here). We gather at 7:30pm and wrap up by 9:00. All are welcome.

Join us as we bring the good news of the birth of the Savior to our neighbors in and around Shida Road. Gather at Pastor Kim’s apartment at 6:30pm for a brief rehearsal. No experience necessary!

“We’ll Bring the Coffee!” - Sundays, Nov. 7th through Dec. 5th.

Jack Coetsee and Elder Ken McAlpin will lead a fellowship/discussion time to understand how our faith can help us in very practical terms in our day-to-day life. Meet in the Music Room (the room at the end of the hall from the sanctuary).

Looking for a space to discuss difficult questions about morality, politics, and religion? Join “Let's Talk,” sponsored by our university ministry, Gospel to the Campus (G2C). The topic this month is, “If God is a God of love, why are we not supporting homosexuality?” Snacks provided! Meet us in the additional pews down the hall from the sanctuary.

If you are a member of FPC, please join us for an online members gathering after the service on Sunday, June 20th, from 1:15-2:30pm. Details TBA.